Kirtan’s Culture of Love: An Interview with Govindas of Bhakti Yoga Shala

by Sony Trieu/April 23, 2011

Love!  How would you define it? Myriad textbooks, both academic and spiritual, have tried to pin down this elusive concept. However, the intellectual process always falls short when characterizing a concept that must be felt within each individual.  Once you’ve experienced love inside of yourself, then it only makes sense to extend that love to others in your immediate path and beyond.  For me, that feeling of love manifested itself through Bhakti Yoga, which involves the musical form, popularly known in the yoga community as Kirtan …