A request from my spiritual master that took me 37 years to record...it is meant for a congregation to sing along. My Diksa Guru Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada requested me to translate the Bengali songs into English. He said "They must understand!" Then Srila Narayan Maharaj - my Siksa Guru approved of my verse-adaption. Feel free to sing this - adapt it to your own music...the main idea is to love the guru. My obeisances at the lotus feet of my spiritual masters. (I have shown a picture of Srila Gurudeva here, as the Siksa Guru is the most important initiation).

Guruvastakam - Prayers to the Spiritual Masters

From my album "You Are Love" Available on iTunes by Kula.

You are Love

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01 Sri Ganeshwara

Recorded at John Lennon's Estate, the first day after Srila Prabhupad's arrival. He called me up to his small room in the cottage at 4:00 PM. There was just Srila Prabhupada, myself and Purushuttoma. Srila Prabhupada taught me this beat and I played it four times. Then he said "Very good, now Purushuttoma - we shall record!" I said "Srila Prabhupada, could you play the Tamboura?" (as it was one of my favorite sounds). He said OK! I had no idea it was going to be an 18 minute recording!! I go off beat somewhere as I WAS OUT IN THE UNIVERSE! The energy in that room was off the chart!

Colin 'Kula' Jury

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