“Without any question, they represent the spirit and culture of Tibet at its highest level.” –Philip Glass, composer UC Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures presents the beautiful and spiritual Tantric chanting ...
The human voice is an essential component in the spiritual life of most religions throughout the world. And its use is as varied as cultures, embracing everything from Gregorian chant and the ...
It was 3 o'clock one morning in 1964, on the eve of the highest holiday in the Tibetan calendar, when renowned religion scholar Huston Smith awoke in a monastery in the Himalayas to experience ...
Looking for spiritual getaways in the Himalayas? Discover five must-visit Buddhist monasteries in Himachal Pradesh for peace, ...
That same year, Hart invited fourteen monks to his home studio to record Tibetan Chants for World Peace (White Swan Records). In order to reproduce something like the authentic, time-honored sound of ...
Each of the golden throats of the members of the Gyuto Monks Tibetan Tantric Choir (pictured) can produce three tones at the same time–a sign of enlightenment. These Tibetan monks practice meditations ...
The low, growling chants are otherworldly, eerie yet soothing, punctuated by bells, drums and cymbals. These are the sounds of Tibetan Buddhist monks, the sounds of religious ritual, but in the U.S., ...
The Gyuto Monks Tibetan Tantric Choir will return to Centennial Hall this coming Saturday for the first time in years. What makes their chanting different is that each of these Gyuto monks have ...
At the Gyuto Monastery in the foothills of the Himalayas, a love both familiar and exotic was in the air. Some 60 Tibetan schoolgirls had come to be in the presence of the living Buddha--who, in this ...
The Gyuto Monks Tibetan Tantric Choir will return to Centennial Hall this coming Saturday for the first time in years. What makes their chanting different is that each of these Gyuto monks have ...