I wish I were at the least half as blessed as Shri. Krishna Dasji is. A Rishi reborn in the modern world, he is...

Ram and Seeta are manifestations of the Divine...they are one. Yes indeed. Jay Sri Ram..Jay Sita mata.

Such a heartfelt convo! Ramayana is a Tue HISTORY and I as an Indian is proud of it! Jay Shree Ram Jay Janki Mata! Sitaram Jay Jay Ram

Krishna Das is deeply spiritual. Only such a person would get the real story of Ramayana. Jeevatma (Sita) is lost in the world of illusion and ego (Ravana) but Supreme Soul (Rama) is ever ready to help. We should therefore never lose hope and constantly call upon God (Supreme Soul) for help. Symbolism of Ramayana is deep but rarely understood even by Indians.

I really urge people to read Ramayana and Mahabharata, two great epics this world has ever created. These epics have got answers to everything that is needed today !

thank you KD... you are so genuine, down to earth, and gently encouraging... i enjoy listening to you talk as much as listening to you sing

The truth that he is radiating is so powerful that he can light up the whole world! God bless you Krishna Das..

I love rama&sita.jai srirama.

Dear sir please continue with your good work and may you always be blessed Jai Ram Shree Ram Jai Jai ram

It's not that Rama did not forgive Sita. He was well aware of her fidelity. However, he was the king of Ayodhya before he was the husband of Sita. He owed it to his citizens that their rulers be beyond reproach. To remove any doubt in the minds of his subjects, he chose to give the supreme sacrifice - he let go his wife Sita. His duty has a king took precedence over his role as a husband.

I love KD so much. Thanks to him and Alexandra for the interview.

Thanks Krishna Das, very good video. Hare Krishna Hare Rama!

Pssshhhh! In three sentences mind blown...like a finger lightly touching a guitar string and playing the most divine harmonic note

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Thank you KD Ram Ram ram Ram 🙏🏾❤️🌻🌹🌻🌹

Thanks Brother. God bless you. Jai Guru 🙏 🙏

Thank you so much for providing such clarity on something difficult to get a handle on for Westerners. Hare Krishna 🌻

SITA RAM SITA RAM RAM RAM SITA RAM

Baba kirshandas ki jai radhe radhe baba ji

Beautiful explanation ❤️, jai shri ram🙏

Great interview, thanks

2:30 - that explanation. Just mind blowing ❤️

So sweet thank you!

Thanks Kirtan Das... your spiritual message and thoughts have created a deep impression in my heart although I was born in India I feel enlightened by your songs and speech!! I listen to your kirtan in my car on the way from work to home which clears my clogged brain and give a sense of peace within me. 🙏

गुरु के पास बैठो,आँसू आ जाएँ, बस इतना ही काफी है। चरण छूने की दौड़ नही बस बैठो भर गुरु के पास, याद रहे भविष्य की कोई आकांक्षा ना हो।मौन प्रार्थना जल्दी पहुँचती हैं गुरु तक क्यों की मुक्त होतीं हैं शब्दों के बोझ से। गुरु का होना आशीर्वाद है, मांगना नहीं पड़ता, गुरु के पास होने से ही सब मिल जाता है। जैसे फूल के पास जाओ खुशबू सूर्य के पास गर्माहट व् रौशनी। मांगना मत गुरु के पास सिर्फ जाना उसकी शरण में, सब स्वयं ही मिल जायेगा।

Jai Sita Ram

Grateful I recently found this faith. I identify with this story. I was married to a girl that had a lot of childhood trauma and many problems manifested as a result. I always saw someone pure in her that was experiencing the hand given to her like a statue covered in mud. 🪷 After 13 years, I found out she had an affair. I was really broken and had a nervous breakdown. She left when things got difficult. If I had forgiven and continued to accept her as is, we’d still be together. However, I couldn’t accept it. I realized it was something in me I couldn’t accept. The shame that we all have those tendencies of infidelity. Anyway, I chose to remain single and I have more time to do what I love, meditate and contemplate things. I Am All in All One Spirit in many forms 🕊

Lovely explaination... Jai Siya Ram 🚩

Jai Shri Ram 🙏🙏🙏🏼🙏🙏🏼🙏🙏🏼🙏🙏🏼🙏🙏🏼🙏🙏🏼

Perfect ☀️

Great video! I like her smile :) and I thank you for your work!

beautiful.EGO of the I is the prison we all get comfortable dwelling in.The door of freedom may open so wide in front of the prison walls but we are blinded by what we see.and what we can perceive is not it.Consciousness is without perceiving.its Being.Namaste KD;your words are words of consciousness in a human form.

