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I went to a kirtan Saturday night. A kirtan is a call and response style of devotional chanting from Indian traditions. The musicians sing out a line, usually one of the many names of God, in a simple and beautiful melody, and everyone repeats the line back. It\u2019s amazing how the repetition of simple lines can generate such energy and variety. Krishna Das, the perfect blend of storyteller, tenor, and human being, and probably the most well known kirtankar, guided the packed auditorium at the Irish Heritage Center, along with a violinist, two drummers and a bass player wearing Rastafarian style braids<\/div>\n

Okay, I love the incongruity of a nice Jewish boy from Long Island chanting Hindu devotional tunes (a Hind-Jew) at the Irish Heritage Center. Tickling me more was how he revved up the crowd for the old gospel tune \u201cI\u2019ve got a main line to Jesus. Tell him what you want\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

I spent most of the event with my eyes closed and my heart open. I heard the man directly behind me clapping his hands to the beat. I heard women a few rows back exchanging recipes. If I caught the same conversation at a movie theater, I may have \u201chymph\u201ded my displeasure under my breath. But I wasn\u2019t bothered. I heard my own voice, imperfect in pitch, stumbling over many Sanskrit phrases, and I didn\u2019t care. I sang louder. This level of self-forgiveness was rare indeed. I can apologize to friends for the bad weather at a baseball game I bought tickets for. Imagine me, singing out loud like this.<\/p>\n

How did I get here? This place of compassion?<\/p>\n

Krishna Das sings as a form of service. It is liberating to be with people who offer their service so lovingly. And there must be something about making music too, about making sound; to know I can be heard outside of my own internal dialogue. By singing, I declared myself ready to participate, ready to make noise, make mistakes, be touched, be affected.<\/p>\n

After the concert, I approached the stage. I don\u2019t know why exactly. I saw a barefoot man with slightly graying hair, wearing brown pants and a brown knit tee. I hugged him. I had nothing to say that he didn\u2019t already know.<\/p>\n

Thanking someone from such a deep place is no small thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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