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Wild Moon Bhaktas News – November 2020

By davidschmit | Published: July 8, 2021

I hope this letter finds you happy and healthy!  -at the very least, Covid-surviving!  And if you are struggling, pray that you are finding the support you need. I write to touch base, to update you on some changes to the Wild Moon Bhaktas and to imagine a future when we can return to communal chanting and […]

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Great Mother Chant Facebook Live Chants May 9, 2020

By davidschmit | Published: May 9, 2020

May 9, 2020  7-8:30 pm     6th Annual Great Mother Chant- Facebook Live with the Wild Moon Bhaktas’  David Schmit     Chanting Program  Words-Lyrics    1.Opening Mantras & Invocation 2. Ya Devi Praise to the Goddess in the form of power, eternity, compassion and peace Ya Devi sarvabooteshu, (Shakti, Nitya, Dayaa, Shanti) roopena samstitha Namastasyai  Namastasyai  […]

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Words to Live Chanting Event on Facebook March 28-2020

By davidschmit | Published: March 28, 2020

March -28-2020  Facebook Live: Wild Moon Bhaktas’ David Schmit, chanting concert  7:30 -8:30 pm.   Chanting Program Opening Mantras & Invocations Shiva Hara  Shiva Hara Shiva Hara Shiva Hara Shiva Hara Samba Sada Shiva Hara Hara Hara Hara    (2X) Samba Sada Shiva Hara Hara Hara Hara  (4X)  Praise the Auspicious One, Destroyer of ignorance  and suffering […]

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3rd Annual Door of My Heart; The Sacred Chants of Yogananda

By davidschmit | Published: March 27, 2020

What is this life?   Flowing through my veins,  Could it be other than Divine?     Oh fountain of flame, Thy light is within me  About me, everywhere.   -Paramahansa Yogananda Yes, we did it again!  We held another evening of “nothing but Yogananda chants!”   On January 11, 2020, near the date of Yogananda’s birthday, and a […]

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Annual Rumi Celebration

By davidschmit | Published: March 27, 2020

  We held our 21st Annual Rumi Celebration on December 14, 2019 at Tula Yoga in St. Paul.  The following is excerpted from the program for the event, that will give you some context and history: About Rumi, his poetry & this event Jelaluddin Rumi was born September 30, 1207 in Balkh, Afghanistan.  In his […]

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Ten Year Anniversary Celebration

By davidschmit | Published: March 27, 2020

The Wild Moon Bhaktas’ blend of Indian devotional kirtan, chants in English and Sufi poetry has been transporting audiences into meditative states and joyful, energized spaces now for over a decade!  As of this date – November 9, 2019, we have played 161 chanting concerts.  Here is the flyer for the event.

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Wild Moon Bhaktas at Sacred Waters in Jordan, MN

By davidschmit | Published: March 27, 2020

“We are the mirror and the face in the mirror.  / We are tasting eternity.  /  We are pain and what cures pain. / And the sweet cool water in a jar of rain.”   –  Rumi On October 5, 2019, the Wild Moon Bhaktas were invited to lead a kirtan event at Patti Roberts’s Sacred […]

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Wild Moon Bhaktas at Big River Yoga

By davidschmit | Published: March 27, 2020

On July 13, 2019, the band played at one of our favorite places, Big River Yoga, in Minneapolis.  This is a lovely center just a couple blocks from the Mississippi River.  Here are a couple of photos from the event.    

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5th Annual Great Mother Chant

By davidschmit | Published: March 27, 2020

On May 11th, 2019, the Wild Moon Bhaktas’ 6 person big band and Kirtan Path played three hours of chants to the Divine Feminine at Tula Yoga in St. Paul.  We donate a portion of the proceeds to environmental causes, in honor of our Mother Earth!  Here are some images from the event, and the […]

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Rumi Celebration, 2018

By davidschmit | Published: November 14, 2019

Our 20th annual night of music, chanting, poetry and sacred dance in honor of Sufism’s greatest poet, Jelaluddin Rumi.  With the Wild Moon Bhaktas, Hakim Bushnell of Light Upon Light Sufi Center and Rev. Ted Tollefson.  Over a hundred people came to Tula Yoga in St. Paul for the event, which features an open mic.  […]

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