Ep. 641 – Bhumi Devi: Honoring the Sacred Mother with Nina Rao
Mindrolling with Raghu Markus
Be Here Now Network
4.7 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Discussing the inspiration behind her upcoming album, Bhumi Devi, Nina Rao and Raghu Markus explore preserving the planet and devotion to the sacred mother.
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This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Nina chat about:
- Moderating our consumption and doing our best to heal the earth
- Nina’s work in preserving wilderness areas
- Wisely receiving gifts from Mother Earth while preserving uncorrupted lands
- The unconditional love and presence that resonates through Maharaj-ji
- The reciprocal relationship we have with the divine
- When Nina met Siddhi Ma, and seeing her as merged with Maharaj-ji
- The first time Nina chanted for Siddhi Ma
- Satsang: connecting with Maharaj-ji through community
- Prayers to the Goddess in Nina’s new album, Bhumi Devi
Connect with Nina Rao this Summer at the Ram Dass Legacy Summer Mountain Retreat! Learn more HERE.
About Nina Rao:
Nina Rao is a devotional singer. She tours with Krishna Das, playing cymbals, singing, and acting as his business manager. Nina has two of her own albums, “Antarayaami – Knower of All Hearts” and “Anubhav”. Nina regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York and beyond. Together with Chandra and Genevieve Walker, Nina operates the 21 Taras Collective. You can keep up with Nina on her website or find her on Instagram @nina_rao and on Facebook @NinaRaoChant.
“Even if we’ve never met Maharaj-ji, we understand presence, we understand sacred divine presence that holds love, peace, equanimity, understanding, a place where you feel free on some level. That happened to me as a child, chanting to my grandpa, living close to the earth, engaging in ritual, and creating a space where we can offer gratitude.” –Nina Rao
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm back with mind rolling with Nina Rao. |
| 0:15.0 | Somebody I've known for 50 or 60 years. |
| 0:20.4 | No. |
| 0:24.4 | That's Kristen die. for 50 or 60 years? No. Maybe it feels that long, but I'm not sure I'm old enough for that, but sure. |
| 0:29.7 | Another lifetime, maybe. |
| 0:31.6 | Well, we've known each other a long, long time, and I was actually thinking about it. |
| 0:35.8 | It is about 30 years, because it's mid-late 90s, right? |
| 0:40.0 | So something like that. I think I met you in 97, 98 at the Ram Dass thing in New York City. Do you remember that soon after the stroke? |
| 0:48.7 | I might have met you even before that. I don't know. But definitely you were there for that New York event. |
| 0:54.8 | So everybody, Nina, is very close to Krishna Das, and she is doing so many different things, |
| 1:05.9 | which are great things, because whatever they are, it allows us to get together in person. |
| 1:13.6 | And, you know, you've done some great things that way, really. |
| 1:18.0 | We should mention, when is this, you're going to go to where in Baja? |
| 1:25.4 | So Nina is doing this wonderful thing in Baja that I would love to come to if I could. |
| 1:30.9 | When is it, Nina? It's actually coming right up. So by the time people hear this, yeah, it might be over. |
| 1:38.6 | But I do go to Baja California, Sur. And with this beautiful retreat center |
| 1:44.5 | that's right on the Sea of Cortez. |
| 1:46.8 | So we spend time out on the sea, |
| 1:49.3 | outside, singing, |
| 1:50.8 | and enjoying the desert on the sea. |
| 1:54.3 | That's how it is down there. |
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