Nina Rao hosts Satsang elders Mirabai Bush, Parvati Markus, and Radha Baum in sharing stories from the female perspective about Indian mystic and Guru, Neem Karoli Baba.
Joining together in a virtual remembrance and celebration of the life and teachings of Indian Guru, Neem Karoli Baba, on the anniversary of his Mahasamadhi, Nina invites powerful female Satsang elders Mirabai Bush, Parvati Markus, and Radha Baum to share stories of their time spent in his presence after following the path laid out by Ram Dass to India in the early 1970s. Illuminating the deep transmission of gathering in community and sharing stories of the Guru, Nina welcomes us all to meet where our rivers merge, joining in Satsang and darshan of the divine loving presence known affectionately as Maharajji.
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Sacred Music with Nina Rao - Podcast with Conscious Diva
How can the practice of Kirtan assist us with what’s happening in the world today - particularly with trauma. In this episode, renown kirtanwalli, Nina Rao explains the devotional music chanted in bhajans, kirtan and the practice of Bhakti, and how we become receptive to the flow of grace through chanting. Nina also shares the story of Hanuman from the Ramayana and how through the practice of Maha mantra, a transmission of wisdom is received by the practitioner.
One-hour discussion of Nina's journey on the Path.
Unified Mindfulness Immersion May 2020: Nina Rao and Juliana Raye
Be Here Now Network Podcast – Nina Rao - Saving Wild Tigers with Dr. Ullas Karanth and Dr. Krithi Karanth
Nina Rao talks with tiger conservationists Dr. Ullas Karanth and Dr. Krithi Karanth about their work at the Centre for Wildlife Studies in India.
Dr. Ullas Karanth is the Managing Trustee and Director of the Centre for Wildlife Studies. His daughter, Dr. Krithi Karanth, is the Chief Conservation Scientist. They practice science-based conservation to promote the protection of wildlife. For over 20 years, Nina Rao’s Saving Wild Tigers has supported the Karanth’s work in creating viable sanctuaries for wild tigers.
Don’t miss Saving Wild Tigers online benefit concert: Sacred Music for Sacred Forests. Premiering at 7pm ET on May 30, join Nina and artists such as Trevor Hall, MC Yogi, and Krishna Das in their expression of love for nature.
CHITHEADS PODCAST: Nina Rao & Hari-kirtana das on Bhakti
CHITHEADS from Embodied Philosophy
Be Here Now Podcast – Nina Rao - Preserving the Wealth of Nature with Robert Thurman
Robert Thurman joins Nina Rao for a conversation around strategies we can use to restore our balance with nature for the sake of our connection, Beauty, and global climate.
Robert Thurman is the Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of the Tibet House U.S., a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Tibetan civilization, and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies, a non-profit affiliated with the Center for Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and dedicated to the publication of translations of important artistic and scientific treatises from the Tibetan Tengyur. Keep up with Robert at bobthurman.com
Find events near you featuring dharma talks, meditations and chanting with Nina at ninaraochant.com. Register here for the Sacred Music for Sacred Forests Benefit Concert with Nina, Krishna Das and Friends, NYC May 30, 2020. You can learn more about ways you can preserve the natural habitat of India’s tigers at Nina Rao’s wilderness conservation non-profit charity: savingwildtigers.org
Wisdom Rising: Mandala of the Five Wisdom Dakinis & Goddess Traditions of India and Tibet
Experience transformation through the power of chanting to the goddess in her many forms and through meditation on the maṇḍala—a universal map for inner and outer balance, wholeness, and practical awakening. Chandra and Nina share a deep interest in the complementary wisdom and devotional traditions of Tibet and India honoring the divine feminine. They will weave together mystical stories, visualizations, meditations, mantra repetition, and singing chants.
Interview with Phil Cartwright - Nina Rao "Anubhav" Album
ANUBHAV is the title of the album ~ Anubhav is a word Ma spoke when talking with Nina about how important it is to have a disciplined practice so it may blossom into each one’s own direct experience of the Divine, the Soul, the One. This inner knowing or perception or feeling, Anubhav, is what guides us on the Path of Life.
Nina Rao learned traditional chants (bhajans) from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. For many years Nina has been Krishna Das' business manager and assistant, often touring with him playing cymbals and singing. In 2007, she recorded the track 'Nina Chalisa' on Krishna Das' CD "Flow of Grace " and in January 2013, she released her debut album, "Antarayaami - Knower of All Hearts". Nina regularly leads kirtan, chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa, and sings for yoga classes in her hometown of Brooklyn, NY and beyond.
Positive Energy - Video Interview + Chant {with me and my Uma}
Here's an interview and chant (with Uma and me) - "Positive Energy" on Princeton Community TV that you might enjoy.
Exploring the Devotional Path with Nina Rao
Michele Granberg interviews well-known Kirtan artist Nina Rao, who travels the world with Krishna Das, about her spiritual journey. Nina and her daughter Uma share a beautiful sanskrit chant.
Embodied Love - Online Conference
Devotion is a phenomenon more universal than any particular tradition, for devotion can be as varied as love itself. In the dharmic traditions, the term for devotion is bhakti. As Bhakti Yoga, it is a form of practice characterized by devotion to a deity. The more popular forms of bhakti are Vaishnava, Shaiva and Shakta in character (devoted to Krishna, Shiva, or forms of the Goddess, respectively). In all of these traditions, bhakti is both a form of religious and contemplative practice since love for a particular form of God/Goddess is widely accepted as one of the most effective ways to focus the mind.
In this free online conference, we will discover both traditional and non-traditional forms of bhakti. We will explore the ways in which devotion transforms our world, from the inside out. Just as falling in love has the power to shape and renew one’s worldview, becoming a Bhakta transmutes our vision and refines our heart. Love for the divine further empowers the devotee to transcend aspects of mundane existence, as it challenges common and selfish expressions of love. By dedicating our practice to a principle or deity that transcends the ephemeral, we can begin to taste the fullness of embodied love and its liberating possibilities.
This conference, as with all programming at Embodied Philosophy, will seek to strike a balance between scholarship and practice. Each participant has been invited to share embodied bhakti-informed practices as well as scholarship and research relevant to Bhaktas and the various Bhakti traditions.
We will learn about:
The history of Vaishnava Bhakti
The teachings of the Bhagavad Gītā
How to live the life of the heart
The yogic practices of devotion
The character of Hanuman, the personification of devotion from the Ramayana
How Bhakti yoga differs from other forms of yoga
Why serving the divine will save the world
The relationship between the Bhakta (or practitioner) and Bhakti
The relationship between the human and the divine in Vaishnava Bhakti
Stories from the Indian tradition that are central to Bhakti
Sri Krishna
The 9 Practices of Vaidhī Bhakti
I am so pleased to be included as a presenter in this free online event coming up Oct 4 to 6, 2019.
Sign up here!
https://www.embodiedphilosophy.org/a/17738/tSca2zU2