Music and Spirituality (Manoshi et al)

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Manoshi,

 

I agree with what you're saying. Gandharva music is particularly

pleasing. For those who have not heard of it, the music is

fascinating in that there are different ragas for each part of the

day. The ragas are tuned to the various doshas, such as pitta,

kapha, and vata.

 

Regards,

 

John R.

 

 

 

, "khallopapa"

<khallopapa> wrote:

> Dear Friends,

>

> Some genuine thougts of mine. I hope you agree...

>

> Aadhyatma or spirituality is closely related to music. I am talking

> about the music which doesn't produce momentary excitement but has

> the capability of giving everlasting pleasure(chirasthayee anand).

> The `naad', `swara', `shruti' or the vibrations produced have the

> power to take a person to that cosmic journey.

> `Dhrupad'is sung with the use of `naad swara' which is produced

from

> the `naabhi' and the singer totally is immersed in the pleasure of

> the effects of music.

> Music teaches discipline which is a requisite towards the path of

> spirituality and attaining God. When a singer sings a particular

> raga, he is automatically bound in certain limits of the swaras. If

> he does not respect that, he or anyone listening to him, instead of

> getting that `anand', instead of getting totally immersed in

music,

> is distracted and there is a feeling of dissatisfaction and

> frustration.. The `taala' part in music also teaches discipline.

>

> We all know the story of Tansen. When he sang raga Deepak, a

> tremendous amount of heat was produced in his body. It was cooled

> down by his daughter by singing raga Malhaar. Even today, music has

> the capability to do miracles but those ragas have to be sung with

> devotion and in their original forms. Over the years the

> original `swaroop' or form of these ragas have changed and the

> vibrations produced by those typical combination of `swaras' are

> not the same anymore. But music still remains a medium to reach

THAT

> goal.

> So, if you immerse yourself in good music or anything in which you

> find tremendous satisfaction, with no desire to become famous or

any

> other materialistic desire, you are certainly on the path which

> leads to the doors of GOD.

>

> Manoshi