Krishna Das
Bring chanting into your daily spiritual practice to calm your mind, relax your body — and awaken to your essence of unconditional love.
The current state of our world is like a mirror, compelling all of us to deal with our inner fears and anxiety.
The universality of this crisis forces us to recognize our interdependence with everyone and everything on Earth.
Crises have always been happening throughout our world — but now ALL of our everyday lives are being directly affected.
How can we rally our inner strength to overcome the powerful negative emotions that arise in response to this situation?
During these long days in physical isolation, we’re finally becoming more aware of life’s suffering and separation.
The renewed sense of empathy we’ve needed for so long has finally arrived — it’s our chance to see ourselves and the world as always in need of more understanding, kindness, and love.
In a 6-module online course, Krishna Das, Western chant master whose music is known for lifting the heart to new levels of love, will take you on an incredible journey to explore the opportunity within the great crisis we face.
Using his own powerful life stories, lessons from his Guru and teachers, timeless spiritual philosophies, mantras, and chanting practices...
… Krishna Das will share how to gather strength so that no matter what happens in the outside world, you’ll be able to access that place of peace and inner connection within.
This allows you to engage with the world in a way that creates less suffering for yourself and others.
And as you’ll discover, everything you think of yourself, your life, and your world can transform — all by changing what you believe within yourself.
Difficult situations become less painful as you are no longer victimized by your own knee-jerk reactions.
The Power of Devotional Chanting
Devotional chanting, practiced in a wide range of wisdom traditions, has been used for centuries as a way to train people to find a deeper presence in their own hearts.
Chanting helps you stay focused... using the mantra as the object of awareness.
It coaches you to exercise your letting-go muscle — and develop the fortitude to release negative thoughts and emotions, the stories you believe about yourself, and anything else that takes you away... as each moment comes and goes.
What you think of yourself, your life, your work, your community, and our world can change — not by altering external circumstances you can’t control, but by transforming your thought patterns.
And when you do that, big and small challenges become less painful because you’re not as emotionally invested in them.
Even during this unexpected, massive global crisis, you CAN find your inner peace — with the help of a spiritual practice.
During this experiential course, you’ll:
- Powerful guided practices, including chanting, awareness of breath, repetition of the name with breath (japa), the Loving-Kindness (metta) meditation, and many heart-opening chants
- How to release your thoughts — and let go of the stories you believe about yourself and your life
- Respite from your overactive mind and anxiety around the global pandemic — and a much-needed reset
- How cultivating your spiritual practice can help you move through times of crisis
- Practices to help you let go of negative emotions, calm your monkey mind, and release yourself from everything else that takes you away from where you are right now
- How families, teachers, and cultures affect the way you think about yourself — and keep you caught in a worldview that doesn’t include Real Love and Real Happiness
- The power of getting accustomed to just being here, sitting with yourself
- Krishna Das’ experience in India that saved him — and showed him it was OK for him to be alive, and that maybe everything was going to be OK
- His Guru’s teachings on how to find God by serving others
- The 4 Immeasurable Qualities: Equanimity, Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy
- How your spiritual practices can empower you to return again to the space within yourself where true love and joy live
What You’ll Discover in These 6 Modules
In this 6-module transformational online course, Krishna Das will guide you through the skills and competencies you’ll need to release negative thoughts and return to kindness, compassion, and love.
Transformative Chanting Practices
Krishna Das will share practices to deepen your understanding of spiritual archetypes and devotional personalities through the lens of his own powerful life stories.
Each module will open with a chanting practice, and Krishna Das will introduce you to wisdom teachings — with plenty of pre-recorded question-and-answer sessions woven throughout.
Module 1 Meeting the Spiritual Path
In this opening class, Krishna Das (KD) will share how his own moments of recognition started him on his spiritual path...
... and how you may be becoming aware of your own need and longing to find a more fulfilling way of living in this world.
Along the way you’ll explore the true meaning of spiritual practice and why it’s so different from religious practice.
Krishna Das will also walk you through the causes of suffering and The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism.
In this first module, you’ll discover:
- What KD learned from his early life and hidden pain
- How to recognize your own dissatisfaction with your life as it is — and your desire to find a deeper, more meaningful way of living
- The Path of Yoga: including the concepts of Karma, Bhakti, Gyana, and Raja Yoga
- The books that have impacted KD’s journey, including, Autobiography of Yogi, Gospel of Ramakrishna, and Zen and Japanese Culture
- A guided practice, Awareness of Breath
- A short opening chant with KD
Module 2 A Life-Changing Meeting With Ram Dass
As the Path becomes real, you’ll begin to understand that real Love exists in the world...
