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=== General kiirtan === | === General kiirtan === | ||
General kiirtan may be practiced with or without instrumentation. It may be sung collectively or in the form of caller-response. For percussion, the [[:wikipedia:Mridangam|mridangam]] is preferred.<ref name="LC">{{cite book|last=Anandamurti|first=Shrii Shrii|title=Light Comes|chapter=Táńd́ava, Kaośikii and Kiirtana|location=Kolkata|year=|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=|language=English|isbn=}}</ref> If dance is done (as is usual at [[Dharmacakra]], then the dance is ''lalita mármika''.<ref name="AV14">{{cite book|last=Anandamurti|first=Shrii Shrii|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 14|chapter=Kiirtana and Dance/The Psychic Order|location=Kolkata|year=|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=|language=English|isbn=}}</ref> | |||
Typically this kiirtan is done with men and women sitting or standing in separate columns, facing toward a puja table holding picture(s) of [[:wikipedia:Guru|Gurudeva]]. | |||
=== Akhanda kiirtan === | === Akhanda kiirtan === | ||
''Akhańd́a'' means "continuous". Akhańd́a kiirtan is similar to general kiirtan, the main difference being the length of time that kiirtan is practiced. In Akhańd́a kiirtan, typically the duration is in multiples of 3 hours. Generally, the puja table is not in front of the dancers but in the center of the dancers, with the dancers circling the puja table in a counter-clockwise direction. | |||
=== Katha kiirtan === | === Katha kiirtan === | ||
Katha kiirtan features stories of the Lord (often personal experiences with Gurudeva) interspersed between sessions of collective kiirtan. | |||
=== Nagar kiirtan === | === Nagar kiirtan === | ||
Nagar kiirtan is kiirtan done as a public procession through a village, town, or portion of town. As with Akhańd́a kiirtan, Nagar kiirtan might be a constituent part of some social function or festivity in Ananda Marga.<ref name="CC1">{{cite book|last=Anandamurti|first=Shrii Shrii|title=Ananda Marga Caryácarya Part 1|chapter=Appendix: Maháprayáńa Divasa|location=Kolkata|year=|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=|language=English|isbn=}}</ref> | |||
=== Avarta kiirtan === | === Avarta kiirtan === | ||
Ávarta kiirtan requires dancing with a slow rotation or whirl, with six different melodies, one for each direction. If the puja table is to the north, then one starts facing the north (the puja table). Then with the next melody, one faces west. Then south, east, and north again. However on reaching north for the second time one first faces upward, and then with the last melody downward. While practicing Ávarta kiirtan, mind is to be concentrated at a specific cakra ([[:wikipedia:Anahata|anáhata]] or above, though typically [[:wikipedia:Ajna|ájiṋá]] or [[:wikipedia:Sahasrara|sahasrára]].<ref name="AV22">{{cite book|last=Anandamurti|first=Shrii Shrii|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 22|chapter=Rules for Kiirtana|location=Kolkata|year=|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=|language=English|isbn=}}</ref> | |||
== Benefits == | == Benefits == | ||
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== Perfect kiirtan == | == Perfect kiirtan == | ||
In 1982 (exact date unknown), Shrii Shrii Anandamurti gave a discourse in which were set out the requirements for a ''perfect kiirtan''. Many other topics were also addressed, for example the appropriate ideation to be taken while practicing kiirtan and why a ''siddha mantra''{{#tag:ref|A special type of mantra suitable for general use.|group="nb"}} must have eight syllables. This discourse was distributed in the form of [[:wikipedia:Cyclostyle (copier)|cyclostyled]] sheets under the title of "Bio-psycho-spiritual System of Kiirtan". [[Abhidevananda|Ac. Abhidevananda Avadhuta]] kept secure his copy of that discourse. In the mid-1990s he submitted his copy to the Central Publications Department of [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]], which had put out a request for any lost discourses. However, this discourse was only published subsequent to a reminder and after more than six years (in 2002).<ref name="AV30">{{cite book|last=Anandamurti|first=Shrii Shrii|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 30|location=Kolkata|year= | In 1982 (exact date unknown), Shrii Shrii Anandamurti gave a discourse in which were set out the requirements for a ''perfect kiirtan''. Many other topics were also addressed, for example the appropriate ideation to be taken while practicing kiirtan and why a ''siddha mantra''{{#tag:ref|A special type of mantra suitable for general use.|group="nb"}} must have eight syllables. This discourse was distributed in the form of [[:wikipedia:Cyclostyle (copier)|cyclostyled]] sheets under the title of "Bio-psycho-spiritual System of Kiirtan". [[Abhidevananda|Ac. Abhidevananda Avadhuta]] kept secure his copy of that discourse. In the mid-1990s he submitted his copy to the Central Publications Department of [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]], which had put out a request for any lost discourses. However, this discourse was only published subsequent to a reminder and after more than six years (in 2002).<ref name="AV30">{{cite book|last=Anandamurti|first=Shrii Shrii|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 30|location=Kolkata|year=|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|editor=Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta|language=English|isbn=81-7252-101-4}}</ref> When the discourse was published, it went out in a mangled form (minus the explanatory Saḿskrta and with misleading rather than constructive footnotes) as the final part of an appendix ("From the Notebooks of Devotees"). Below is the complete discourse in its original form and with appropriate footnotes. | ||
=== Bio-psycho-spiritual System of Kiirtan === | === Bio-psycho-spiritual System of Kiirtan === | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Ananda Marga]] | * [[Ananda Marga]] | ||
[[Category:Nonliterary works of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]] | |||