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Radhe Govinda - Live with Lyrics

By Krishna Das — 2017

This video was shot in New York City at the Church Of St. Paul & St. Andrew in October 2013 and is part of a full-length kirtan recorded that evening.

15:38 min

Krishna Das

Krishna Das leads kirtan (chants invoking the name of God) all over the world. After meeting Ram Dass in 1968, he went on to the life-altering epiphany of being with their guru, Neem Karoli Baba, Maharaj-ji.

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David Silver
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This pocket-sized compilation gathers essential prayers, mantras, and spiritual practices for daily use, healing, protection, and more.

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Surekha Minati Keerthana
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The Creative Power of Sound: Affirmations to Create, Heal and Transform (Pocket Guides to Practical Spirituality)

Sound is the energy of creation. Recent scientific advances point to what mystics have known for thousands of years: sound holds the key to the creation of the universe―and it can create spiritual and material change in our lives. Prayer is the sound and language of the soul.

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Elizabeth Clare Prophet
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Sound Medicine: How to Use the Ancient Science of Sound to Heal the Body and Mind

From a leading neurologist, neuroscientist and practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine, comes a rigorous scientific investigation of the healing power of sound, showing readers how they can use it to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.

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Kulreet Chaudhary
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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 Beginners' Guide to Kirtan and Mantra

Across the country and around the world, yoga practitioners are chanting in foreign tongues, including Sanskrit, Hindi, and Gurmukhi. They’re even chanting in English.

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Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
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The Power of ‘Om’: How Chanting Can Help Your Stress and Sleep

“Scientific studies have found that chanting can decrease stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms, as well as increase positive mood, feelings of relaxation and focused attention,” Perry says.

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Nicole Azzopardi
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Planetary Healing Sounds

The following article contains information about three short and powerful mantras—sacred sounds that may effectively be used individually or in groups for transformation: “OM”, “AH” and “HU”. These mantras are particularly useful sounds for projecting specific intentions.

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Jonathan Goldman
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Sacred Sound: Discovering the Myth and Meaning of Mantra and Kirtan

In yoga practice, mantra and kirtan (call-and-response devotional chanting) get short shrift in the West because they aren’t well understood, though they are an integral part of almost every Eastern spiritual practice.

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Alanna Kaivalya
2014
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Chanting: Discovering Spirit in Sound

The ancient art of chanting has long been embraced by the world's great religious traditions as a path to healing and enlightenment, but only recently has Western science begun to recognize its therapeutic effects on the body and mind.

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Robert Gass, Kathleen A. Brehony
2000
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