And that, as Kirshna Das puts it, somehow you’ve tripped and fallen onto the Path to that Love.
This week, he’ll share how reading the epic poem “Ramcharitamanasa” rewired his brain for a whole different type of Love...
In the story of Ramacharitamanasa, the individual soul has been kidnapped by the ego, held captive by the senses and the many distractions of the external world — until it’s rescued and returned to the presence of God.
Hanuman then brings the message of the Lord to the soul, “I am always with you — and the bond of love that unites us is known to my soul alone.”
KD will share how this striking story can apply to your life, too, opening you up to this new type of Love.
In this module, you’ll also explore:
- How KD first crossed paths with Ram Dass — and how it changed his life and spiritual path forever
- Why KD knew he had to go to India in search of Ram Das’ legendary guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji) — even though he’d just been offered a spot as the singer of a soon-to-be very successful rock band
- A powerful practice, Ram Naam with breath (japa)
- A brief-yet-transformative chant
Module 3 Going to India & the Power of Devotion
Western perspectives have given rise to the myth that becoming, for instance, a Hindu, Buddhist — or part of any religious affiliation in itself — leads to true enlightenment, all on its own...
This week, you’ll explore the ways you’re likely seeing the world through the lens of what Krishna Das calls “our Western neuroses ” — the result of being born into a culture that often seems to only believe in sensual pleasure and emotional love.
You’ll also discover one of the most revered hymns of the Indian devotional tradition, the Hanuman Chalisa — and explore how these 40 passionate verses can fill you with divine energy, remove obstacles on your path, and fulfill your true desires.
In this session, you’ll:
- Discover how chanting really works — and why Sri Ramakrishna taught that every repetition holds the potential of openness, awareness, and freedom
- Explore the wisdom of the Old Devotees : Dada Mukherjee, Tewaris, and K.K.
- Discover how Ram Das’ stories of the legendary guru Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaj-ji) inspired Krishna Das to leave behind his rock star dreams — and seek out this remarkable Being
- Learn one of Maharaj-ji’s legendary chants, “Sab Ek” (All One)”
- The story of Shiva Puja with Tewari family in Nainital
- Chant the Hanuman Chalisa along with KD
Module 4 Refuge & Shelter in the Heart
The Path of Loving Devotion is the total surrender of your acts, thoughts, and emotions to the heart of the divine.
This week, you’ll deepen your understanding of this path as Krishna Das shares devotional chants and stories that have brought this path to thousands of seekers...
The words of these chants are called the divine names — and as you’ll discover, they come from a place that’s deeper than your heart, thoughts, and mind.
As you chant along with Krishna Das, you’ll find yourself turning inward, into yourself.
As KD will explain, these powerful chants have no meaning other than the experience you have while doing them...
In this module, you’ll discover:
- Powerful quotes from Saints and scriptures that can alter your journey
- Why devotional chanting is a powerful invitation into the infinite yoga of faith, compassion, and surrender
- How to develop faith and confidence in your practice and your life
- Your heart space, Chidakasha — the link between your conscious, subconscious and superconscious
- How the practice of chanting can remove the obsession we all have with ourselves — what Krishna Das calls “the movie of me”... and dissolve the attachments that keep you feeling separated from others
- A series of uplifting chants, lead by Krishna Das
Module 5 Kindness, Compassion & Grace
At this point in your journey through this course, you’ll discover how to plant the seeds that will grow into a life of Joy, Happiness and freedom from the Shadow...
Krishna Das will share the story of how he once hurt his knee in India so badly, he could barely walk — and how Maharaj-ji shared a Bible passage that taught him to surrender to the higher power and the deeper place within.
He discovered his job was to do the best he can to stay in the right place in his heart.
As KD discovered, there’s very little he could do to control what happens — except to remember God, and live in that place of faith as best he can...
This week, you’ll discover how that’s true for you, too, and what this might look like in your life.
