By This Light
Nina Wise
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Chant list
Refuge
Bodhicitta
Kindness
Om Tare
May We All Be a Light
By This Light
Metta
Dedication
Sample excerpts
By This Light
By This Light is a collection of songs, chants and blessings inspired by the teachings of Anam Thubten Rinpoche. I have created this album with his encouragement and invite you to listen, sing along, and even dance if you feel so moved.
In recent years, as our world has grown more and more polarized and the widespread suffering so heartbreaking, I found myself drawn to the keyboard with Anam Thubten’s liturgy before me. Melodies emerged and as I sang, the wisdom of the teachings took root within me. Throughout the day, the words and melodies would return as reminders to be kinder, to soften, to see through the eyes of compassion.
Singing blessings is a way “to rewire the brain,” Anam Thubten teaches. Chanting helps us surrender resistance to the sacred within us, he says, opening a path to the wisdom and compassion that lie at the heart of our being.
When we touch the equanimity that resides within, we are more able to be agents of peace and light in this world.
CREDITS
Nina Wise lyrics, composition, vocals; Ben Leinbach producer, bass, percussion, guitar, vocals; Ken Cook piano, Melanie DeMore vocals; Lakshmi del Soto vocals; Gawain Matthews guitar, mandola; Elaine Kreston cello; Peter Rowan guitar, mandolin, vocals; Anam Thubten Rinpoche lyrics, vocals
“I was deeply moved and ignited when I listened to one of Nina’s chants — my heart just soared! Her music evoked such an unexpected depth of emotion.
I’m eagerly awaiting the release of the album. I’ll use the chants in all of my workshops and classes, and I can’t wait to share the gift of her music with all of my
students around the world. ”
Anam Thubten Rinpoche in the recording studio
Our musicians at work
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