What is Mantra Meditation?
There are two types of mantra meditation, Japa and Kirtan. Japa is a quiet and personal meditation where one chants on beads. Kirtan, on the other hand, is the singing of mantras with others, often with musical instruments. Japa is counted on a japa mala, the sanskrit word for prayer beads. These beads are used to count the number of mantras chanted. One chants the Hare Krishna mantra on each of the 108 beads of the mala to complete...
Which is The Best Mantra For This Age?
Srila Prabhupada has given the following purport about chanting Hare Krishna: "This transcendental vibration – the chanting of Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare | Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare || – is the sublime method for reviving our Krsna consciousness. As living spiritual souls we are all originally Krsna conscious entities, but due to our asociation with matter since time immemorial,...
Who Invented the Maha-Mantra?
The maha-mantra was not “invented.” It is recommended in the Brhad Naradia Purana (and many other Vedic texts) and is an incarnation of the Lord Himself…He IS HIS NAME and this maha-mantra was offered to the people in Kali-yuga as the Yuga-dharma (prime recommended method of spiritual realization) by Lord Chaitanya who was Krishna Himself. The Holy Name, in the form of the maha-mantra, makes the realization of God...
Is Hare Krishna Mahamantra Invented by ISKCON?
ISKCON is simply presenting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra which has been mentioned in various Vedas & Upanisads. This mahamantra is the most potent and important method of purification in current times (also called age of Kaliyuga – aga of quareel & hypocrisy) The Hare Krishna Mahamantra is mentioned in the ancient Kalisantarana Upanisad and it is universal & not a sectarian mantra for a particular type of people. This...
How many Japa rounds to chant?
Srila Prabhupada’s program for chanting japa requires the devotees to regularly chant sixteen rounds over the course of the day. “Although Madhavendra Puri was not interested in eating and sleeping, his interest in chanting the maha-mantra was as acute as if he were an aspiring transcendentalist rather than a paramahamsa. This means that even in the paramahamsa stage, one cannot give up chanting. Haridasa Thakura and the...
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