On Chanting the Hare Krsna Mantra Original Booklet

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ON CHATIGTE RE KRSA MA

Hare Krsna Hae Ksna rsna rna r e. . . . . . . . . .

ar Rma Hare Ra a ma are re

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s Divine raceA.C. Bhktivedna Swam Prabhupd


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Brief iography o the Spitual Master

His Divine Grace A.C. BhaktivedantaSwami Prabhupaa was born AbhayChaan e on Seeme , 896, inCalcutta. In 920 he finished hi scoolng, majorng in pilosophy, Engls acoos at the Univesit of Calcutta.

Soon afterwar, Abhay Charan e tookup the utis of managr of a largechemical concen. Then in 922, he etHis ivine Grace ma Baktisiddnta Sarasvat Gosvm Mahrja,the fouder of sixty-fou Gau9yaVaiaa Mas i Iia, Bei ndLodon. Baktivedanta Swai ecelyrecalle the key o his aoaci hssiial ase: "When fist sae

oin to see my Guu Mahj, he said ofe, 'his boy ears vey ncely. He doeso o away So I shall ae him adiscile hat was my qualification, orwhaever yo may call it. I would simlyask whe Gu Mahrj woul sea,en Id sit dow a go on hearin Iwold desad, or no unerstan;hes wo iserse, Id ot iserseSo he emaked, his boy is interesteo hea Becase I was seious in hearn,

I a w seous abo kirtanam ces seakin o preachin. If one hasead nicel, hen he wil seak nicey.

At Allahaba in 933, Abha Charane was fomally initiated, and n 936,ust days before Baktisiddha Sarasvats deaure fr this mortal worl,e w_as seifically odered o sreaK!a csciosess in he ngish anae to hWest

AC Bhakvedanta Swam, ko asada o is discils, has sa thata he did o ake he mison iven

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to him by his spiritua master with theutost seriousness. But then he wasreaing a hagavad-g"t commtarywriten by ra Bativnode hkur,who was h father of BatisiddhaSarasvat an the ioneer of the a

cosciousnes mvement in te moernage. a BJaktinoe as written atjus as one cannot searate the body frohe soul while in this condiioned sate,so the iscile canot searate the siital asers order fom his vey life.Baktivedaa Swami took these wordsseiously, and gadually his whole lifeecame dedicatd to carryig out teoders of his Gru arj. n 959 he

oosannysa,

the renounce order ofspritual life, an n 965, at te advancedage of 70, A Bativeana Swamiarrve n Ne Yo Cty to fulll ismasters sace sso.

atveaa a prouces hisboos by spag hm o a cta pone.He is present orig n five books atonce Tese boos are a matter of realizao e as sa, en you becomesel-ealize you auomaticall write volues of boos. An one o te qualifications of a evotee that e s poetic.rla Prabua s aways mmers ina by seaig, icag, singabout as glorie, preacn formallyat meeings or lanig the exansion fhe a consciousness movement. Inthe Bhagavad-git, Seventh Cate, it issae hat out of housans of me, fewseek perfecion, an out o the tousands

who ttan erfection, hardly oe knows\ t. or a also ecares in theEieeh Chaer hat te earms

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devotee of all is he who spreads teteaching of love of Ka: "Never willthere be one dearer o Me.

Sra Prabuda's sirtul master, HisDivine Grace Bakisiddnta arasva,oce drew a pictre f a mrdanga (ru

used on sankrtaa) and, bese , arining ress. He sad e mdaga can beeard for seera blocks, bu at tepress can be ear arou e orld. etereore calle te rning ress teg mdanga." For e urose of orld-ide serice o uanity, ICO Pressas been establise fo te excluserinting of Sa Prabupa's books.

I 1968, 'acmillan ublise TheBhaavad-git As It Is, aslae coenty by Sra Praupda TeCita is the ist of the entire Vedicterture Jt ts one oo can free

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ayoe fro the cluces of ateriaaue ad fx oe eal gservice unto Sr rsna the Personty ofGdea. As orgnally we by SrlaPrabua, e manuscr f TheBhavait As It Is s ay es

larger a e esi bse byacilla. Pubica o oal,exae ers s beg eae byIC Press r a bise lteraure by Sra Prabuda i isTeachs of L Cay is booulies e eces f Caitana aprab-, te Gole Avara o apeare Ia 500 yeas a a roagate te re a mat as e

eas of God realzato e eseage. boo calle Th Ncta of Dvoto an auorized umary suy fSrla Rpa Gosv's Bhakt-a-


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On Chanting he Hare K Man ...

