Daily Kirtana Handbook

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Book Description

Preface

By the mercy of r rmad Bhaktivednta Nryana Gosvm Mahrja, we humbly present this booklet containing the most commonly sung songs from Sri Gaudiya Gtiguccha, an anthology of Bengali and Sanskrit songs written by our Gaudiya Vaisnava cryas. These selected songs have been organized in accordance with the following daily program, typically followed by mathas under the auspices of r rmad Bhakti Prajna Keava Gosvm Mahrja and his followers:

4:20 am – r Gurvstakam, r Prabhupda-padma-stavakah

4:30 am – r Mangala Arati

4:45 am Tulas parikram and mandira parikram

6:30 am – morning bhajanas

7:30 am – class

8:30 am Tulas parikram and mandira parikram (Hari Haraye Nama Krsna)

11:30 am – bhoga offering

12:00 pm – noon rati

5:00 pm – evening bhajanas

6:00 pm – class

7:00 pm – evening rati

7:20 pm Tulas parikram and Hari Haraye Namah Kra

Although this book contains the standard krtana and rati program, it should be noted that most of the krtanas herein can actually be sung at any time.

We have included the songs for r guru-pj and tulasipj in the morning section, because many devotees sing those kirtanas then. The daily performance of guru-pj and tulas-pj is not a practice in all mathas. Guru-pj is, however, to be performed on festivals days honoring r guru, and our guruvarga recommend the performance of tulas-pj during the month of Keava (April May).

Throughout this book, the diacritic markings used to indicate the pronunciation of Bengali and Sanskrit words are pronounced as follows: as in father, i as in see, as in boot, s as the ri in rip, as in train, d as in drain, d as in the American pronunciation of tt in butter, n as in ink, and s as in the sh in ship, and c as in chip.

The characters and are pronounced the same as i and o. The circumflex (^) above the two letters is there to represent different Bengali characters that have the same pronunciation.

The character is the same as , but the tilde (^) above indicates that the sound should be nasal. This is done by diverting some of the breath to the nose.

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