why to chant hare krishna mantra instead of OM or any mantra starting from OM please?

HARE KRISHNA ALL,

please forgive me if i hurt any sentiments of my dear devotees due to lack of my knowledge.i m chanting hare krishna mantra .

my question is in previous yugas various yogis n munni's n rishis used to utter only word OM or any mantra starting from letter OM like om namay shivay or gaytri mantra .also there is mantra for lord vishnu which is om namo bhagwate vasudeva. so why they chanted only OM n not hare krishna mantra???

interestingly om namo bhagwate vasudeva is for vishnu and it has OM in it also. so wy not this as compared to hare krishna mantra ( please explain this in detail )?????????

OM is transcendtal vibration too and addresses the energy of the lord.

lord krishna mentioned about chanting gaytri mantra in bhagwad geeta but no mention of hare krishna mantra. i am Gayatri ( from bhagwad geeta )

As Krsna states in Bhagavad−gita: "Amongst vibrations, I am the syllable om." (Bg. 9.17) This means that omkara is nondifferent from Krsna.

was hare krishna mantra invented by vashinava sampryada 500 years ago which lord chaityna mahaprabhu was the head of this sampryada n used to do this sankirtana then ISKCON started following this and now there are many vashianavas across world ??????

from where did actually hare krishna mantra originate n who were actually the followers of this mantra?? ( in which Vedas or scriptures its written please)

below is from srila prabhupada book.easy journey to other planets.it also tells about letter OM

That is called pratyāhāra. Similarly, one has to hear the oṁkāra sound from within.

oṁ ity ekākṣaraṁ brahma vyāharan mām anusmaran yaḥ prayāti tyajan dehaṁ sa yāti paramāṁ gatim "

After being situated in this yoga practice and vibrating the sacred syllable oṁ, the supreme combination of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly reach the spiritual planets." (Bg. 8.13) In this way all the senses have to be stopped in their external activities, and the mind must be concentrated on viṣṇu-mūrti, the form of Lord Viṣṇu. That is the perfection of yoga. The mind is very turbulent, so it has to be fixed upon the heart. When the mind is fixed within the heart and the life air is transferred to the top of the head, one can attain the perfection of yoga.

so its written above in bold letters about sacred syllable OM. so can devotees chant OM only on one bead and chant 16 rounds of word OM only instead of hare krishna mantra ????/ whts diffrence of chanting between these two mantras and what we actualy achieve out of it.

so finally what does hare krishna mantra really mean??

HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE

HARE RAAM HARE RAAM RAAM RAAM HARE HARE

does it have any technical meaning from vedas or any other scriptures n puranas or anyother spirtual book.please explain in detail.

please forgive me of any offense regarding this discussion.

PLEASE ADVANCE DEVOTEES REPLY.

HARE KRISHNA

I'm going to post some links, but they should help you in getting your answer:

Scriptural ref. to Hare Krishna Mahamantra

http://www.krishna.com/some-scriptural-references-hare-krishna-maha...

Prediction of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/caitanya.htm

Basically, both Lord Chaitanya (who is Krsna himself) and the Mahamantra are not made up. Om was primarily used for meditation in the other yugas, since you are concentrating on the a-u-m syllables (which represent the different levels of consciousness). But as has been explained numerous times by the great Vaishnava devotees, to go to Goloka you have to think about Krishna. How do we do this? By chanting Krishna's names.

Krishna says that he is Aum in the Gita, however we can't find that sweetness behind Aum as easily as "Krishna" which means all-attractive one, or makhan-chor or ladoo-gopal or man-manohara. Each of Krishna's names has a very explicit and beautiful pastime/reason behind it. Not to be offensive or anything, but when I say Aum either in short hand form or drawing it out, I don't feel the same excitement that builds up in me when I am saying "Krishna". I mean when I say Krishna, I feel happy, excited, supercharged. When I say Om, I kind of feel dry (I'm not criticizing Om, but I'm just sharing how I feel, please forgive me if I have said something offensive).

Hope that helps in the slightest of manners

P.S. To answer your last question, hear the explanation directly from Srila Prabhupada!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYxOWgjhygM

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Srila Prabhupada Ki JaY!

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Walter Cloud ShaktimanahDasa September 30, 2017 at 7:02am

Basically OM IS "THE word" that was in the begining. THE beginning the middle & the end of all sacrificial attempts. Indeed scerptuers say " no offering is successful without it.
Om attractes Vishnu's awareness one might say it is the Mah-ha Vishnu -mantra. However, Vishnu & Brahma & Shiva are Guna Aviators meaning "in regard to one aspect pf natura they are exceptional or they have accomplished mastery. So Om or The Mah-ha Vishnu mantra can and should be used as prelude as camencment & as closer in all meditative attempts. Including the Hare Krishna mah-ha mantra.
Excect Krishna is not just a
"Guna avitar' (master of one of the energetic aspects of mature " (Goodness, Passiin or & Ignorance.
Krishna is the Ultimate Avatar & the master of all Energies & of All the Creations. Auddi-Purusha or "The Supreme enjoyer" & So it matters NoT where One/ the Spirit Soul is in their spiritual evolution or physical Rahsa/pleasher-prefrence. This is Primarily why krishna is patishioned above and beyound the others Gods though they may be,-only Krishna is the Supreme Guna Avitar. & thus the Ultimate Gutu & preceptor of all students of all levels of conchusness.
Om Tat Sat. I.e. End of story
asur vasudev February 10, 2014 at 3:32am