The transcendent bration esabhed by te anng of Hare pa,ae pa, a a, Hae Hae/Hare Rma, Hare Rma, Rma Rma,Hae Hae is e sublime meo o

ei ou sceental cnsciusesAs lig siiual sus, we e l igal K scis enis, u ue ou sscion wi mae fom meimemoia, ou cnsciousness is nowulee y e maeia atmosee.e eia atmosee in wic we aenw ling, cale miyi, o usionMiyi eans a wic is o An wais is llusi? e llsi is a we ae

all e ls mea auewie cll we e ue e gi e se ws We sev iciall ies iie e ll-wlmase i is cle illsi We e ig exli e esuces eialue u acall e e eciJOe e ele i e clexies eee, g we eee i sle cqenaue we e eve oe eee oe is lls sgl ains einae c e soe a once evivl u eel cnsciusness

Hae e K K paHae Hae is e sceel cess eving is il e csciusess B ci is sceelvi we c clese w ll isgvs wii es e sicicile al sc isvs is e lse

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pa onsciousness is.not an artifcialmpon on the mind. Ths consciosess is the oiginal naura enegy f hei ei. Whe we hear he rnsce-deal vibain, his cosciousness is

reved. This siples ethod f meditati is ecmended this age. Bypraicaexpeiece as, one can peceivetha by chanig hismahimantra,or heGt Chaning fo Deliverance, one ca 'oc fee a rascendental ecssycomng through from he spiitua s-tm. I the ateria ccep of ife weare busy in the mtte ofsese gatic-to a i we wee i e lwe anial

sae A lile eleve fm is saus sese gicai e is egage ie secl e uose eing u f e eial cluces Aitle elevae ro is secaie stauswe e is ieigen eug e ies o e sem cuse of lcuseswii wi A wee is cuall e lae siiesni sss e sges sense mi n ieigece e is e e sceel e is c e ae Ka nt is ence e siiul l s issu vai susses ll lwe s csciusessel sesl e iellec ee s ee eee es e le ent is ee ee esecli iellecl jse c is mhimantr. s

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chanting without ny previous qulic

ion. In more dvnced stge, of course,one is not expcted to comi oenseson the grunds ofspiritual understanding.

n the benning, thee y not be tepresence of ll trnscendentl ecstsies,which re eight in ube. These e:l Being sope s though dub, 2) erspirtion, 3 stnding p of hrs o te

body, 4 disloction of voice, 5 trebling, 6 fding of the body, 7 cryig i

ecssy, nd 8 trnce. ut there is odoubt ht chnting for while tkes oneimmeditely to the spiriul plform, ndone shows he s symptom of this inhe ure to dnce ong wih the chntinof the man. We hve seen this prcticlly. Even child cn tke prt in thechnting nd dncing. Of corse, fo onewho is too entngled terl life, ttkes tte oe tie to oe to thesndrd poin, ut even sch teriyengrossed n is rised to the spirtlpltfor vey quickly. When it is chneby pure evotee of the Lod in love, iths the gretest efccy on herers, nds such this chnting shold be hrdfrom the lips of pure devotee of heLord, so tht iedie effects bechieved. As fr s possible, htig fthe lis of nondevotees shold be voied.Milk touched by the lis cf seent hs

poisonous efects.he word Hari is th, of ddress

ing he energy of thP , d the wordsKw nd Rima ' ,e fors of ddressin

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the ord Hisef. Both a d Ra

men the supee lesre, n Hr she supree plesure energy of the Lord,chned to Hare in the voctive. Thesupree plesure eerg of the Lord helpss to rech he Lord.

The terl eerg, clled miyi islso one of te lt-energies of he Lor.A we the lv etitis re so theenegy, rgnl ene, of the Lord. Thein entts re descrbed s sperior

to ter energy. Whe the sperioenerg s in cot with the iferioeneg, n incotbe sittio rses; when the sueror rnl enery isin cont th the sperio eney, clledHari i is estblished in its hy, nolcondition.

hese thee wors, nely Har Kwnd Ria the trnsendetl seedsof te n The chtin is st ll fo te od Hs eegy,to ve rotetio to the cotoed sol.This chning is exctly like te geninecry of cld for its other's presence.othe Hr hels the devoee hievethe Lord Fthers re, nd the Lodrevels Himself to he evotee who chntshis man sinerely.

