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A spiffy rendition of Vedic Hare Krsna chant, accompanied with Srila Prabhupada's masterly commentary on the meaning, purpose, effect & goal of this chanting. I bet you, you'll play it in loops!
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Awesome Chanting With Description : HH Maha-Vishnu Swami (@CONGO)

Side 1: Prayers to Tulasi Devi

Side 2: The Golden Avatar and Hare Krishna Mantra

Sometime in the early '70s, Visnujana Swami recorded two songs with the Dallas Gurukula children and released a 7″ record. Produced by Mohanananda Dasa. Dedicated to Srila Prabhupada.

Visnujana Swami and the Dallas Gurukula Children - The Golden Avatar and the Hare Krishna Mantra

Awesome kirtan with Gaura Vani and Anish Pillai at Houston temple. November 2013. Sri Madan Mohan Vrijvasi tune.

HG Gaura Vani and Anish chanting Sri Madan Mohan Vrijvasi Tune

live recorded in krsna balaram mandir, vrindavan

2000 12 23 Aindra life

Gaura Purnima -Kripamoya Gaura arati 2014 at Connaught hall

HG Gaur Gopal Prabhu - Sunday Night Kirtan

Bhaja Govindam (feat. Jahnavi Harrison)

Sri Prahlad - Village Of Peace (1997)

RKC Live Stream - Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Hare Krishna Bhajana

Kirtan is timeless, but cassette tapes aren't, so this old one from more than 30 years ago has been cleaned up as a labour of love by Jag. Using a Bang & Olufsen tape machine, he cleaned the tape heads, played it back through a BBC analogue desk, and enhanced the recording. Nevertheless it's a bit rough and ready, but hopefully you will love diving deeply into these beautiful and joyous kirtans from many years ago. The clean up and release of these recordings coincides with Kripamoya Das's 60th birthday - hurrah!

Kripamoya Retro Part 1

Melodious Monk

Bhakti Tirtha Swami - Morning Kirtan

These recordings are from the 12 hour Kirtan hosted by ISKCON New Govardhana, Australia on the 25th of July 2010, organized by Krishapada Dasa and Sitapati Dasa from Kirtana Australia kirtanaustralia.com. Recordings by Ekendra Dasa (Wild Mind Productions)

Janardan Kewin - Hare Krishna Maha Mantra

A nice long meditative Kirtan performed live at the Krishna Balaram Mandir in Vrindavan, India.

Sripad Aindra das Babaji - Vipralambha Raga

A song by Srila Jayapataka Swami as an offering to Srila Prabhupada

(1)
(yadi) prabhupāda nā haita  tabe ki haita
(e) jivana bahita kise?
nitāi-gaurera  apāra karuṇa
ke dita sakala deśe ||

If Srila Prabhupada had not come, what would have happened? How could we have passed our lives? Who else would have distributed the unlimited mercy of Lord Nityananda and Lord Gauranga all over the world?

Si Srila Prabhupada no hubiese venido, que hubiese ocurrido? Como hubiesemos  pasado nuestras vidas? Quien mas hubiese distribuido la misericordia ilimitada del Seïor Nityananda y el Seïor Gauranga en todo el mundo?

(2)
pāścātyera yata pāpi durācārī
śūnyavādī māyāvādī |
tādera uddāra  karibāre mana
hena kon dayānidhi ||   

Which other compassionate person would have endeavored to deliver the miscreants , sinful, impersonalistic and voidistic people in the West?

Que otra persona compasiva se hubiese esforzado en liberar a la gente malechora, pecaminosa, impersonalista y nihilista del mundo occidental?

(3)
tādera nikaṭe  kon janā āsi 
bilāita harinām |
sabhya jīva rūpe  gaḍite tādera
ke haita āguyān ||
 
Who else would have come to distribute Harinama to them? Who else would have come forward to transform them into civilized beings?

Quien mas hubiese venido a distribuir Harinam para ellos? Quien mas hubiese dado un paso adelante para transformarlos en seres civilizados? 

(4)
deśe deśe hari-vigraha sevā
āratī rātri-dine |
ratha yātrādi  mahotsava saba
śikāita kon jane ||
 
Who else would have taught them how to worship the Deity form of Lord Hari day and night with arati-kirtana, and how to conduct the Ratha-yatra and other grand festivals?

Quien mas les hubiese enseïado a adorar, noche y dia, la forma de la Deidad del Senor Hari con aratik y kirtan? Y que otro les hubiese enseïado a conducir Ratha Yatra y otros festivales?

(5)
gītā-bhāgavata caitanya carita
premāmṛta rasasāra |
kata nā sundara sarala kariyā
ke bujhāita āra ||
 
Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Caitanya-caritamrta contain the essence of the nectarean mellows of love of Godhead. Who else would have explained these scriptures so clearly and beautifully?

El Bhagavad –gita , Srimad Bhagavatam y Caitanya Caritamrita contiene la esencia de la dulzura nectarea de amor por Dios. Quien mas hubiese explicado estas escrituras en forma tan hermosa y clara? 

