Steven  Halpern is an internationally acclaimed composer, recording artist, author and sound healer. Through his music, research and writings, he pioneered the modern re-awak-ening of the healing powers of music.

The majority of his 60 recordings are part of his INNER PEACE® series, which is specifically composed for meditation, relaxation, “sound health,” and spiritual growth. The free-flowing ambience and luminous sound quality of this music combine the ancient advice of the sages to “Be Still – and Know” with artistic sensitivity and contemporary sound technology.

Steven’s recordings are featured prominently in John Bradshaw’s workshops and the PBS-TV series, “Homecoming” and “Creating Love.” His music has been heard on CBS’s “48 Hours,” ABC’s “20/20,” and “Oprah.”

Steven Halpern, Ph.D., is the author of “Sound Health” (Harper & Row) and Sound Healing in the New Millennium. Dr. Halpern was a featured presenter at the Sixth International Conference on Stress. He received the Music Healing Century Award from the International New Thought Alliance (which includes Unity Churches, Science of Mind Churches, and Divine Science Churches) in July 2000.

Like Lama Surya Das, Steven attended Valley Stream Central High School, class of ’65, and the State University of New York at Buffalo (class of ’69). Although they didn’t meet face-to-face, Surya Das enjoyed Steven’s dynamic performances leading the jazz-rock “house band” that played at anti-war and educational reform demonstrations. Little did either of them know that thirty years later they would reconnect at a spiritual conference in Marin County, California, where the seeds of this album began to take root.

Visit Steven at: www.stevenhalpern.com

lama Surya DaS has spent thirty years studying with the great spiritual masters of Asia, including the Dalai Lama, and is a leading spokesperson for the emergence of American Buddhism and contemporary spirituality. He is a poet, translator, and full-time spiritual teacher who leads lectures, workshops, and meditation retreats worldwide. He is the author of three books, including the national bestseller, Awakening the Buddha Within (Broadway

Books, 1997), is active in interfaith dialogue, and has been featured in numerous publications including New Age Journal, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, and Tricycle. He lives in Concord, MA.

Born Jeffrey Miller, he was raised in Valley Stream on New York’s Long Island, where he celebrated his bar mitzvah and earned letters in basketball, baseball, and soccer at Valley Stream Central High School (class of 1968). While a student at the State University of New York at Buffalo, he attended anti-war protests, marched on Washington, and experienced Woodstock. After graduating with honors from college, he traveled throughout Europe and the East, and has spent nearly thirty years study-ing Zen, vipassana, yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism with the great old masters of Asia.

Today, Lama Surya Das teaches and lectures around the world, conducting dozens of meditation retreats and workshops in ten different countries each year. Based on his relationship with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Surya Das founded the Western Buddhist Teachers with the Dalai Lama in Dharmsala, India. He also teaches regular-ly at Esalen, Open Center, Omega Institute, Interface, at universities in the United States and abroad, and at spiritual centers of all kinds.

Visit Lama Surya Das online at www.surya.org.For information on his bestselling books and tape recordings of

lectures and workshops, contact www.dzogchen.org Dzogchen Foundation, P. O. Box 400734, Cambridge MA 02140.

1. The Jewel and the Lotus Mantra (Tibet’s national mantra) “Om mani pedmé hung”

2. The Purification Mantra of the Thousand Armed Chenrayzig (Avalokitesvara), Buddha of Love and Compassion “Om amoga-shila sambara sambara bara bara mahashuddha sattva pema bibu shita buntsa dhara dhara samanta avalokité hung pe soha”

3. Female Buddha Tara’s Mantra “Om taré tu-taré turi-yé soha” Oh holy Mother Tara Buddha, please guide and nurture us

4. The Seven Line Prayer to Padma Sambhava, the Lotus Born Guru: “Hung urgyen yul-gi nup jang tsam

Pema geysar dongpo la Yatsen chogi ngeu drup nay Pema jungnay shay su drak Khordu khandro mangpo kor Kyay-ki jaysu dak drub ki Chingyi lob shir shek su sol Guru pema siddhi hung” Master Diamond Lotus Guru, please transmit your spiritual realization to us, awakening our innate Buddha-bodies, Buddha-voice and energy, and Buddha-mind, for the limitless benefit of one and all.