Jay siya ram

To my understanding, when Shri Ram came back n became king n started living with Sita, people in general started gossiping that king is having a queen who was infidel. So as a king, it is king's responsibility to win confidence of public and make them feel proud of their queen and that is the reason why sita maa had to to give test of her fidelity. So Ram in way set an example for any king, ceo, president of PM that when public in general looses confidence in you it is ur responsibility to win their trust or else organization will break apart.

SitaRam :*

Ram was not merely a husband....he was a king..And as a king his first responsibility is towards his people rather than his personal life....And mind you women those days were not the hapless barbie dolls of today....they perfectly understood their own roles in the society and also their husband's responsibilities and duties. It was a very very elevated consciousness living ....not lost in the metacritic nature of the world.

Guru Maharaj, In India They …, Why They, Y not We?

The seeta kidnapped by ravana was maaya seeta. True seeta was taken to kailasha by indra. A see ta pratima was kept in place which was kidnapped by ravana. Hence lord ram didn't accept the see ta who came back from ravana's place knowing very well that it's not his true see ta. Only lord ram and see ta and indra and shiva knew about the plan

how do we find out what we are doing or the words to the chant to sing along and translations

Regarding the question Madam asked, though it was asked to Mr Krishna Das Ji, but would like to take the liberty of voicing my answer. First, Ramayana was scripted much before it actually happened by a Rishi known as Valmiki (who became a Rishi after doing a penance of 60,000 years; how one can become stay alive to do such a penance is a different discussion but can succinctly mention that this ability is achieved by using one of the Samadhis). Now the objective was NOT to write a sweet please-all picture-perfect script to come across as politically n socially correct, the objective of playing out this Leela (play) was just to introduce an Avatar (or aspect) of the Supreme God so that people can have an access to the Supreme for the coming hundreds of thousands of years. This access is needed so that people can worship or at least mentally align with the Deity or Avatar to burn their Karmas and finally be in a position to evolve. Leela is just an excuse to introduce the Avatar - in case of Lord Rama it’s the Avatar of the Supreme personality aka God of Gods. Coming to the aesthetics of the script, Lord Rama explained why He left Mother Sita after overhearing from a humble albeit indecent washerman that he is not Lord Rama who would continue to accept a woman as his wife if she has ‘stayed or been in custody’ of some other man (referring to Mother Sita’s stay in Ashoka Vatika in Lanka after kidnapping). Lord Rama explains that He being ‘Maryada Purshottam’ conducted himself like an ideal son when he left the throne for his younger brother and left for forest, he conducted himself like an ideal husband when he gave everything to rescue His wife from that terrible demon, and now he would need to conduct Himself as an ideal king if the masses of his empire are not comfortable with Mother Sita as queen (remember the saying, ‘Ceasar’s wife should be above suspicion’). Also do note that He didn’t marry again and lived like a Brahmchari (a celebate) for the rest of his life. 🙏

The voice is not audible it can be a bit louder

With all due respect to Krishna das and his love and devotion for Hinduism, foreigners wouldn't be able to explain Sri Ram and Maa Sita and their connection, you would need a true Hindu monk to explain these things. Also, Valmiki Ramayan ends with Ravan wadh and Ram darbaar. This so called "expelled" part was added later to other versions of Ramayan to distort his image.

Narcisme in very very dominant man

1st of all you need to know who was Valmukhi. The creator of Raman What was his profession Was he killer, looter, rapist, how he created Rama, whole Ramayana story. Big question is where was ram just.1000 years back, why we don't find ram Krishna MORTIs is old temples?

Baba kirshandas ki jai radhe radhe baba ji