Tibetan Prayer Chants [Import]

Buddhist Nuns at Chuchikjall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 14, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sow
• ASIN: B00002MX3T
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,546 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #80 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Tibet

Track Listings

1. Morning in the Zanskar Valley

2. Wisdom Shall Overcome (Pt. 1)

3. Wisdom Shall Overcome (Pt. 2)

4. Prayer for Geshe Lobsand & Geshe Nawang

5. Puja for the Eight Paradises

6. Prayer for the Dalai Lama, Pt. 1

7. Blowing of the Conch

8. Prayer for the Dalai Lama, Pt. 2

9. Offering the Mandala to Compassion

10. Puja at the End of the Day

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars warning: pirated copy, May 15, 2006

By 

Garkyid - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tibetan Prayer Chants (Audio CD)

I am the original anthropologist/sound recorder of this CD, which was produced in 1996 by Polyglobe in Austria. Sadly, this version is pirated by the label 'Sow'. The other pirated version is from the label 'Sounds of the World'. Both are for sale in the US, but neither of these two companies sends proceeds from the sale to the NGO, Gaden Choling which supports the Chuchikjall Nuns. IF you want to buy this CD, please buy it from Polyglobe Austria [http://www.polyglobemusic.com/ ]

The recording is beautiful, produced from the 20 nuns of Chuchikjall nunnery, in Karsha, Zangskar.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I really wanted to like it., January 27, 2003

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Pema Siera (Jacksonville, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tibetan Prayer Chants (Audio CD)

I really want to support Buddhist Nuns; they are very admirable. However their chanting was so high pitched that I couldn't enjoy it. I'm just one person though. The breadth of the chants on this cd is wonderful.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Hypnotic, and Authentic, October 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Tibetan Prayer Chants (Audio CD)

Pure and authentic chanting by Tibetan nuns of Chuchikjall
Nunnery in Karsha, Zanskar. It is a live recording made inside
a one-thousand-year-old temple dedicated to Avalokitesvara.
The beautiful and hypnotic voices bring one into a state of
peaceful upliftment. The occasional sounds of coughing, people
walking, etc., actually enhances the listening experience, as
one feels like being right there in the temple with the nuns.
Anyone interested in Tibetan Buddhism and especially prayer

chants by nuns, will enjoy this CD. As there are so few
recordings by Tibetans nuns (compared to monks), I found it
especially a treat to discover this CD. Interestingly though,
on one track #9, there are also male voices (the first 6 minutes,
than it changes to all female for the rest of the chant). This
gives a wonderful opportunity to experience the difference of
sound and harmonies between nuns and monks.