namaskritya pravakshyami, dev-devam jagad-gurumnamnam-ashtottara-shatam, caitanyasya mahatmanahOh great soul! After offering obeisances unto the Lord of Lords, Who is the SpiritualMaster of the entire universe, I will now narrate the One Hundred-eigh
'eka' kṛṣṇa-nāme kare sarva-pāpa nāśapremera kāraṇa bhakti karena prakāśaSimply chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without offenses vanquishes all sinful activities. Thus pure devotional service, which is the cause of love of Godhead, becomes manife
Mantra: "man" means "mind" and "tra" means "to deliver".Thus a mantra is a transcendental sound vibration with potency to liberate the mind from material conditioning."Hare" is the vocative case (addressing form) of "Hari". This is another name for K
In the Brahma-vaivarta Purana, in a conversation with Ganga Devi, Lord Krishna describes that after 5,000 years of Kali-yuga have passed, His mantra upasaka, the great sage and worshiper of Krishna's holy names, will appear and spread the chanting of
In the Caitanya-bhāgavata this pastime is described as follows: The Lord, with His beautiful eyes, would cry, but He would stop immediately upon hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. When the ladies, understanding the fun of the Lord, discovered that H
Simply by chanting Hare Krishna one can be freed from all undesirable habits. Chanting Hare Krishna with strong attachment one achieves the fruit of love of God very soon.
By chanting Hare Krishna we are engaging in the devotional service, the divine s
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