Live recording of an immersive sound experience at the Bhakti Center, in Manhattan, NYC - led by Jahnavi Harrison and featuring violin by Apoorva Krishna (https://www.apoorvakrishna.com/).

Balm: Immersive Sound Experience @ Bhakti Center, NYC - 28th May 2022

Трек с альбома музыкального проекта "Вриндавани"
Ищите на iTunes и в других интернет-магазинах - "Vrindavani"


Vrindavani - Maha-mantra (union)

Hare-Krishna Maha Mantra chanting on rear rhythm 10 beat cycle - Sadra Taal. Live Kirtan in Shanti-Shakti dom on 5th June 2016

Hare Krishna Maha Mantra - Sadra Taal  (live kirtan in Moscow 05-06-2016)

Śrī Śrī Jagannāthāṣṭakam is an ancient Sanskrit composition written by Śrī Śaṅkar Āchārya, an incarnation of Lord Shiva who appeared on this earth from 788-820 AD. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would chant this composition in great ecstatic joy. The Jagannāthāṣṭakam are eight verses (“āṣṭakam") glorifying Lord Jagannāth, a unique and ecstatic form of Lord Kṛṣṇa, 

mahāmbhodhes tīre kanaka-rucire nīla-śikhare
vasan prāsādāntaḥ sahaja-balabhadreṇa balinā
subhadrā-madhya-sthaḥ sakala-sura-sevāvasara-do
jagannāthaḥ svāmī nayana-patha-gāmī bhavatu me (3)

“Residing on the shore of the great ocean, within a large palace situated upon the crest of the brilliant, golden Nīlachala Hill, along with His powerful brother Balabhadra, and in the middle of Them His sister Subhadrā, Lord Jagannāth bestows the opportunity for devotional service upon all godly souls. May that Jagannāthā Svāmī be the object of my vision.”

Chanted in Raga Jhinjhoti by Bhakti Lalita Devi; Music composed and remixed by Abhiram Thakur Prabhu; Anukrishna Devi Dasi on the violin; Cover design by Pavan Krishna Prabhu; Sound engineering by Anantadev Prabhu and Gaura Govinda Prabhu at the Theistic Media Studios.

Sri Sri Jagannathastakam (Orchestral Rendition)

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:

Radhe Govinda & Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhupa composed by Narattoma Dasa Thakura and performed by Atmarama Dasa:

Radhe Radhe Govinda 
Govinda  Radhe

Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu
by Narottama Dasa Thakura:

1) My dear Lord Caitanya, please be merciful to me, because who can be more merciful than Your Lordship within these three worlds?
 
2) Your incarnation is just to reclaim the conditioned, fallen souls, but I assure You that You will not find a greater fallen soul than me. Therefore, my claim is first.
 
3) My dear Lord Nityananda, You are always joyful in spiritual bliss. Since You always appear very happy, I have come to You because I am most unhappy. If You kindly put Your glance over me, then I may also become happy.
 
4) My dear Advaita Prabhu, husband of Sita, You are so kind. Please be merciful to me. If You are kind to me, naturally Lord Caitanya and Nityananda will also be kind to me.
 
5) Gaura's love embodiment is shown by Gadadhara Pandita. Srinivasa Pandita and Haridasa Thakura are the ocean of mercy.
 
6) O Svarupa Damodara, personal secretary of Lord Caitanya, O six Gosvamis O Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami, and Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami! O Lokanatha Gosvami, my beloved spiritual master! Narottama dasa also prays for your mercy.
 
7) O Srinivasa Acarya, successor to the six Gosvamis! Please be merciful to me. Narottama dasa always desires the company of Ramacandra Cakravarti.

Radha Govinda

Radhe Govinda & Sri Krishna Caitanya Prabhu ~ Atmarama Dasa:

Govinda

4. Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

Join us for a special all-star edition of Tuesday Night Kirtan featuring world renowned kirtaniyas: Jahnavi Harrison and Gaura Vani. Both of these special souls have been doing kirtan since they were kids and have traveled around the world sharing their divinely given gifts with others. Both have recorded full-length albums which have received wide critical acclaim and both steadily lead kirtans throughout NYC's renowned yoga circuit to this day. Their love for kirtan and devotion for Krishna overflows in this special edition of TuNK, fanning a small flame of Govindam Adi Purusa (Brahma Samhita) prayers into a blazing Hare Krishna kirtan. 

* Please kindly excuse Gaura Vani's mic difficulties,

Tuesday Night Kirtan with Jahnavi Harrison and Gauravani 6/25

hare krishna kirtan prayer, Rupini Springer and David Estes Maha Mantra Kirtan

Hari Bol ! (vol.1)

Prapannam Das, Radhe Radhe Govinda

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