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What Is Kirtan/Satsang and Why You Should Be Doing It

2016

What is Kirtan? What is Satsang? Why do we sing in Sanskrit? Why do we sing the names of Hindu Gods and Godesses? Is it religious? Can anyone do it? How does a Kirtan work? What if I cant sing on key? - ALL these questions answered!

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The Power of Kirtan

As yoga has become increasingly popular in the United States, so has the ancient practice of kirtan (KEER-tahn), or yogic chanting. The call-and-response format of chanting is a type of yoga in itself and has many of the mind-calming benefits of a yoga class or sitting meditation.

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Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
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'The Music of Yoga': Agnostics, Christians Find Spiritual Benefits in Kirtan's Hindu Chants

In the 1990s, American musician Dave Stringer went to India for a pay cheque and came back with a calling. Hired by an Indian guru to make videos, he was tasked with translating the philosophy of yoga and the music of yoga, known as kirtan, into film.

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Siobhan Hegarty
2017
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Hinduism

Five lectures by the great Swami Vivekananda that explain Hinduism as a universal religion, its common bases and philosophy, and its four yogas.

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Swami Vivekananda
1989
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