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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas: A Danavira Mela Consideration

  • Poster: AdiDaUpClose
  • Event Speaker:
    Chris Tong
  • Length: 03:49
    • Date Added:
    December 23, 2023 
    Language: English
  • Views: 842
  • Views This Month: 25
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CHRIS TONG: Happy Danavira Mela to everyone!

I’ve sung Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to Beloved Adi Da many times over the years — at the Manner of Flowers, at Adi Da Samrajashram, at First People / Great Food Dish, etc. (as one of a small group of singers, and usually also as the keyboardist) — and I’m singing it to Him again (and all of you!) here. It is one of my favorite songs at this time of year.

For me (starting with Judy Garland's original film version), it has always been an emotion-filled song, by turns joyful, playful, nostalgic, and wistful — so that is how I sing it here. The karaoke arrangement is based on Michael Bublé's version.

Tags: Danavira Mela  

Cookie-Making Occasion: First People, December 23, 1995

  • Poster: AdiDaUpClose
  • Length: 00:58
    • Date Added:
    December 23, 2020 
    Language: English
  • Views: 851
  • Views This Month: 21
  • Views This Week: 1
  • Event Date:
    December 23, 1995
Adi Da Samraj at a cookie-making occasion in First People (now called "Great Food Dish") at the Mountain of Attention Sanctuary on December 23, 1995, as part of the Celebration of Danavira Mela. Outside, devotees sing holiday songs for Him, as He looks out the window, listens to the music, and sings a few notes Himself. Inside, devotees attend Him as He turns cooking-making into an art form.

Tags: music   Danavira Mela  

The Sanctuary Kitchen: Quinoa Tabouli


  • Poster: SanctuaryKitchen
  • Event Speaker:
    Douglas Short
  • Length: 07:50
    • Date Added:
    June 9, 2011 
    Language: English
  • Views: 5474
  • Views This Month: 12
  • Views This Week: 6
  • Event Date:
    June 9, 2011
While Adi Da recommends a maximally raw diet [see Adi Da's Green Gorilla], the Sanctuary Kitchen occasionally makes a cooked dish drawn from the broader vegetarian cuisine. In this video, Douglas Short, the head chef at First People (the kitchen for The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary), instructs us on how to make quinoa tabouli. Douglas also shows us a nice trick for dicing tomatoes efficiently with a very sharp knife.

Tags: raw   diet   food   First People   quinoa   tabouli  

The Sanctuary Kitchen: Salad Dressing


  • Poster: SanctuaryKitchen
  • Event Speaker:
    Douglas Short
  • Length: 08:01
    • Date Added:
    January 27, 2011 
    Language: English
  • Views: 6383
  • Views This Month: 31
  • Views This Week: 6
  • Event Date:
    January 27, 2011
In keeping with Adi Da's recommendation that devotees eat a maximally raw diet [see Adi Da's Green Gorilla], Douglas Short, the head chef at First People (The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary kitchen), instructs us on how to make a less oily salad dressing. Ingredients: cucumbers, carrots, red bell peppers, avocadoes, apple cider vinegar, honey, olive oil, salt, coriander. Interesting tip about adding olive oil while the blender is running.

[The clip actually starts with Douglas showing us the red lentil dal soup that was the subject of part 7.]

Tags: raw   diet   food   First People   salad   dressing  

The Sanctuary Kitchen: Red Lentil Dal Soup


  • Poster: SanctuaryKitchen
  • Event Speaker:
    Douglas Short
  • Length: 07:55
    • Date Added:
    January 26, 2011 
    Language: English
  • Views: 5891
  • Views This Month: 21
  • Views This Week: 5
  • Event Date:
    January 26, 2011
While Adi Da recommends a maximally raw diet [see Adi Da's Green Gorilla], the Sanctuary Kitchen occasionally makes a cooked dish drawn from the broader vegetarian cuisine. In this video, Douglas Short, the head chef at First People (The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary kitchen), instructs us on how to make red lentil dal soup. (You can see the finished result in Part 8.)

Tags: vegetarian   diet   food   First People   dal   soup   Douglas Short  

The Sanctuary Kitchen: Raw Truffles


  • Poster: SanctuaryKitchen
  • Event Speaker:
    Douglas Short
  • Length: 11:50
    • Date Added:
    January 15, 2011 
    Language: English
  • Views: 4464
  • Views This Month: 7
  • Views This Week: 3
In keeping with Adi Da's recommendation that devotees eat a maximally raw diet [see Adi Da's Green Gorilla], Douglas Short, the head chef at First People (The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary kitchen), instructs us on how to make raw chocolate orange truffles.

Tags: raw   diet   food   orange truffles chocolate  

The Sanctuary Kitchen: How To Peel a Kiwi


  • Poster: SanctuaryKitchen
  • Event Speaker:
    Douglas Short
  • Length: 01:54
    • Date Added:
    January 13, 2011 
    Language: English
  • Views: 4969
  • Views This Month: 7
  • Views This Week: 4
  • Event Date:
    January 13, 2010
In keeping with Adi Da's recommendation that devotees eat a maximally raw diet [see Adi Da's Green Gorilla], Douglas Short, the head chef at First People (The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary kitchen), instructs us on how to peel a kiwi (the fruit).

Tags: raw   diet   food   First People   kiwi  

The Sanctuary Kitchen: Vegetable Sushi 2


  • Poster: SanctuaryKitchen
  • Event Speaker:
    Douglas Short
  • Length: 04:27
    • Date Added:
    January 9, 2011 
    Language: English
  • Views: 5353
  • Views This Month: 9
  • Views This Week: 2
  • Event Date:
    January 1, 2011
In keeping with Adi Da's recommendation that devotees eat a maximally raw diet [see Adi Da's Green Gorilla], Douglas Short, the head chef at First People (The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary kitchen), instructs us on how to make vegetable sushi. In this part, Douglas rolls the sushi.

Useful kitchen accessories:
* a mandoline slicer

Tags: raw   diet   food   First People   vegetable   sushi  

The Sanctuary Kitchen: Vegetable Sushi 1


  • Poster: SanctuaryKitchen
  • Event Speaker:
    Douglas Short
  • Length: 04:27
    • Date Added:
    January 9, 2011 
    Language: English
  • Views: 5559
  • Views This Month: 13
  • Views This Week: 2
  • Event Date:
    January 1, 2011
In keeping with Adi Da's recommendation that devotees eat a maximally raw diet [see Adi Da's Green Gorilla], Douglas Short, the head chef at First People (The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary kitchen), instructs us on how to make vegetable sushi. In this part, Douglas prepares the ingredients, and provides instruction on using the mandoline slicer.

Useful kitchen accessories:
* a mandoline slicer

Tags: raw   diet   food   First People   vegetable   sushi  

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