These sixteen words can alone deliver us from such mental activities

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THE MAHA MANTRA

 

(BTG 1944 p.20) Lord Chaitanya conducted His transcendental movement strictly according to the injunction of the Shastras (law-books) because that is the qualification of all bonafide Acharyas or authorities, and as such he has most reasonably and scientifically ordered us to chant the Name of the Lord as follows. In the scriptures the Taraka Brahman Names of the Lord in this age are composed of 32 letters and 16 words, symbolized as follows:—

 

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare.

 

The chanting of the above sixteen words composed of 32 Sanskrit letters combined together is called the "Mahamantram". (Maha=great, Man=mind, Tran=deliverance) that is, the great instrument for our deliverance from the clutches of the mental plane. At present we have no information of the transcendental plane or self-realization but are hovering over a plane created by the mind called Manaratha. These sixteen words can alone deliver us from such mental activities.

 

If any one therefore takes shelter of the Mahamantram with unconditional surrender, he can very easily attain to all successes both material and Spiritual, that is the verdict of Lord Chaitanya. This Mahamantram when murmured within the mouth it is called "Japa" and when chanted loudly so that others also may take advantage of hearing the same, it is called SREE KRISHNA SAMKIRTAN. Both these processes of Japa and Samkirtan were perfectly demonstrated by Thakura Haridasa, an associate of Lord Chaitanya. This Thakura Haridasa is also known as the Namacharya, i.e., the authority from whom the chanting of the transcendental Name of the Lord must be learnt. It is needless, however, to say that this Thakur Haridas happened to appear himself in the family of a great Mohammedan, showing thereby that the cult of Lord Chaitanya is acceptable universally without any distinction of caste, creed and colour. (BTG 1944 p.20)

 

O Lord, You have brought Your innumerable holy names to this world and have taught the chanting of them to the fallen living beings just for their deliverance; therefore You are an ocean of mercy and compassion.You invest all Your energies in Your holy name, and on the chanting of Your holy name You have not placed any consideration such as time or place. Your holy name, which is like touchtone,is nondifferent from You. You have distributed Your holy name throughout the creation, and that is the essence of Your kindness. (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura)

 

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

 

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THE MAHA MANTRA

 

(BTG 1944 p.20) Lord Chaitanya conducted His transcendental movement strictly according to the injunction of the Shastras (law-books) because that is the qualification of all bonafide Acharyas or authorities, and as such he has most reasonably and scientifically ordered us to chant the Name of the Lord as follows. In the scriptures the Taraka Brahman Names of the Lord in this age are composed of 32 letters and 16 words, symbolized as follows:—

 

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare.

 

The chanting of the above sixteen words composed of 32 Sanskrit letters combined together is called the "Mahamantram". (Maha=great, Man=mind, Tran=deliverance) that is, the great instrument for our deliverance from the clutches of the mental plane. At present we have no information of the transcendental plane or self-realization but are hovering over a plane created by the mind called Manaratha. These sixteen words can alone deliver us from such mental activities.

 

If any one therefore takes shelter of the Mahamantram with unconditional surrender, he can very easily attain to all successes both material and Spiritual, that is the verdict of Lord Chaitanya. This Mahamantram when murmured within the mouth it is called "Japa" and when chanted loudly so that others also may take advantage of hearing the same, it is called SREE KRISHNA SAMKIRTAN. Both these processes of Japa and Samkirtan were perfectly demonstrated by Thakura Haridasa, an associate of Lord Chaitanya. This Thakura Haridasa is also known as the Namacharya, i.e., the authority from whom the chanting of the transcendental Name of the Lord must be learnt. It is needless, however, to say that this Thakur Haridas happened to appear himself in the family of a great Mohammedan, showing thereby that the cult of Lord Chaitanya is acceptable universally without any distinction of caste, creed and colour. (BTG 1944 p.20)

 

O Lord, You have brought Your innumerable holy names to this world and have taught the chanting of them to the fallen living beings just for their deliverance; therefore You are an ocean of mercy and compassion.You invest all Your energies in Your holy name, and on the chanting of Your holy name You have not placed any consideration such as time or place. Your holy name, which is like touchtone,is nondifferent from You. You have distributed Your holy name throughout the creation, and that is the essence of Your kindness. (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura)

 

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

 

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WITH FULL, VOLUNTARY SURRENDER CHANT THE NAME OF THE LORD

 

When we want to become an enjoyer we do not remember as to whose things we are going to enjoy. We forget at that time that everything is created by and is the property of the Lord. We are unable to manufacture even a pinch of earth and what to speak of the finer elements such as water, fire, air, ether etc. We forget that all these elements are the gifts of the Lord Himself through His External Potency of Nature and the Jiva soul is simply allowed to make a use of them for the service of the Lord or in order to satisfy his false position of an enjoyer. As soon as the objects of such false enjoyment are taken away by the sway of the laws of Nature, the Jiva soul looks blank and becomes a silly renouncer like the fabulous jackal in the orchard of grapes. The Jiva soul forgets to know that all the materials of his false enjoyment are supplied by the Nature in accordance with the orders of the Lord and the captivated conditioned soul falsely thinks that he is absolute enjoyer of the things. He forgets that he is a prisoner in the fortress of the External Potency (Durga). When he renounces therefore under awkward circumstances, he gives up only that gross enjoying habit but becomes a subtle enjoyer of his other resources, namely the mind and the ego. Thus he hovers over the plane of mental concoction for becoming one with the Lord, making a spiritual suicide of his own individual existence. This sort of illusion is the last snare of the Most Powerful Qualitative Nature and for this reason only Sree Krishna warns the Jiva soul as follows:—

 

"Daivijhesa gunamae Mama Maya duratyaya."

 

Insurmountable are the ways of the modes of Nature and the only way out from the tangle of such modes of Nature—is complete voluntary surrender unto Me (Sree Krishna). The last line completes as follows:

 

"Mam eba je prapadyante Maya etan tarantee te."

 

Thus the desire or hatred for enjoyment or renunciation both are creations of the false ego. They are therefore as if dusts on the mirror of our pure consciousness. When this is cleared off by Sree Krishna Samkirtan the Jiva soul then and there can see only his real face on the polished mirror of pure consciousness and then he can know only that he is neither the enjoyer nor the renouncer, but an eternal entity as transcendental servitor of the Supreme Lord. The dust is Maya or illusion which can be compared with the shadow, and the Lord as the beam light. When He appears Himself on the mirror of our pure consciousness, the Maya gives way and the shadow disappears. We cannot see the Lord nor hear His voices by our present imperfect senses, but when with full voluntary surrender we chant the transcendental Name of the Lord with service and submission, He mercifully makes His own appearance in the transcendental state of our existence, when freed from the contamination of the spirit of enjoyment and renouncement. (BTG 1944, p.21)

 

O brothers, chant "Hari! Hari!", for life in the jaws of material desire is a useless existence. Freedom from mundane hankerings is the platform of actual happiness. Having become pure and situated in transcendence by giving up all desire for mundane enjoyment and liberation, I chant the holy name of the Supreme Lord. (Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura)

 

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