Krishna Das - Breath of the Heart - Kashi vishwanath gange

[whoopsadaisy92]

brilliant! 

[kennykyle133]

this music makes me happy :)

[gabrielgray7]

After hearing it all last semester in Yoga class and just short of pestering the teacher, I finally found this song!!!!!

[nala3299]

love, love, love this song ..... it always feels new!

[zsuzsannakeri]

I'm thankful for the story, so I can get the meaning of this beautiful song.

[kuttu45454]

Namaameesha meeshaan nirwaana roopam

Wibhum vyaapakam braham wedaswaroopam

Nijam nirgunam nirwikalpam nireeham

Chidaakaasha maakaasha waasam bhajeham

Niraakaara monkaara moolam tureeyam

Giraa gyaana goteeta meesham gireesham

Karaalam mahaakaala kaalam kripaalam

Gunaagaara sansaara paaram natoham

Hara Hara Mahaadeva Shaambho(Bom Bom)

Kaashi Vishwaanaatha Gange

[Savitri38]

@kuttu45454 this is so beautiful

[kuttu45454]

Shiva was so moved by the prayer that even though he could not rescind the curse he added to it, saying that even though the disciple would remain a crow he would become the foremost knower of God in the universe and would be able to see all the lilas(Play) of the Lord in all His manifestations in all the universes.

[kuttu45454]

No matter how much his guru loved him, he just didn't get it. One day he was meditating and his guru walked in the room. He knew it was his guru but still he didn't get up. At that instatnt Shiva himself manifested out of the Lingam and cursed him to become a crow and undergo millions of births of torture and hell for disrespecting his guru. His guru was so upset at the curse that he prayed to Shiva to rescind it. This is that prayer.

[kuttu45454]

These four verses are from a prayer called the Shiva Stuti from the Ramacharitamanasa (Ramayana) of Tulsi Das.

The story of Rama incarnation and lilas is being told by a crow to Garuda, the King of birds. The crow Kakabhusundi is repeating the story that Shiva had told Parvati.

Garuda asks the crow how he has come to know the story and how he gained so much wisdom. Kakabhusundi tells his life story. He was an arrogant disciple of a very loving guru.

[ukimath]

wonderful ... thank you for this beautiful video ...

I love Krishna Das, his voice is pure love and devotion ...

[BojanAvaduta]

very good!!!

[Gracolina]

Beautiful! I love Krishna Das, thanks for sharing :))

[Hema1981]

One of my favourite songs by Krishna Das. Thanks for sharing. :)