Amala Harinam - 07.11.21 Sunday Night @NRR

Mahālakṣmi Aṣṭakam from the Padma Purāṇa is an inspiring prayer devoted to Goddess Lakṣmī to invite abundance and beauty into our lives. Said to have been recited by Indra, the Goddess is exclaimed as an enchantress and the verses describe incredible visualisations that mesmerise the devotee. She grants success, intelligence & knowledge leading to liberation.

Mahālakṣmī Aṣṭakam

This is the first CD in our Bhajan series; a small collection of Kirtans composed by our Vaisnava Saints rendered in very sweet and beautiful melodies. 
The Kirtaniyas offer this devotional CD at the lotus feet of their beloved Gurudeva - Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja and for the pleasure of all. 
Just one week after the divine departure of our Srila Gurudeva, this album was recorded in a very simple enviroment in Sri Vrindavan, India by The Kirtaniyas: Vijay Krsna das, Sarasvati dasi, Rasika dasi and engineered and mixed by Kishori Mohan Das. We are also very honored to feature Kishori Mohan Das and Sudevi dasi (vocals, mridanga, Karatalas) on the album, we look up to them as our older brother and sister

Mahamantra - (Bhajan series 1)

the Hare Krishna Mahamantra sung in Raag Prabhaat by Swarupa Damodar Dasa.  The Mahamantra lyrics follow....

HARE KRISHNA MAHAMANTRA

Hare Krishna 
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare

Srila Prabhupada says:

Rama and Krishna are names of God, and Hare is the energy of God. So when we chant the maha-mantra, we address God together with His energy. This energy is of two kinds, the spiritual and the material. At present we are in the clutches of the material energy. Therefore we pray to Krishna that He may kindly deliver us from the service of the material energy and accept us into the service of the spiritual energy. That is our whole philosophy. Hare Krishna means, "O energy of God, O God [Krishna], please engage me in Your service." It is our nature to render service. Somehow or other we have come to the service of material things, but when this service is transformed into the service of the spiritual energy, then our life is perfect.

Svarupa Damodara Dasa

Hare Krishna Maha-mantra 1 In Raag Prabhaat:  Swarupa Damodara Dasa Prabhu:

Srila Narottama Dasa Thakura
(1)
ki-rupe paibo seva mui duracara
sri-guru vaisnave rati na hoilo amara
(2)
asesa mayate mana magana hoilo
vaisnavete lesa-matra rati na janmilo
(3)
visaye bhuliya andha hainu diba-nisi
gale phansa dite phire maya se pisaci
(4)
ihare koriya jaya chandana na jaya
sadhu-krpa bina aro nahiko upaya
(5)
adosada-rasi-prabhu patita-uddhara
ei-bara narottame karaha nistara
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Traducción

1) Hay de mi, soy tan caído y bajo que ni siquiera una gota de
amor y afecto surge en mi corazón por Sri Guru y vaisnavas. ¿Cómo
entonces obtendré el servicio divino a los pies de Bhagavan?
2) Mi mente esta siempre ocupada en asuntos materiales, evi-
tando que pueda desarrollar amor por los vaisnavas.
3) Día y noche estoy atado por la bruja Maya, con un collar de
deseos materiales alrededor de mi cuello. Completamente ciego,
inútilmente sirvo a personas materialistas.
4) En mi condición caída y sin esperanza, veo que no hay ningún
otro remedio mas que la misericordia de los Vaisnavas.
5) Narottama das ora, «¡Oh Vaisnavas!, ustedes nunca ven las
faltas en otros, entonces por favor sálvenme de nuevo.»

Ki Rupe Paibo Seva - Sudevi Devi Dasi and Kishori Mohan Das

Rehearsing for a special concert on 26th November, in honour of Shri Shri Radha Londonisvara, who were installed in the shrine of the Radha Krishna Temple in Soho, 48 years ago. Please join us for a wonderful celebration!

https://www.rldb.info/civicrm/event/register?id=117&reset=1

Vande Krishna "Sweetheart of the Gopis" Rehearsal

The Hare Krishna Mahamantra performed by Madi Dasa and Sudevi Dasi.

The sixteen sound syllables of the Mahamantra follow...

HARE KRISHNA MAHAMANTRA

Hare Krishna 
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare

Srila Prabhupada says:

Rama and Krishna are names of God, and Hare is the energy of God. So when we chant the maha-mantra, we address God together with His energy. This energy is of two kinds, the spiritual and the material. At present we are in the clutches of the material energy. Therefore we pray to Krishna that He may kindly deliver us from the service of the material energy and accept us into the service of the spiritual energy. That is our whole philosophy. Hare Krishna means, "O energy of God, O God [Krishna], please engage me in Your service." It is our nature to render service. Somehow or other we have come to the service of material things, but when this service is transformed into the service of the spiritual energy, then our life is perfect.

Bhakti Without Borders

Maha Mantra ~ Madi Das And Sudevi Dasi:

MORNING KIRTANS

S 12 SRI RADHA-KRPA-KATAKSA-STAVA-RAJA

Sri Sri Shad-gosvamy-ashtaka

Ei Baro Karuna Karo

This track is from the album Take Me Home and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gauramaniandthevrajavadh

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For American born lead singer Gaura Mani, the love affair with kirtan began at a very young age.

“When I was two years old, living at the Detroit Devasadan Mandir, my mother would play tapes of Srila Prabhupada’s kirtan while she cooked,” Gaura Mani recalls.

From the early 1980s to mid 1990s, while she went to gurukula schools in Detroit, Los Angeles, and North Carolina, Gaura Mani would start singing kirtan at 4:00am every day, with the traditional mangala arati prayers. And from the age of six, she and her sister would play mridanga and harmonium at Krishna conscious home programs their parents held on weekends.

All this kirtan, coupled with visits every few years to Vrindavana, the land of Lord Krishna’s birth, left Gaura Mani deeply attached to the mischievous cowherd boy.
During one later visit to Vrindavana, Gaura Mani met her husband-to-be Param Dasa, who had moved there from Punjab with his family, and had joined ISKCON at seventeen.

“The first time I met him, he was singing kirtan in the temple, as he did every evening,” she says. “I just couldn’t get enough of his kirtan. Every time he sang it just melted my heart. We were formally introduced in front of my parents, and began to spend time with each other by doing kirtan together!” India, when we perform, audiences are attracted because we have a slightly Western style of kirtan,” she says. “They come for the Western feel, and then realize that they’re chanting Hare Krishna, calling out the Lord! The crowd goes completely wild, and their energy bounces back to me. It’s very real, very uplifting. I go into another dimension, like I’m not even in this world anymore.”

Developing their devotion and working on their craft through live performances, The Vrajavadhus finally released their first album “Take Me Home” An incredible 35,000 people, including members of the press, attended to chant and dance along as The Vrajavadhus played their album in full. “I feel like there’s nothing greater than to sing for Krishna,” Gaura Mani says. “Being united with Him in that way gives me the highest feeling of ecstasy. I pray to be constantly engaged in this service, and I never want it to end. Kirtan forever!”


Dedication
The Vrajavadhus Kirtanwali dedicate their humble service to the Founder Acarya of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. We pray for his blessings in spreading the movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu throughout the world.

 


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Gaura Mani Devi