Om namah shivay

No post anterior não sabia ainda dos atentados em Mumbai.
Este bhajan, que já postei algures no blog, é agora repetido em homenagem às vítimas. Também como proposta de meditação aos eventuais leitores deste blogue.
Namaḥ Śivāya is the most holy name of God Śiva, recorded at the very center of the Vedas and elaborated in the Śaiva Agamas.
Na is the Lord’s concealing grace, Ma is the world, Śi stands for Śiva, Va is His revealing grace, Ya is the soul. The five elements, too, are embodied in this ancient formula for invocation. Na is earth, Ma is water, Śi is fire, Vā is air, and Ya is ether, or Ākāśa. Many are its meanings.

Namaḥ Śivaya has such power, the mere intonation of these syllables reaps its own reward in salvaging the soul from bondage of the treacherous instinctive mind and the steel bands of a perfected externalized intellect. Namaḥ Śivāya quells the instinct, cuts through the steel bands and turns this intellect within and on itself, to face itself and see its ignorance. Sages declare that mantra is life, that mantra is action, that mantra is love and that the repetition of mantra, japa, bursts forth wisdom from within.

The holy Natchintanai proclaims, “Namaḥ Śivāya is in truth both Āgama and Veda. Namah Śivāya represents all mantras and tantras. Namaḥ Śivaya is our souls, our bodies and possessions. Namaḥ Śivāya has become our sure protection.”

Raga Desh

Sobre Raga Desh:

«[…]Over one summer vacation I heard many of the ragas at the designated hour and must say I was not disappointed. Each one seemed to resonate a little more when I heard it at the designated hour… or maybe I just imagined it. That summer I fell in love with Hindustani Classical music. I always marveled at how Baba always seemed to know which raga was being played just by listening to some snatches of notes. I wanted to do the same. When asked how, he would always smile mysteriously and ruffle my hair. One day he said, “Learning about Ragas can take a lifetime. Enjoy the different notes of a raga and notice how the dominant notes define the mood. Notice the patterns. Let me introduce you to Raga Desh. The song Vande Mataram is based on Raga Desh. If you remember this song you will always be able to identify the Raga when you hear it. This song is played every morning on the radio. You know the song, don’t you? Now try to look for a song that sounds like Vande Mataram. If they sound like long lost twins then chances are that song is based on raga Desh.”[…]

Desh é um raga para o período da monção, que o é actual na Índia.

Aqui não chove, mas o som não precisa de gotas  de chuva, é um estado de espírito.