The Love Window (2003) Liner Notes Shantala Music www.shantalamusic.com About The Love Window The sacred songs in this album echo inside each one of us, a whisper from past millennia resonating into the eternal present. Sacred chanting is a love window into the heart. Chanting these ancient names opens the window. We are unspeakably grateful to the source of all song. If you are new to chanting, we invite you to listen to the sound of your voice and notice what happens. Give your heart fully to whatever you love.
We wish to dedicate this album to our mothers, Karla Klinger and Nancy Wertheimer, and to all mothers. Know that you are dearly loved, always!
Tracks 1. Amba Parameshwari 2. Hare Krishna 3. Durge 4. Shiva Invocation 5. Jaya Shambho 6. Nataraja 7. Om Mata Kali 8. Purnamadah
All translations by Douglas Brooks. Om Purnamadah chant provided by Manorama.
Track 1 “Amba Parameshwari” Amba Parameshwari Akhilandeshwari Adi Parashakti Palayamam Shri Bhuvaneshwari Raja Maheshwari Ananda Rupini Palayamam Sachidananda Rupini Palayamam Ma Ma Ma Ma Ananda Mayi Ma Palayamam Sachidananda Mayi Ma Palayamam
Sweet Mother, You are the Supreme Divine, Empowering All, you are the Whole, Everything! Primordial One, Creativity Supreme, protect me! Auspicious One, Goddess of the Earth, Great Goddess of the Sovereign Whose Form is Being, Consciousness, and Bliss, protect me! O Mother, O Ma! O Mother made of Bliss! O Mother, protect me! O Form of Being, Consciousness, and Bliss, protect me! Track 2 “Hare Krishna” Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare
O Sustainer, O Dark One! O Krishna, O Krishna! O Sustainer, O Joyous One! O Rama, O Rama!
Track 3 “Durga” Durge Durge Durge Jai Jai Ma Jagatambe Jai Jai Ma Kalikapalanima
O Durga, Remover of What is Before, Difficult Going! Victory! Celebration, O Mother of the Universe! Victory and Celebration, O Mother! Black One, Protectress of Time, Dark as the Rain Cloud!
Track 5 “Jaya Shambho” Jaya Jaya Jaya Shambho Hara Hara Hara Shambho Mahadeva Shambho, Mahadeva Shambho
Victory, joy, and celebration! Remover of Darkness! Dissolver of the Universe! Conveyer of Truth! Great God, Great Light!
Track 6 “Nataraja” Nataraja Nataraja, Nartana Sundara Nataraja Shivaraja Shivaraja, Shiva Kami Priya Shivaraja Chidambaresha Nataraja Parthi Purishwara Nataraja
Lord of the Dance, Sovereign of Dance, Beautiful Dancer! Beloved One who is Shiva's Desire! Auspicious Lord! Lord Clothed in Consciousness! Sovereign of the Dance, Earthen Ruler, Lord of the Universe!
Track 7 “Om Mata Kali” Om Mata Kali, Kali Durge Ma Shri Ma, Shri Ma, Shri Ma, Shri Ma
Eternal Mother of Time! Mistress of Death, Remover of Time, O Mother, O Dark One! Auspicious One, Auspicious Mother, Life Giving, Life Affirming, Celebratory Mother!
Track 8 “Purnamadah” Om Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnata Purnamudacyate Purnasaya Purna Ma Daya Purnamevava Sheshyate
Om, the Eternal! The Perfect, Fullfillment! This is the Perfect/Fulfillment! The Perfect emerges from Perfect! When the Perfect is separated from the Perfect only the Perfect remains!
The Artists Benjy Wertheimer: vocals, esraj, tabla, djembe, keyboards, guitar, percussion Heather Wertheimer: vocals, guitar Ty Burhoe: frame drum, shaker Tim Ellis: guitar on Om Mata Kali, Jaya Shambho, Hare Krishna, and Nataraja Steve Gorn: bansuri bamboo flute, clarinet Leraine Horstmanshoff: didgeridoo Amy Ippoliti: backing vocals on Purnamadah, Durge, and Hare Krishna Jeff Leonard: bass Michael Mandrell: guitar on Jaya Shambho, Durge Matthew Montfort: lead guitar on Nataraja Beth Noelle: backing vocals on Purnamadah, Amba Parameshwari Willow Noelle: laughter Michael Stirling: tamboura David Trasoff: sarod Chorus: Karen Berg-Smith, Ty Burhoe, Arthur Cornell, Jarmila Darby, Leslie Ellis, Amy Gasskill, Jim and Lynea Gillen, Tasha Harmon, Leraine Horstmanshoff, Amy Ippoliti, Thomas Lifschutz, Beth Noelle, Georgia Peterson, Annapurna Sarada, Michael Stirling, Jim Walker, Lauren Worsh