AUDIO REVIEW - Nawang Khechog: Tibetan Meditation Music
Nawang Khechog
Tibetan Meditation Music
Sounds True M1109D
(www.soundstrue.com or www.nawangkhechog.com)
New Age fans have long been inspired by the Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog's collaborations with stars such as Kitaro, Paul Winter, and Natalie Merchant. On his own, Nawang has now produced a profoundly soothing, serene album, backed by Tibetan bells, percussion, and other native instruments. His meditative music reflects the fact that Nawang himself spent 11 years as a monk - including four as a hermit - in the Himalayan foothills, under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the eremitic life is an ascetic experience of contemplation and prayer without everyday distractions. Yet Nawang's melodious tracks, such as "Walking into the Himalaya to Meditate" and "Wisdom and Compassion," are sensuously life-enhancing. Nawang has said that his music's goal is to "become more loving toward yourself and others."
Based in Boulder, Colorado, Nawang recently recovered from a 2006 taxi accident during a trip to eastern India, which killed his niece and injured his son. After being airlifted to a hospital in New Delhi (the emergency charter flight was paid for by his fan Richard Gere), Nawang ascribes his recovery to chanting and meditation, explaining, "You take all suffering of sentient beings upon yourself. You visualize that and then you give out all suffering. I became like someone else. No pain. Just sitting there very quiet and still." As we listen to his CD, we realize that what worked for Nawang can work for us.
Tibetan Meditation Music
Sounds True M1109D
(www.soundstrue.com or www.nawangkhechog.com)
New Age fans have long been inspired by the Tibetan flutist Nawang Khechog's collaborations with stars such as Kitaro, Paul Winter, and Natalie Merchant. On his own, Nawang has now produced a profoundly soothing, serene album, backed by Tibetan bells, percussion, and other native instruments. His meditative music reflects the fact that Nawang himself spent 11 years as a monk - including four as a hermit - in the Himalayan foothills, under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the eremitic life is an ascetic experience of contemplation and prayer without everyday distractions. Yet Nawang's melodious tracks, such as "Walking into the Himalaya to Meditate" and "Wisdom and Compassion," are sensuously life-enhancing. Nawang has said that his music's goal is to "become more loving toward yourself and others."
Based in Boulder, Colorado, Nawang recently recovered from a 2006 taxi accident during a trip to eastern India, which killed his niece and injured his son. After being airlifted to a hospital in New Delhi (the emergency charter flight was paid for by his fan Richard Gere), Nawang ascribes his recovery to chanting and meditation, explaining, "You take all suffering of sentient beings upon yourself. You visualize that and then you give out all suffering. I became like someone else. No pain. Just sitting there very quiet and still." As we listen to his CD, we realize that what worked for Nawang can work for us.
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