Deva Premal
German-born singer and mantra-musician whose recordings of Sanskrit mantras — usually performed with her partner Miten — have sold millions of copies worldwide and made her one of the most widely-listened-to voices in contemporary devotional music. Born 1970 in Nuremberg, Deva Premal grew up in a household steeped in Eastern spirituality, with the Gayatri mantra sung over her cradle. She left for India at twenty, met Miten in 1990 at the Osho ashram in Pune, and the two have toured and recorded together since 1991. Her bestselling 1998 album The Essence brought the Gayatri mantra and the Moola mantra to a Western mass audience for the first time. Though primarily a sound carrier rather than a writer, Deva Premal teaches through interviews, retreats, and the liner notes of her albums about the inner technology of mantra — sound as a vehicle for meditation, devotion, and direct contact with the sacred.
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Quotes by Deva Premal
114 quotes“Each note in a mantra is a step on the path.”
noteAlbum liner notes
“Walk slowly. Each step is sacred.”
stepAlbum liner notes
“My favorite practice is to sing the same mantra for forty days.”
practicePublic talks at retreats
“Forty days transforms the mantra from something you do to something that does you.”
forty-daysPublic talks at retreats
“After forty days, the mantra becomes part of your blood.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“Then it is no longer a practice. It is a presence.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“You are the song that sings itself.”
selfIn Concert and tour commentary
“Get out of the way and let the song come through.”
selfIn Concert and tour commentary
“They are time-tested vibrational tools.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“They have worked for thousands of years.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“They will work for you, if you give them time.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“Don't expect instant results.”
expectationPublic talks at retreats
“Mantra is a slow medicine.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“It works at the level of the cells, the breath, the heartbeat.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“This is deeper than the mind.”
mantraPublic talks at retreats
“At Osho's ashram, I learned to surrender to the moment.”
oshoConversations with Miten
“That is where Miten and I met.”
oshoConversations with Miten
“Music was our language from the first night.”
musicConversations with Miten
“It still is.”
musicConversations with Miten
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