(6)
kata kaṣṭa sahi  prīta mane rahi
ke vā dita harinām |    
ke dita modera purī vṛndāvana
māyāpura mata dhām ||
 
Who else would have tolerated all difficulties, and distributed Harinama with a pleasant heart? Who would have given us the dhamas such as Mayapur, Vrindavan and Jagannatha Puri?
Quien mas hubiese tolerado tantas dificultades y hubiese distribuido Harinam con un corazon agradable? Quien nos hubiese dado los dhamas tales como Mayapur, Vrindavan y Jagannath Puri? 

(7)
parama maṅgala śrīcaitanya mahā-
prabhura śikṣā dhana |
ācāre pracāre sadā āmādere
ke karita niyojana ||
 
The teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu constitute the greatest and most auspicious treasure. Who else would have engaged us in constantly practicing and preaching it?

Las enseïansas de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu constituye el tesoro mas grande y auspicioso. Quien mas nos hubiese ocupado constantemente en practicar y predicar este tesoro?

(8)
premakalpataru nitāi-gaurera
kṛpā kaṇa labhibāre |
niravadhi jaya- patākā hṛdaya
tomare śaraṇa kare ||               
 
Sri Sri Nitai Gaura are desire trees of love of Godhead. Desiring a drop of Their mercy, Jayapataka’s heart incessantly takes shelter of Your Divine Grace.

Sri Sri Nitai Gaura son arboles de deseos de amor por Dios. Deseando una gota de Su misericordia, el corazon de Jayapataka incesamente toma refugio de Su Divina Gracia. 

Yadi Prabhupada Na Haita

Yadubara Prabhu and Family

Song Name: Kabe Ha’be Bolo
Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Book Name: Saranagati (Section: Vijnapti Song 1)
(1)
kabe ha’be bolo se-dina āmār
(āmār) aparādha ghuci’, śuddha nāme ruci,
kṛpā-bale ha’be hṛdoye sañcār
(2)
tṛṇādhika hīna, kabe nije māni’,
sahiṣṇutā-guṇa hṛdoyete āni’
sakale mānada, āpani amānī,
ho’ye āswādibo nāma-rasa-sār
(3)
dhana jana āra, kobitā-sundarī,
bolibo nā cāhi deho-sukha-karī
janme-janme dāo, ohe gaurahari!
ahaitukī bhakti caraṇe tomār
(4)
(kabe) korite śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāma uccāraṇa,
pulakita deho gadgada bacana
baibarṇya-bepathu ha’be saṅghaṭana,
nirantara netre ba’be aśru-dhār
(5)
kabe navadwīpe, suradhunī-taṭe,
gaura-nityānanda boli’ niṣkapaṭe
nāciyā gāiyā, berāibo chuṭe,
bātulera prāya chāriyā bicār
(6)
kabe nityānanda, more kori ‘doyā,
chārāibe mora viṣayera māyā
diyā more nija-caraṇera chāyā,
nāmera hāṭete dibe adhikār
(7)
kinibo, luṭibo, hari-nāma-rasa,
nāma-rase māti’ hoibo bibaśa
rasera rasika-caraṇa paraśa,
koriyā mojibo rase anibār
(8)
kabe jībe doyā, hoibe udoya,
nija-sukha bhuli’ sudīna-hṛdoya
bhakativinoda, koriyā binoya,
śrī-ājñā-ṭahala koribe pracār
TRANSLATION
1) When, O when, will that day be mine? When will you give me your blessings, erase all my offences and give my heart a taste [ruci] for chanting the Holy Name in purity?
2) When will I taste the essence of the Holy Name, feeling myself to be lower than the grass, my heart filled with tolerance? When will I give respect to all others and be free from desire for respect from them?
3) When will I cry out that I have no longer any desire for wealth and followers, poetry and beautiful women, all of which are meant just for bodily pleasure? O Gaura Hari! Give me causeless devotional service [bhakti] to your lotus feet, birth after birth.
4) When will my body be covered with goose bumps and my voice broken with emotion as I pronounce Krishna's name? When will my body change colour and my eyes flow with endless tears as I chant?
5) When will I give up all thought of the world and society to run like a madman along the banks of the Ganges in Navadvipa, singing and dancing and sincerely calling out the names of Gaura and Nityananda?
6) When will Nityananda Prabhu be merciful to me and deliver me from the enchantment [maya] of the sense objects? When will he give me the shade of his lotus feet and the right to enter the market place [nama-hatta] of the Holy Name?
7) When will I buy, borrow or steal the ecstasies of the Holy Name? When will I lose myself in the intoxication of the Holy Name? When will I immerse myself in the nectar of the Holy Name after grasping the feet of a saint who constantly relishes the flavours [rasa] of devotion?
8) When will I feel compassion for all living beings [jibas]? When will I forget my own pleasure in genuine humility? And when will I, Bhaktivinode, meekly go from door to door, preaching your message of love?

HH Vishnujana Swami Maharaj-Kabe habe bolo se din amar.

HH Vishnujana Swami Maharaj - Amazing Krishna Consciousness Sermon.

mesmerizing Hare Krishna Mahamantra tune by Vishnujana Maharja  

HH Vishnujana Swami Maharaja - Great mantra

I discovered for myself this amazing kirtaniya from Bosnia during Mayapur Kirtanmela this year. Couldn't resist, but share small glimpse of  his kirtan with everyone. 

tune the soul

Devanatha Giridhari Das