Devotion on the Spiritual Path: Second Kirtan with Krishna Das added!

Devotion on the Spiritual Path: Bringing Heart and Mind Together

The Saturday, 3 May 2025 kirtan sold out and Krishna Das has generously offered to add a second concert for this fundraising event.

SUNDAY, 4 MAY 2025
7:00-9:00p

Doors will open 30 minutes before the concert at 6:30p on Sunday, 4 May 2025.

Please join us for a special two part program with our beloved teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and acclaimed musician Krishna Das!

Krishna Das and musicians are generously participating in this fundraiser for Nalandabodhi and Rinpoche’s compassionate activities worldwide. We hope to see you at Nalanda West for this remarkable event.

Devotion on the Spiritual Path: Bringing Heart and Mind Together

Schedule

Saturday, 3 May 2025

ON ZOOM
4:00–5:30p Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche & Krishna Das in conversation

Sunday, 4 May 2025

ONSITE AT NALANDA WEST
7:00–9:00p special concert with Krishna Das and musicians

Please note that doors will open 30 minutes before the concert at 6:30p on Sunday, 4 May 2025.

Registration

1. General Admission tickets are good for zoom admission to the afternoon conversation on Saturday 5/3 and onsite admission to the evening concert on Sunday 5/4. Seats are not reserved.
2. General Admission + Reserved Seating tickets are good for zoom admission to the afternoon conversation on 5/3 and onsite admission to the evening concert on Sunday 5/4 with a seat in the Reserved Seating section.

Questions?

Please contact Karen at seattle@nalandabodhi.org if you have questions or would like to volunteer to help support this event.

Biographies

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is a widely celebrated Buddhist teacher and the author of Emotional Rescue, Rebel Buddha, and other books. A lover of music, art and urban culture, Rinpoche is a poet, photographer, accomplished calligrapher and visual artist, as well as a prolific author. Rinpoche is the founder, president, and spiritual director of Nalandabodhi, an international community of Buddhist centers.

Rinpoche is acknowledged as one of the foremost scholars and meditation masters of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is known for his sharp intellect, humor, and easygoing teaching style, for launching the kindness initiative #GoKind and for his outreach to communities internationally.

Click here to read more about Rinpoche.

Krishna Das

Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das– known to friends, family, and fans as simply “KD” –has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling western chant artist of all time. To date, KD has released 16 well received albums, including Live Ananda (released January 2012) that was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category.

KD spent the late ’60’s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in 1970, finally made the journey to India, where he met Ram Dass’ own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji. Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion.  After the passing of Maharaj-ji, he took solace in music, as well as finding peace and strength in his yoga chant practice.

In 1994, KD started leading chant in public first in NYC, and then to an ever-growing audience of yoga students, and expanding to chant with people all around the world. In February 2013, Krishna Das performed at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, which streamed online to millions of viewers. The award-winning film ‘One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das’ has been in over 100 US cities, over 10 countries worldwide. and is available on DVD everywhere.

KD now travels the world sharing his kirtan practice and wonderful stories of his life, of Maharaji-ji, of his life on the Path, and discusses bringing chanting into our lives through retreats and workshops. During COVID times he has chanted online every week for the worldwide satsang. More information on KrishnaDas.com.