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Hare Krishna (Maha Mantra) in the Devanagari (devanāgarī) script. Hare Krishna (Maha Mantra) in the Bengali language. The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Mahā-mantra (lit. ' Great Mantra '), is a 16-word Vaishnava mantra mentioned in the Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad. [1]
The 16th-century text Harinamarthah-ratna-dipika by Raghunatha dasa Goswami, gives the meaning of the maha-mantra where it is said that whenever Radha remembered Krishna and felt like being with him she chanted the maha-mantra; this made her feel closer to Krishna at the utterance of each syllable of the mantra. [18]
Hare Krishna may refer to: International Society for Krishna Consciousness , a group commonly known as "Hare Krishnas" or the "Hare Krishna movement" Hare Krishna (mantra) , a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra also known as the "Maha Mantra" (Great Mantra)
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He expounded Bhakti yoga and popularised the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra. [5] He composed the Shikshashtakam (eight devotional prayers). Chaitanya is sometimes called Gauranga (IAST: Gaurāṅga) or Gaura due to his molten gold–like complexion. [6] His birthday is celebrated as Gaura-purnima.
The primary spiritual practice Prabhupada taught was Krishna sankirtana (also called kirtan or kirtana), in which people musically chant together names of Krishna, especially in the form of the maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
Harrison's support for the Hare Krishna movement had been crucial to the establishment of ISKCON's UK operation in 1969, [4] and his production of the London devotees' hit single "Hare Krishna Mantra" had promoted ISKCON [5] and the 5000-year-old Maha Mantra worldwide.
Mantras are all enshrined in Vedic literature. These are various to the four yugas, and the Hare Krishna mahamantra is to kali yuga . [ 1 ] The Hare Krishna mantra is composed with the three names of the supreme power: Hare , Krishna , and Rama .