Mongolian Spiritual Music - Tengri Chants

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Anyone in this world can lust, and falsely profess their "love" for someone, but only a few people in this world can truly love someone unconditionally and always be there for their love when they are in need, no matter what happens. Only these people are truly enlightened...

Song name: "Mongol Changdiao" (Chinese) Mongol Spiritual Song, also known as Tengri chants. Tengriist Shamanism is the earliest religion in the world, over 8,000 to 10,000 years old, originating in the vast Central Asian steppes.

About the art:
Title of 1st painting: "Nomadic Hunters on the Bayankhongor Steppes"
Completed: June, 2011
Title of 2nd painting: "Open Range"
Completed: June, 2011

GOK TENGRI: The "Sky-Earth Spirit"

Tengrii is one of the oldest shamanist religions in the world, originated deep in the heart of Mongolia more than 8000 years ago. Gok Tengrii is called "Sky-Earth Spirit" and it resides in every single human, animal, and natural object such as rivers, streams, clouds, mountains, and boulders. Gok Tengri is such an integral part of the natural world, that tribespeople must take great care not to disrupt the delicate balance between these powerful forces of nature. The nomadic hunter of the steppes always want Gok Tengrii to be on his side when hunting big game. When Gok Tengrii is on the side of the hunter, it is considered good medicine. If a hunter commits an inexcusable act, such as killing a wolf or horse, which are sacred creatures, bad medicine will befall him, and his bow or gun will never shoot straight and bring home venison again. The various nomadic tribes which adhered to this spiritual belief soon created what is known as Turco-Mongol culture. At the very heart of Tengriism was the Shaman, or medicine man. He was considered the most wise elder who can interpret the many signs of nature and even communicate with the Sky-Earth Spirit through ritual chants and meditation.
When Turco-Mongol tribes began migrating from northern China and into the rest of Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, many soon gave up their Tengriist beliefs and assimilated to the religions and customs of the people that they conquered.
The oldest Turco-Mongol empire that was ever created was the Khazar Empire (Hazar Imparatorlugu), which spanned the present day regions of northern Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Chechnya, southern Turkey, Syria, Turkmenistan, and parts of Kazakhstan. The Khazars were a Mongol tribe which originally came from western China. They were nomads and horse-based warriors who moved swiftly and were known for their renowned combat skills. They were also believers in the Tengriist religion but as they expanded their dominion over the various principalities of the Middle East, they began to adopt the customs of their subjects. By the time the Hun (Gokturk) Khanate began to attack and conquer the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, the Khazars became the largest Jewish empire the world has ever seen, their leaders having converted to Judaism many years prior. The Khazars took in many refugees from the Jewish Disapora, the forced relocation and even the killing of Middle Eastern Jews committed by the Roman Empire.

The Khazar Khanate never fell, but was gradually absorbed by other more powerful Turco-Mongol kingdoms which arose in Central Asia after Rome fell in 462 AD. One of these kingdoms was the Seljuk Turks (Selcuklu Imparatorlugu), which arose from nomadic peoples living in the Aral Sea region. The Seljuks were fierce warriors who brought a new religion with them as they expanded their vast empire northwest into Europe - Islam. Under Seljuk rule, the Khazars became mercenary fighters of the Seljuk sultans and eventually also converted to Sunni Islam.

Perhaps the last great empire who strictly adhered to the Tengriist religion also left the most profound impact on the world - the great Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan. By the time Genghis Khan died, his sons ruled an empire which stretched from Korea all the way to Poland and Lithuania. Although many Mongol rulers later converted to Islam as they conquered the former Abbasid and Khwarzaremid Empires in the Middle East, most Mongol rulers continued to live a nomadic lifestyle and abide by the ways of Tengri. The city of Beijing, now the capital of China, was at first a Mongol imperial summer palace, built by Kublai Khan, and featured an enormous artificial prairie complete with big game animals of all kinds, so the Mongol emperor could continue to ride and hunt dangerous game with arrows, even as he now took the title as the administrative ruler of the largest land empire the world has ever seen. Before the city was renamed Beijing by the Ming Dynasty of China in the 14th century, it's name was Khanbaliq - the City of Kings.

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  • o kadar büyük bir TÜRK milletiyizki insanlar neye baksa ya izlerimizi yada bizleri görüyo

  • @fallinbeijing i never heard about that euroasians got shamanizm. shamanic tradition is existing in siberian turkic,mongolic and tungusic people.

  • unfortunately not so many people have known the meaning of the Tengriist Shamanizm and its connection with the Turkic Speaking people of Eurasia!

  • faq。别他么的胡说八道了。

  • unbelievable! just awesome!!!

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