Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times CD features Deva Premal & the Gyuto Monks of Tibet in a powerful, deeply moving mantra meditation album, offering eight Tibetan mantras chanted 108 times each. Deva Premal & the Gyuto Monks of Tibet have created a powerful, deeply moving mantra meditation album: Tibetan Mantras for Turbulent Times. As Deva notes, this album arose out of her personal desire to chant with the Gyuto Monks of Tibet. Their incredible voices, infused with such a deep immersion into the holy Sound, create a perfect tool for personal mantra practice.

Deva is accompanied on cello by Grammy Award winner David Darling. Kit Walker (producer of Devas bestselling Love is Space and Embrace) plays keyboards and Manose, longtime and current accompanist to Deva Premal & Miten, is also featured, on bansuri flute.

Deva Premal grew up in Germany in a spiritual family where she was introduced at an early age to chanting and meditation.  Her mother is a musician and her father an artist.

"My father has been on the spiritual path since the 50's, studying Yoga, spiritual scriptures and whatever books were available back then, making it his daily discipline to meditate every morning between 3 and 5 am," she says.

"When I was growing up he devised exercises for my sister and I, to help us become more aware of the moment:  We were taught to say 'Om' whenever we placed something on the table, for example. Another was to say 'Ram' whenever we switched on the light!"

As a child she studied the violin and piano but it wasn't until she met Miten, at the Osho Commune in India, that she began exploring her voice.

"When Miten began encouraging me to sing harmony with him, I didn't need a big push!  I had grown up with music so the ground work was already done.  And we sounded pretty good together!  At first I played a supporting role, singing second voice, playing keyboards, and co-leading our workshops, which used mantras and chants from different cultures.  I was very shy to sing alone, but encouraged by Miten, I became more confident and eventually discovered my voice." 

1. Invocation     3:48    
2. Compassion: Om Mani Padme Hum    4:06    $0.99    
3. Purification: Om Benza Satto Hung    5:55    
4. Buddha: Om Muni Muni Mahamuni Soha    7:18      5. White Tara: Om Tare Tu Tare Ture Mama Ah Yuh Pune Jana Putim Kuru Soha    11:18    Album Only    
6. Perfection: Teyata Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Soha    10:51
 7. Wisdom: Om Ah Ra Pa Tsa Na Dhi Dhi Dhi    6:42    
8. Healing: Teyata Om Bekanze Bekanze Mahabekanze Bekanze Radza Samutgate Soha 13:44
9. Prosperity: Om Zambala Za Len Drah Yeh Soha 5:04
10. Dedication