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Music, chants and visuals · 8 min
The Shānti Prayer
An eight-minute meditation built around the ancient Sanskrit Shānti prayer for peace and love, with calm melodies and landscape visuals.

About this soundscape
Soft melodies carry the Shānti prayer, an ancient Sanskrit invocation of peace and love, built around the words Om Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ, Shāntiḥ. Calm landscape visuals accompany the eight-minute piece.
Use it for meditation, yoga or a few minutes of stillness. The full lyrics, in Sanskrit, English and transliteration, are in the pinned comment on YouTube.
How to listen
Speakers or headphonesEither works. Headphones bring out the detail; a speaker is gentler for falling asleep.
Keep it softLow enough to rest or read with, without having to follow the music.
Give it a few minutesLet the first few minutes settle you before deciding how it feels.



