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Tenzing Tsewang was a world class musician and an enthusiastic ambassador of Tibetan culture and spirituality. Born in Tibet, he spent 10 years (from age 12 to 22) as a monk in Dharmasala, India, at Namgyal Tantric College, the private monastery of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. There he excelled at the Tibetan trumpet and was groomed in the art of Chanting Master.
After leaving the monastery and coming to the west, Tsewang explored many styles of Tibetan music: the music of his nomadic family living on the Tibetan plateau, the sacred Tibetan music of the monasteries as well as the contemporary folk songs of modern Tibet.
Tsewang had an extraordinary range! He had a beautiful tenor and a deep bass voice, as well as being a master of low-tone Tibetan chanting. Before his death in August of 2007, he was becoming adept at Mongolian style throat singing.
Tsewang focused on music from 1994, touring widely throughout Australia, South Pacific, USA, Canada and Europe. He shared the musical traditions of Tibet using humour and storytelling. His instruments included the bamboo flute, tibetan lute (dram-nyen), and the monastic drum, cymbals, and trumpet.
Tenzing trained as a stage and film actor. His works included: a role in a motion picture (Talk 1993), his own one-man theatre show entitled Hanging onto the Tail of a Goat, and a starring role in HuM which was an aerial arts performance. In HuM, Tsewang played a Tibetan Shaman encountering the 5 elements embodied as aerial artists; in which he sang, played dramyen, and danced his way through the story of a man in search of enlightenment.
Throughout his life Tsewang pursued his dharma practice and gave workshops on Tibetan Medicine as well as others on the Art of Dying.
He ended his days on Salt Spring Island, BC, where he was much loved and remains dearly missed by his wife and friends. The news of his death brought outpourings from around the world, especially his adopted home of Australia, where he is survived by his son, Tenzing. Condolences and news of prayers and rituals performed on his behalf came from the Eastern United States where he did much touring with a long time friend from his old Monastery Lopsang Samten (sand mandala master); as well from Tibet, India, Europe, U.S. and Canada where many of his extended family and friends remembered him.
His music, humour, storytelling and passion for Tibetan culture extended outwards wherever he went and continue to be the lasting legacy of this dear man for all to celebrate.
- Kirsty Barclay.
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Released in 1997.
This CD is largely comprised of bamboo flute pieces inspired by the thoughts, emotions and experience of Tenzing. His vocal pieces reflect ancient Tibetan chants and folk songs accompanied by his own musical compositions and arrangements. May his work inspire your True Self!
Download Dakini dance to listen to Track 10 by the same name.
I (Gaurang) personally recommend track 6 called "Invocation" for all who practice Vajrayana as this is the 100 syllable mantra called the Vajrasattva Vows.
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Released in 2004.
Download Long live lotus feet to listen to Track 5 of the same name.
The sample track is called "Long Live Lotus Feet". Tenzing goes on to translate the passage and explain its history.
Verse 1: Gangs ri ra ve bKor ve' shing khams 'dir. Translated as: Land of secrets, naturally protected by mountains of snow.
Verse 2: Phen dang bDe va ma lus 'byung ve' gShi. Translated: In it, the source of all benefit and happiness.
Verse 3: sPychen re gSig dBang bsTen 'zin rGya mtso yi. Tenzin Gyatso the champion who can unveil the light.
Verse 4: shaps ped srid mThae' bar du brTen gyur chik. May your feet remain on the lotus until all darknesses be transcended.
Tibetans commonly use these 4 stanzas to pray for the longevity of H.H. The Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso). This melody in particular is traditionally chanted at the Namgyal Monastery, the private Monastery of H.H. The Dalai Lama.
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Released in 2002.
Tenzing Tsewang's bamboo flute improvisations, ancient Tibetan chanting and joyful folk songs are a journey far into the Himalayas and deep into the heart. Born into a family of Tibetan nomads, trained in the private monastery of HH the Dalai Lama...Tenzing's music combines Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan culture with modern sounds to offer a unique musical and spiritual experience.
Download Tayatha to listen to Track 3 called Tayatha.
Tenzing describes Tayatha:
Tayatha means gone beyond. It is the mantra of the Medicine Buddha. TAYATHA OM BEKHA ZAYA BEKHA ZAYAMAHA BEKHA ZAYA RAZA SAMUNG GATE SOHA.
In Tibetan the Medicine Buddha is known as Sangye Menlha, in Sanskrit, the Buddha Bendruya. The Medicine Buddha (pictured on the cover) is blue in colour, representing space, infinitely healing. I have found that there are many different ways of chanting and even a few different ways of writing and pronouncing the Medicine Buddha mantra. Here I have chosen Dr Nida Chenagtsang's version, as my connection to Tibetan medicine is through him.
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Tenzing released this album in 2003.
Download Gawala1 to listen to the first Track called "Gawala - Flute & Drayen."
Tenzing describes this track within the inner pages as follows:
If only this little place was filled with gold (silver//white conch shells), How happy and joyful I would be. And out of this place, three golden birds fly high above, How happy and joyful I would be. After flying so high they would land, how happy and joyful I would be.
This is an ancient folk song of Tibet, collected by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu and orally passed on to Tenzing Tsewang. It was recorded on a mini disc recorder in Coloundra, Queensland in the Australian summer of 2000.
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