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Podcast: Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants
Episode: Asato Ma by Shankara feat. Mantra Circle (arranged by Shankara)
Description: asato ma sad gamaya
tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
mrtyor mamrtam gamaya
performed by
Shankara – vocals, harmonium
Ramani – vocals, egg shaker
Immanuel – djembe
Asato Ma Sat Gamaya, is an ancient verse from the Vedas.
It is a peace mantra, and it is also a prayer where we ask to experience the highest.
The entire text of Asato Ma means: lead us from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from mortality to immortality.
" I try not to sing, but to be sung. Not to put anythi...