Satya Robyn leads a live kirtan session with call-and-response chanting of mantras including Maitreya, Om namah shivaya, and Namo Amida Butsu. The facilitator teaches hand gestures for pitch, reflects on a lunar eclipse, and shares announcements about temple gatherings and prasad distribution.
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See how— we'll see if that's any better, Chris.
Yeah.
Okay, so our next one is going to be to Maitreya Buddha, and the mantra goes: Om Maitreya Maha Maitreya, Maitreya Swaha. Page 4, if you need to see that written down. Ah, that's better, Chris. Fantastic. Amazing. I don't really know what I did. I'm glad it's better. Ah, except there is now an echo.
Right.
I really don't know what to do about that. Nothing's touching that shouldn't be touching. Mm, could take that out. Um, flick another switch. Another switch, still an echo. Still an echo. Okay, we'll see how it goes. So this kind of really works as one line, one long line, so call and response doesn't really make that much sense. So what we did was We would still start together, and if you've never heard it before, you just hang out and wait and listen. And then as you start to pick it up, you can chant something that sounds like something I might have sung. And then we gradually all end up with roughly the same thing.
On my tree, on my tree, my dream is far. On my tree, on my tree, my dream is far. On my tree, on my tree, My tree is far. Oh my, my tree. My tree, my, my tree is far. Oh my, my tree. My, my tree is far. Oh my, my tree.
On my tree!
My tree has flowers. On my tree! Ah-ha-ah-my-tree! My tree has flowers. On my tree! Ah-ha-ah-my-tree! My tree has flowers. Om om my tree! Ah ah—my tree! My-my-tree-is-far... Om om my tree! Ah ah—my tree! My-my-tree—is-far...
Om om my tree!
Ah ah—my tree! By-by-trees-are-many... Is my tree! My— my tree! My—
my tree is on—
on my tree! Ah-ha! My tree! I— my tree is up on my tree! Ah-ha! Om my dream! Ahh my dream! My— my dreams far off! Om om my dream! Ahh ah my dream! My dreams far off! Om om my dreams far off! My tree— my— my trees... My tree— my tree is far! On my dreamer on my tree— My tree is far! On my dreamer on my tree— My tree is far! On my... My dream— my dream— my dream is far! Oh, oh, my dream— my dream— my dream is far! My tree— my tree— my dream is far! My tree is far off on my dream— ah! My tree, my tree is far off on my dream— Ah! My tree, my tree is far off on my dream— My tree! My— my tree is far off on my tree farm. On my tree farm. My tree is far off on my tree farm. Oh, my tree...
my tree is high up there.
My tree! My tree is far off— Oh my dreamer, my dreamer, my dreamer's wife— Oh my dreamer, my dreamer, my dreamer's wife—
Moving on to page 4. 4? No, stay, stay. Page 4. Page 4. Through your eyes shines a light. Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Thank you for being willing to live Feeling some of that full moon energy coming in. A lunar eclipse. A lunar eclipse. Happy lunar eclipse.
Wow.
We'll give this a go. We'll give this a go. We'll do the last thing, the first. Probably two lines. Through your eyes shines a light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. And we can sing together. Through your eyes shines a light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. And then I'll sing, wonder of God in you.— in you. And so we can sing together: Wonder of God in you, wonder of God in you. And then I'll say: Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. I used not to be able to sing the word God. I used to have blocks and blocks and blocks. I used to be like, oh, let's just change it, let's just change it to divine. I think this It's probably this song that has enabled me to say the word God and be okay with that.
Mashallah, mashallah, wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Ruhiyar Ashai shines a light. Mashallah, mashallah, Ruhiyar Ashai shines a light. Mashallah, mashallah. Wonder of God In You! Wonder— wonder of God In You! Masha'Allah shama sha Allah... masha'Allah ma mashallah... masha'Allah shama sha Allah... Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you.
Right, can we do it together? Because I just feel so pleased about what we've done. I can't believe how quickly you're picking it up. It's literally like you already know it. I'll do this with my hands, and this is to show pitches. So if you're struggling, just look at my hands. I go higher, it goes higher. I go lower, it goes lower.
Light. Mashallah, mashallah, wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines a light. Mashallah, mashallah, wonder of God in you. Shalom, shalom, shalom, shalom, shalom, shalom, shalom. Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Amazing, amazing. Through your eyes shines the light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines the light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Wonder of God in you. Masha'Allah! Mashallah! Mashallah! Mashallah! Mashallah! Mashallah! Wonder of God in you! Wonder of God in me! In you. Through your eyes shines light. Mashallah, mashallah, wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines light. Mashallah, mashallah, wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines light. Mashallah, mashallah. Wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines light. Mashallah, mashallah. Wonder of God in Wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines light. Mashallah, mashallah. Wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines light. Mashallah, mashallah. Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you. Through your right shines light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, wonder of God in you. Through your right shines light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, wonder of God in you.
Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah! Wonder of God in you!
Wonder of God in you! Through your eyes shines a light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, the wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines a light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, the wonder of God in you.
Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah.
Wonder of God in you, wonder of God in you. Bring our eyes to shine to life. Mashallah, mashallah, the wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines light. Mashallah, mashallah, the wonder of God in you.
Mashallah, mashallah, mashallah. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah.
Wonder of God in you, wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines light, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Wonder of God in you. Through your eyes shines the light. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Wonder of God in you.
Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah, Masha'Allah.
Wonder of God in you. Wonder of God in you.
We're going to go to the last time, and the invitation is to sing it to yourself, to yourself, and sing it really to the words.
Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah! Masha'Allah!
