Tibetan Meditation Music: For Quiet Mind and Peaceful Heart [Audio CD]

Nawang Khechog (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2007

Soothing music

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Sounds True 2007-04-01 (2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591795486
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,524,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #58 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Tibet

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solemn music for prayer and chant, June 21, 2007

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Daiho - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tibetan Meditation Music (Audio CD)

Tibetan flautist Nawang Khechog marks 20 years as a professional musician with his new release, Tibetan Mediation Music, a collection of 11 original compositions based on traditional meditative themes. The title might suggest otherwise, but except for sounds used to mark passages in services - such as gongs, bells, and trumpets - music is not a part of Buddhist mediation. It is employed here as the aural background to some of the more commonly used chants and prayers in the Tibetan tradition.

Nawang Khechog knows a bit about those, having in his youth been an ordained monk for 11 years. Among the pieces for which he has chosen to compose are chants to the Buddha, Manju Shri (the god of wisdom), Avalokiteshrava (the god of compassion), and Tara (a female goddess of compassion). There are also two songs based on classic Tibetan poetry, as well as a piece commissioned for the opening ceremony of a 2006 address from ten Nobel Peace Laureates.

Given its purpose, it's hardly surprising to find the music for this project is solemn and staid, built around Nawang's exceptional flute playing and his subdued, often whispered, chanting of the ancient invocations. Except for the marimba on The Great Prince of Peace, the music is played without rhythmic accompaniment and is adorned with bells, gongs and occasional sound effects, such as rolling thunder in The Perfection of Wisdom, or cowbells in Walking Into the Himalayas. These tonal explorations are enriched by the sound of violin, cello, and oud.

This is a lovely album of quiet music suitable for prayer, relaxation, yoga, or massage. It is can also be used to create a relaxing ambience for your work space.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite, January 13, 2008

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Ron-in-RI "Life is Good" (Providence RI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tibetan Meditation Music (Audio CD)

It would be difficult to exaggerate the beauty and the specialness of this CD. For me, it is truly meditative in that I would find it difficult to carefully listen to this CD simply "as music" all the way through; rather, it takes me to an "inner place" of contemplation and relaxation where I forget I am listening to music. One special quality of this CD is that it is consistently meditative all the way through; there are no surprises; the mood is consistent throughout. I know massage therapists who love this CD for use in their work, and other people who enjoy just having this music playing in the background of their everyday lives. It's very special.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gentleness for the stressed soul., April 11, 2007

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Sylvan Green "Seeker" (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tibetan Meditation Music: For Quiet Mind and Peaceful Heart (Audio CD)

Nawang Khechog's gentleness comes through his music. Soft prayers, spoken and sung, in Tibetan filter up through lovely flute music along with tibetan gong, bells, and the occasional horn. I don't know what it is exactly about Nawang's music that relaxes me so completely, but it does and I am so greatful that all I have to do to take a "mini-vacation" is put on this music.