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Shivaya Namaha Om Namah Shivaya

from Bliss of Kirtan by Natesh

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Entire treatises are written about this ancient and powerful mantra and its meaning(s). I've read that it originated from Shri Rudram, which in turn comes from the Yajurveda. I show a very simple meaning following the lyrics. It is known as the Great Redeeming Mantra and also as Panchakshara (the 5-Syllable mantra, which doesn't count the 'Om') amongst devotees of Lord Shiva, and there are also associations between those 5 syllables and the five elements. I invite you to do your own research for more about this mantra.

This is the only track on the album where I sing all of the 'calls' of the call and response format. It has a very trance-like quality as it continually shifts back and forth between 2 different chords and the two lyric variations of the mantra.

I recorded the sound of the thunderstorm that opens the track one night when the noise of the storm was preventing me from doing some other preliminary recording for the album.

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Om Namah Shivaaya Om Namah Shivaaya

Shivaaya Namaha Om Namah Shivaaya


Meaning (simple):

Salutations to Shiva

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from Bliss of Kirtan, released January 2, 2014
Features: Steve Oda - sarod; Monnie Ramsell - esraj, response vocals; Prajna Vieira - response vocals, addl. kartals; Yvette Om - response vocals; Ben Leinbach - response vocals, electric guitar, keyboard bass, drums and hand percussion; Natesh - call and response vocals, guitar, drums and hand percussion.

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Natesh Sedona, Arizona

Natesh has been chanting in the kirtan tradition for over 40 years, first connecting with it in 1979 in the Oakland ashram of Baba Muktananda. He's led regular kirtan in Sedona, Arizona since 2004 and has appeared at numerous festivals, including BhaktiFest and ShaktiFest. His 190+ chant compositions have been called “some of the most beautiful melodies" and his singing "deeply soulful." ... more

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