
Dear Visitor,
This bootleg recording has been circulating now for decades.
It came into my possession the way it comes to most people -- a yoga friend gave me a burned CD with the following written on it by hand:
"Dalai Lama's Chant to Heal All Illness: Please Distribute."
I immediately fell in love with this powerful chant, and the story that came with it was certainly compelling.
Here's how it goes:
The Dalai Lama had a friend who was dying, and he chanted this healing mantra at his bedside. His Holiness at first refused to allow it to be recorded, but then relented on the condition that it never be sold.
What a great story.
Unfortunately, it's not true.
First, the recording was meant to be sold (all those bootlegged cassettes, CDs, and mp3s made over the years are illegal copies which infringe the chanter's copyright).
And secondly, the person chanting is not the Dalai Lama. It is Hein Braat, a Dutch performer and devoted practitioner of mantra yoga.
Let me introduce myself. My name is David Morgan.
Awhile back, I posted this recording on my yoga web site. An authorized distributor of Mr. Braat's work asked me to take it down. Unbeknownst to me, I had been violating his copyright as so many others have done over the years...
...robbing him of his duly earned royalties! If you are familiar with the tradition of yoga, then you know very well there's a tenet of asteya, or non-stealing.
I mean no disrespect to His Holiness (who had nothing to do with the perpetuation of this untruth), but the myth --and the robbery -- has gone on long enough. It's time to give credit where credit is due!
The good news is, this is indeed a powerful healing chant.

To be precise, it's the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra from the Rig Veda, a prayer invoking Shiva.
Its roots are firmly in the Vedic tradition, not the Buddhist tradition of the Dalai Lama. (Buddhism does not recognize the Vedas as authoritative.)
I hope the fact that it's not His Holiness the Dalai Lama or even Buddhist doesn't diminish the appeal of this mantra of healing for you.
Hein Braat's devotion and hauntingly rich voice bring this mantra alive. Once you purchase a legal copy of the recording, you can chant along -- and without as much distortion as on all those bootlegs.
==> (Aside: You might notice that the pitch and speed of the original is a bit different than on the bootlegs. Don't let this fool you -- it's caused by years upon years of the recording being passed around on cassette tape (before the days of CDs), which is known to alter the speed and pitch slightly from copy to copy. It certainly adds up through decades of copying!) <==
The repitition of the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra over time changes your mental and spiritual inner landscape, inviting direct healing or pointing your intention to where you might find it.
Not only that, but the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra recording of Hein Braat is on the same album as the Gayatri Mantra, considered the supreme chant for spiritual awakening, and the foremost mantra of the Rig Veda, not counting the singular OM.
How to get legal copies of the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra and Gayatri Mantra -- plus several free gifts!

You can get Hein Braat's recordings of the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra and Gayatri Mantra for your own spiritual and healing journey on a single album.
Just to thank you for buying this authorized copy of Hein Braat's work, I'll be happy to send you the following:
I won't insult you by making up a fake amount for what these free bonus items are "worth," because they are not for sale elsewhere. I created them solely for this offer.
How much does it cost?
Hein Braat's Gayatri Mantra album, which includes the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, costs £12.97 or $32.95 plus any shipping.
Keep in mind, purchasing through this offer entitles you to a number of bonus items, including translations and pronunciations of the mantras, how to practice the mantras, plus three more free recordings of healing chants for you to use in your mantra practice... and more!
Click "continue" to place your order.
For actual recordings of the Dalai Lama chanting, visit Dalai Lama Chants.
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