Video Category: Music and the Arts

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. Lyrics: I’ve lived in many countries And mixed with many men. I’ve shared their days of sunshine, Gone with them in the rain. The fires at evening said we were brothers. The fires at evening said we were— Brothers! A soldier I saw weeping Beside a dying friend. My … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. Lyrics: 1. Where has my love gone? Long are the nights, Now that she’s left me, Dimmed my delights. Where is my love, friend? Passed she this way? Saw you her smile? Ah! What did she say? Ah! Passed she here? My sweetheart, passed she here? 2. Sweet was … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. Lyrics: Nightingale! Nightingale! Sing of joy through the night. Teach my heart To impart Everywhere your delight. Sing of moon rays on the rain, Sing that love’s not in vain: Every grief, every wrong Has its ending in song. Nightingale! Nightingale! Sing of joy through the night. Teach all … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. Lyrics: Some men call it progress— Down with those who doubt!— To join the causes others join, And shout when others shout. Come, you’re a man, No passive stone! Stand up, and call your soul your own! Go on alone! Go on alone! Banish weakness: Go on alone! Go … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. Lyrics: 1. Little Kathy went dancing, – Went dancing, went dancing– Little Kathy went dancing, Went dancing one day. She danced out in the garden – The garden, the garden– She danced out in the garden, Her heart was so gay. Chorus: Lara la liri, Oh, lara la lay, … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. 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 … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. Lyrics: I’ve passed my life as a stranger, Lord. Roamed far in foreign lands: Far, Lord, far too far! Only he who knows he’s far from home, Only he, Lord, understands. Only he who knows he’s far from home Feels the earth and understands.2. Sometimes a stranger did take … Read More

Sung by Swami Kriyananda, in a concert in Germany around 1982. 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 around 1982. 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 around 1982. 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