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NEW “Learning the Hanuman Chalisa” 10-lesson audio course for those of you who want learn or clarify your pronunciation. Also on the app are 2 free musical recordings. Transliterated text and translation also provided.
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What you’ll learn:
We will journey together through this 40-verse hymn, the Hanuman Chalisa, a devotional prayer that is chanted widely throughout India and around the world. A version of this chant 'Nina Hanuman Chalisa' is available for free listening here on Insight Timer. In the sacred text of Ramayana or Ramacharitmanasa, Hanuman is revered as the perfect devotee of the divine presence in the form Sri Ram, and an embodiment of intelligence, wisdom, compassion, courage, and surrender. While we invoke his qualities in this prayer, we remind ourselves that each of us is a reflection of Hanuman and can find these same qualities of perfection in our own hearts. This prayer is considered to be 'mahamantra' having the power to transform us from the inside-out so we may overcome the challenges or obscurations of our true nature, which is love itself. The lyrics for this prayer from the bhakti (devotional) yoga tradition are written in an ancient language similar to Hindi, called Awadhi, and the original script in Devanagiri. Over the 10 days of this course, we will spend time on the pronunciation of sounds in this language as there a few that are unfamiliar to English-speakers. We will also spend time reflecting on the meaning of the verses being chanted and how they relate to the lilas or divine storied of Hanuman and the family of beings that are part of the epic Ramayana. By way of listening and repeating small groups of verses and cumulatively adding them to each other, we will build the foundation for learning the whole prayer. In the last few days, you will have the full-spoken pronunciation of the prayer and also a musical rendition of the prayer to sing along with in call-and-response style.
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Happy practicing!