Comments on: Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/ In The Spirit Of Serendipity Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Londres http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-1126 Londres Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:38:03 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-1126 <a href="http://www.visitarlondres.com/" rel="nofollow">Londres</a> es una ciudad tan bella y el Albert Hall realmente es un encanto. Londres es una ciudad tan bella y el Albert Hall realmente es un encanto.

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-874 Sumangali Morhall Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:02:43 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-874 Thanks Nirmala, wish you could have been there! Thanks Nirmala, wish you could have been there!

]]> By: nirmala http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-871 nirmala Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:17:28 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-871 Sumangali, only today I was reading it. I am also amazed by Pavitrata's writing about the best public they ever had in Royal Albert Hall. Shardul's story is amazing, it's definitely worth of its own post. Sumangali, only today I was reading it. I am also
amazed by Pavitrata’s writing about the best public they ever had in Royal Albert Hall. Shardul’s story is amazing, it’s definitely worth of its own post.

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-865 Sumangali Morhall Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:30:59 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-865 Sharani, I hope you had great time in Germany. Sorry you missed the concert, although you probably could have heard the applause in Rhode Island ;-) . It was far greater than my scant report implies, but I'm glad you enjoyed the read :-) . Sharani, I hope you had great time in Germany. Sorry you missed the concert, although you probably could have heard the applause in Rhode Island ;-) . It was far greater than my scant report implies, but I’m glad you enjoyed the read :-) .

]]> By: Sharani http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-864 Sharani Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:47:10 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-864 Sumangali, May I belatedly thank you for writing about the concert. I used up the last of my vacation leave to travel to Germany the week before the concert and was unable to add on this equally profound destination. I was glad to get a taste of it from your post. Thank you so much for your comprehensive window into it along with the links to the concert web site and PDF of the program. Sumangali, May I belatedly thank you for writing about the concert. I used up the last of my vacation leave to travel to Germany the week before the concert and was unable to add on this equally profound destination. I was glad to get a taste of it from your post. Thank you so much for your comprehensive window into it along with the links to the concert web site and PDF of the program.

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-855 Sumangali Morhall Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:24:09 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-855 Shardul, thank you for your generosity in recounting this beautiful story; it is worthy of a post on its own. Such a sweet example of music's universal language, and its reach beyond birth and death... Shardul, thank you for your generosity in recounting this beautiful story; it is worthy of a post on its own. Such a sweet example of music’s universal language, and its reach beyond birth and death…

]]> By: Shardul http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-854 Shardul Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:29:06 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-854 Absolutely Sumangali! A tale from today: I was out and about in the city and stopped in a park to play some music on my wooden flute - respite from the crowded pavements and noisy traffic. I was playing a lovely Irish air that I have just learned and some of Sri Chinmoy's melodies. After some time I heard a little voice behind me say "Hello!" and I looked around to see a small boy of two or three behind me. I kept playing my tunes and he came closer and closer. When I finished, he started humming a tune for me - very sweet and simple. And so a harmonious tit-for-tat began and I played some tunes on my penny whistle and he started laughing and dancing. And he sang for me some more... When it was time for me to move on, I cajoled him toward a woman that was watching us from a distance - his grandmother it turned out. She told me that he was dancing behind my back before he said hello, and went on to say that his mother had died shortly after giving birth to him. She had been a singer and sang a lot during the pregnancy and that the little boy often sang and hummed the tunes that he had learned from her before he ever saw the light of day! Can you imagine? So we shared a lovely moment together and music was our common bond and joy - no speech was required. A little Polynesian boy who could barely string a sentence together sang, smiled and danced his way into the heart of a 48-year-old boy during a quiet moment in a park... “Music will play a most important role in bringing about world oneness, for music embodies the Universal Heart, the Oneness-Heart.” - Sri Chinmoy. Love your blog Sumangali - it is a beautiful garden... Absolutely Sumangali!

