Album Credits:
Lee Mirabai Harrington - vocals, arrangement, melody
Ben Leinbach - producer, mixing engineer, piano, synths
Noah Hoffeld - cello
Christine Tulis - Harp

Recorded in various home studios and Tibetan monasteries in San Anselmo, CA; Woodstock NY; Ulster Park NY; and Fleischmanns, NY.

Album Art & Design by Lee Harrington
(image of Amitabha thangkha courtesy of Himalayan Art Resouces)

LYRICS -
Om Ami Dewa Hri
Namoh Amitabhaya!

NOTES
My intention for this song has always been that it be of benefit to people in hospice who are preparing to make their transition into the non-physical state. In the Buddhist tradition, Amitabha is known as the "Buddha of Boundless Light" and this mantra is chanted both at the time of death and for those already deceased. By reciting the six syllables of Om Ami Dewa Hri, the six afflictive emotions are purified and the qualities of the six Paramitas are accomplished. This mantra increases our awareness of our own innate love and compassion and helps us separate from patterns of self-grasping.  In other words, reciting this mantra helps clarify which aspects of "selfhood" are true and which are false. Buddhists believe that when we are fully purified--fully free from attachments to false ideas of self--we are able to see the true nature of mind, which is freedom and bliss. So chanting this mantra brings us straight into our true nature.  And, interestingly, the Buddhist view of death and dying is that we are also offered that opportunity (to see the true clear light) at the moment of death. So this mantra helps us ascend.  
Reciting this mantra for the deceased helps guide their consciousnesses toward the highest possible realms.

OM AMI DEWA HRI (The Mantra of Amitabha)

OM AMI DEWA HRI: The Mantra Of Amitabha (Full Length Version: 108 mantras)

Pursuing the theme of the Mahayana, Sangharakshita outlines its path, its historical roots and its principal scriptures, giving introduction to the White Lotus Sutra as a drama of cosmic enlightenment. Excerpted from the talk The Universal Perspective of Mahayana Buddhism, part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra given in 1971.

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Life Inside the Burning House - A World Without the Buddha

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Jnanavaca kicks off a new seminar series exploring the myths and parables of the glorious White Lotus Sutra. Here he unpacks the wisdom of the parable of the Burning House. Excerpted from the talk Parables From the White Lotus Sutra - The Burning House, given at the London Buddhist Centre, 2015.

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The Request

"The Request" is an uplifting gospel song inspired by ancient Buddhist texts. The lyrics, drawn from excerpts that highlight the Buddha's teachings and their potential to bring positive change, call for the spreading of wisdom and compassion to bring "well-being and joy" to all. The song features powerful vocals, rich harmonies, and a soaring melody that embodies the themes of hope, liberation, and enlightenment.

Lyrics:
(Verse 1) 
Gather 'round, brothers and sisters, let your spirits soar 
Hear the word, the call to joy, knocking at your door 
The law of love, the path to peace, a message pure and true 
It's time to seek enlightenment, a brighter day for you

(Chorus) 
Oh, Lord, preach the law, let your wisdom flow 
Bring your light into our hearts, help our spirits grow 
Release us from the chains of doubt, fear, and despair 
Show us the way, the truth, the life, beyond compare

(Verse 2) 
Like the prince, we humbly ask, with open hearts and minds 
To receive the gift of wisdom, the solace that it finds 
Release all creatures, great and small, from suffering's embrace 
Let your compassion shine on all, with boundless love and grace

(Chorus) 
Oh, Lord, preach the law, let your wisdom flow 
Bring your light into our hearts, help our spirits grow 
Release us from the chains of doubt, fear, and despair 
Show us the way, the truth, the life, beyond compare

(Bridge) 
Move on the wheel, the sublime and exalted goal 
Set our souls on fire, make our spirits whole 
Guide us toward enlightenment, where darkness turns to light 
With faith as our compass, we'll walk the path that's right

(Chorus) 
Oh, Lord, preach the law, let your wisdom flow 
Bring your light into our hearts, help our spirits grow 
Release us from the chains of doubt, fear, and despair 
Show us the way, the truth, the life, beyond compare

(Outro) 
Let the law of love resound, in every heart and soul 
A symphony of joy and peace, make us complete and whole.

