Bhakti Sagara - Collection of Bhajans

[Sahasranama]

Namasté All

To my ears, this is intensely beautiful.

I should love to know if the pronunciation and meter is respected.

Thank you kindly.

praNAma

mana

No meter, grammar, pronunciation or integrity of mantra is respected here. But if it floats your boat, more power to you.

[Mana]

No meter, grammar, pronunciation or integrity of mantra is respected here. But if it floats your boat, more power to you.

Namasté Sahasranama,

Thank you for your informative response. It is fascinating to me the difference between Eastern and Western music.

Is the pitch of mantra or Bhajan, annotated in Indian culture?
Or is this left to interpretation?

Thank you.

praNAma

mana

[sm78]

Namasté Sahasranama,

Thank you for your informative response. It is fascinating to me the difference between Eastern and Western music.

Is the pitch of mantra or Bhajan, annotated in Indian culture?
Or is this left to interpretation?

Thank you.

praNAma

mana

I don't understand music but do enjoy it like most other human beings. Indian and western music are very different, both are excellent in every way, but better listened and admired within their own context.

[Sahasranama]

Namasté Sahasranama,

Thank you for your informative response. It is fascinating to me the difference between Eastern and Western music.

Is the pitch of mantra or Bhajan, annotated in Indian culture?
Or is this left to interpretation?

Thank you.

praNAma

mana

I am not an expert of music either, but what I meant with my points I can briefly describe below:

-grammar: when people combine words they often forget to use the proper case etc.
-meter: in this clip the gayatri mantra of ganesha was used, but not in the traditional meter of the gayatri.
-pronunciation: if you are familiar with Indian languages you can easily spot mispronunciations
-integrity of mantra: mantras are always chanted completely, but in this clip there was only a part of the mantra combined with another mantra

I am also not an expert on music, I don't sing or play an instrument, but I do enjoy mostly Indian devotional/classical music. I don't listen to much else, unless someone else is playing music. Hindu classical music is derived from the Sama veda/ Gandhara upaveda. Samaveda chanting isn't very fancy, some pandits call it chanting of frogs, because it sounds a little repetitive, but it is a very meditative experience to listen to it. This form of music is also a yogic sadhana. It can easily absorp your mind in a state of dhyana/samadhi just from listening to it.

[Mana]

Namasté sm87,

I do respect you position on this, yet the music of my parents era was so heavily influenced by the influx of Hindu teachings from India at that time, sent to the west by such masters as Sri Swami Sivananda, amongst others.
I find it difficult to accept this perspective having learnt to play by ear. A classically trained musician would agree with you; whole heartedly, I am sure.

There are some very interesting cross pollinations.

Hendrix: as bold as love.

This album is an enormous influence in my childhood. I would recommend The song "Axis bold as love" and "If 6 was 9" amongst many of the great works on this album.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the Indian influence on Dharma in the West, since Swami Vivekananda's visit and onwards.
I do not see such a divide?
I do respect tradition. We are however, free to discuss such matters; openly in an international place, such as the WWW?

Are we not?

praNAma

mana

[Mana]

Namasté Sahasranama,

Thank you for sharing this, it is so true that the forest that is the internet can be a little hard to decipher at times; thankfully there are places such as this and people such as your self, with whom and where such matters can be openly discussed.

Such that wisdom and love may grow.

I am very much a beginner, learning the scriptural wisdom for a better understanding of the subtleties within this delectable wisdom.


Thank you kindly.

praNAma

mana

[sm78]

Namasté sm87,

I do respect you position on this, yet the music of my parents era was so heavily influenced by the influx of Hindu teachings from India at that time, sent to the west by such masters as Sri Swami Sivananda, amongst others.
I find it difficult to accept this perspective having learnt to play by ear. A classically trained musician would agree with you; whole heartedly, I am sure.

There are some very interesting cross pollinations.

Hendrix: as bold as love.

This album is an enormous influence in my childhood. I would recommend The song "Axis bold as love" and "If 6 was 9" amongst many of the great works on this album.

I would love to hear your thoughts on the Indian influence on Dharma in the West, since Swami Vivekananda's visit and onwards.
I do not see such a divide?
I do respect tradition. We are however, free to discuss such matters; openly in an international place, such as the WWW?

Are we not?

praNAma

mana

I am not against cross pollination either - i quite love "my sweet lord". However, classical chants sung like western music doesn't sound good to my ears. Maybe its more cultural. But respecting original cultural tradition is not a bad thing imho. But I don't want to make too much fuss about it - any effort to sing and chant mantras must be positive anyway.

[shian]

i love Uma Mohan

[Mana]

i love Uma Mohan

Namasté shian,

Thank you for the pointer, superb!
The chant is hypnotic, this made the hair on my back stand on end!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-amY...eature=related

praNAma

mana

[Ramakrishna]

"Bolo Ram Jai Jai Ram" by the late, great Jagjit Singh, a blessed soul indeed

Jai Sri Ram