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The Facing East Trio will perform at the Adidam Center in Los Angeles on September 19, 2012. John Wubbenhorst: bansuri; Steve Zerlin: bass; and Samrat Kakkeri: tabla. Presented by Bright World Arts.

Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: 8572 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, CA 90069 (map)
Suggested donation: $20

Call 310-358-0555 for more information or to reserve.

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John Wubbenhorst (bansuri) and Samrat Kakkeri (tabla) will perform ragas and tell leelas of their trip to Fiji this Sunday, August 28th, 2011, at 4 pm, in Hands Up Hall (the Gauer house), in Lake County, California.

Suggested donation: $15 (no one will be turned away)
Call 301.346.0789 for more information

From the CD, Facing Beloved, by the group, Facing East. This is the second track, "Bass Alap". Steve Zerlin plays fretless bass.

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At 7:30 pm, on Friday, July 29, 2011, John Wubbenhorst (bansuri) and Samrat Kakkeri (tabla) will be telling leelas of their trip to Adi Da Samrajashram and playing ragas. (John and Samrat were in Fiji June 30-July 23.)

This evening will be hosted at:
2043 Eldorado Court
Novato, CA
For more information, call:
415-710-7935

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This recording of Above the Clouds was made in November 2010, during a three day, 24-hour-a-day vigil of meditation and puja on the veranda of Aham Da Asmi Sthan, Adi Da's home on the island of Naitauba. Devotee John Wubbenhorst speaks of the sacred occasion of being dropped out into the space of being 'not really there' while the Guru plays the musical instrument (and the instrument that is one's body-mind).

"Above the clouds, There Is Always The Sun — Forever Free Of Earthly Weather. By Tendency, You Are Always Looking At the local weather, and Not At The Sun Itself. That Is What egoity Is About — Always Suffering The Changes Of The local Patterning That Is the body-mind In its egoic Bondage. Instead, You Must (In every moment) Turn To Me . . . "

Avatar Adi Da Samraj, The Dawn Horse Testament Of The Ruchira Avatar

For more stories about "Music as a Sacred Art and Growing in the Relationship To Adi Da", click here.

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John Wubbenhorst (bansuri) and Samrat Kakkeri (tabla) provide a Sacred Offering of North Indian ragas. Concert benefits sacred musicians' travel to Naitauba, Fiji.

Time: 2:30pm, June 12, 2011
Place: Land Bridge Pavilion, The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary

$15 suggested donation.
Call 301-346-0789 for more information.

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John Wubbenhorst (bansuri) and Samrat Kakkeri (tabla) perform North Indian ragas at the Adidam Spiritual Center in Natick, MA.

11 South Main Street
Natick, MA

suggested donation: $12

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The Art of Adi Da Samraj
with music by "Facing East"
John Wubbenhorst (bansuri)
Steve Zerlin (bass)
Samrat Kakkeri (tabla)

July 16th, 7:30 pm
Land Bridge Pavillion
The Mountain Of Attention
$10 suggested donation
Money to benefit The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary and cover the musicians' travel expenses.

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Facing East Productions and Adidam Bay Area Present a Sacred Offering - A Celebration of Music & Art to benefit Naitauba, Fiji for Hurricane Relief. July 17, 2010 at St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, CA @ 7:15pm.

For advance tickets and more info click here.

For three days in mid-March, 2010, Adi Da Samrajashram (the sacred island of Naitauba) and many neighboring islands in Fiji were battered by Cyclone Tomas, a category 4 storm. After 27 hours we emerged from shelter to a scene of staggering destruction. We urgently need your help!

For more info, or to donate, click here.

Naitauba Island is the Hermitage Sanctuary of His Divine Presence Adi Da Samraj, spiritually empowered by Him, as the primary place from where His Divine Blessing flows perpetually to the world. For 25 years, Adi Da worked to establish the island of Naitauba as a unique esoteric and ecological treasure. Adi Da Samrajashram is devoted to the principles of green living, sustainable energy, cooperation, tolerance, and peace, and Adi Da's devotees and the local Fijian and Indian staff live together harmoniously, serving and protecting the sacred environment of the island. It is a uniquely pure and untouched sanctuary in the world today.

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John Wubbenhorst (bansuri) and Samrat Kakkeri (tabla) play an evening of North Indian ragas. 7 pm, June 26, 2010.

Adidam Center
1707 Glastonberry Road
Potomac, MD. 20854

$15 suggested donation.
Call 301-346-0789 for more information.

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This is the selection, "Descending Grace", from the CD, "True Water" recorded by John Wubbenhorst (flutes,vocals and keyboards) and Ken Anoff (percussion). This recording, inspired by the wisdom of Adi Da, is a unique collection from these world travelers, available at www.facingeast.com.

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From the CD, Facing Beloved, with John Wubbenhorst (bansuri), Subash Chandran (ghatam) and Ganesh Kumar (kanjira). This piece is based on a melody from J.S. Bach (siciliano) with elements of Raga Kirwani.

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This video footage of Naitauba is from 2009. The music was improvised at The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary, California, in 2005. It can be found on the CD, Baba Da's Great Tradition Improvisation Fusion Orchestra. Musicians: John Wubbenhorst (flute), Byron Duckwall (cello), Michael Sheppard (keyboards).

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This is an improvisation that took place in July 2008 on the island of Naitauba, Fiji. On this occasion, we were playing while Adi Da Samraj was working on His Divine Image-Art. It was truly a blissful and ecstatic time.

The music is from John Wubbenhorst's and Otto Probst's CD, Breath of Devotion.

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