Episode 7
Sacred Music with Nina Rao
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode, renown kirtanwalli (musical artist), Nina Rao explains the devotional music chanted in bhajans, kirtan and the practice of Bhakti, and how we become receptive to the flow of grace through chanting. Nina also shares the story of Hanuman from the Ramayana and how through the practice of Maha mantra, a transmission of wisdom is received by the practitioner.
Nina learned traditional chants from her grandfather in a village in south India when she was nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996.
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
How can the practice of Kirtan assist us with what’s happening in the world today - particularly with trauma?
Chanting as a yoga practice, vehicle, path and destination.
How chanting is a universal map for inner and outer balance, wholeness, and practical awakening.
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