'Ulatbaansi is the elephant, we are the blind men,' says Parvathy Baul
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2020
- Like a crow trying to measure the breadth of the Ganga with its wingspan, like blind men trying to grasp the truth of the elephant through its parts, we cannot apprehend the truth of an 'ulatbansi' with our ordinary minds. Drawing on mystical tales and Baul songs, Parvathy Baul unravels the enigma of upside down poems in this reflection.
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If there is an embodiment of intensity, Parvathy is it. As our friend, as an advisor, as a fiery challenger, she has brought us into deeper touch with ourselves. This recording was made as part of our week-long immersion with Parvathy at her home and akhada on the outskirts of Trivandrum in September 2011. She warmly welcomed us, housed us, fed us, sang for us and spoke to us with great depth and insight about the Baul path and about life itself. An experience that we still carry with us.
Parvathy Baul is a Baul singer and saadhika, painter and storyteller from Bengal and has been a disciple of Shashanko Goshai and Sanatan Das Baul. She divides her time between her home in Trivandrum, Kerala and the Baul ashram she has built near Shantiniketan in Bengal. (parvathybaul.com/)
This is one of a series of uploads for Ajab Shahar, a webspace dedicated to mystic poem and song, created by the Kabir Project team (www.ajabshahar.org ; www.kabirproject.org).
(Click on Settings for subtitles in English and Hindi)
Translation Credits:
English Translation (Song): Pooja Kaul
Hindi translation (Interview): Prashant Parvataneni, Shabnam Virmani
Video Credits:
Cameras: Smriti Chanchani & Aarthi Parthasarathy
Editing & Sound: Aarthi Parthasarathy
Sub-Titling: Prashant Parvataneni
Collection: The Kabir Project
Place of Recording: Trivandrum, Kerala
Date of Recording: September, 2011
Just to see Parvathy smile was worth watching the interview.🎤🥁🙏
Waah Shabnam ji....You are doing great job.....apko Sadhuwaad.....!!!!
Wonderful narration loved it 🙏♥️🙏 Baul songs relate life's truth'
Phenomenal 😭
Ajab good work continue
Thanks
Wajan Khabar Na Jani Le Kishore fakiri very nice video
🌻🙏
জয় গুরু🙏🏻🖐️
I want the link for the song
Oh! U left us halfway into the river here....😔...
Its meaning which I could decipher is a human being trying to catch brahm.
its meaning is you cannot grade something/someone based on your strengths
@@yourdailyfails1 can you explain it more.🙏
@@adarshom4255 its meaning is simple , the crow wings are his strength and he is measuring far sea and objects with what he boast the most (for eg Einstein grading painting of da Vinci )
@@yourdailyfails1 thank youu
'This elephant story ' idea is taken from Jainism
In short everything is maya, ie names and forms not real
Truth is brahman or god
मैं चिपकली
May be i was that owl 😂🤣