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Faith and the Body

The birth of her nephew prompts Jahnavi Harrison to explore what she calls 'the adventure of embodiment', looking at how physical activities can lead to a state of transcendence.

The birth of her nephew prompts musician Jahnavi Harrison to explore what she calls "the adventure of embodiment". She looks at how physical activities, both ritual and everyday, can lead to a state of transcendence.

Jahnavi explains how yoga teaches the practitioner to see the body as a temple dedicated to the glory of God; how pilgrimage, by engaging the body in repetitive movement, makes an internal journey of prayer and sacrifice easier instead of just sitting in an armchair thinking about it; and how physical work can become a spiritual blessing.

Readings include the wisdom of Saint Teresa of Avila and the Bhagavad Gita. The music includes tracks from George Harrison, Thomas Newman and the Monteverdi Choir.

Presenter: Jahnavi Harrison
Producer: Jonathan Mayo
A TBI production for 成人快手 Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 5 Aug 2018 23:30

Music Played

  • Ziggy Marley

    Welcome To The World

    • Wild And Free.
    • V2 Records Benelux.
  • MC Yogi

    Breathe Deep (feat. East Forest)

    • Ritual Mystical.
    • MC Yogi.
  • George Harrison

    Living In the Material World

    • Living In The Material World.
    • Universal.
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

    Congaudeant Catholici (Codex Calixtinus)

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir.
    • Choral Recital: Pilgrimage To Santiago.
    • SDG.
  • The Peasall Sisters

    In The Highways

    • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition).
    • The Island Def Jam Music Group.

Readings

Title: The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 22

Publisher: Penguin Classics听

Title: Srimad Bhagavatam, 11th Canto, Chapter 14, Verse 32

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Title: The Temple and the Body

Author: Basava, Trans. A.K Ramanujan

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Title: Walking

Author: Henry David Thoreau

Publisher: Cosimo Classics

Title: The Practice of the Presence of God

Author: Brother Lawrence

Publisher: Martino Fine Books

Title: You Are Christ鈥檚 Hands

Author: Teresa of Avila

Publisher: Poetry Chaikhana

Title: Those Who Do Not Dance

Author: Gabriela Mistral, Trans. Helene Masslo Anderson

Publisher: New York University Press

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Aug 2018 06:05
  • Sun 5 Aug 2018 23:30