No other es f siritl eliztonis s effectve in his e of qrrel

hypocrisy s the maian: HreK, Hre K, K K, HreHre/ Hre R, Hre R, RRm, Hre He.


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WHAT IS ISKCON?

The Intrnaional Sciy for Kishn Consciousnss was fomd in July, 1966, byHis Divin Gac A. C Bhaivdana Swami Prbhupda and a nub of is Amicansudns ISCON s composd o dvos Dvos ld og by muualagmn o accp h principls of bhakti-yoga o dvoonal srvc as goal oli y ual ndao, ni Socy concnas on r K!a, Prsonaliyof Godhd, whil nad i vrious aks, cookin, aing, working in n ofc orchaning h holy nams in h ciy ss. His Divin Gac is a p do,

and hos discips who sincrly folow his insrucions hav vy chanc ofbcoming pur dvos hmslvs h iniiad dvos in ach cnr liv in urbancommun sings (wh h on xcpion of w Vndvana, ISKCO's srma ofhoms mps, farm land and cows in h hs of Ws Vinia), and ar fring hm-

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selves from the condtions of brth, eath, sese an ol age by xng ther mns on

he eternal joyfu Persoay of Gohe To ve n ISKCON as an ntate sent,one agrees to accept four ules: no meat-eatng, no lct sex, no ntoxcants a nogamblng. The scples perform evotonal servce, utes an channg n a lfe-routneharacteze by smple lvng an hgh-thnkng

a onscousness eere s rocess o self-purfcaton. Its means anen are an oen secret, an there no nancl charge for learnng K!a consousnessor eceg ntaton nto the hantng of Hare Ka The gst of evotonl serce toa s that one tes whatever capacty or taent h or she has an ovetals t wthth transenental nterest of the Supreme Enjoyer, the solute Truth. he wrter oroe wres arcles an oems for Ka, an th Socty publshes percs The

busnessman oes busess n orer to se ltratu n stabsh mny tmps arounthe wor The householers ras chr n th scnce o Go, n hsban an felve n mutual cooperaon or sprtua progress An vryo n ISKCON goes onsankaa. Sanktaa meas chantng he Hre K mt n the cty steets for thebenet of all ctzens r Pua hs s hat the sankirtaa pary s theheart an sou of the are Ka movement Thereore, each of the 30 ISKCONcenters s carre on severa tes ay, an al other actty s sbsaryr sprtl master stresses ths, f w a th o Lo Ctanya CatanyaMahprabu s revae by Vc scpts to b Ka s, cm n th moo ofa pur vot Fv hune yrs o Lor Caty ustoo fom scptu that

n ths presn a of a (qarr a stunc), whn nt stacto hghan amost no one s sous ab spt pcto, chat o s th most ffectv mans o G raaton Folow th snkirta procss chak out y LoCatanya, the r Ka ovt o oay ts pts o fo v to 30 evotes,mn wearng sfron robs an womn warng coo sars A thy cbt hhoy nm wh ancng a oous cht

Th snkirta snng s accompa wth mdga u a ps of katals(han cymbas) Th vts pnc tt hs oyos snn of th ns o Gproucs mt ns cstsy com h sptu stratu h ect s cn wy o t o ss oo o at xstcUn th nstucto o th spt st, thy y sp ths c, ncprocato r s t tst t ct wc vy s ysanxous Bcas th soy o oh s Abso, s s ot oms o t up s, , t Rsv s, cs thtongu of th chatr of s a; to chnt an h xs th m, n tatn, nrect contac th Go T mara s ot to b st y anyhn tn wt th a; t s pu trsct son bato of thAbst s pJ s sc sc t y ss Vc scps L pys p "y L, Y hat o hv vst ptcy Y oy Ths As sc Go s os t y th s akitaa py, y

v tty s t cht; y h spy s sot c, ppcs psc aEtaa y y hts t cy t s y s cp ; t ssccy cvs t l t pps o s t,

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puts his hand in fire he wb burnt. Sncere chantin and hearing f the hmantwill cleanse the mind and elevate one and al to the aturl orinal position of siit

soul Therefore there is no hesiacy on the devotees' part in going to the argest andmost public gatherings of people and broadcasng, werv pssibe, the soun of thetranscendent Names: Hare Ka, Hare Ka, Ka K, Hare Hare/Hare Rma,Hare Rma, Rma Rma, are He.

