Chanting

“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.”

The meaning of this Mahamantra says,”O Lord! O energy of Lord! Please engage me in your divine service.”It is a selfless prayer, a devotee chants for divine service only, nothing else. So the sacred sound gives all pleasure and happiness in the devotees heart.


About the sacred sound Srila Prabhupad has written in the purport of Srimad Bhagbatam 3.26.32.that,it is stated in the Vedanta sutra sound is the origin of all objects of material possessions and by sound one can dissolve this material existence.”Om anavrittih sabdat”it means “liberation of sound”.The entire material manifestation began from sound which materialise if it has a particular potency.This is the transdental vibration” Hare Krishna”.


Srila Prabhupad has explained clearly that the most powerful spiritual sound is the holy name of the Lord. We know the holy name of the Lord is not different from Lord so chanting His holy name purifies our heart and connects us with God. Chanting regularly the holy name enhances our spiritual level of consciousness that we can hear the instructions of the Super soul(Paramatma) in our heart. Our Acharyas says chanting achieves swift step in spiritual enhancement.


Adi Puran has glorified the importance of chanting the Mahamantra,There is no vow such as chanting the holy names of the Lord .There is no knowledge superior to it. There is no meditation which can be compared with it, as it gives the highest result .No penance is equal to it, nothing is as powerful as the holy name of the Lord. Chanting is the greatest act of piety. Chanting is thse highest path to liberation, peace and eternal life.

chanting of the holy name is explained in the Vishnu-dharmotter shastra -
“rigvedo hi yajurvedo samvedapi’tharvanah
adhitatsteno yenouktam Hari iti akshwara dwayam”


The holy name is the essence of the Vedas and far superior to it, anyone who doubts this faces constant misery. Pranav (the sound Om)is one of the Krishna’s name. One who continuously chants Lord Hari(Krishna)considered to have mastered the four Vedas.


Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who is the Lord Krishna Himself chanted this Mahamantra to teach the importance to His devotees.Srila Vrindavan das Thakur in his book Chaitanya Bhagbat has quoted,-Lord Chaitanya ordered everyone in great joy,”

Listen to the Mahamantra all Krishna’s names-

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

He further said ,I myself spoke and chanted Mahamantra . Chant this mantra in a prescribed number of times regularly. Perfection will be attained through it. Chant this mantra at every moment, there is no other rule. Srila Vrindavan das Thakur also quoted the instructions given by Lord Chaitanya to Tapan Misra-“Everything is accomplished by Harinam Sankirtan including the goal of life and the means for its attainment. In this age of kali (quarrel) the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the names of Lord Hari(Krishna).There is no other way ,no other way, no other way.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

This verse of names is called the Mahamantra.It contains sixteen names of the Lord, consisting of thirtytwo syllables.Chanting this Mahamantra again and again will awaken the sprout of the love for the Lord within the heart. Thus by chanting, the goal of life and the means for its attainment are understood.”

Srila Prabhupad in his purport of Srimad Bhagbatam 1.1.14.”The transcendental name of Krishna, even though uttered unconsciously or by the force of circumstances, can help one obtain freedom from the hurdles of the birth and death.

Srila Jiva Goswami has quoted in his book Tattwa-sandharva15.4.”the holy names of Lord Krishna is the sweetest of all sweetness and the most auspicious of the all auspiciousness. It is completely spiritual and it is the transcendental fruit of all Vedic literature. If an ordinary human being chants the holy name of Krishna even only once with faith or even in the spirit of mocking Him the holy name will deliver the chanter from the bondage of repeated birth and death.

These explains the benefits and the super power of the Mahamantra. It is truly said that-
Harer nama Harer nama Harer namaiba kevalam
Kalau nusty eva,nusty eva,nusty eva gatir annyatha.

In the age of kali (quarrel) and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord Hari. There is no other way, no other way, and no other way.

Chant- Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.