Search - Manish Vyas :: Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation

Manish Vyas
Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation
Genres: International Music, New Age, Pop

Track Listings (3) - Disc #1
1. Allaho akbar, ya rahimo ya rahman
2. La illaha illa allah
3. Ya rabbi salli alal habib mohammaden

CD Details

All Artists: Manish Vyas
Title: Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: White Swan Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 9/3/2002
Genres: International Music, New Age, Pop
Styles: India & Pakistan, India, Meditation, Instrumental
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 717147004524

Synopsis

Product Description

The dervish s whirling is a meditation communion and contemplation set to music; the calm center of a spiritual cyclone. Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation captures the music that drives this resplendent and timeless practice. Serpentine ney (flute), melodic santoor, impassioned singing and ancient frame drum form a hypnotic rhythmic engine, building in intensity and carrying the listener to whirling ecstasy. Recorded in India s Ishvani Kendra monastery, Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation features seasoned musicians, masters of the sema a (Sufi ceremony), performing this irresistible music that propelled the original trance dancers. The Persian mystic poet Rumi, founder of the Mevlana Dervish brotherhood, wrote, ...Music uplifts the soul to realms above. The ashes glow, the latent fires increase. We listen and are fed with joy and peace. Immensely enjoyable for straight listening, truly indispensable for inner exploration, Sufi Splendor: Music for Whirling Meditation places the listener at the tranquil heart of that latent fire.

CD Reviews

Sensual and uplifting

K. Andrews | 07/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This wonderful CD combines the sensual beauty of the middle eastern rhythyms with the uplifting, entrancing spirituality of the chants. Each of the three long tracks builds from a simple beginning, increasing in tempo and passion. This is a wonderful CD for meditation, particulary active meditation (the whirling of the title, dance, etc.). I highly recommend it for anyone interested in Sufi traditions and/or middle eastern music."

Very repetitive if you're not actually meditating

Darkwave Fan | Bakersfield, CA | 01/05/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"It says on the cover, "Music for whirling meditation". Remember that when listening to it. Unless you're actually meditating, the tracks are going to sound extremely repetitive. I created short versions of the tracks, for casual enjoyment."

Eh...

Only the Best Will Do | 05/10/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is okay, but I don't find it as transformative as I've found other Sufi music, which sadly I do not know the names of those artists. The singer has a lovely voice and the instruments are well played but it definitely did not put me in the required state for whirling meditation which I have experience elsewhere."