Chating tkes place regularly in the main streets of cies like ew Yok, LosAngees, Boston, San Fancisco, Berkeley, Detroit, Phiadelphia, Washingtn D.C.,Honolulu, ondn, Hamburg, Tokyo, etc., with new ISKCON centes being rlarestabished. The expansion f Ka consciousness is ealizaton f the predictin madeby aitanya: he chanting of Hare Ka wie hea n vey n an of the world."

he Society is as famous for its Sunday feasts and festvals as for is chanting in thesreet Ever unday, in each of he SKON centes a grand feast of from to 15courses of Inan vegetarian food is prepre and distribue fr gests. Th feasts areanged aund festival days celerating the astimes of Ka duing is ppeaance on the eat ,0 yeas ago. lays, pupet shows and chaning ae regular itemswhich iite gests to articipae in the transcendental glicaion of the ernityof God. Ka consciousness is not a dry philosophy. Residets of San ancscoapreciate the yeary Rata-yatra Festivl in which the lage art bearin the JagannthaDity is wheeled to the sea Duing the Rata-yatra clebration o 7 more than2 people followed the regal 8 pund carts, and housands were fed ll plates

ofprasdam at th seaside.The important aim f the festivals, chanting and philosophizing i to engage eplein the serce of the Persnality of Godhead and in feeling His sthing cntact. Allmisers are cause by forgetlness f Gd, and ISKON, by viving the lst emryof the Supreme Lrd in the minds f the people, is-accoding to the Bhavad-gitperforming the greatest service and highest welfare work fr suffering humanity. Mrever, it is performed in this sublime and easy way, by feasting, ancing, singing andphilosophizing.

Sometimes in Lrd aitanyas time, the devotees were accused by the impersnistsof beng mere sentmentists because they wre always singng and dancing. The actufact is that Ka consciusness is backed by a vas leaned literatu, the Vedicscriptures such as Baavadgit, Smad-Bgavatam Vednta-stra the UpanasMahbhta Rmaa etc., s that ne coul read 24 hous a day withut exhausingthe Surce. All of this Ka cnsciusness infratin is unerst y eelainSimply by appyingon's enegy in a.devotional serceatiude, the knowledge becoes

knwn to he devotee thrugh the heat. Classes in the tanscendental sciene f Godconsciousness o bhakti-yoga are held three times daily at a ISKCON centers, and epublic is feely invited t atted. TheBrah Sampdiyadiciplic sucession, in whicSa Pabhupda is cming, is paricularly noted fr einga learned lie. There is plentyf philsy and lgic in stck. There are many diffeent eligus philosophies andancenent techs, but the Ka cnscious students and ministers are unique in

hat tey ae cnvnced f te Pesnality f Gdhead. Not just that they hav heaGd is great," ut tey hae head frm the spiritual maste and cntinuusly eaingm the scritues just hw geat e is, ow His energies ae workingand xactly hwe is enjng. Thee is n literatue f heism as vluinus, exacing, csistent and

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cear as thi Vec iteratre of KJa consciousness. The conviction in service of theSupreme Personaity of Godead s due to direct reciprocation with Him. Simply bychanting or hearng the pastimes of the Personity of odhead, one is contacting the

Absolute-and he can feel it. B engaging the senses, the l, words and energ, thedevotees are receiving constant informatin from the spiritul world. Ka Himselfdescrbes such devotees as the topmst yog and mystcs, so it is n wonder that theyare conversant with the nature of d and the way back to odhead.

