A 3-Hour Afternoon Workshop and Evening Concert:
Experience the Ecstasy
The course focuses on the Maharashtrian poets such as Tukaram, Janabai, Namdev, Surdas, Mirabai, and Jnaneshwar, and will also include other poet sages such as Kabir and Shankaracharya. We'll be delving into the amazing and ecstatic meanings and experiences behind their profound, devotional words and music.
Sample Poet Saint Audio and Video clips:
INTRO TO MARATHI ABHANGA BY JNANESHWAR "TE NAMA SOPE"
MARATHI ABHANGA, "TE NAMA SOPE"
Bhaja Govindam
Bolo Hare Rama -- a Bhajan by Tulsidas
Samba Sadashiva
Listen to Chapter 10:
The Yoga of Divine Glories 
CLICK HERE to listen to all 18 chapters in streaming audio online, and for more information about this text and CD
The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita Course
The 18 chapters of this classic text are filled with amazing and useful teachings about the nature of life, death, and the divine possibilities for your life, revealed in the form of a dialogue between guru and disciple, Krishna and Arjuna.
"When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous." ~ Albert Einstein
"The Bhagavad-Gita has a profound influence on the spirit of mankind by its devotion to God which is manifested by actions." ~ Dr. Albert Schweizer
"The Bhagavad-Gita is the most systematic statement of spiritual evolution of endowing value to mankind. It is one of the most clear and comprehensive summaries of perennial philosophy ever revealed; hence its enduring value is subject not only to India but to all of humanity." ~ Aldous Huxley
"When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-Gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Sharon Janis is the producer and singer of the audio CD "The Glorious Bhagavad Gita Sung in English."
The Soul of Kirtan
The yogic practice of kirtan chanting brings together devotional bhakti yoga, powerful mantra yoga, and profound jnana yoga, along with pranayama breath yoga, yogic posture asana, as well as the crown jewel of raja yoga - a grand union of the individual soul with the divine Godhead, through the vehicle of sound.
In this workshop, you'll have a chance to relish a taste of the sublime nectar of Sanskrit chanting with Sharon Janis, who has been chanting blissfully for decades in various temples and ashrams. More than just kirtan chanting, you will learn about this practice of singing God's name from the Indian saints, sages, and scholars who brought the practice to life, including Tukaram, Jnaneshwar, Mirabai, Kabir, and Shankaracharya.
Sample audio and video clips for this workshop:
Sacred Music Tapestry Concerts
From Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sufi traditions
CLICK HERE to watch individual videos from sacred music concerts by Sharon, with selections from Shree Guru Gita, Amazing Grace, Bhaja Govindam, Diamond Sutra, Shree Rudram, Ave Maria, and more...
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The Glory of Indian Spiritual Philosophy and Practice:
An Experiential Tapestry of Ecstasy and Enlightenment
From yoga to meditation to some of the greatest spiritual philosophies of human history, India has brought spirituality to life through its writings, arts, music, and wisdom. This workshop gives a taste of many different fields of beneficial spiritual wealth from India, focusing on aspects that will help to uplift your life from top to bottom. Every phase of humanity has had its specialty. The music and art created during the Renaissance dwarfs even our most modern and technologically advanced efforts. In the same way, humanity has had spiritual renaissances, many from India, where profound truths about the nature of life were unlocked and elucidated in a combination of religion, science, and art. This wisdom is our heritage, and there is no time like the present to claim our inheritance.
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Watch a video of the kirtan Hari Narayana
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This is a chant to honor Ganesh, represented as the elephant-faced God who removes obstacles.
Chorus:
Om Shree Ganesha, Jaya Shree Ganesha,
Jaya Guru Ganesha, Namo Namo
Verses:
Ganapati Paarvati Suta Lambodhara
Jaya Guru Ganesha, Namo Namo (chorus)
Vijna Raajaa Ekadanta Ganesha
Jaya Guru Ganesha Namo Namo (chorus)
Jnaana Devataa Siddhi Veenaayaka
Jaya Guru Ganesha Namo Namo (chorus)
Raghupati Raaghava Raajaa Raam
Patiita Paavana Sita Ram, Jai Jai...
Ishwara Allah tere naam,
Sab ko sanmati de Bhagavan
Yesu Christa ati Pavana Naam,
Sab Santana ko kare Pranaam
Raghupati Raaghava Raajaa Raam
Patiita Paavaana Sita Ram, Jai Jai. . .
Sita Raam, Sita Raam, bhaja pyaare tu, Sita Raam
Mandira Masjida Tere Dham, Ishwara Allah tere Naam
Yesu Christa Ati Paavana naam, Saba Santana ko Kari Pranaam
Jagado Dharini Mata Durga
On Video
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The words to this chant are:
JAGADO DHARINI MATA DURGA, JAGADO DHARINI MA
JAGO JAGO MA, JAGO JAGO MA, JAGO JAGO MA JANANI
HE DURGA DEVI RANA CHANDI DEVI
HE SHIVA RAMANA JAGO MA,
HE SHIVA RAMANA JAGO MA
JAGO JAGADO DHARINI MA
CLICK HERE to play many more Kirtan Videos
This is a chant to Lord Shiva, the Transcendent Reality that exists in every soul --
Shiva is beautiful, filled with compassion, revels blissfully in truth and consciousness, and is the conquerer of death.
