Jay Jay Muktananda
Chanting with Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
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Painting of Gurudev Siddha Peeth, the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Maharashtra, India, by Eleni Rivers.
The full recording of this namasankirtana is available in the Siddha Yoga Bookstore.
As I listen and chant, I feel Gurumayi’s complete, unswerving love and commitment, her devotion to Baba. The sound vibration settles like nectar into my heart and body.
New York, United States
I have often experienced great longing for Gurudev Siddha Peeth while chanting this namasankirtana. In chanting it today, I felt that everything I need is within. It felt as if, with every beat, my heart was pulsating with light.
Thornbury, Australia
This namasankirtana brought back sweet memories of visiting Gurudev Siddha Peeth many years ago. When I listen to or chant this beautiful namasankirtana, I often experience a state of harmony. I experience that Baba is with me and looking upon me.
We have begun to chant this namasankirtana at home after singing Jyota se Jyota Jagao in the evenings. This allows us to experience and enjoy its reverberations for a while afterwards.
Udaipur, India
As I view the artwork accompanying the chant, my eye goes to the rounded doorway to Gurudev Siddha Peeth. I imagine Bhagavan Nityananda instructing Baba to “stay there.” Baba’s decision to stay represents for me his perfect discipleship.
Scrolling down, I see a hint of the colors of the Indian flag and remember that Baba received shaktipat diksha from Bhagavan Nityananda on the day India became independent. The gigantic white flowers indicate to me Baba’s teaching to meditate—a reminder that the outer fragrance can help me turn within to the fragrance and beauty within.
And the blue sky shows me that because of Baba’s great life, I, too, can view the world as the play of the blue light of Consciousness experienced in deep meditation.
Scrolling down, I see a hint of the colors of the Indian flag and remember that Baba received shaktipat diksha from Bhagavan Nityananda on the day India became independent. The gigantic white flowers indicate to me Baba’s teaching to meditate—a reminder that the outer fragrance can help me turn within to the fragrance and beauty within.
And the blue sky shows me that because of Baba’s great life, I, too, can view the world as the play of the blue light of Consciousness experienced in deep meditation.
Washington, United States
I experience pure joy when I listen to this chant!
When I first arrived in Gurudev Siddha Peeth in 1986 at the age of sixteen, I chanted Baba Muktananda’s name for the first time, and this particular chant entered my heart. The chant continued automatically for a very long time, guiding me into easeful and blissful meditation, and even continued in my sleep. I knew I had arrived at the home of my heart and that I would never be alone because Baba is always with me.
When I first arrived in Gurudev Siddha Peeth in 1986 at the age of sixteen, I chanted Baba Muktananda’s name for the first time, and this particular chant entered my heart. The chant continued automatically for a very long time, guiding me into easeful and blissful meditation, and even continued in my sleep. I knew I had arrived at the home of my heart and that I would never be alone because Baba is always with me.
Nora, Sweden
Each time I hear or chant this namasankirtana, it brings me back to the state of oneness with Baba I experienced when I chanted it for the very first time. On that occasion, the more I sang, the more I felt Baba’s sweetness and love. The more I repeated Baba’s name, the more it seemed as if I melted into him. I experienced that my body had become Baba’s body, my mind was Baba’s mind, my voice was Baba’s voice, and the words I chanted had become Baba himself.
To this day I feel immense gratitude for this experience, which is often renewed when I chant this namasankirtana.
To this day I feel immense gratitude for this experience, which is often renewed when I chant this namasankirtana.
Fort-de-France, Martinique
This morning during my daily puja, I spontaneously started chanting Jay Jay Muktananda. This evening when I opened the Siddha Yoga path website, I was so surprised to see this namasankirtana on the homepage. Love filled my heart.
Indore, India
Last Saturday while I was out walking, this namasankirtana arose within me. I thought to myself, “This isn’t the chant of the day,” and I returned to chanting the namasankirtana that I had seen in the calendar on the Siddha Yoga path website. Then, spontaneously, I again began to chant Jay Jay Muktananda. This time I accepted the will of my heart. What a wonderful journey!
San Giorgio a Cremano, Italy
The Siddha Yoga path website is set as my homepage. When I opened my laptop today to begin offering seva and heard this namasankirtana, the sound of the chant touched my heart. My enthusiasm for chanting was rekindled, and I felt invigorated, recalling sweet memories of chanting.
London, United Kingdom
The first time I heard this joy-filled chant was in the 1980s in London’s Heathrow Airport, when Gurumayi had a few hours’ stopover on her way from Gurudev Siddha Peeth in India to Shree Muktananda Ashram in New York. We had rented a restaurant in the terminal for the morning, and Siddha Yogis had flown in from all over Europe to be a part of this reunion of the Guru and her disciples.
The love and ecstasy were palpable, and as we started chanting Jay Jay Muktananda, our hearts were full to overflowing. The airport restaurant had become a sacred temple, and we all just wanted time to stop right then and there. Of course, the time came when Gurumayi had to leave to catch her flight. But even after she had left, none of us wanted to leave. We wanted this moment to last forever—and it does, as the sweetest and most sacred memory. Needless to say, I have loved this chant ever since!
The love and ecstasy were palpable, and as we started chanting Jay Jay Muktananda, our hearts were full to overflowing. The airport restaurant had become a sacred temple, and we all just wanted time to stop right then and there. Of course, the time came when Gurumayi had to leave to catch her flight. But even after she had left, none of us wanted to leave. We wanted this moment to last forever—and it does, as the sweetest and most sacred memory. Needless to say, I have loved this chant ever since!
Windsor, United Kingdom
I have the sweetest memories of this chant going back to my childhood, when I heard Gurumayi sing this chant live during a chanting saptah. It evokes in me immense joy, and feelings of love and gratitude toward Baba.
Gurugram, India
This absolutely enchanting namasankirtana transports me back in time to Gurudev Siddha Peeth, where I first heard this chant. My heart jumps with joy in listening to Jay Jay Muktananda!
Colima, Mexico
This namasankirtana brings such joy to my heart. My whole being smiles with happiness and gratitude to Baba. And while I have this chant on a CD, I love to listen to it on the Siddha Yoga path website, because I feel I’m in satsang with others who will be listening at the same time.
Paddington, Australia
I am delighted to chant Jay Jay Muktananda with this recording. For the last few years, I have often heard this song arising in my heart. I love its sweet melody, which brings deep joy and contentment to my entire being. Whether I am chanting or listening to Baba’s name, I experience a surge of love and devotion welling up within me. His presence truly has the power to illuminate my life.
Montréal, Canada