Song of Saadi 12 May 2011 | 06:07 pm

Recently a song was cooking within me. This is a poem by Saadi, the great Persian mystic, poet and thinker of the 13th century, on the indivisibility of humanity. Raya, a neice of mine, who is Irania...

Peace on Earth 25 Dec 2010 | 07:08 pm

Enlightenment 21 Jun 2007 | 06:29 pm

अनेकजातिसंसारं, सन्धाविस्सं अनिब्बिसं। गहकारकं गवेसन्तो, दुक्खा जाति पुनप्पुनं॥ गहकारक दिट्ठोसि, पुन गेहं न काहसि। सब्बा ते फासुका भग्गा, गहकूटं विसङ्खतं। विसङ्खारगतं चित्तं, तण्हानं खयमज्झगा॥ This ...

About this blog 21 Jun 2007 | 06:28 pm

Today 21 June (2007), the day of the summer solstice, is World Music Day as well as World Peace & Prayer Day. To commemorate this day, I have created this Sacred Songs site. I like to think that sacr...

The Opening 21 Jun 2007 | 06:27 pm

This is the first chapter of the Holy Koran, the Surah Al-Fatiha, which means "The Opening". بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم ملك يوم الدين اياك نعبد واياك نستعين اهدنا الصر...

Singing the Fatiha 21 Jun 2007 | 06:26 pm

Yusuf Islam's recitation of the Fatiha. Hear / download the Surah Al-Fatiha recited by Maulana Shah Turabul Haq Qaderi here (MP3). Hear / download my rendition of the Fatiha here (MP3). Get this wi...

Maha Ganapatim 21 Jun 2007 | 06:25 pm

maha ganapatim manasa smarami maha ganapatim vasishta vama devadi vandita maha deva sutam guruguha nutam mara koti prakasham shantam maha kavya naatakaadi priyam mooshika vahana modhaka priyam A com...

Vatapi Ganapatim 21 Jun 2007 | 06:24 pm

Another prayer in Sanskrit to Ganesa, composed by Muttuswami Dikshitar, set in Hamsadhwani raga. vaataapi gaNapatim bajEham vaaraNaasyam varapradam shree bootaadi sam sEvita caraNam boota bowdika pr...

Adhaan 21 Jun 2007 | 06:23 pm

Bilal ibn Rabah was an Ethiopian born in Mecca in the late 6th century. He was known for his beautiful voice. Prophet Muhammad chose Bilal as his muezzin, i.e. the one who called the people to their p...

Like a Tree 21 Jun 2007 | 06:22 pm

והיה כעץ שתול על פלגי מים אשר פריו יתן בעתו ועלהו לא יבול וכל אשר יעשה יצליח׃ This is the third verse of the first psalm of the Book of Psalms, in the modern Hebrew script. ve.ha.ya ke.ets sha.tul a...