Faith and the Body
The birth of her nephew prompts Jahnavi Harrison to explore what she calls 'the adventure of embodiment', looking at how physical activities can lead to a state of transcendence.
The birth of her nephew prompts musician Jahnavi Harrison to explore what she calls "the adventure of embodiment". She looks at how physical activities, both ritual and everyday, can lead to a state of transcendence.
Jahnavi explains how yoga teaches the practitioner to see the body as a temple dedicated to the glory of God; how pilgrimage, by engaging the body in repetitive movement, makes an internal journey of prayer and sacrifice easier instead of just sitting in an armchair thinking about it; and how physical work can become a spiritual blessing.
Readings include the wisdom of Saint Teresa of Avila and the Bhagavad Gita. The music includes tracks from George Harrison, Thomas Newman and the Monteverdi Choir.
Presenter: Jahnavi Harrison
Producer: Jonathan Mayo
A TBI production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Music Played
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Ziggy Marley
Welcome To The World
- Wild And Free.
- V2 Records Benelux.
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MC Yogi
Breathe Deep (feat. East Forest)
- Ritual Mystical.
- MC Yogi.
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George Harrison
Living In the Material World
- Living In The Material World.
- Universal.
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Congaudeant Catholici (Codex Calixtinus)
Performer: Monteverdi Choir.- Choral Recital: Pilgrimage To Santiago.
- SDG.
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The Peasall Sisters
In The Highways
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition).
- The Island Def Jam Music Group.
Readings
Title: The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 22
Publisher: Penguin Classics听
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Title: Srimad Bhagavatam, 11th Canto, Chapter 14, Verse 32
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Title: The Temple and the Body
Author: Basava, Trans. A.K Ramanujan
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Title: Walking
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
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Title: The Practice of the Presence of God
Author: Brother Lawrence
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
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Title: You Are Christ鈥檚 Hands
Author: Teresa of Avila
Publisher: Poetry Chaikhana
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Title: Those Who Do Not Dance
Author: Gabriela Mistral, Trans. Helene Masslo Anderson
Publisher: New York University Press
Broadcasts
- Sun 5 Aug 2018 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 5 Aug 2018 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4