A tale from today:
I was out and about in the city and stopped in a park to play some music on my wooden flute - respite from the crowded pavements and noisy traffic. I was playing a lovely Irish air that I have just learned and some of Sri Chinmoy’s melodies. After some time I heard a little voice behind me say “Hello!” and I looked around to see a small boy of two or three behind me. I kept playing my tunes and he came closer and closer. When I finished, he started humming a tune for me - very sweet and simple. And so a harmonious tit-for-tat began and I played some tunes on my penny whistle and he started laughing and dancing. And he sang for me some more…

When it was time for me to move on, I cajoled him toward a woman that was watching us from a distance - his grandmother it turned out. She told me that he was dancing behind my back before he said hello, and went on to say that his mother had died shortly after giving birth to him. She had been a singer and sang a lot during the pregnancy and that the little boy often sang and hummed the tunes that he had learned from her before he ever saw the light of day! Can you imagine? So we shared a lovely moment together and music was our common bond and joy - no speech was required. A little Polynesian boy who could barely string a sentence together sang, smiled and danced his way into the heart of a 48-year-old boy during a quiet moment in a park…

“Music will play a most important role in bringing about world oneness, for music embodies the Universal Heart, the Oneness-Heart.” - Sri Chinmoy.

Love your blog Sumangali - it is a beautiful garden…

]]> By: Sumangali Morhall http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-852 Sumangali Morhall Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:04:33 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-852 Thank you, Martin, for the link. What a beautiful post about your meeting with Sri Chinmoy at the Royal Albert Hall. Thank you, Shardul, for your comment. I only wish anyone who feels and loves music, especially those who know Sri Chinmoy, could have been there. Alas, the Hall could only hold a few thousand. Your quote from Aldous Huxley is immortal, and your commentary so true. Music is so important for the spiritual aspiration of humanity. It always has been, and doubtless always will be, a bridge between Heaven and earth. Thank you, Martin, for the link. What a beautiful post about your meeting with Sri Chinmoy at the Royal Albert Hall.

Thank you, Shardul, for your comment. I only wish anyone who feels and loves music, especially those who know Sri Chinmoy, could have been there. Alas, the Hall could only hold a few thousand. Your quote from Aldous Huxley is immortal, and your commentary so true. Music is so important for the spiritual aspiration of humanity. It always has been, and doubtless always will be, a bridge between Heaven and earth.

]]> By: Shardul http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-851 Shardul Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:40:52 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-851 Lovely to read this article Sumangali - thank you. It beautifully captures the moment and the greater picture. I have heard so many nice things about this concert - a celebration of world music for sure. And as someone with a fondness for Irish music, I was thrilled to see the Irish component - Uilleann pipes, flutes, whistle and bodhrán. Asides from the silence and stillness one experiences in meditation, music offers some of our greatest moments I feel - a common language and the key to the great joy of oneness. As Aldous Huxley said, "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." May God bless the musicians who play the music of their hearts and point us to the heavens... Lovely to read this article Sumangali - thank you. It beautifully captures the moment and the greater picture. I have heard so many nice things about this concert - a celebration of world music for sure. And as someone with a fondness for Irish music, I was thrilled to see the Irish component - Uilleann pipes, flutes, whistle and bodhrán. Asides from the silence and stillness one experiences in meditation, music offers some of our greatest moments I feel - a common language and the key to the great joy of oneness. As Aldous Huxley said, “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” May God bless the musicians who play the music of their hearts and point us to the heavens…

]]> By: Martin Doyle and the Royal Albert Hall « Martin Doyle’s Weblog http://www.sumangali.org/boris-purushottama-grebenshikov/#comment-850 Martin Doyle and the Royal Albert Hall « Martin Doyle’s Weblog Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://www.sumangali.org/?p=71#comment-850 [...] Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov – Sumangali Morhall was also at the concert. [...] [...] Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov – Sumangali Morhall was also at the concert. [...]

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