Om is the sound of the top sahasrara chakra, sometimes in your dreams you enter that gate and hear om everywhere. Om can signify many things but it is a base sound... I believe the best mantra is the one spoken by the higher delf. I have heard of people saying the name of ram > 1 million times with no new sense of realization. Would that individual have meditated that much time I believe his results would have been more on the type he was expexting ( he wanted to ger ram darshan or a vision of lord Ram). I can tell you i rarely go beyond natural law (reciting mantras and the such) and yet my dreams go from as extravagant as seeing virat swaroop of lord shiva or lord brahma or doing the virat swaroop myself. These things are not forced just as mantra cannot be forced. Mantras like maha mantra can help you in your unidirectional approach to the goal of krishna consciousness.
But i think obtaining grace from lord krishna is even better.
- Ganesh Virendra Gupta > asur vasudev September 2, 2017 at 12:11am
  
  Hare Krsna....
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Mohini Madhavi February 3, 2014 at 10:28am

Meaning of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra:

"Oh Internal energy of Krishna - Srimat Radharani, o Krishna, please ENGAGE ME in Your service!!!"

Your servant,
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Radhe February 2, 2014 at 10:32pm

I'm going to post some links, but they should help you in getting your answer:

Scriptural ref. to Hare Krishna Mahamantra

http://www.krishna.com/some-scriptural-references-hare-krishna-maha...

Prediction of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/caitanya.htm

Basically, both Lord Chaitanya (who is Krsna himself) and the Mahamantra are not made up. Om was primarily used for meditation in the other yugas, since you are concentrating on the a-u-m syllables (which represent the different levels of consciousness). But as has been explained numerous times by the great Vaishnava devotees, to go to Goloka you have to think about Krishna. How do we do this? By chanting Krishna's names.

Krishna says that he is Aum in the Gita, however we can't find that sweetness behind Aum as easily as "Krishna" which means all-attractive one, or makhan-chor or ladoo-gopal or man-manohara. Each of Krishna's names has a very explicit and beautiful pastime/reason behind it. Not to be offensive or anything, but when I say Aum either in short hand form or drawing it out, I don't feel the same excitement that builds up in me when I am saying "Krishna". I mean when I say Krishna, I feel happy, excited, supercharged. When I say Om, I kind of feel dry (I'm not criticizing Om, but I'm just sharing how I feel, please forgive me if I have said something offensive).

Hope that helps in the slightest of manners

P.S. To answer your last question, hear the explanation directly from Srila Prabhupada!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYxOWgjhygM

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Srila Prabhupada Ki JaY!

Some scriptural references on the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra | Krishna.com
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Sudipta Roy February 1, 2014 at 6:53pm

Hare Krishna Prabhuji. Pamho. Agtsp

you can ask this question to a senior brahmachari of Iskcon HG Chaitanya Charan Prabhu in www.thespiritualscientist.com if you are not satisfied with devotees answers here.

yas,
- Varinda Sehgal > Sudipta Roy February 2, 2014 at 3:36pm
  
  hare krishna prabhu,
  
  i need replies here. as he is very busy and has lot of questions to answer. it will take some time.thanks for your advise.hari bol
Subash Anjuru January 31, 2014 at 6:41pm

Hare Krishna...

GOD has many names and He will listen to you when you remember Him with any of those names. You call him Narayana, Krishna, Rama, Vasudeva, Vishnu, Govinda, Madhusudhana and many more. You can sing the maha mantra too. It is very effective. Increases your concentration and devotion towards the Lord. But remember Him with love and devotion. Its not about how much benifit we get when we remember Him with names or chants. Its about how pure our heart is, without any desire. If we are chanting with the motive of some benifit, its not effective and thats not what GOD sees. He sees pure concentration and love from His devotees. So sing His names, out loud, and dance to His tune and forget yourself in the devotion.
Krsna das January 31, 2014 at 4:43pm

Hari bol..before me saying anything abt maha-mantra i wud suggest u to read the book...The art of chanting hare krsna maha mantra by mahanidhi swami..

Now abt maha mantra.." Harinam sankirtan goloker prema dhan...this maha mantra is chanted in goloka..those who chant it go to goloka..it was given by Lord Narada to Bramha ji and By Radha rani to Lord Narada..

If you believe Chaitanya mahaprabhu is krsna..you will have to accept what he says..chant the maha mantra..

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