Sacred sound is a substantial form of spiritual nourishment. Many cultures are rich with spiritual music, but kirtan features ancient mantras—potent sound formulas of transformation and healing—that enrich and enlighten us in ways that other music or self-help methods cannot. That so many are now embracing kirtan in the West shows its universal appeal and its power to nourish us by fulfilling a deep spiritual hunger. Mantra meditation allows us to tap into a sacred space and connect with the Divine. It's the joining of a mantra and the soul in song to make a heart-connection with the Supreme. Kirtan and private japa meditation offers all the psycho-physical benefits of other types of meditation but are much easier to perform than silent meditation or mindfulness.

We're far more powerful than we may have been led to believe; we're immeasurably more than what meets the eye. In choosing a mantra to dedicate ourselves to, we choose from a vast array of possibilities for the soul more enchanting and enthralling than any we've encountered in any wonderful dream or fictional world.

Prema Kirtan takes us into the world of a specific type of kirtan known as prema-kirtan, or the kirtan that produces prema, divine love. In Prema Kirtan we learn about the history, purpose, practice, and spiritual possibilities that prema-kirtan offers, as well as the opportunities realized by other types of kirtan.

Though group and private kirtan meditation is deceptively simple and enjoyable, this powerful yoga practice is deeply rooted in a sophisticated philosophy, which Prema Kirtan concisely covers in three thought-provoking chapters on the nature of being and Reality, as well as how mantra heals psychologically and spiritually, freeing us from self-imposed limitations.