Music and the Arts

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany approx.1980. Lyrics: The secret of laughter lies in the laughing, Not in the search for joy: It’s a swallow winging on the wind! It’s innocence in a boy. Luru luru lero, Luru luru lye! Joy will come to anyone Whose heart has learned to fly! Joy in the singing, not in … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany approx. 1980. Lyrics: Through many lives I’ve drunk the cup of laughter: No man could tell the pleasures I have known. The stars in the endless sky, If one could count, would come to billions. Yet as vast as are their numbers, So many years I’ve wandered far from You. Through … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany approx. 1980. Lyrics: 1. I’ve heard your flute high on a cloud, Your call I can’t resist! Oh, let me come and play with you, We’ll scatter music with the dew, And sound the morning mist. 2. I’ve heard you piping on a hill, All else I’ve set aside. Oh, let … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany approx. 1980. Lyrics: 1. Come gather round: Let joy sing out today! Dawn now is breaking, And the mountains say: “It’s only light Can make the darkness run. Lift up your head, Greet the rising sun!” Mm-m-m greet the rising sun! 2. Some people think To harvest happiness By weeding troubles, … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany approx. 1980. Lyrics: Walk like a man, even though you walk alone. Why court approval, once the road is known? Let come who will, but if they all turn home, The goal still awaits you: Go on alone! Follow your dream though it lead to worlds unknown. Life’s but a shadow … Read More