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Mantra Mix

Mantra Mix - Sacred Sound System

Pancha Tathagata Stuti

Vajra Guru Mantra by Kilung Rinpoche.
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Vajra Guru Mantra by Kilung Rinpoche

This sacred chant is meant for reminding oneself of the most important in life, death and rebirth.

Performed by Sascha  & Rodrigo. Music by Sascha and Tara Rinley Wangmo . Text translated into English from the ancient Tibetan by Erik Pema Kunsang.

Bardo Song Of Reminding by Yeshe Tsogyal, performed by Sascha & Rodrigo

The Prayer Of Kuntuzangpo

Vocals: Ms. Namrata Mahabal, Djembe & Backing Vocals: Jaydeep Vaidya, Keyboard: Devendra Bhome, Violin: Anup Kulthe, Tabla: Ketan Pawar. Lyrics: traditional. 

This was recorded live, under the Bodhi Tree in Mahabodhi Temple Complex, Bodhgaya. 

In a previous life, when Buddha Shakyamuni was a Bodhisattva, He met Buddha Dipamkara. At that moment, Bodhisattva Shakyamuni made the following aspiration in the presence of Buddha Dipamkara.....

O Buddha, O Tathagata, O Mahamuni

just as how you care, and
how many you inspire

How infinite you live
how many directions you influence

How glorious and beautiful you are!
May we also emulate and
May we too actualise that. 

ENGLISH TRANSLITERATION OF HINDI:

Hé Buddha, Hé Tathāgata, Hé Mahāmuni.

Jaise, Aap ki karuna sab par
Prerak anginat sankhya ke

Anant apaar aapka jeevan 
kitni dishaaye prabhavit kare !

Hé Divya manjul Svarupi Buddha !
Hum bhi aapka anusaran karen,

hum mein bhi ye saare gun jaage 
Hé Buddha, Hé Tathāgata, Hé Mahāmuni.

Buddha's Aspiration (हे बुद्ध, हे तथागत)

Vocals: Jaydeep Vaidya, Backing Vocals: Namrata Mahabal, Tabla: Ketan Pawar, Keyboard: Devendra Bhome, Violin: Anup Kulthe, Lyrics: Shantidev, Hindi Translation: Suruchi Choksi.

Verses in English:

For all those ailing in the world,
Until their every sickness has been healed,
May I myself become for them
The doctor, nurse, the medicine itself.

Raining down a flood of food and drink, May I dispel the ills of thirst and famine.
And in the aeons marked by scarcity and want, May I myself appear as drink and sustenance.

For sentient beings, poor and destitute, May I become a treasure ever-plentiful,
And lie before them closely in their reach, A varied source of all that they might need.

May I be a guard for those who are protectorless, A guide for those who journey on the road.
For those who wish to cross the water, May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.

May I be an isle for those who yearn for land, A lamp for those who long for light;
For all who need a resting place, a bed; For those who need a servant, may I be their slave.

May I be the wishing jewel, the vase of wealth, A word of power and the supreme healing,
May I be the tree of miracles,
For every being the abundant cow.

Just like the earth and space itself
And all the other mighty elements, For boundless multitudes of beings
May I always be the ground of life, the source of varied sustenance.

Thus for everything that lives,
As far as are the limits of the sky,
May I be constantly their source of livelihood
Until they pass beyond all sorrow.

Shantidev's Aspiration (जब तक पीढ़ा दूर ना हो......)

Vocals: Jaydeep Vaidya, Backing Vocals: Namrata Mahabal, Keyboard: Devendra Bhome, Tabla: Ketan Pawar. 

Lyrics: these are songs of realisation, written by the great mahasiddha (mystic)Saraha. Some of the verses have the rhythmic meter of Dohas. Hindi Translation is by the great scholar Pandit Rahul Sanskrityayan. 

