Kirtan
Krishna Das
American kirtan singer in the bhakti lineage of Neem Karoli Baba, one of the most widely known Western chant leaders.
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BlessFest East
A weekend farm gathering in the Berkshires featuring Krishna Das and community kirtan.
“Chanting is a way of getting in touch with yourself. It's an opening of the heart and letting go of the mind and thoughts. It deepens the channel of grace, and it's a way of being present in the moment.”Krishna Das
Teachers
Meet Krishna Das & Nina Rao & Brenda McMorrow & Dave Stringer.
Kirtan · Neem Karoli Baba Lineage
Nina Rao
Kirtan artist within the Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji) lineage, known for a warm, devotional chanting style rooted in decades of practice within that community.
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Brenda McMorrow
Singer-songwriter whose mantra medicine music blends kirtan and Sanskrit chant with folk, world rhythms, and Spanish medicine songs.
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Dave Stringer
Grammy-nominated kirtan artist known for high-energy, ecstatic yoga music, and for his research into the neuroscience of mantra and chant.
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The wider context.
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Love as the direct path
Bhakti
The path of loving devotion: surrender, chanting and remembrance as ways to dissolve the sense of separation from the divine.
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Berkshires, Massachusetts, United States
Middle Way Farm
Berkshires, Massachusetts, United States