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Baul Saadhana : A Yogic parampara | Parvathy baul | #SangamTalks | #baul_gaan_বাউল_গান

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'The World of the Bauls' at IGNCA celebrating the holy spirit of the baul tradition. The event was organised in collaboration with 'Ekathara Kalari' trust and ' Datri Foundation'. Smt. Parvathy Baul reflects on essence of Baul tradition, connections with Yoga parampara, vaishnava , bauddha traditions. Baul singing requires sincere dedication and Dhyan, singing and dancing is only a tool to connect with the divine and which is sadly often mistaken as merely folk music. Shri Biswanath Das Baul and Shri Madan Das Bairgya also share their views and experience. The Baul are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism, Vaish …...more
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Power Statement

0:00

Introduction and invocation of the divine

1:05

Baul has to come from the deep realization and serious practice

4:39

Avadhoot - one who is swayam sampoorna

6:59

Importance of Guru Yog in Baul

10:30

Baul should be recognised as a yogic parampara and not just folk music

14:00

To write a Baul song one has to be a Saadhak who has touched the consciousness

18:00

Recognizing the Baul as a tradition of Yoga and Bhakti

22:18

Does composition of music of Baul follow any particular pattern?

22:58

Is Baul inclined towards Nirguna Bhakti or saguna as well?

27:05

Bauls were the practitioners of sahajyana

31:35

Madhurya Bhakti and other aspects of Bhakti

34:25

Biswanath Das Baul - What is Baul?

39:31

Madan Das Bairgya - Baul is Body centric sadhana - how do you realise the divine with body?

41:08

Only Guru can teach Sadhana of Radha Krishna

43:20

Biswanath Das started learning Baul from his father Shri Sanatan Das Baul at a young age

45:30

The initiation in the baul tradition

50:45

The essence of Baul is not the song, the body becomes the Baul

54:29

To become a Baul both Deeksha and Shiksha are essential

58:32

Shabd Brahm in Baul and purity of Sur

59:50

The sound can be practiced with Pranayam

1:02:50

The invoking of the sound

1:04:00
Baul Saadhana : A Yogic parampara | Parvathy baul | #SangamTalks | #baul_gaan_বাউল_গান
'The World of the Bauls' at IGNCA celebrating the holy spirit of the baul tradition. The event was organised in collaboration with 'Ekathara Kalari' trust and ' Datri Foundation'. Smt. Parvathy Baul reflects on essence of Baul tradition, connections with Yoga parampara, vaishnava , bauddha traditions. Baul singing requires sincere dedication and Dhyan, singing and dancing is only a tool to connect with the divine and which is sadly often mistaken as merely folk music. Shri Biswanath Das Baul and Shri Madan Das Bairgya also share their views and experience. The Baul are a group of mystic minstrels of mixed elements of Sufism, Vaishnavism and Tantra from states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley and Meghalaya. Bauls constitute both a syncretic religious sect of troubadours and a musical tradition. The origin of Bauls is not known exactly, but the word "Baul" has appeared in Bengali texts as old as the 15th century. The word is found in the Chaitanya Bhagavata of Vrindavana Dasa Thakura as well as in the Chaitanya Charitamrita of Krishnadasa Kaviraja. About the Speaker: Smt. Parvathy Baul is a Spiritual Baul folk singer, musician and storyteller from Bengal and one of the leading Baul musicians in India. Trained under Baul gurus, Sanatan Das Baul, Shashanko Goshai Baul in Bengal, she has been performing both in India and other countries since 1995. She is married to Ravi Gopalan Nair, a noted Pava Kathakali glove puppet artist, and is based in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, since 1997, where she also runs, "Ektara Baul Sangeetha Kalari" a school for Baul music. Topics Covered: 0:00 Power Statement 1:05 Introduction and invocation of the divine 4:39 Baul has to come from the deep realization and serious practice 6:59 Avadhoot - one who is swayam sampoorna 10:30 Importance of Guru Yog in Baul 14:00 Baul should be recognised as a yogic parampara and not just folk music 18:00 To write a Baul song one has to be a Saadhak who has touched the consciousness 22:18 Recognizing the Baul as a tradition of Yoga and Bhakti Question Answers 22:58 Does composition of music of Baul follow any particular pattern? 27:05 Is Baul inclined towards Nirguna Bhakti or saguna as well? 31:35 Bauls were the practitioners of sahajyana 34:25 Madhurya Bhakti and other aspects of Bhakti 39:31 Biswanath Das Baul - What is Baul? 41:08 Madan Das Bairgya - Baul is Body centric sadhana - how do you realise the divine with body? 43:20 Only Guru can teach Sadhana of Radha Krishna 45:30 Biswanath Das started learning Baul from his father Shri Sanatan Das Baul at a young age 50:45 The initiation in the baul tradition 54:29 The essence of Baul is not the song, the body becomes the Baul 58:32 To become a Baul both Deeksha and Shiksha are essential 59:50 Shabd Brahm in Baul and purity of Sur 1:02:50 The sound can be practiced with Pranayam 1:04:00 The invoking of the sound Join our newsletter for getting updates on upcoming lectures: https://www.sangamtalks.com/subscribe Join our YouTube video channel for learning about new video releases: Hindi :    / sangamhindi   English :    / sangamtalks   Tamil :    / @sangamtamizh   Punjabi :    / @sangampunjabi   Bhojpuri :    / @sangamtalksbhojpuri   Marathi :    / @sangammarathi   Malayalam :    / @sangammalayalam   Shorts :    / @sangamtalkstv   Bangla :    / @sangambangla   For updates you may follow us on: Facebook :   / sangamtalks   Instagram :   / sangamtalks   Telegram : https://t.me/sangamtalks Twitter :   / sangamtalks   Koo : https://www.kooapp.com/profile/sangam... Website : https://www.sangamtalks.org Donate : https://www.sangamtalks.org/donate #history #indianhistory #bengali #spirituality #folk #traditional #religion #hindudharma #hindu
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