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UNIVERSAL PEACE and FREEDOM FOR ALL BEINGS! If each of us had this as our greatest aspiration there would be no more hate. |
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This album presents the verses pertaining to the example of the Drum from
the seventh chapter of the root text of the Vajrayana teachings of Buddhism.
This text, the "Mahayanottaratantra-sastra" in Sanskrit, the "Gyu Lama" in Tibetan and the "The Greater Vehicle Treatise on the Highest Continuum" in English, is one of the "Five Dharmas of Maitreya"
given by Arya Maitreya to Arya Asanga and then
rediscovered by the great Indian master Maitripa
Following the instructions of the great meditation master, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, these verses have been set to music and sung by many wonderful singers.
Each of these eight verses, sung in both Tibetan and English, features a musical setting from a different tradition of spiritual music.
The accompanying 16 page booklet presents the root verses in Tibetan as well as the English translation.
All proceeds from this recording help to fund the work of GREAT DRUM FOUNDATION, a 501(c)3 charitable corporation whose mission is to exemplify unity in diversity by bringing individual master musicians of various spiritual traditions to join together in making music that proclaims the aspirations we all share - to live in peace and freedom. To learn more, please visit www.greatdrum.org
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Recorded in Nangchen, a rural region of Kham in eastern Tibet by the travelling party
accompanying Very Venerable Lama Norlha on his trip to his homeland in September 2000.
The lineage of Chöd originated with Machig
Labdron, one of the greatest female
meditation masters of Tibet. Traditionally
practiced in charnel grounds by wandering
yogis, Chöd is a profound meditation that
dissolves fear and ego clinging into the
expanse of luminous awareness. Like all
practices in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition,
Chöd is performed for the benefit of all beings
throughout limitless space.
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Recorded live in Nangchen and Xining in eastern Tibet, this collection of authentic folk songs evokes the buoyant spirit of old Tibet ‚ a spirit of joyous appreciation of a mother's kindness, the beauty of the natural world, and the transforming power of virtue.
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Evening prayers of the 80 monks of Pullahari monastery in Nepal, the seat of the Jamgon Kongtruls. These great Lamas are regents of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism whose supreme head is H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Urgyen Trinley Dorje. This recording includes the beautiful chant "Calling the Guru From Afar" written by the first Jamgon Kongtrul, Lodro Thaye and, as a special offering, the voice of H.E. the third Jamgon Kongtrul. This CD was recorded at Pullahari monastery in the hills above the Great Stupa of Boudanath in the spring of 1999 by Franklin Kiermyer. Comes with a 28 page booklet that includes the complete liturgy in both Tibatan and English. All proceeds from the sale of this recording will go to the Jamgon Kongtrul Library and Archive.
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The newest release from the Franklin Kiermyer quartet featuring Michael Stuart-saxophone; John Esposito-piano; Fima Ephron-bass recorded in October 1999. Kiermyer's most realized and powerful music to-date. Combines the fire and conviction of sanctified prayer with the serenity and meditative absorption of devoted practice. This album is a testament to the power of sound to create an environment for liberation.
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This new CD of incendiary spiritual music in celebration of Tibetís greatest yogi saint features Franklin Kiermyer and the chant master from Rumtek monastery in Sikkim, Umdze Lodro Samphel with monks & musicians of the Karma Kagyu.
This recording was funded in part by Karma Thegsum Choyang Music / Karma Kagyu Institute of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, the North American seat of His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa. The Institute shares in the proceeds from the sale of this album. |
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