Call and Response with Krishna Das
Kirtan Wallah Foundation
Categorias: Religión y espiritualidad
Escuchar el último episodio:
Call and Response Ep.76 Judaism, Christ and Namdev
“So, Maharajji, it seemed like He started to say something and then His eyes, He just stopped and His eyes closed and He just sat in front of us, perfectly still. We had not seen Him sit still for more than two seconds. It was always fruit in all directions, laughing, joking, barking orders to the people at the temple, talking to this one then all of a sudden, boom. I remember thinking we’d killed Him. He just sat there and it was, the feeling was like the whole world stopped turning. And then two tears came down His cheek. Then He kind of shook Himself. He opened His eyes. He said, ‘He lost Himself in love. That’s how He meditated. He lost Himself in Love. He’s one with the whole universe. He never died. No one understands. No one understands. He lost Himself in Love.’ He immersed Himself in Love.” – Krishna Das
Q: Hi, KD. Hello.
KD: Hi.
Q: How are you? Thank you for being here today. Ok, I was just wondering, you being Jewish, I’m Jewish as well.
KD: I’m Jewish on my parents’ side.
Q: On your parents’ side? You don’t really practice anymore do you? Any of the Judaic traditions?
KD: Anymore?
Q: yeah. Or did you back as a child?
KD: You know, my family’s about as Jewish as the Pope’s family, that’s all I can tell you.
Q: I was reading the Yoga Sutras and they were talking about praying to God, and we were talking about “What does ‘God’ mean to you?” And it was interesting to see how people were like corrupted by religion and how they grew up, and you know, like, originally nobody really mentioned the nature of the “one-ness.”
KD: I’m sorry
Q: Of their one-ness and what Christ teaches us. But I was wondering, when you came into realization of that and who taught you that and what you thought of before, before like the little bit of your changing “awakening” to realize that and how that helped you.
KD: You know, a woman once said to me at a workshop, she said, “Last weekend I was at a Jewish weekend and they say you can’t say the Name of God.” And I said, “Absolutely right. You can’t.” Maharajji used to say, “Go on, sing your lying Ram Ram. One of these days you’ll say it right once. Boom. You’re out of here. The real Ram will come.” So we’re practicing. You can’t say the name of God because God is beyond Name and Form. It’s beyond any concept and anything that comes out of our mouths is a concept of some kind. So, it can’t be God. So, that being said, I remember I actually was bar mitzvah’d and I went to Hebrew school to learn the Haftorah, they call it, and my Hebrew school teacher used to bang his head on the blackboard and said, “If I didn’t see this class, I would not believe it.” And bang his head. Great memories. Yeah, you know, nobody in my family believed in God. Or forget God, nobody believed that they could even be happy. There was no idea of a path. All they did was complain. You know? We had one saint in the family and her qualification was that she did not complain. That was literally, I was told. I said “Why is Bubby a saint?” “Because she never complains about anything.” That was the qualification, you know? You know the Jewish lady sitting around, “Oh, how are you doing, is there anything all right?” You know the joke the old Jewish guy driving, driving though the mountains through a storm and the wind’s blowing and the snow and everything and he drives off the cliff and the car goes down down down, spinning, spinning, spinning and lands like upside down on the branch of a huge tree. So, the highway patrol guy comes up on his motorcycle and he runs down the mountain, he finds the guy, he’s hanging upside down in the car, right? He said, “Sir, sir, are you comfortable?” And the guy goes, “Eh, I’m making a living.” Oh, you know, I’m married to a Brazilian. She does not understand one joke I tell her. It’s torture. Not one. All the years I practiced abuse,
Episodios anteriores
-
109 - Ep. 76 | Judaism, Christ and Namdev Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 0h
-
108 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD January 16, 2021 Thu, 04 Apr 2024
-
107 - Ep. 75 | Humility Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 0h
-
