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Jai Jai Shiva Shambho

1983-0723 Guru Purnima, Assume your position, Seminar, Lodge Hill, Sussex, England, DP

2005 Kartik

Aindra Prabhu - Bahulastami at Radha Kund Pt.1 - 10.24.2005

16 An instructive story

The Hare Krishna Mahamantra performed by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Spiritual Master who popularized the Hare Krishna chant in the western world.

HARE KRISHNA MAHA-MANTRA

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

Srila Prabhupada explains the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra as follows.
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.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verses 33 - 40

Nityananda Charan Das