The Grammy winning Monks of Palpung Sherab Ling Monastery in Himachal Pradesh, India will soon be releasing their second CD: Relative Sound of the Ultimate. To celebrate, Sherab Ling Records, a project of the Palpung Sherab Ling Monastic Seat, hosted a group of almost fifty people at a small dinner party held in the San Francisco Bay Area on June 5th.
The Venerable Tenam Lama, who is Personal Secretary to His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche the head of the Palpung Sherab Ling Monastic Seat, spoke to the assembled guests at the dinner party expressing thanks on behalf of the Monastery for all of the dedication and hard work that has gone into making Relative Sound of the Ultimate. Produced by Jamyong Singye, this 74 minute digitally recorded CD contains eleven tracks; chants specifically chosen by the Monastery for this CD, including: “Before the Great Compassionate Avalokiteshvara and Ghuyasamaja” [20 min.], “In Service to the Wish-fulfilling White Mahakala” [5 min.], and “The Spiritual Song of Lord Gampopa, known as ‘It Has Been Foretold'” [8 min.].
Inspired by the great success of the first CD, Sacred Tibetan Chant: The Monks of Sherab Ling Monastery (Naxos World, 2003), the Palpung Sherab Ling Monastic Seat has given permission to Jamyong Singye to form Sherab Ling Records. Singye not only produced the new CD, but under his direction Sherab Ling Records is handling all aspects of the project; from coordinating the professional digital recording sessions on location, through to distribution.
Sherab Ling Records will be distributing Relative Sound of the Ultimate through SherabLingRecords.com as well as on Amazon.com, CD Baby, and EBay. It will also be sold in retail stores such as Tower Records and Virgin Records, as well as through Dharma Centers. When asked about his plan for distribution, Singye said, “We hope to make Relative Sound of the Ultimate widely available to everyone, and that all who hear it will enjoy and benefit from this sacred Tibetan Buddhist chant. These chants have been recorded just as they are performed by monks and nuns in the prayer halls of the monasteries in the Palpung tradition of the Kagyu Lineage.”
