a r t i s t : Bokar Rimpoche
t i t l e : Sacred Chants and Tibetan Rituals from the Monastery o
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Sub Rosa (SR264)
g e n r e : Ethnic
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2008
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 74,5 MB
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*Ripper's note: The titles are listed on the CD booklet in
both French and English. I used the English. Also, some of the
titles I used have been shortened. Please see inside_1 scan
for more details.
Recorded in Mirik Monastery (in the northeastern India) with
the total collaboration of Bokar Rimpoche - all the pieces
were edited by the filmmaker Guy Maezelle (Bokar Rimpoche' :
Meditation Master).
Bokar Rimpoche
Acknowledged as a Great Master of Tibetan Buddhism, Bokar
Rimpoche (1940-2004) devoted his whole life to meditation.
Having fled Tibet in 1959, he lived in exile, isolated in a
little monastery in the mountains. The spiritual son of Kalou
Rimpoche', a close relation of the Dalai Lama and Meditation
Master of the 17th Karmapa, Bokar Rimpoche was the heir and
representative of an ancestral knowledge (of the Kagyu" line)
passed along from generation to generation and holding wisdom
that still enlightens us today. These recordings match Guy
Maezelle's film Bokar Rimpoche: Maitre de meditation and
feature sacred chants recorded by Bokar Rimpoche himself and
ritual music from the Mirik Monastery (Himalayan Mountains in
Northern India, between Bhutan and Nepal).
A message from Bokar Rimpoche
We, practising Buddhists, must understand that all that we
accomplish in this life results originally from our mothers
goodness. For it is first thanks to her that we are able to
survive. It is her that fed us, clothed us, and who took care
of our education. But in reality, our whole life depends on
all the other beings and their activities. For example, meat,
milk and butter are given to us by the animals. Our food, our
clothes, our home depend on the work and effort of many other
beings. In other words, on this earth, every day of our lives
is lived depending on an infinite number of other beings for
no one, since their birth, can survive alone. They would have
no food and no clothes. So we must be aware that our life
depends on the contribution of many other beings who show
goodness towards us . Therefore it is all beings, without
exception, that we should hold dear ! Even without referring
to the word of Buddha, this interdependence between all beings
is easy to understand.
birth ends in death
accumulation ends in exhaustion
construction ends in destruction
union ends in seperation
everything, by its very nature,
is marked by impermanency
nothing and no-one remains eternally
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01-Mountain soundscape (Himalaya) [00:37]
02-Taking refuge by Lama Tcheupel [02:00]
(monk at the Monastery of Mirik)
03-Excerpt from The hundred thousand songs of Milarepa [02:17]
04-Four-Voice song: Calling the lama from Afar [12:41]
05-Tibetan bowls [01:40]
06-The Tsok offering [06:51]
(excerpt from the songs of immortality)
07-Bokar Rimpoche - teachings on meditation [01:27]
08-Bokar Rimpoche - teachings on meditation [00:55]
(film excerpt)
09-Bokar Rimpoche Djemila - praise Mantra for Milarepa [02:25]
10-Dedication of the Mahamudra meditation [01:13]
11-Mahakala ceremony [25:30]
12-Bokar Rimpoche - teachings on meditation [01:16]
(film excerpt)
13-A river in the Mirik forest [01:20]
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60:12 min