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=== 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 | 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 east. Then south, west, 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 == | ||