Hare Krishna Maha Mantra ...followup question

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Re Hare Krsna Maha Mantra

 

What this person was saying is that when doing sankirtan the maha

mantra is chanted starting with hare krsna but when chanting on beads it is

chanted starting with hare rama - again could devotees shed some light on

this -

 

ys

Viraha Krsnadas

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> What this person was saying is that when doing sankirtan the maha

> mantra is chanted starting with hare krsna but when chanting on beads it

is

> chanted starting with hare rama - again could devotees shed some light on

> this -

 

That doesn't even make much sense -- why one mantra for japa and another for

sankirtana? I think it would be best to ask your friend for scriptural

evidence for his claims. As far as I know, there is no such evidence.

 

yours,

 

Krishna

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On Wed, 9 May 2001, S. HariKrishna wrote:

> > mantra is chanted starting with hare krsna but when chanting on beads it is

> > chanted starting with hare rama - again could devotees shed some light on

> > this -

 

Prabhupada had a typically commonsense approach to this question.

He said once someone begins to chant Hare Krishna, one automatically

chants Hare Krishna after Hare Rama anyway, so practically, what real difference

does it make how we divide the mantra? I think this is mentioned in one of

Satsvarupa Gosvami's little red books.

 

MDd