Gauri Madhuri Dhanraj

And if it wasn't me, it would have been somebody else.

Like, I'm replaceable in this whole scheme of things.

So my mission is to just do the best with whatever little time I've got, whatever resources I've got.

And if I don't do it, somebody else will.

So I'm just another instrument of Bhagavan to be used as he wishes.

And when my time ends.

hopefully i have done my part to train others to take over because the end goal is never my fame or my prestige it's that this dharma these bhajans will live on and with or without me that will happen how have bhajans shaped you as a person

Hmm.

In incredible ways, I guess.

When I was younger, I wouldn't really feel it because, you know, when you're growing up, you learn them because you have to.

You sing them because you have to.

And then suddenly you hit a certain age and a switch kind of flips in your brain.

And now you're doing it because you want to, because you love to.

So I think that's happened to me.

And now, bhajans, they've really grown the love in me for my religion, for my dharma.

They have made me perceive the world differently.

Because before I would sing them just for myself, my own enjoyment between me and God.

But now when I sing them, I realize the kind of unifying potential they have on the audience.

or the emotional impact they have on listeners.

So I see them more as a way to connect me and others like me to the divine.