In this module, you’ll explore:
- KD’s experience of being “born again” while in India
- How you can find God by serving people
- Why you’re likely a Bodhisattva , an ordinary person who takes up a course in life that moves in the direction of enlightenment
- The Hungry Hearts chant — and what we can learn about the spiritual practice of serving others from the story of its creator, zen master and social justice activist Bernie Glassman
- What you need to know about the Four Immeasurables: Equanimity, LovingKindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy
- The powerful LovingKindness (Metta) meditation and chanting practice
Module 6 Pujas, Prayers & Practice
In your closing week with Krishna Das and your new community of seekers from around the world, you’ll synthesize and reflect on everything you’ve been learning...
KD will share the subtle-yet-deep nature of the real changes he’s experienced through committed practice — and that you can experience too, long after this course comes to a close.
As you’ll explore, it’s essential to consistently exercise your letting go muscle — and discover how happiness allows you to remain fully engaged with whatever is happening in the moment.
You’ll come to understand that your natural state is joyful, and not dependent on particular circumstances.
In this final module, you’ll discover:
- The true meaning of Grace and Surrender — and how they help you recognize your Life as your Path
- Powerful quotes from saints — including Ramana Maharshi, Ramakrishna, Buddha — you can apply to your spiritual life right now, and moving forward
- KD’s memorable and impactful “happiness story” featuring the Dalai Lama
- What you can learn from Siddhi Ma’s surprising (and poignant) response when KD once asked him, “Is it all Grace or is it personal effort?”
- A closing chanting practice with KD and your new global community
SPECIAL BONUS OFFER
In addition to Krishna’s transformative 6-module course, you’ll receive this special bonus offering to complement the course and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
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Six Pre-recorded 90-Minute Video Sessions With Krishna Das
Experience a rare opportunity to learn from worldwide icon and bestselling Western chant master Krishna Das — from the comfort of your own home. Each module includes a video that you can watch on-demand that guides you to discover specific skills and abilities to move more deeply into your true nature and embrace the Love within you.
Six Audio Recordings of Sessions
An audio version of each class session will be available for you in high-quality MP3 format. You can listen anytime and anywhere — on any connected device at your convenience.
Six PDF Transcripts
In addition to the high-quality videos and MP3 audios, you’ll also receive the entire transcription of each session in PDF format. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.
Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Module
Between modules, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practicing new tools, and answering questions to accelerate your learning and integrate each lesson.
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More Praise for Krishna Das
bestselling author and spiritual icon
worldrenowned teacher and New York Times bestselling author
founder of Elephant Journal
music historian, author, and journalist
the first Westerner to be ordained as a nun by HH Karmapa 16 author of Women of Wisdom, Feeding Your Demons, and Wisdom Rising
Author, political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher
Comedian, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster
Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage, and the founding teacher of InsightLA
About Krishna Das
Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called “yoga’s rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das — known to friends, family, and fans as simply KD — has taken call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the bestselling Western chant artist of all time. His album Live Ananda (released January 2012) was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category.
KD spent the late ’60s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass. In August 1970, he finally made the journey to India, which led him to Ram Dass’ own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to devotees as Maharaj-ji. Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion.
He took solace in music, finding peace and strength in his Bhakti yoga practice, as well as in such heroes as Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, and Bruce Springsteen (whom he laughingly calls “the Bodhisattva of New Jersey”). KD also co-founded Triloka Records, a California-based label specializing in world music, releasing such artists as Jai Uttal, sarod virtuoso Ali Akbar Khan, and legendary jazz musician/composer Jackie McLean.
In 1994, KD started to lead chanting at Jivamukti Yoga Center, NYC with an ever-growing audience of yoga students that has led him to chant with people all around the world. In February 2013, Krishna Das performed at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, which was streamed online to millions of viewers. The award-winning film One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das, which has been shown in over 100 U.S. cities and in more than 10 countries, is available on DVD everywhere.
KD’s 16th album, Peace of My Heart, released in October 2018 on behalf of the Kirtan Wallah Foundation, offers nearly two hours of deeply moving, meditative, and artfully restrained new recordings born out of a request from a yoga teacher who works with autistic children. Forgoing the ecstatic tempo changes so common to temple-style kirtan, these five new tracks move slowly and deliberately. The song-to-song steadiness is both striking and soothing, and as emotionally impactful as ever.
“The chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it,” KD promises. “That’s the point of this whole thing. That’s what cuts through all the ‘stuff.’ You get lit up. You don’t have to know what it means.”