Why is Hare Krishna called Maha-mantra and where is it mentioned?

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These are great references you have provided, but are there other scriptures

too where Hare Krishna maha mantra has been mentioned. Just wanted to find

out. Also, What did Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had to say about the maha mantra?

yhs

vpd

 

> > Can you please tell why hare krishna is THE MAHAMANTRA?

> > which vedas specify it to be so?

>

> The maha-mantra is mentioned in various scriptures as the only means of

> deliverance in this age of Kali:

>

> The Upanisads on the Hare Krsna Maha-mantra:

> (Kali-santarara Upanisad)

>

> hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare

> hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

> iti sodasakam namnam kali-kalmasa-nasanam

> natah parataropayah sarva-vedesu drsyate

>

> The sixteen names of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra: hare krsna hare krsna

> krsna krsna hare hare, hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare destroy all

> the inauspiciousness of the age of Kali. This is the conclusion of all the

> Vedas.

>

> The Puranas on the Hare Krsna Maha-mantra:

> (Agni-Purana)

>

> hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare

> ratanti halaya vapi te krtartha na samsayah

>

> Hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare: Whoever chants this mantra,

> even neglectfully, will attain the supreme goal of life. Of this there is

> no doubt.

>

> Vedic Samhitas on the maha-mantra:

> (Ananta-Samhita)

>

> hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare

> hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

> sodasaitani namani dvatrimsad varnakani hi

> kalau yuge maha-mantrah sammato jivatarane

> varjayitva tu namaitad durjanaih parikalpitam

> chandobaddham susiddhanta viruddham nabhyaset padam

> tarakam brahma-namaitad brahmana gurunadina

> kalisantaranadyasu sruti-svadhigatam hareh

> praptam sri brahma-sisyena sri naradena dhimata

> namaitad-uttamam srauta-paramparyena brahmanah

> utsrjyaitan-maha-mantram ye tvanyat kalpitam padam

> mahanameti gayanti te sastra-guru langhanah

> tattva-virodha-sanprktam tadrsam daurjanam matam

> sravatha pariharyam syadatma-hitarthina sada

> hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare

> hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare

>

> Hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare, hare rama hare rama rama rama

> hare hare: This sixteen-name, thirty-two syllable mantra is the

> maha-mantra in the age of Kali by which all living beings can be

> delivered. One should never abandon chanting this maha-mantra and take to

> other so-called purificatory processes which are practiced by rascals, or

> engage in chanting other metrical compositions of the name of Krsna that

> are against the pure conclusions of the scriptures, or are filled with

> rasabhasa. About this divinely spiritual maha-mantra, which delivers one

> from material existence, the original guru, Lord Brahma, has said,

> kali-santararadi srutite, "The srutis have declared this mantra to be the

> best means of deliverance in the age of Kali". Having all heard this from

> Brahma, the sons and disciples of Brahma, beginning with Narada, all

> accepted the Hare Krsna maha-mantra and, having meditated on it, attained

> perfection.

>

> > I can't understand why people go behind various demigods.

> > yesterday I came across a book which says Mahamantra & gives om

> > ganapathaye namah.

>

> The answer is given by Krsna Himself in the Gita 7.20 & 23

>

> kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah

> prapadyante 'nya-devatah

> tam tam niyamam asthaya

> prakrtya niyatah svaya

>

> Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender

> unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship

> according to their own natures.

>

> antavat tu phalam tesam

> tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam

> devan deva-yajo yanti

> mad-bhakta yanti mam api

>

> Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are

> limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of

> the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Your servant,

> Nayana-ranjana das