Krishnavataar ~ The Living Legend

Q: How do you think that Indian classical music influences one as a person?

 

A: Whoever gets involved in this field becomes spiritual because the music itself is purely spiritual. The music is a prayer, a rare kind of prayer. Music is created by the Supreme entity (‘Brahma’) so that we can get an understanding or a view (‘Darshan’) of that entity.

 

When I play music, that is my best yoga, the best meditation, the best prayer.

 

Music is my love. And because it is my love, music has become my religion.

 

{ Excerpts from interview with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, by Ian Gottstein www.ru.org/chaurasia-104.htm}

 

Official website: www.hariprasadchaurasia.com/

 

The above photograph has been featured in the BBC - Global Echoes article which includes an audio interview with Panditji

 

www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2009/05/11/chaurasi...

 

Regards,

Manoj

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