Samba Sadaashiva, Samba Sadaashiva,
Samba Sadaashiva, Hara Shambho
He Girijaavara, He Girijaavara,
He Girijaavara, Hara Shambho
He Karunaakara, He Karunaakara,
He Karunaakara, Hara Shambho
He Mrityunjaya, Satchita Sukhamaya,
He Karunaamaya Hara Shambho
Sharon's new book
With a new CD of inspiring spiritual music from
Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish traditions.
CLICK the CD to listen to tracks from the new CD,
and click the book for sample pages and more info
Sri Guru Gita is an hour-long, ancient, gentle yet powerful Sanskrit chant that evokes peace of mind and heart, describing and honoring the Universal Power of Grace called Guru, and the beautiful forms through which that power flows. This rendition captures and invokes the deep gratitude one experiences from being blessed by, in this singer's case, two divine forms of the Universal Guru.
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Sri Rudram is a powerful ancient Sanskrit Vedic text that honors the aspect of God that is "Terrific, great, dreadful, and which drives away evil, destroys illusion, and is worthy of praise," and asserts that God exists in everything, everything, and everything else!
Watch a video of Kumuda singing Shree Rudram during a concert
Maha Lakshmi is the goddess of good fortune, and this powerful hymn praises and invokes her blessings and abundance
Performed as a soulful, freestyle vocal dance:
"I honor the great Self of the Universe as my own innermost self "
ABA MAIN KAHAN
(Hindi Bhajan, sung acapello: "Now where can I take refuge, leaving your feet? O my Beloved, I have become Yours, giving up all distinction between You and me.")
AISA JNANA (Hindi Bhajan: "This is my knowledge...the whole world has arisen from Consciousness and it is not distinct from Consciousness.")
BHAGYA BADE (Hindi Bhajan: Brahmananda says, "How great is my fortune that I found my Satguru!)
BHAJA GOVINDAM (Shankaracharya teaches about the nature of life and death in the powerful text -- includes Sanskrit and English translation)
EK MASTANA YOGI ("A blissful yogi has come!" A beautiful tribute to Baba Muktananda, composed by Hari Om Sharan, and sung by Hari Om Sharon Janis ;) CLICK HERE to read the translation.
GURU CHARANA KAMALA (Hindi Bhajan by Brahmananda: "The ocean of worldliness is so deep and unfathomable. I couldn't reach the other shore and I was drowning. Then I received Guru's grace, and in a moment I was saved.")
HANUMAN CHALISA (Sanskrit Prayer by Tulsidas to the God Hanuman, which inspires courage and strength)
HARI NARAYANA (Group chanting about the joys of Lord Rama)
HARI NARAYANA (2nd version) (Group chanting about Lord Rama)
HE NANDA NANDA GOPALA (Group chanting about the joys of Lord Krishna)
JAGADO DHARANI MATA DURGA (Group chanting asking the Goddess Durga to awaken within us)
JAI JAI RAM, KRISHNA HARI (Group chanting of these names of God)
JAYA JAYA SHIVA SHAMBHO (Group chanting to Shiva)
JO BHAJE HARI KO SADA (Another great Hindi bhajan by Brahmananda: "Only if you remember God and chant His Name all the time, will you attain the Supreme. ")
JOGI MATA JA (Hindi Bhajan: Mirabai says, "O Yogi, don't leave, don't leave! Strange and sublime is the path of love and devotion. Reveal its intricasies to me before you leave.")
KALI DURGE NAMO NAMAH (Group chanting to the Goddess Durga)
KRISHNA GOVINDA (Group chanting about the delights of Lord Krishna)
KUNDALINI STAVAH (Kundalini Stavaha is a hymn to the great Universal Energy of Powerful Creation and Transformation - with interspersed Sanskrit and English translation)
MERE BABA (Hindi Bhajan about Swami Muktananda, "This is my Baba's message - Bow to your self, worship your self, your God dwells within you as you.")
MOHANA RE MADHAVA (Marathi abhanga by Tukadyadas: "O Mohana! Please come and meet me. O my beloved, please come!")
MORE MANA RAMAHI (Hindi Bhajan by Mirabai, sung in both Hindi and English, "The Name of the Lord resounds in my heart day in and day out.") This translation is by Ajit Bond.
NAHI KELI TUJHI SEVA (Hindi Bhajan by Janabai: "Lord, out of compassion for your devotee, you have borne all the suffering that came to me in the world, all the troubles that people have piled upon me. You have stayed with me day and night. But I have not served you at all, so I am full of pain.")
SABA KE LIYE (A bhajan by Tukadyadas, "In our temple, everyone is welcome!")
SARASWATI STOTRAM (A Sanskrit hymn to honor and invoke Saraswati, the goddess of wisdom, the arts, and eloquent speech.)
SHREE KRISHNA, GOVINDA, HARE MURARE (Group chanting about Krishna)
TE NAMA SOPE (A Marathi abhanga by the sage Jnaneshwar Maharaj about the glory of repeating the name of God)
Watch a video of Sharon singing "Bhaja Govindam" with translation
Click HERE for Sanskrit Spiritual Scriptures
Recited and Sung in English and Sanskrit
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