The Request

༄༅།། ཇི་ལྟར་མོན་ཡུལ་ཤེས་རབ་བཟང་པོ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་གསོལ་བ་བཏབ་པ་བཞིན་༧སྐྱབས་རྗེ་སློབ་དཔོན་ཟམ་གདོང་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མཆོག་གིས་ ༢༠༢༤ ཕྱི་ཟླ་ ༨ ཚེས་ ༡༢ ནས་ཚེས་ ༢༦ བར་ཉིན་གྲངས་བཅུ་གཅིག་རིང་བྱང་ཡུལ་གྱི་ཚོགས་ཁང་ཆེན་མོར་སློབ་དཔོན་ཉིད་ཀྱིས་གསུངས་པ་ཡིག་ཐོག་ཏུ་ཕབ་པའི་བྱང་ཆུབ་ལམ་གྱི་རིམ་པ་ལ་ཤར་སྒོམ་བྱེད་ཚུལ་ཐོག་གསུང་ཆོས་བཀའ་དྲིན་བསྐྱངས། (ཉིན་དང་པོ།)  

At the request of Sherab Sangpo Society, Mon, from 12 to 26 August 2024, His Eminence Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche gave a commentarial teaching, in the convention hall of Jang, on "The Way of Doing Reflective Meditation on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment", a transcript text of His Eminence Rinpoche's earlier teachings on the same. (Day 1)

བྱང་ཆུབ་ལམ་གྱི་རིམ་པ་ལ་ཤར་སྒོམ་བྱེད་ཚུལ་ཐོག་གསུང་ཆོས། 1 (ཉིན་དང་པོ།)

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"Where the Fire Sleeps" is a song inspired by the universal journey of self-discovery and awakening. I wanted to create a piece that reminds us all to search for our own spark of divinity, even when the world feels shrouded in darkness. Drawing on themes from Buddhism, such as the sacred fire that symbolizes enlightenment and transformation, the song reflects the idea that by uncovering our own inner light, we begin to see the divine in others—and, ultimately, in all things.

The song also explores the transformative power of love in action. By practicing small acts of love and kindness toward others, we ignite that inner spark and set ourselves on a path of growth until it envelops everything in our lives. These sparks become beacons of hope and light that inspire others to embrace their own potential. Even when we feel we’re not good enough to shine brightly, becoming happens through the act of love itself. In reaching out, we awaken not just the flame in ourselves, but in everyone around us, showing the way toward being our best, truest selves.

With haunting melodies and a stirring emotional core, "Where the Fire Sleeps" is a call to courage, resilience, and connection, urging listeners to embrace the small, powerful acts that transform darkness into light.

Where the Fire Sleeps

צהונתעד בט צרעאתיונ
באנתעד פור ענסלאועמענת
אסהמעדאי

Tzhonated Bet Tseratyon
Banted For Enslaua'manat
Assamedai

Lee Mirabai Harrington is a vocalist and mantrayana practitioner who sings mantras from the Tibetan Buddhist and Sowa Ripga traditions.

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From fiery anthems of empowerment to immersive ballads steeped in lore, we create soundscapes that speak to the soul. Join us on our journey to channel the sacred and the sublime through the alchemy of sound.

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Welcome to the musical world of The William Altig Choir, where ancient wisdom meets contemporary sound.

Inspired by the teachings of the Lotus Sutra and infused with deep spiritual themes, my music blends the rich traditions of blues and folk with modern elements, creating a unique fusion that resonates with both the heart and soul.

I've been captivated by the Lotus Sutra's messages of compassion, wisdom, and transformation since my youth. It's a journey of self-discovery that has found its voice in my music. Each song is a reflection of my own spiritual awakening and a celebration of universal truths.

My style is characterized by emotive storytelling, powerful lyrics, and a commitment to exploring the depths of human experience. Featuring contemplative blues, acoustic slide guitar, saxophone melodies, and the harmonies of a gospel choir, my music reflects a quest for enlightenment and a better understanding of the self.

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