You probably saw and heard on the streets of your city people dressed in saffron robes singing nothing meaningful for you syllables, words, sounds. These people are Krishnaites and they sing a "great song" or a maha-mantra, as they themselves call it, but in other words, the Hare Krsna mantra. Let's figure out what Hare Krishna is, why they sing it, and what, to whom it gives.
Value
First, we will discuss the meaning of the Hare Krishna mantra. All the words in this mantra are the three names of the idiotic god - Hare, Krishna and Rama. The song consists of 16 words, that is, 16 repetitions of its name.
It is believed that when you pronounce the names of God, you enter into direct contact with him. The mantra helps to get rid of karma - the heavy burden of past lives, grow spiritually, go beyond the intellectual, emotional and mental levels of life. Become higher.
The Krishna guru, the popularizer of the mantra of the mantra, Hare Krishna, once said that this mantra was created for the people of the present age of cares, for it does not require any preparation from man, no preliminary spiritual practices and skills. In return, the mantra gives spiritual freedom.
How to read?
Approaching the matter, we still need to understand how to read the Hare Krishna mantra. And there are two ways:
- japa - a person reads the mantra only for themselves with a half-whisper, with the use of beads;
- kirtan is a collective reading of the mantra accompanied by playing musical instruments (these are the processions that you have probably already seen).
For japa, you will need beads, consisting of 109 beads. On these rosary you need to go through the beginning two times, and as you grow and approach Krishna, eventually, you go to the 16-fold reading of the mantra . The best time for this practice is the morning hours.
As for kirtana, it is recommended to use it, too, even if you are not a member of the Krishna community, and you do not have any friends of interest. For kirtana, you can involve in a procession, for example, your family.
Mantra Text:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare