The Love Window, by Shantala

The Love Window

by Shantala

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1.	Amba Parameshwari 08:11	lyrics
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!
2.	Hare Krishna 06:36	lyrics
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!
3.	Durge 09:01	lyrics
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!
4.	Shiva Invocation 03:32
5.	Jaya Shambho 11:02	lyrics
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!
6.	Nataraja 13:05	lyrics
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!
7.	Om Mata Kali 10:18	lyrics
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!
8.	Purnamadah 08:35	lyrics
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!

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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.

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“We love Church of Sky. The whole album just breathes love. A true blessing.”
– Deva Premal and Miten

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released January 1, 2003

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

Steve Gorn appears courtesy of Dharma Moon Records.

Executive Producer: Benjy Wertheimer
Produced by Benjy and Heather Wertheimer

Recorded, mixed, and engineered by Benjy Wertheimer at Wolf Cub Studios, Portland, Oregon, with assistance from Heather

Chorus Recorded at Kug Fu Bakery, Portland, Oregon, engineered by Dave Friedlander
Mastering by Ryan Foster at Freq Mastering, Portland, Oregon

Front cover artwork by Linda Coghill
Graphic Design by Annette Orban

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Shantala Portland, Oregon

Benjy and Heather Wertheimer have been leading kirtan worldwide since 2001 as the duo Shantala. Known for their special gift of bringing the audience into a vast and loving experience through their unique blend of exquisite voices with instruments of India and the West, they create music with beauty, passion, and reverence. ... more

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