Sacred chants · Mantra · Invocation

Chants and Mantras

Sacred chants from the contemplative traditions of the world. The Vedic mantra and the Tibetan invocation, the Gregorian processional and the Sikh hymn, the ninety-nine names of Allah and the syllable of the breath. Each chant is a vehicle: a rope thrown across an interior distance, a small mechanism of attention. To repeat is to enter. To listen is to be carried.

XXII selections · 6h 26m
Individual chants

Mantras, invocations, and short chants

Shankara Parvathi Stotram

Namashivabayam · 432 Hz

A hymn to Shiva and Parvati, the divine couple at the center of the universe.

Sangkata Nashana Ganapathy Stotram

432 Hz

The hymn to Ganesh that dispels every danger and obstacle. Sanskrit verse for the inner path.

OM SO HUM

The mantra of the breath · 432 Hz

Inhale "So"; exhale "Hum." "I am that." The simplest mantra; the breath as practice.

Shri Saraswati Suprabhatam

Blessings of the Goddess Saraswati · 432 Hz

Morning invocation to Saraswati, goddess of wisdom and sacred speech.

Kanda Naal Mudhal

432 Hz

Tamil devotional to Murugan, son of Shiva. "From the very day I saw you."

Asato Maa

Ravi Shankar · Chants of India · 432 Hz

"Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality." The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad mantra in Ravi Shankar's setting.

Sree Annapoorneshwari Stotram

Devotional · 432 Hz

Hymn to Annapurna, the Mother who feeds. Goddess of nourishment and sustenance.

Mahaa Mrityunjaya · Om Triambakam

Ravi Shankar · 432 Hz

The Great Death-Conquering Mantra. Tribute to Shiva the Three-Eyed, granted to the rishi Markandeya.

99 Names of Almighty Allah

432 Hz

The ninety-nine attributes of the Divine in the Islamic tradition. Each name a contemplation.

Shiva Sacred Mantra · Namashivabayam

432 Hz

The five-syllable mantra of Shiva: Na-Ma-Shi-Va-Ya. The simplest of the great mantras.

Hosanna Filio David

Gregorian Chant · 432 Hz · 4K

"Hosanna to the Son of David." The Palm Sunday processional of the Latin rite, sung in plainchant.

Manipura · Third Chakra

432 Hz

Healing chant for the solar plexus chakra. Fire, will, and digestion of experience.

Sabh Te Laggu

Heart Touching Chant

A Sikh sacred chant of universal listening. "All hearing, all reflection."

Om Mani Padme Hum · 108 Times

Tibetan Chant · 432 Hz

The six-syllable mantra of compassion: "the jewel in the lotus." Tibetan Buddhist tradition; one full mala.

Mrityunjaya · Om Triambakam

432 Hz

A second reading of the Great Death-Conquering Mantra.

Chidananda Roopah Shivoham

Maha Nirvana Shatakam · 432 Hz

"I am Shiva. Consciousness, bliss, my true form." From the Nirvana Shatakam of Adi Shankaracharya.

Mahishasura Mardini Stotram

Hymn to Durga, slayer of the buffalo demon. Sanskrit verse on the goddess of destruction-as-deliverance.

Extended sessions

Long-form invocations

For sustained meditation, healing work, or the full one hundred and eight repetitions.

Rudri Path · Vedic Chanting by 21 Brahmins

The Rudra Path chanted by twenty-one Brahmins. Vedic hymn to Shiva-Rudra; layered Sanskrit recitation across more than half an hour.

Medicine Buddha Mantra

Tayatha Om Bekanze · for healing

The Tibetan Buddhist mantra of healing, invoked unbroken for an hour. Bhaisajyaguru, the Master of Remedies, with his lapis-lazuli light.

OM Chanting

432 Hz · 4K

An hour of unbroken Om. The primordial sound; the syllable from which all syllables come.

OM Mantra · For Meditation, Study, Focus

An hour of the OM mantra in its most concentrated meditative form.

Ganesh Chanting · 108 Times

Om Gan Ganpataye Namo Namah · 432 Hz

The remover of obstacles, invoked one hundred and eight times. The full mala of the elephant-headed Lord.