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The Sanskrit word bhakti comes from the root bhaj, which means “to adore or worship God.” Bhakti yoga has been called “love for love’s sake” and “union through love and devotion.” Bhakti yoga, like any other form of yoga, is a path to self-realization, to having an experience of oneness with everything.

In this course, you will learn really simple sacred chants for mantra meditation on the harmonium. If you are an aspiring Bhakti Yogi instructor or just like exploring music for discovering the higher truth and everlasting peace within you, this course is for you. With over 25 popular chants from the Vedic culture, this course will make you a kirtan and mantra meditation leader in weeks. Lyrics are provided for your easy reference. Some sample chants:

• Jai Shri Ram

• Shri Radhey

• Hey Govind Hey Gopal

• Hari Bol

• Radhe Radhe Bol

• Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

• Hare Krishna

In bhakti yoga, music is medicine. And singing—a mantra, a hymn, or the name of your spiritual guide—is another way to treat an aching heart. You can sing kirtan sweetly, or sing them fiercely with angst, or sing them with yearning or whatever emotions are arising in you. If you get bored, keep on singing. Sing until the singing itself becomes part of your molecules, and your heart flows into the ocean of divine love.