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    Purnam Adah

    “Purnam Adah,” a peace mantra in Sanskrit performed by Sheela Bringi.

    Lyrics in Sanskrit:
    oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idam
    pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate
    pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya
    pūrṇam evāvaṣiśyate

    oṁ śantiḥ śantiḥ śantiḥ

    English translation:
    That [Universal Reality] is fullness, this is fullness
    from fullness, fullness flows
    when a part of fullness is taken away
    what remains is [still] fullness

    Sheela Bringi – harp, voice, Steve Gorn – bansuri, Debasish Chaudhuri – tabla, Deepak Ramapriyan – voice, violin, Masood Ali Khan – voice, Brent Kuecker – voice. Mixed by Clinton Patterson.