Chanting involves the activities of the upper and lower lips as well as the tongue.All three must be engaged in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.The words "Hare Kṛṣṇa" should be very distinctly pronounced and heard.Sometimes one mechanically prod
The nāmābhāsa stage is between that of nāma-aparādha, or chanting of the holy name with offenses, and pure chanting.Chanting the holy name of the Lord inoffensively will help one get immediate shelter at Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet.This means that by chanting
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Transcendental qualities of the Lord attract even the liberated souls and carry them to the assembly of devotees where the Lord's glories are constantly chanted.By constantly chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and remembering the transcendental pastimes
Since He is absolute, He can appear Himself in the picture of His glorification, the two things being identical.Śrīla Nārada chants the glorification of the Lord not for his personal benefit but because the glorifications are identical with the Lord.
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There are ten offenses which one can commit while chanting the transcendental names, and these should be avoided as far as possible, but in any event, one should try to chant the holy names of the Lord at all times.By chanting the holy names of the L
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All mantras and all processes for self-realization are compressed into the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. (Narada-pancaratra)Chant the holy names, chant the holy names, chant the holy names. In this age of Kali [the age of quarrel and confusion] without a
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Krsna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original energy of the living entity. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. And the process is recommended by authorities f
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kṛṣṇa-varṇaḿ tviṣākṛṣṇaḿ sāńgopāńgāstra-pārṣadam yajñaiḥ sańkīrtana-prāyair yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
kṛṣṇa-varṇam — repeating the syllables kṛṣ-ṇa; tviṣā — with a luster; akṛṣṇam — not black (golden); sa-ańga — along with associates; upāńga — servitors; a
Our obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are complete when we say śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda. As preachers of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to Śrī Caitan
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
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