OM PURNAM by Bada
Haridas
CD music album: Chandra Media
Introductory words on inside
album cover by Graham Schweig
Over the centuries music has
been the most powerful and natural means for expressing the
soul's love and longing for the divine.
The Sanskrit words in the title of this volume, Om Purnam,
are the first two words drawn from a verse that invokes the
Totality of Reality as Om and the Supreme Fullness of Being
as Purnam, taken from one of India's ancient philosophical
treatises, the Upanishads.
The sacred sounds and lyrics of these songs invoke the very
heart of this Supreme Being, the innermost dimension of
divinity, known by the name Krishna. The contemporary
arrangements mixed with traditional melodies and
instrumentation, along with beautiful singing, bring out
the irresistible sweetness of these Sanskrit and Bengali
songs. This music soothes the heart and inspires the soul.
Bhakti is the path of offering one's whole heart to the
divine. Bada Haridas' voice is imbued with bhakti, and
fills one with an abiding serenity while stirring a sacred
passion for the divine from deep within the soul. In each
selection, the soul's yearning for divine love can be
experienced, providing an enticing entrance into the world
of bhakti.