Masha'Allah! Wonder of God in you— wonder of God in you—
Many ways of thanking Satya Robyn. One is to Shiva. One is to the teacher within, bowing to the teacher within. One is an honouring of the cycle of creation, preservation, and falling away, destruction. Many, many ways. And you'll get your own vibe as we chant it. It's written down on wonderful pages in here. Page 2. Thank you. Thank you. Um, yeah, we won't go— I don't think— I don't think we'll do the— do the Hadiya Kandi lines. So I'm just going to—
We'll do this.
We'll do this.
We'll have a go.
We'll have a go. We'll have a go. We'll have a go. We'll do this call and response. This may be a tune I haven't done here. So even the regulars. It's maybe new.
Om namah shivaya nama rama maheshwarae! Om namah Shivayana marona Maheshwarae! Om namah Shivayanamaranamashivaye! Om namah Shivayananaromnamashivaye! Om namah shivaya! Om namah namah Shivayana ma ramnamamishaiyaa— om namaha Shiva vayanamaa onamamashivaraiyyaaa... Um namaha Shiva vayyanamaha Onamamashiwayaanmaa Namah Shivayom nom nama Shivay bayanumaarum na machiwaayooyoom— um namaha Shiva vai yanamaro naamashiwai ya yaaaa— ohm namaha Swami Bayanomaaramna Machiyavaeyoo—
Ohm namaha Sai Vairagdha Narasimhadeva.
Om namah shivaya! Om namah shivayam nama— om namashivaiyana ma... ...namashivaiah na mamaom namashivayi ah namaaahaomaanamaschimaaayah naamamamakashipahi omo manomaschaiyyo mamasaummaaanumascha yohi kishiyati mokshikarmani ammasheevaye. Ohm namah Shivay anamaha NaMaShIvAyO MaNaMasChaYAmAsHaHImAshaMAtSaRaTaTiMoNamoNamAshivAiYaNaMaNaMaShaVaHiYo MaNaMasChEeVaNAh Om namah shivaya! Om namah shivayana ma'namashivai!
Om namah shivayana ma'namashivai!
Om namah shivayana ma'nomamoshiva! Um namah shivayana— Om namah shivaya! Om namashivayam nama maheshwarae— Namaha Shivaye Anandamaa... Namaschivaaii yaanamamaa na maasheevae. Onnamachidvayananda Maashihiyom namarshimmaayi anandanamaaan naamashaemum. Om namah shivaya nama maheshwara. Om namah shivaya nama maheshwara. Om namah shivaya nama maheshwara.
Namah Shivayai mama namah shivayai.
Om namah shivaya nama om namah shivayom namashiva yam namaha shivaiyam namashaivarumnamasheevaram nanamaschivaloyanana mashivanama na ma shaeva— Namaskara! Namo Shivaya...
It's getting to that time of the night when the Sufi arms crack out. So page 2. Ya du wa du, ya mani, ish Allah wa ma buddhila. Ya du wa du, ya mani, ish Allah wa ma buddhila. May the love remain and the peace be among us. Ya salaam. Sky, in response to an attack on a queer community in America. It was quite a few years ago now, and it's as relevant now as it was then. And whilst I'm crediting Q for the tune for the last one we just did, Madhava, Madhava, somebody who used to hold kirtan a long time, a long time, so you may well say that Satya Robyn. Sending, sending some love and We'll do it, we'll do it. Pull on this one for a bit, for a bit.
May the love remain and the peace be among us. May the love remain and the peace be among us. Ya Salaam. Ya Salaam. May the love remain and the peace be among us. Ya Salaam. Ya Salaam. May the love remain and the peace be among us. Yasalam. May the love remain and the peace be among us. Yasalam.
Yasalam.
May the light remain and let peace be amongst us. Yasa. Yasa. May the light remain and let peace be amongst us. Yasa. Yasa.
Okay, okay. Page 6. I think we're only going to do this 3 times so that we have enough time for our final mantra also. Deep peace. Deep peace of the running waves, flowing air. I have some little hand moves that I do to help everyone with words. Words, like with Ronnie's, because we're only doing it 3 times. Probably. Probably. So I'll sing it the whole thing once, and then we'll have a go all together 3 times.
Deep peace of the running waves to you. Deep peace of the flowing air. Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining star.
May he be. May peace, may peace rest your soul. May peace, yes, may peace, may peace make your home. Deep peace of the running waves to you. Deep peace of the flowing May peace make your home. Deep peace of the running waves to you. Deep peace of the flowing air. Deep, deep peace of the quiet earth to you. Deep peace of the shining stars. May peace, may peace, may peace fill your soul. May peace, may peace, may peace make you whole. May peace surround in ways new and deep.
Just a quick announcement, uh, that next Saturday morning we have an open morning in the temple. So if you want to join us for practice, you can come from 9:30 or anytime from 10:30 until 1:00, and I'll be taking a couple of free talks about— for the Zen and the Barthing Grace.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Satya Robyn. So now, the last one is going to be Venantapenem, the tune is quite complicated and we're not going to do it for very long, so I'm not going to do it for you. I'm just going to suggest Those who know it can start, and those who don't know it, if you want to join in, then you're very, very welcome to. If you're starting to pick it up, and if you just want to listen, then you can as well. It's Namo Amida Butsu. May we, may we awaken from forgetfulness and realize. Thank you so much, so much for creating this. Tonight with me. It's going to be really beautiful. Thank you. Thank you for joining us online. And we'll hand out some prasad now in very good condition. Just been blessed on the shrine. It's almonds and pumpkin chutney. If you don't want any, you don't want any. And online people in general might generate a drink, Tibet chili. Thank you so much for joining us.
