Kirtan Vancouver - FREE event - August 10th

Kirtan Vancouver is going to raise some serious vibrations here in beautiful Vancouver, BC.

Date: Saturday, August 10th - 12pm-dusk

Location: 2nd Beach - Stanley Park 

What: FREE festival of bhakti/devotional music, yoga, dance, eco-friendly market and much more in one the of most beautiful settings in Vancouver. 

Who: You, and some amazing kirtan artists and others including:
 
12:00pm Bound lotus, Kundalini yoga and chant session
1:15pm Gong Bath by Kathy - The Soul of Sound
2:00pm Music Guided Meditation by Mark Fenster & Friends
2:35pm Green living talk -Vancity
2:45pm Kirtan by Sandra Leigh & friends - Give Peace a Chant
3:35pm Early Education talk - CEFA
3:45pm Kirtan by Bachan Kaur
4:20pm Healthy living talk - Organic Lives
4:30pm Kirtan by Shantala
5:50pm Renewable Energy Sources talk - Bullfrog
6:00pm Kirtan by Lakshmi Devi
7:30pm Electronic Kirtan by Air Ananda
8:30pm Kirtan by Srikalogy: Kirtan Sessions

Getting ready for an Extravanga of Bhakti & Kirtan - Srikala - August 9th - Vancouver, BC

Next weekend the Bhakti vibrations in Vancouver are going to be out of this world. 

First up, Srikala and friends, from NYC, are playing a show of Kirtan. 

Presented by Give Peace a Chant Kirtan community & Mantra Radio show on CiTR 101.9fm. 

Date: Friday, August 9, 2013 - 7pm

Location: 192 W. 47th Ave. 

Check out the music below: "Radha Ramana" Srikalogy Ft Srikala, Luminahdi, and BrandX Album: Srikalogy: Kirtan Sessions Vol1.

 

Listen to Srikala and more here.

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Whistler Show - August 13th 

 

Welcome Srikala and friends for a very special KIRTAN (mantra music meditation) event at Jivamukti Yoga, Whistler.

Hosted by the amazing Tina Pashumati James friends at and Jivamukti Yoga Whistler

presented (in part) by Give Peace a Chant Kirtan Community & Mantra Radio show on CiTR 101.9fm

Tuesday, August 13
7:30 PM

Jivamukti Yoga 
at Nita Lake Lodge
2131 Lake Placid Road
Whistler, British Coumbia
Canada, V0N1B2 

Admission: $20 (plus tax) 

Maha Shivaratri 2013

Maha Shivaratri, the Great Night of Shiva, gives those who are alert, the opportunity to connect to the Powerful Almighty and move into a higher state of consciousness. Lord Shiva, who presides over the Golden Age removes your deep seeded karma, i.e. pain or dissatisfaction around money, health or relationships. Remove your negative Karma into positive energy with the sanction of the Lord and attain the pleasure of Moksha.

Maha Shivratri is a Hindu festival celebrated every year in reverence of Lord Shiva.It is also known as padmarajarathri. Alternate common names/spellings include Maha Sivaratri, Shivaratri, Sivarathri, and Shivaratri.

Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva. It is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha or Phalguna month of the Hindu calendar. Since many different calendars are followed by various ethno-linguistic groups of India, the month and the Tithi name are not uniform all over India and Nepal.

Celebrated in the dark fortnight or Krishna Paksha(waning moon) of the month of Maagha according to the Shalivahana or Gujarati Vikrama or Phalguna according to the Vikrama era.^[2][3]

The festival is principally celebrated by offerings of Bael or Bilva/Vilvam leaves to Lord Shiva, all-day fasting and an all-night-long vigil. All through the day the devotees, chant the sacred Panchakshara mantra dedicated to Lord "Om Namah Shivaya".

In accordance with scriptural and discipleship traditions, penances are performed in order to gain boons in the practice of Yoga and meditation, in order to reach life's summum bonum steadily and swiftly.

Aum Namah Shivaya - Sadhu Nada

Great Bhakti music

Here are some great devotional sounds that are totally different from each other. I love the diversity. 

Hare Krishna Mariachi 1

Kali Durge by The Householders 

The Householders are four individuals with a passion to push the envelope of devotional music. Kirtan, Electronica, Hiphop and Dance music combine to create a sonic tapestry that is both relevant to our times, yet rooted in a timeless tradition–a ruthlessly honest and disarmingly real expression of what it means to be a spiritual seeker in the Twenty-first century. 

Wonderful documentary! 

"He is a prophet, born in the West, shining in the East." ~ Sister Marie Louise, Mother Superior Ananda Ashram

The Life of Father Bede Griffiths - A Human Search

Out of this World Stuff: Space Travel & Naga Sadhus @ Kumbh Mela 2013

Watch a documentary about the experiences of Astronauts travelling in Space:

Some Strange Things Are Happening To Astronauts Returning To Earth

Naga Sadhus in Kumbh Mela 2013 Allahabad 

I can't get enough of Sadhu Nada's divine Bhakti sounds these days. He is offering a few beautiful selections for free and you can buy complete albums on his site:

To get you started, I'm offering a few experimental tracks:
To download, simply right click and select "save target as".
And please consider making a donation. ENJOY!

MahaDub    ~    Savatri Groove

Pancha Tattva Remix
(Remixed by Beat Poet Massive)

Check out Sadhu Nada's video PANCHA TATTVA - Beat Poet Massive Remix, featuring Sadhu Nada, from the January 3, 2013 episode of Mantra Radio. 

You might also be interested in checking out his Youtube channel, under Sadhu Nada, for other great selections of his recordings and other interesting Bhakti videos. 

FYI, BhaktiBC also has a Youtube channel too under that handle. The channel features Bhakti music, consciousness raising, quantum physics and other heart-soul-mind-expanding videos. ;-}
 

If you have any videos, or any other content you’d recommend, feel free to e-mail them to me @ bhaktibc.ca@gmail.com