Artist Info: Khampagar Monastery

Extracts from music for three rituals were played in 1973 by the magnificent ensemble of shawms, trumpets and percussion of Khampagar Monastery. The recording opens with an invocation to Padmasambhava, who brought Buddhism to Tibet from India. Then follow two rites associated with Mahakala, who removes impediments to enlightenment.

Music plays an integral role in Tantric Buddhism, seen as a means to transform the whole stream of being into illumined awareness. [read more...]