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Maha Mantra
HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA,
KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE,
HARE RAMA, HARE
RAMA,
RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
The Maha Mantra (Great Mantra), also referred to as the
Hare Krishna mantra, is a 16 word Vaishnava mantra which is mentioned in the Kali-Santarana
Upanishad associated with the Krishna Yajurveda. It rose to importance in the Bhakti (devotion)
movement of the 15th century following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Since the 1960s, the
mantra has been made well known outside of India by Swami Prabhupada and his International Society
for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
HARE refers to Hari, another name of Lord Vishnu. Hare also refers to He who
removes illusion. Hare can also refer to the energy of God.
KRISHNA refers to Lord Krishna, the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
RAMA refers to Ramachandra (Lord Rama), the seventh incarnation of Lord
Vishnu.
According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, one's original consciousness and goal of
life is pure love of God (Krishna). The sixteen syllables of the Maha Mantra are destructive of
the evil effects of Kali (the angry form of Siva, the destroyer). As per the Padma Purana, all the
grievous sins are removed for one who worships Lord Sri Hari, the Lord of all lords, and chants
the holy name, the Maha-mantra. It is said that when the sixteen names and thirty-two syllables of
the Hare Krishna mantra are loudly vibrated, Krishna dances on one's tongue.
The mantra is
repeated, either out loud (kirtan), softly to oneself (japa), or internally within the mind. The
Maha Mantra is directly enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration
surpasses all lower strata of consciousness - namely sensual, mental, and intellectual.
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