ISKCON provdes forma education in te highest scence, or what Bhavad-it calsthe "king of nowledge. Acording to Vedic sources, education can only be vidhen there is spiritua knowledge r selfrealization, and a man is said to have no quaicatons if he does not nw wh he is n terms f selfrealization or od realization.Lenng the texts requires livng n accordance with the scriptural njunctions withut

the sightest deviation. The need for Ka cnscious preachers is very great, and it is a

time vocation. The curiculum advances basically frm stdent t mnster; afterstudying and working in a temple for one year, the student may be awarded the title ofbhak tsr or ordained minister, with rther responsibilities and ith advancementof serce. He may finy te the renounced order, caed annya, and receive the

tte m.A the phosophy of KJa consciousness is nnsectarian, any man-Hindu or

Chstianwi advance in his faith by chaning the Holy Name of od and hearing theBhavadgt. Without knowledge, reazation and lovng service t the One Supremeod, there can be no religin. et the inhabtants of this planet rejoice in the akrtana

movement nd ive to see the fulllment f the chaning f Hare Ka carried to every

town ad viage. nl n this way can real peace prevail in the world and mankinduify to enter nto the kingdom of od.

ictured opposite is scene of the 1970 Ratha-ytr Festival held in San rcisco,Caiori. Discipes o His Divine Grce C. Bhakvedanta Swami Prabhupda ed pade of 20,00 persons in honor of te Sureme Lr, Sr KJa, the cause of causes. Three huge cas cared the Deity incarnatns of Lord Jaganntha, Hisster Subha and is brother Lrd arma. y chatng the are KJa mantra,cing, feasing on pasdam (spiitual food offed in love to G), an hearing the. r of ra Prabhupda, who rsonally rde in he parade, thousands f people abe to feel natural tranendental emoons n glrificatn f the SuremePersonity of Godhead. t ISKON branches arn te wrld, milar fevsa held for the spiritu upliftment ofalhumaity.

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The International Socity for KrishnaConsciousness (ISKCON)

Founder; Hs n Grac A. Ba Swa rp

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S S Siam

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: ' _-/ Ie g egt verses ere te y Lord Ctya Maru,

appeard. Ida 5 eas ago a sressd, on scrptural eece, tat echg f ae a s e ost perec etod of God relZation fo tsese e atanya Mapabhu is revealed by Vedc scriptures t be KJas te role o a pure dvoee Hs verses capture te essence of te smkrtaaeet f orsipng Gd by cantg s holy naes, as folloed by te dis-

es f is Divne Grace A. C Baktvedanta Sai Prabupda, o is ielf irect scpc succession o Lord ataya

ry t te S Ka Sakirtaa, c clses the eart of a te dust accuuate f years toethr. Thus th r of oditioa , of rad bih andeat, s extinised. Tis smkrta movmnt is th dictio for

umanity at arg beaus it sads th as o h bdiction moo. t is the liff l trascendenta nowld, i iras the oa o ascdal liss, andt eps us to hve a taste o h l ctar o whic w a alwas axios.

0 y Lrd! Yo oly name alon can rende all bndicton uon ingegs ad terefore ou have undreds nd milions of naes, lke a, Govnda,ec I tese rascnetl es Yu have invested aU You anscndentaeerg tr s iw r an fast rul for canting hes holy nams. yr u ae so kidly mad aprac to You easy by Your ol nas, buntate as I a I ave o raction fo hm

One can cant e hoy nam of te Lod in a humble sta of mind, tinknghisf lor tan te stra i te street, ore tolerat than th tee, dod ( alss f fase restige, ad ready to offr all respects to othrs. n suh a st;e ofmid o can cant te hoy am o h Lord costaty.

am Lod! ha no desi to accmula walth, nor have I ay dsi toejoy bauil wom, o do ant any number of foloers. Wha a onlyis tha ay have Your auslss devotioa srvce n m lifebirth aft birh.

so of Marja Nanda, I a You tral sevitor, and altoug I am s,someo or ot I hav fale i te oca o irth and da Please, erefore,ik me up fro this oa o dath ad ix m as one of the atoms o Your lotusfet

m Lod! Wh will m es doad wih eas of lov, wi constantly hil chat You hol nam? Whn wl m wods b hokd p hntterin th hol am? Ad wh wll all h hols o air o y body havertios by h rciatio o You am?

Gvinda! Feeli o searatio am consideri a moment tlve ears ormore, ad ars re owi om m ys li torts o a. I am eling alacant i th wold i h absen o You.

I do not kow ao xcpt K)a as m Lord, ad He ill aays reain as suc, even i He andles m ouhly b His ebrace or akes e broke-earteby ot bein ese beo me. H is coplely o do anytng ad eerytig, but H is alwas m woshipabl Lord, unconditionally.

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