http://kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#b1cd14fd-4af2-4a58-a6d0-287a0445414e Hey Ariana! Nice finding you here..... Love Vamadeva Thu, 29 Jun 2006 05:05:24 GMT http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#b1cd14fd-4af2-4a58-a6d0-287a0445414e Vamadeva 2006-06-29T05:05:24Z http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#1b405bd1-ab7f-4108-a164-4cda75e8b89c it literally means call and response, there is one person that leads and the sangam (congregation) follow. Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:38:29 GMT http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#1b405bd1-ab7f-4108-a164-4cda75e8b89c manu 2005-06-08T13:38:29Z http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#4f3372ef-3824-48ed-b49a-820af98dbd96 I'm told that "Kirtan" means "to shout!" So in kirtan, we shout praises to the divine. However, I've been to so-called "kirtans" where people are sitting as well as dancing, where one song is a shout and a celebration and the next takes us subtly into stillness... Another definition: kirtan as an event, bhajan as a song... Om Shanti! Wed, 08 Jun 2005 07:45:50 GMT http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#4f3372ef-3824-48ed-b49a-820af98dbd96 Ariana 2005-06-08T07:45:50Z http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#27f48b72-1649-4e46-82bc-b5b125870408 Ah of course, now it all comes together :) At the various festivals I go to, the krishna brothers and sisters have a kirtan meditation tent, where everybody sings, usually after the bloke who is leading the mantra, and they all dance energetically. At the rainbow the bhajan group were in fact all chilling on the ground in a circle - it is more mellow. tnx for the clarity :::) Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:39:31 GMT http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#27f48b72-1649-4e46-82bc-b5b125870408 Afghan 2005-06-04T16:39:31Z http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#f6b3e044-a428-499f-ba97-bee559784829 yes kirtan or sankirtan generally means stand dance and chant whereas bhajan is sitting. Sat, 04 Jun 2005 16:33:56 GMT http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#f6b3e044-a428-499f-ba97-bee559784829 Nityananda 2005-06-04T16:33:56Z http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#548b1ee2-db5e-4e49-8fc3-5cb2dc90ad32 kirtan means call and response, its more lively usually and gospel like. whereas bhajan (also means worship-sanskrit root bhaj) is more like hymns, where ppl sit down and sing verses that glorify krsna. Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:45:15 GMT http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#548b1ee2-db5e-4e49-8fc3-5cb2dc90ad32 manu 2005-06-04T15:45:15Z http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#aca5a073-d0c4-4624-9a06-71ed7f3df686 I was at the world rainbow gathering in Turkey a few days ago and this was the first time I came across the term "bhajan". What is the difference, if there is one, between bhajan and kirtan? Sat, 04 Jun 2005 07:20:42 GMT http://Kirtan.tribe.net/thread/63fa4d93-b984-4c83-a5fa-4e4261a06396#aca5a073-d0c4-4624-9a06-71ed7f3df686 Afghan 2005-06-04T07:20:42Z