Saraha, was known as the first Sahajiya and one of the 84 Mahasiddhas. His spontaneous songs of realisation are called Dohas and Vajra Geetis. He is also often referred to as The Great Brahmin. Saraha was originally known as Rāhula or Rāhulbhadra. Born in eastern India, into a Brahmin family, He studied at the Buddhist monastic university Nalanda. Saraha is known for being a wandering yogi and avadhuta (Tib: nyönpa) engaging in behaviours that overturned the social norms of caste, social class, and the oppressive normative gender roles and hierarchies of the time. Two of Saraha’s important teachers and consorts were women who were technically lower than him from the stand point of caste, class. and gender. Yet, each of these nameless women met Saraha as an equal on the path of spiritual practice and each of them had realization that led Saraha further in his own spiritual development

ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF VERSES BY SARAHA:

Saraha: 
Namo Manjushri, Homage to Him, who has conquered Mara and his Powers

Just as when the wind blows,
and still water is turned into moving waves,
So the appearing Saraha is just one, 
Yet the king creates diverse aspects.

The ignorant press their eyes
and see one lamp as two. 
Like this, in (Mind’s nature) where seer and seen are not two,
Alas! The mind appears as two things.

Though many lamps are lit throughout the house,
Those with no eyes to see remain in darkness. 
Like this, though spontaneous wisdom is all-pervasive and nearby,
for the ignorant it is far, far away.

Though diverse, rivers are one in the ocean.
Though myriad, lies are overcome by a single truth.
Though darkness is manifold,
The rising of a single sun clears it away.

By entering into emptiness but devoid of compassion, 
One will not find the supreme path. 
By meditating upon compassion alone, 
One will not attain liberation, but remain in samsara. 
The one capable of apprehending the unity of the two, 
will not remain in samsara nor abide in (personal) nirvana.

That with which one is born, is same as that with which one dies.
It is with that, one attains supreme bliss. 

Saraha says,” what do i do?” 
The world of brutes do not understand this.

Mind is one, Mind is the seed from which Samsara & Nirvana bloom. 
Take care of the mind, and Like a Wish-Fulfilling Jewel it will produce the fruit of all desires.

Tied down, one runs in the ten directions, Free, one remains immovable. 
Friend! look at the camel; this paradox appears evident to me.
 * Camel is a conventional metaphor for the mind.

In engaging with the world, one does not get entangled in it.
take the lotus without touching murky water. 
So, the Yogi who takes refuge in the root, 
he is not bound by the world, even while enjoying it.

I dont differentiate ‘One’ or ‘Two’ or make a big deal of ‘Duality’. 
I paint with one colour, the three worlds in entirety.

Songs Of Saraha

Vocals - Ms. Namrata Mahabal, Arrangements, Flute & Sound Design - Gandhaar Amin, Tabla - Mr. Charu Phadke. Composition - Traditional. 

The Six Transcendental Perfections are - Generosity (Daana), Discipline (Sheel), Patience (Kshanti), Diligence (Virya), Meditation (Samadhi) & Wisdom (Prajna). 

English Transliteration:

Dānabalena samudgatabuddho Dānabalādhipatā narasimhe
Dānabalekşaka śrūyati śabdaha kāruņikena pure praviśantam   II 1 II

Śīlabalena samudgatabuddho Śīlabalādhipatā narasimhe
        Śīlabalekşaka śrūyati śabdaha kāruņikena pure praviśantam     

kşāntibalena samudgatabuddho kşāntibalādhipatā narasimhe
kşāntibalekşaka śrūyati śabdaha kāruņikena pure praviśantam    II 3II

Vīryabalena samudgatabuddho Vīryabalādhipatā narasimhe
          Vīryabalekşaka śrūyati śabdaha kāruņikena pure praviśantam II 4II

Dhyănabalena samudgatabuddho Dhyănabalādhipatā narasimhe
        Dhyănabalekşaka śrūyati śabdaha kāruņikena pure praviśantam 5

Prajnabalena samudgatabuddho Prajnabalādhipatā narasimhe
        Prajnabalekşaka śrūyati śabdaha kāruņikena pure praviśantam 6

Śrī Śaţpāramitāstotram Samāptam

Shataparamita Stotra - Ode to the Six Transcendental Perfections

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Short Homage to Tara

DJKR Samantabhadra prayer and teaching

The Bodhi Bhajan Project is an initiative to revive the Nalanda Tradition in India, by promoting sanskrit liturgy, sutras and shastras set to Indian classical music. The project is inspired and initiated with the blessings of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Produced by WCCL Foundation and SI India this project showcases Indian Buddhist heritage in poetry and music. Shantideva’s text – Bodhicharyavatara, Saraha’s Vajra Geeti and Dohas in hindi, Chanting names of Manjushri, and Heart Sutra are some of the tracks being offered.

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