“At the end of the day, if you can activate love of the Divine in whatever shape or form that takes. And if you can do that through loving each other and finding love for yourself, isn’t that a common principle amongst almost all spiritual traditions? And shouldn’t we use that as a commonality to understand that we’re speaking the same language just maybe in different dialects, accents and tones?” - Kevala Bhakti Dasa from Kirtan Culture Initiative

To watch the full video interview of this episode, follow this link: https://youtu.be/Alsr_hyOv-8 

In this episode of the Sacred Pathways: Stories & Wisdom from Walking the Heart's Way, we journey with Kevala Bhakti Dasa & Taravali Devi Dasi of the Kirtan Culture Initiative through the Bhakti Yoga Path.

00:00 - 01:25 - Intro

01:26 - 03:53 - Invocation

05:00 - 07:47 - What is Bhakti

07:48 - 10:22 - The Role of the Heart in Bhakti

10:23 - 16:29 - Storytime - How the Bhakti Path Chose Kevala & Taravali 

16:30 - 22:00 - The Importance of Spiritual Community & Why They Serve Through Kirtan

22:01 - 26:51 - Kevala’s Profound Kirtan Experience

26:52 - 28:43 - Taravali’s Profound Kirtan Experience

28:43 - 30:59 - Letting the Path Find You

31:00 - 42:04 - Getting to the Heart of God / God’s Universality

42:05 - 46:00 - Energetic Vibration of Devotional Music

46:01 - 55:59 - Walking the Talk & Evenness of Being

56:00 - 1:03:10 - Awakening Divine Love Through Devotion

1:03:11 - 1:08:23 - Practicing Detachment & Connecting to Life

Kirtan Culture Initiative Bio & Links:

The Kirtan Culture Initiative is a Toronto-based kirtan yoga group that shares musical mantra meditation through deeply meditative and joyful experiences.  Founded by the husband-and-wife team of Kevala and Taravali, both of whom have been raised with the practices of kirtan and bhakti-yoga, the Kirtan Culture Initiative has facilitated kirtan events all around the Greater Toronto Area and even in cities across Canada!  The members of the group focus on sharing mantras, music and the culture of bhakti in an accessible and approachable fashion.  

https://www.kirtanculture.com/ 

https://www.iskcon.org/ 

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