Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
The Hare Krishna mantra is a chant meant for enhancing consciousness to the greatest possible degree. Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra can give peace, happiness, self-realization, freedom from repeated birth and death, and total self-fulfillment.
Also known as the maha-mantra—great chant—it consists of three Sanskrit names of the Supreme; "Hare," "Krishna," and "Rama." Hare refers to the pleasure potency of the Supreme. Krishna means “The All-Attractive” and Rama, “The source of all pleasure.”
The mantra is a plea of engagement in pure bhakti, devotion. It was popularized in the sixteenth century by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and spread worldwide in the late twentieth century by Srila Prabhupada and his followers in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.