Monday, April 23, 2007

How to Practice Japa Meditation

For the past 35 years, Carl Woodham has been practicing mantra meditation, japa, chanting the Hare Krishna mantra on beads. In this short instructional video, he talks about the benefits of mantra mediation and demonstrates the basic technique. Carl presently lives with his family in Gainesville, Florida, where he serves as director for the Krishna Lunch program at the University of Florida.

4 minutes, 7 Mb, .wmv format (plays in Windows Media Player on PC, or VLC on Mac.) Click on the image to start playing / downloading the video.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Indradyumna Swami About the Polish Festival Tour

In this video interview recorded at Krishna.com, Indradyumna Swami speaks about the history of the festival tour which he and the Krishna devotees in Poland have been organizing every summer for the past 18 years. He explains the history, how it got started, what a typical day on the tour is like today, and gives advice to anyone who may be interested in joining the festival tour.

21 minutes, 23 Mb, .wmv format (plays in Windows Media Player on PC, or VLC on Mac.) Click on the image to start playing / downloading the video.

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Titiksava Karunika and the Namrock Band

Video interview with singer, guitar player, songwriter Titiksava Karunika Dasa about how he became interested in Krishna consciousness. He shares his passion for making devotional rock music, talks about his recent tours and performances, and gives advice to aspiring devotee musicians. Interspersed throughout the interview are scenes from his recent Namrock concert at the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida.

30 minutes, 59 Mb, .wmv format (plays in Windows Media Player on PC, or VLC on Mac.) Click on the image to start playing / downloading the video.