Humanities & Social Sciences 1 (2016 9) 203-209 ~ ~ ~ УДК 78.08 The musical image of Vajra Guru Mantra in «Sacred Chants of Buddha» album by Craig Pruess Ekaterina V. Mosman* Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Art 22 Lenin Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia Received 12.11.2015, received in revised form 29.11.2015, accepted 05.01.2015 The paper describes the features of realization of Vajra Guru Mantra by the European composer Craig Pruess. <...> The author analyzes the timbre, texture, modal and structural characteristics, identifying the features which allow referring the composition to the genre of popular meditative music. <...> According to the information, provided on the offi cial website of Craig Pruess, after the success of the album «Sacred Chants of Shiva», the company «Times of India» ordered a series of compositions, “contributing to the immersion in contemplation of the universal spirit of serene beauty”. <...> The disk «Sacred Chants of Buddha», which was attached with a colorful eight-page booklet with photographs and guidance for those who wish to use the music in meditation, was also highly appreciated by the audience in India and sold in large and small cities. © Siberian Federal University. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: gurfi eld@mail.ru # 203 # In this album Craig Pruess acted not only as a music writer and arranger, but also as a performer of three vocal tracks (No. 1, No. 2, No. 4). <...> Its lyrics («OM A HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM»3 «Sacred Chants of Buddha», repeating 31 times4 The chant of the mantra is preceded by an ) is sung in the fi rst issue of the album . instrumental entrance, containing elements of tone-painting. <...> Flowing transit sitar5 fi gures in the high register, as if shimmering with delicate rainbow colors of the unearthly world, coupled Ekaterina V. Mosman. <...> The musical image of Vajra Guru Mantra in «Sacred Chants of Buddha» album by Craig Pruess with shimmering jingling bells6 , create an image of “miraculous lights” that can be interpreted as a phenomenon of a gold scroll with the sacred text of Vajra Guru Mantra7 inscribed on it. tampura9 The pedal tones of singing bowls8 in a great octave, emerging later, fi nd and boundless depths of the unknown space. <...> Due to a wide arrangement <...>