The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra performed by Krishna Premi Dasi.

Krishna Premi Dasi is a disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, The revered leader of the worldwide Hare Krishna Movement which is presently multi-factional.  The following bhajans are from her 1984 album "Temple Of The Heart".  The timeless nature of These bhajans and chants, coupled with the musical arrangements makes this my favourite album from the 1980's.
The Maha Mantra lyrics follow, with a short explanation of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra .... 

HARE KRISHNA MAHA-MANTRA

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

Srila Prabhupada says:

Rama and Krishna are names of God, and Hare is the energy of God. So when we chant the maha-mantra, we address God together with His energy. This energy is of two kinds, the spiritual and the material. At present we are in the clutches of the material energy. Therefore we pray to Krishna that He may kindly deliver us from the service of the material energy and accept us into the service of the spiritual energy. That is our whole philosophy. Hare Krishna means, "O energy of God, O God [Krishna], please engage me in Your service." It is our nature to render service. Somehow or other we have come to the service of material things, but when this service is transformed into the service of the spiritual energy, then our life is perfect.

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