"What is mantra?
The path of magic."
~ Sangharakshita
A synergy of mantra, music and ritual
A synergy of mantra, music and ritual
Mahasukha's style of mantra is new, unique and exquisite. It's soulful, enchanting, transformative and deeply moving. Mahasukha teaches Buddhist mantra in part harmony and accompanies the chanting with gentle but powerful drumming. We chant before a beautiful shrine and make candle offerings. We enact a ritual. We create a sacred space full of mystery, wonder and magic.
"Ritual… The chanting of prayers, the insistent beat of a drum, all insinuate their way beneath the boundaries of individual ego-awareness, opening up the gateway between the daylight world and the primal sea.” ~ Liz Greene
from the album, Longing |
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Evoking the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
Evoking the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
In Buddhist tradition, each mantra has a different quality and energy, and is associated with a different Buddha or Bodhisattva. A mantra is the sound form, or symbol, of that quality eg Wisdom or Compassion. By chanting a mantra, one is invoking, calling on the divinity and the particular quality that the divinity represents, and in doing so, one is cultivating that quality within oneself and raising one's own vibration.
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Sacred Sound Medicine
Mantra is tantric. It is both a devotional practice and a form of meditation. It's a portal to another dimension. Mantra has the power to take you out of your head and into your heart and body, to bring peace and calm, to uplift, heal and transform. One becomes more concentrated, grounded, present, blissful and whole. One drops down the ancient well, down into the nourishing still depths where one finds one's purpose, faith and love, again and again. Medicine Buddha mantra
Alfoxton retreat May '24 |
“It was another incredible evening. Incredible is not strong enough a word. I have had some very powerful experiences while meditating but that was the first time I’ve experienced it during mantra. It was the perfect mantra for me at the moment. I experienced such a huge amount of strength, love and bliss. It was euphoric really but somehow it had a huge amount of internal power behind it.” ~ Sarah
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"This is so magical! I can feel
how with every note my breath becomes slower and deeper and my heart opens to the world. Thank you.” ~ Lily |
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Copyright © Mahasukha 2016 I All Rights Reserved
Web Design: Mahasukha I Photos: Raimond Klavins, Violeta Orlauskaite, Sagaravajra & Mahasukha
Images by Aloka courtesy of Padmaloka