106 - Ep. 74 | Fear, Trauma, Cultural Appropriation, Mindfulness Club Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 0h
-
105 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD Jan 2, 2021 Thu, 07 Mar 2024
-
104 - Ep. 73 | Ease of Heart Thu, 15 Feb 2024 - 0h
-
103 - Ep. 72 | Family Troubles, Chant Etiquette Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 0h
-
102 - KD Call and Response Special Edition Conversations with KD November 21 2020 Tue, 30 Jan 2024
-
101 - Ep. 71 | Life Is A Teaching Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 0h
-
100 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations with KD November 7 2020 Tue, 16 Jan 2024
-
99 - Ep. 70 | When the Student Is Ready, The Teacher Will Come Tue, 09 Jan 2024 - 0h
-
98 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations with KD October 24 2020 Tue, 02 Jan 2024
-
97 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD October 10 2020 Wed, 25 Oct 2023
-
96 - Ep. 69 | Maharajji’s Passing, India, Joya Tue, 26 Dec 2023 - 0h
-
95 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD September 26 2020 Tue, 12 Dec 2023
-
94 - Ep. 68 | Maharajji Stories Tue, 05 Dec 2023 - 0h
-
93 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD September 12, 2020 Tue, 28 Nov 2023
-
92 - Ep. 67 | Siddhi Ma, George W. Bush and Learning to Trust Yourself Tue, 21 Nov 2023 - 0h
-
91 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations with KD December 19 2020 Wed, 15 Nov 2023
-
90 - Ep. 66 | Find Out Who You Are Tue, 07 Nov 2023 - 0h
-
89 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD December 5 2020 Tue, 31 Oct 2023
-
88 - Ep. 65 | The Repetition of the Divine Names Wed, 25 Oct 2023 - 0h
-
87 - Ep. 64 | Consciousness, Spiritual Names, Vipasana Tue, 12 Apr 2022 - 0h
-
86 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD August 15 2020 Tue, 05 Apr 2022
-
85 - Ep. 63 | Hanuman, How Chanting Heals Tue, 29 Mar 2022 - 0h
-
84 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD August 1 2020 Tue, 22 Mar 2022
-
83 - Ep. 62 | The Spiritual Heart, Addiction, Longing Tue, 15 Mar 2022 - 0h
-
82 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD July 25 2020 Tue, 08 Mar 2022
-
81 - Ep. 61 | Do What You Like, Taking It Personally, As Time Goes By Tue, 01 Mar 2022 - 0h
-
80 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD July 18 2020 Tue, 22 Feb 2022
-
79 - Ep. 60 | Gurus, Programs and Practice Tue, 15 Feb 2022 - 0h
-
78 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD July 2 2020 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 - 0h
-
77 - Ep. 59 | Real Love Tue, 01 Feb 2022 - 0h
-
76 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations with KD June 25 2020 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 - 0h
-
75 - Ep. 58 | Life On The Road, Everyone is Your Teacher Tue, 18 Jan 2022 - 0h
-
74 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD June 18 2020 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 - 0h
-
73 - Ep. 57 | Where Do Thoughts Come From, Suffering, Favorite Chants Tue, 04 Jan 2022 - 0h
-
72 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD June 11 2020 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 - 0h
-
71 - Ep. 56 | Hearing the Name, Chanting the Name, and A Talk About Gurus Tue, 21 Dec 2021 - 0h
-
70 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD June 6 2020 Sun, 19 Dec 2021
-
69 - Ep. 55 | The Practice of Chanting Sat, 18 Dec 2021 - 0h
-
68 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD June 4 2020 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 - 0h
-
67 - Ep. 54 | Guru Puja Meditation Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - 0h
-
66 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD May 28, 2020 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 - 0h
-
65 - Ep. 53 | Devotional Poetry of Shabkar and Remembering Geshe Wangyal Tue, 14 Dec 2021 - 0h
-
64 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD May 21, 2020 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 - 0h
-
63 - Ep. 52 | Reincarnation, Sci-Fi Buddhism and Devotion Tue, 19 Oct 2021 - 0h
-
62 - Call and Response Special Edition Conversations With KD May 16, 2020 Tue, 12 Oct 2021
-
61 - Ep. 51 | Guru Mon, 04 Oct 2021 - 0h
-
60 - Special Edition Conversations With KD May 14, 2020 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 - 0h