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Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare,
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare
This chant is a spiritual sound vibration that cleanses the mind and heart, and awakens love of God.
- Chanting helps us understand our true nature as eternal spiritual beings, beyond the physical body.
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Krishna is the Sanskrit name of God meaning “all attractive”.
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Rama is another name for God meaning “reservoir of all pleasure”.
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Hare refers to the divine energy of the Lord.
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By chanting the Hare Krishna mantra, we are requesting the all-attractive, all-pleasing Lord to engage us in His service.
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The chanting of Hare Krishna is recommended in ancient India’s Vedic literature – Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam – as the easiest method to attain spiritual realization in today’s world.
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There are two ways to chant: group chanting (kirtana) and individual chanting on beads (japa).
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