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Shanti Mantras are invoked in the beginning of some topics of the Upanishads. They are believed to calm the mind and the environment of the reciter. Shanti Mantras always end with the sacred syllable om (auṃ) and three utterances of the word "shanti", which means "peace". The reason for the three utterances is regarded to be for the removal ...
The text of the mantra (albeit with some typography issues and/or typos) is quoted in the beginning of the official music video for Light of Transcendence, [15] the first track on the 2018 album Ømni by the Brazilian power metal band Angra. In 2024, the mantra was used in the lyrics for "Shanti", a song by Zedd from the album Telos.
The oral tradition of the Vedas consists of several pathas, "recitations" or ways of chanting the Vedic mantras.Such traditions of Vedic chant are often considered the oldest unbroken oral tradition in existence, the fixation of the Vedic texts as preserved dating to roughly the time of Homer (early Iron Age or 800 BC).
The Gayatri mantra is cited widely in Hindu texts, such as the mantra listings of the Śrauta liturgy, and classical Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, [5] [6] Harivamsa, [7] and Manusmṛti. [8] The mantra and its associated metric form was known by the Buddha. [9] The mantra is an important part of the initiation ceremony.
The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda is a compilation album by Alice Coltrane.The music was drawn from the master tapes of four recordings that had been previously released on cassette in limited quantities for members of the Sai Anantam Ashram in California: Turiya Sings (1982), Divine Songs (1987), Infinite Chants (1990), and Glorious Chants (1995).
Premal and Miten say they use a "natural selection" process to choose mantras for their albums. Premal prefers Sanskrit mantras. [citation needed] She has stated that removing her ego from her understanding of the mantra allows its true meaning to be expressed. [5] She describes their work as being "messengers of a 5,000-year-old tradition."
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Titled "Hare Krishna Mantra", the song reached the top twenty on the UK music charts, and was also successful in West Germany and Czechoslovakia. [23] [25] The mantra of the Upanishad thus helped bring Bhaktivedanta and ISKCON ideas into the West. [23] Kenneth Womack states that "Hare Krishna Mantra" became "a surprise number 12 hit" in Britain ...