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In May of this year my good friend Sridhar invited me to a Hare Krishna Kirtan conclave in North Carolina, saying he knew how much I loved Kirtan. He also knew that I was a little shy of the ISCON movement in general but still I was curious since one of the first introductions to Indian spirituality was through the Sunday morning feasts and chant at the local Hare Krishna temple in my hometown of Montreal, Quebec.

I arrived and sat in a large hall with about 1500 ecstatic people being led in the Hare Krishna Hare Ram chant by a very charismatic chant leader with a big backing band. His name was Madhava Prabhu and I was instantly transported into an altered state of singular absorption through the great mantra (Maha Mantra) as it’s called - through the names of the divine representatives – Krishna and Ram, which truly represent our own true nature. This without any effort or exertion or thinking I had to get somewhere - anywhere at all - just a natural lifting up of my spirit.

So that was the end of my judging mind of this group - "They have it right!" I thought. Just lose the intellectual mind stuff and be taken by the waves of music and the bhava (expression of spiritual passion) and glide through the vicissitudes of the daily Kali Yuga.

Maharaji asked me once what I did for a living. I was a radio station program director at the time, but before I could say anything he said to me in English “Broadcaster”. And that’s all I have done in my life since then - to share whatever it is that I love. So enjoy Madhava Prabhu!

Hare Bol!

Raghu Markus
Executive Director, LSRF
RamDass.org



HG Madhava Prabhu - Master of the Bhava

Jahnavi Harrison - Vrikshavalli Hare Krishna feat. Gaura Vani

HG Madhava Prabhu - Hare Krsna Kirtan

Madhava Prabhu @ Radhadesh Mellows 2012

Kirtan Premi - Bhatiali Melody - Nairobi Kirtan Mela Day 1

Golok Mahamantra.m4a

Dedicated to HH Jayapataka Swami on his 64th Vyasa Puja day, who had written this beautiful song for Srila Prabhupada last year.

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- Shabda Hari Das & Vanita Siddharth

LYRICS: 
yadi prabhupada na hoito tabe ki hoito
(e) jivana bahita kise?
nitai-gaurera apara karuna ke dita sakala dese

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?

(2)
pascatyera yata papi duracari sunyavadi mayavadi 
tadera uddara karibare mana hena kon dayanidhi 

Which other compassionate person would have endeavored to deliver the miscreants , sinful, impersonalistic and voidistic people in the West?

(3)
tadera nikate kon jana asi bilaita harinam
sabhya jiva rupe gadite tadera ke haita aguyan

Who else would have come to distribute Harinama to them? Who else would have come forward to transform them into civilized beings?

(4)
dese dese hari-vigraha seva arati ratri-dine
ratha yatradi mahotsava saba sikaita 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?

(5)
gita-bhagavata caitanya carita premamrta rasasara 
kata na sundara sarala kariya ke bujhaita ara

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?

(6)
kata kasta sahi prita mane rahi ke va dita harinam
ke dita modera puri vrndavana mayapura mata dham

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?

(7)
parama mangala sricaitanya maha-prabhura siksa dhana
acare pracare sada amadere 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?

(8)
premakalpataru nitai-gaurera krpa kana labhibare
niravadhi jaya- pataka hrdaya tomare sarana 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.

Golok Mahamantra.m4a

GoLoknath Das