Kirtan Quotes

• One can realize God through kirtan alone.

  Sivananda

  Realizing

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• When the kirtan is harmonious with so many people, it’s a tumultuous beautiful sound. We can’t hear just one voice during the chorus; or rather we do hear one voice. But that one voice is actually the sound of everyone’s voice in harmony. That’s our offering to God. And why is it so pleasing to the Lord? Because we are all cooperating for a higher purpose. We are all united for the pleasure of the center, for the pleasure of Krishna, in spite of all our differences.

  Radhanath Swami

  Beautiful, Voice, Differences

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• Dancing together in kirtans can help us develop friendships that no Mediation Therapy can.

  Radhanath Swami

  Dancing, Together, Helping

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• Student, tell me, what is God?
  He is the breath inside the breath.

  Kabir

  Faith, Students, Breaths

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• When you really look for me you will see me instantly.

  Kabir

  Looks

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really look for me, you will see me instantly - you will find me in the tiniest house of time. Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

  Kabir

  Spiritual, Vegetables, House

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• Do not get up immediately at the end of the archana. The beloved deity should be brought from the seat in front of us back into our hearts and re-installed there. Seeing the form of the deity seated in the heart, meditate for a little longer. If it is possible, it is good to sing 2 or 3 kirtans. After taking an injection, a patient is asked to rest for a few minutes to let the medicine spread throughout the body. Similarly, to obtain the full benefit of the mantras, we should keep the mind calm for a while after worship.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Heart, Medicine, Meditation

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