Birthday Karaoke

Dear Ones

Just a quick update about my 60th Birthday Karaoke on Sunday, February 26 at 6:00 PM at Jaguar Karaoke 2516 Durant Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704. Here is the invitation just in case.  Please rsvp if you haven't already.

I’m hoping everyone will want to take on at least one song. Here are links to the promised links to songs:

-- Click here for Jaguar's English songbook and here for the February update.  Simply search any song you have in mind to see if it is available.  There will also be Spanish and Indian song options.

-- Click here for the lyrics to Krishna Funk (based on Uptown Funk), my ode to the inimitable Shyamdas.  I hope some of you take a crack at it! 

Food will be Indian.  Drinks will be mostly non-alcoholic.  Feel free to supplement if you wish, including with something deserty if so inclined.

And please remember, in lieu of gifts, for those able, I would instead encourage a donation of any kind to a progressive charity of your choice.

Love and cya soon, Mark

KRISHNA FUNK

KRISHNA FUNK

AN ODE TO SHYAMDAS

(To the tune of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” ft Bruno Mars)

Feel free to change “God” to any name/word that for you is the Divine

Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Ram

Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Ram

Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Ram

Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Ram

And what, is your wealth?  

And what, is your wealth?  

To remember, that the highest thing

the highest thing, 

that you have

Is the, awareness 

of who you really are

the awareness of 

who you, really are

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Find the Beloved, ram

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Remember the Beloved, ram

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Say my name, you know who i am

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Devakinandana (Gopala)

Break it down

Radhe Radhe Shyam

Radhe Radhe Shyam

Radhe Radhe Shyam

Krsna eva gatir mama

Krsna eva gatir mama

Krsna eva gatir mama

Any time and we’re in the Bhav

Every thing is God (come on)

(Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Ram...) 

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Hare, hare, hare, om!

Stop

Wait a minute

The world is non different than, the abode of liberation

This is! the abode of liberation!

That formless divine realm is just another mani-festation

of this, or this is another

mani-festation of that

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Find the Beloved, ram

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Remember the Beloved, ram

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Say my name, you know who i am

Gopala (Hari Bol)

Devakinandana (Gopala)

Break it down

Radhe Radhe Shyam

Radhe Radhe Shyam

Radhe Radhe Shyam

Krsna eva gatir mama

Krsna eva gatir mama

Krsna eva gatir mama

Any time and we’re in the Bhav

Every thing is God (come on)

(Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Ram...) 

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Hare, hare, hare, om!

(Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Rama...)

Before we leave

Lemme tell y’all a lil’ something

Krsna eva, eva gatir mama

Krsna eva, eva gatir mama

Krishna is my refuge and (my) destination

Krishna is my refuge and (my) destination

Life is Ananda, that’s the basic thing

Life is Ananda, that’s the basic thing

Life is Ananda, that’s the basic thing

Any time and we’re in the Bhav

Every thing is God

(Ram Ram, Sita Ram Ram, Sita Ram...) 

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Every thing is God

Hare, hare, hare, om!

Krsna eva, eva gatir mama (say whaa?)

Krishna is my refuge and (my) destination

Krsna eva, eva gatir mama (say whaa?)

Krishna is my refuge and (my) destination

Krsna eva, eva gatir mama (say whaa?)

Krishna is my refuge and (my) destination

Krsna eva, eva gatir mama (say whaa?)

Krsna eva, eva gatir mama 

1. 2015 Mark Rubin, with thanks, blessings and apologies to Shyamdas, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars

Thank you Shyam-ji for embodying the teachings so fully, deeply, joyously and exuberantly, and for your wisdom, leadership, passion and most of all love. Krsna eva gatir mama.

February 1, 2015