Universal Mantra

Universal Mantra

The chanting of Hare Krsna is universally applicable:
Chanting is free and open for everyone:
We are not charging anything, we are not asking for fees and giving the people some secret mantra and promising them that within six months they will become God. No. This is open for everyone — children, women, girls, boys, old people everyone can chant and see the results.
 
The Science of Self-Realization
The holy name is readily available to everyone:
"'The holy name of Lord Krsna … is so powerful that save for the dumb who cannot chant it, it is readily available to everyone, including the lowest type of man, the candala….'"
Padyavali (24), by Rupa Gosvami
[cited: Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 15.110]
 
Three kinds of men — those who are liberated, those trying to be liberated, and those entangled in sense gratification — take pleasure in chanting the holy name:
 
Sankirtana, chanting of the holy name, is meant both for the poor and the rich:
 
Chanting of the holy name is recommended for not only the devotees, but for karmis and jnanis as well

Author: ISKCON Desire Tree

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