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1) Pranams to Srila Prabhupada, Panca-tattva mantra, maha mantra 00:00
2) Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya, maha mantra 15:36
3) Prayers of King Kulashekara, maha mantra 30:52
4) Maha mantra 46:03

This wonderful album was a major event in my life...Thank you dear Mahatma das for this gift ananda das ॐ

Original and traditional melodies for the maha mantra and other prayers sung by Mahatma das and accompanied by mellow westernized contemporary orchestration. Produced in 1989.
Statements by Mahatma Dasa:

In the late 80's major breakthroughs were being made in music technology. Synthesizers were able to play sounds of real instruments and be controlled and manipulated by computers in ways only previously imagined. At the same time, multi-track recorders were becoming commonplace. These breakthroughs became impossible for me to ignore, and I bit the bullet and invested in some synthesizers, a computer, music software and an 8-track recorder.

Since this was just the beginning of the era of computers controlling synthesizers, there were all kinds of bugs to workout. As we set up our studio, we spent endless hours getting everything to work. We even had to buy a second computer to run a new software program because we ran into so many glitches with the original software we were using. It's was both agony and ecstasy. The ecstasy was that we could do things never before possible. Now from our studio we could create multi-track orchestrations to frame the maha mantra. But the agony was getting everything to work. It was common for us to spend hours on the phone talking to technicians helping us troubleshoot. It got so bad that on many occasions Krsna Caitanya wanted to quit (along with chanting the maha mantra, we often chanted the mantra, "stupid computer"). But we persisted, finally worked out the kinks, and in the end were able to produce a nice recording.

Having a full orchestra play the backing for a kirtan had long intrigued me. Now I had a shot at it, albeit without a real orchestra. The orchestrations are quite simple, but they add the mood I wanted to create.

On the third song, the Prayers of King Kulasekhara, I use the same melody Srila Prabhupada used to chant this song. The kirtan following this prayer is one of my all-time favorites. While chanting, I tried to enter the mood of King Kulasekhara who was praying to remember Krsna at the time of death.

Surprisingly, many mothers have told me how much their children love this recording and how it calms them down (it is very mellow). In fact, several mothers told me that they use this recording to put their kids to sleep at night.

Prayers to King Kulasekhara

"My Lord Krishna, I pray that the swan of my mind may immediately sink down to the stems of the lotus feet of Your Lordship and be locked in their network; otherwise at the time of my final breath, when my throat is choked up with cough, how will it be possible to think of You?"

As I travel the world, people often ask me how they can get my music. To satisfy these requests, and to make my music easily available to everyone, I have developed the Mahatmas Music web site. This site enables you to download everything I have ever recorded (including previously unreleased recordings). You can also order physical CD's on this site.

After giving considerable thought to the various payment options for my music, I decided to make all downloadable tracks available on a donation basis. Download the songs you want and donate what you can afford.

CD's are available at $10 each plus shipping costs.

Aside from recouping the costs of producing my music, your donations support the many projects I am working that help people awaken bhakti in their lives (these projects are all funded by donations). Therefore your support is warmly appreciated by us and by the many who benefit from the work we do.

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You can learn more about these projects by clicking the Mahatma's Projects tab above.

I hope you benefit from my music and use it to inspire yourself (and others) in your spiritual practice.

Hare Krsna,
Mahatma Das