Hare Krishna is for Everyone
by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE The Hare Krsna mantra is for everyone, regardless of one’s religious faith, nationality, race, creed or occupation. This sound vibration is transcendental to all boundaries because it cannot be affected by material conditions; therefore anyone can chant it...
Love of Godhead
If, due to some righteous activities which provoke devotional service, one is influenced by the service attitude and takes shelter of the good association of pure devotees, he develops attachment for hearing and chanting. By developing chanting and hearing, one can advance further and further in regulative devotional service to the Supreme Lord. As one so advances, his misgivings about devotional service and his attraction for the...
Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method of reviving our Krsna consciousness. As living spiritual souls we are all originally Krsna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now polluted by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in...
HOW CAN ONE BE FREE FROM MATERIAL BONDAGE
Question : HOW CAN ONE BE FREE FROM MATERIAL BONDAGE ? Answer : BY SRILA PRABHUPADA. nātaḥ paraḿ karma-nibandha-kṛntanaḿ mumukṣatāḿ tīrtha-padānukīrtanāt na yat punaḥ karmasu sajjate mano rajas-tamobhyāḿ kalilaḿ tato 'nyathā Translation : Therefore one who desires freedom from material bondage should adopt the process of chanting and glorifying the name, fame, form and pastimes of the Supreme...
How Chanting Helps us Defeat Maya
Hare Krsna to all devotees. Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Many of us who have listened to Prabhupada’s lectures are familiar with the analogy of the donkey chasing after a carrot on a stick placed by his master who wants the donkey to carry a burden. The foolish donkey, not being cognizant of the freely available grass around him continues chasing after the carrot while...