5. The Wisdom Mantra, from The Heart Sutra “Om gaté gaté para-gaté para-samgaté bodhi swaha” Om: beyond, beyond, totally beyond, beyond the beyond—awakening, yes, so be it!

6. Calling the Lama from Afar

OM MA NI PAD Mé HUNG

OM TARé TUTTARé TARé SO HA

(a Lama Gyangbod prayer by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche)7. Vajra Guru Mantra / Vajra Guru Padma Sambhava’s mantra

“Om ah hung benzar guru pema siddhi hung”8. Trikaya Buddha Mantra Chant (3 Bodies of the

Lotus Family Lineage): “Om ami dewa hri” (mantra of Amitabha Buddha,

the Buddha of Infinite Light) “Om mani pedmé hung hri” (mantra of Chenrayzig, Avalokitsevara,

the Buddha of Love and Compassion) “Om ah hung benzar guru pema siddhi hung”

(the mantra of the Vajra Guru, Padma Sambhava) “Om ah hung benzar guru pema totreng tsel benzar samaya dza siddhi pala hung

ah” (the mantra of the Skullbone Mala/Rosary Master)9. Obstacle Removing and Path-clearing Prayer

“Dusum sangyé guru rinpoche ngodrup kundak dewa chenpo shab barche kunsel dudul drakpo tsel solwa debsoi chingyi lab du sol chi nang sangwei barche shiwa dang sampa lhungyi drupar chingyilob” Precious Guide, One with all the Buddhas of the past, present and future, Blissful presence and source of all spiritual accomplishments, Fierce destroyer of illusion who dispels every obstruction, We pray to you for blessing and inspiration: Please remove all outer, inner and secret obstacles And spontaneously fulfill all our aspirations.

10. Female Buddha Tara’s Mantra (Om Taré)11. The Purification Mantra (Part Two)12. Two Prayers to the Precious Master-guru

“Palden tsawei lama rinpoche Dak-gi chiwor pema denshuk-la Kadrin chenpo gonay jay zung té Ku sung tuk gi ngeudrub tsall du sol” Resplendent root guru, precious guide, Enshrined on the lotus seat upon our heads and in our hearts; Nurturing us with your warmth and kindness, Please transmit your realization of awakened body, awakened energy and awakened mind. “Ogmin chokyi yingki podrang ney Du sum sangyé kungi ngowo nyi Rangsem chokur ngon sum ton dzey pa Tsawei lama shab la solwa deb” From within the mansion of enlightened awareness, the highest heaven, We pray to our very source of guidance and blessings, The essential embodiment of all the Buddhas of the past, present and future Who reveals our own awareness as Dharmakaya/ultimate reality.

13. Female Buddha Tara’s Mantra (reprise)

OM AH HUNG BENZAR GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG

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Ancient traditions of the East and West have used sonic vibrations to tune the human instrument to higher levels of coherence and functionality.

Most of Steven Halpern’s recordings are part of the Inner Peace series. They are consciously composed as a contemporary expression of the timeless healing powers of music. This unique approach to tone, silence and the space between the notes has pioneered a new dimension in sound healing.

Listeners around the world use the Inner Peace series of recordings for meditation, yoga, massage and other spiritual practices. Many also use this music to create a soothing and uplifting background ambience at home, for themselves, family and friends.

To enjoy the music on a deeper level, we recommend listening with headphones. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and let the music carry you into your own private oasis of serenity and inner peace.

Produced by steveN HalPerN

co-Produced by WarreN deNNis KaHN

Steven HalpernAll keyboards, including “angelic choir,” string ensemble; synth bass, electric guitar, drones and drum programming

Ian Dogole: udu (gourd drum) • Mark Van Wageningen: electric bassAll compositions ©2000 Open Channel Sound Company (BMI)q2000 Steven Halpern’s Inner Peace® Music and Lama Surya Das

All Rights Reserved. Copying this recording for friends is prohibited by Federal and Karmic Law. We thank you for your support and integrity.

Recorded at Banquet Sound Studio, Santa Rosa, CA Recording Engineer: Warren Dennis Kahn

Graphic Design: Interface

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