Hare Krsna Maha-mantra

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Hare Krsna Maha-mantra The Great Chanting

for Deliverance

 

 

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare

Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

 

My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your

service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in

Your service. harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam

kalau nasty eva nasty eva nasty eva gatir anyatha

 

"In this age of Kali, the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name

of Lord Hari, Krsna. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no

other way." [brhan-naradiya Purana, 18.126] This process of Hari-kirtana is

to chant the maha-mantra (the great chanting for deliverance): Hare Krsna, Hare

Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In

the Padma Purana it is stated: "There is no difference between the holy name of

the Lord and the Lord Himself. As such, the holy name is as perfect as the Lord

Himself in fullness, purity and eternity. The holy name is not a material sound

vibration, nor has it any material contamination." [Padma Purana] How the holy

name of the Lord can be chanted constantly is mercifully described by Lord Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself in His Siksastaka verse 3: "One can chant the holy

name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the

straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all

sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respects to others.

In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly."