60 min
Interview
Travelling in India with Ram Dass
Bhagavan Das tells the story of the years he spent wandering in India and of bringing Ram Dass to Neem Karoli Baba.
About the artist
Bhagavan Das
Bhagavan Das was born Kermit Michael Riggs in the United States and went east as a young man, staying six years in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He is a bhakti yogi, a kirtan singer, a teacher and a writer, and the four are not separable in what he does.
His singing is built on the drone. A single sustained string under a repeated name, held long enough that the repetition stops being repetition, is the shape most of his chanting takes, and it is closer to the wandering sadhu tradition he learned it from than to a concert set.
He continues to teach and counsel alongside Amulya Maa, working with individuals and couples on what they describe as the healing path.
Upcoming events
Meet Bhagavan Das in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
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Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this artist in their own words.
59 min
Interview
Bhagavan Das on Nada Yoga
An hour-long conversation in which Bhagavan Das explains the yoga of sound and what chanting actually does to a person.
76 min
Music
Bhagavan Das at Svaha Yoga
A full evening of chanting with Bhagavan Das at Svaha Yoga in Amsterdam.
152 min
Music
Mahabhakti Live Kirtan Concert
A complete two and a half hour kirtan concert with Bhagavan Das leading the chanting and the room answering.
Path
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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