The Hare Krishna’s in 1970 — CBS Word News interviews Rupanuga dasa

The Hare Krishna chant. As you walk the streets of some of America’s larger cities you will occasionally come upon a group of people garbed in apparel which makes you think of India. The heads of the men will be shaven with just one streamer of hair remaining. The group will be carrying out a slow, shuffling dance to the tune of the Hare Krishna chant. The International Society for Krishna consciousness is one of a number of new religious experiences ...Read More

On Chanting Hare Krishna Booklet Original Edition PDF Download

On Chanting Hare Krishna is a small booklet originally published by ISKCON in 1966 in New York City and was distributed widely at peace marches and other similar gatherings in the 60′s. It contains four sections: * Biography of the Spiritual Master. * On Chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra. * What is ISKCON? * Sri Sri Siksastakam Prayers. To download On Chanting Hare Krishna please click on the book cover image on the left. The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krisha, ...Read More

Chanting Hare Krishna on Beads

We can follow Haridasa Thakura’s example, however, by chanting sixteen rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra on our beads every day and offering respect to the Tulasi plant. This is not at all difficult for anyone, and the process of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra with a vow before the Tulasi plant has such great spiritual potency that simply by doing this one can become spiritually strong. BEFORE we chant EACH round CHANT: (1) NAMA OM VISNU-PADAYA KRSNA-PRESTHAYA BHUTALE SRIMATE BHAKTIVEDANTA SVAMIN ...Read More

Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

You have probably noticed “Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!” at the end of my letters. And some may be skeptical that simply chanting: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare / Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare will produce happiness. However happiness is one of the very first symptoms that becomes manifest in a person advancing in Krishna consciousness. And this is my practical, personal experience. Ever since I started chanting the Hare Krishna mantra it ...Read More

Chanting Japa – Mantra Meditation

Benefits of Mantra Meditation When one is out and about in daily life, things tempt to knock one off balance emotionally, which can lead to one getting angry and stressed and developing negative sentiments towards other people.  Such sentiments and emotions are not healthy for one’s body, mind, or spirit. They cloud the mind, pushing one into unproductive mental circles of negative thinking. They cause tension in the body, which leads to disease. They degrade the quality of one’s consciousness, work, ...Read More

Instruments of Kirtan: Harmonium, Mridanga, & Kartals — and Where to Learn

Enhance your Kirtan Experience Along with being one of the main forms of Hare Krishna worship, Kirtan can be great fun — dancing and singing with friends and others. Playing an instrument in kirtan can enhance the experience for you, and everyone present. The traditional instruments for kirtan in India are the harmonium (like a pump organ), the mridanga (2-headed clay drum), and the kartals (small hand-cymbals). Harmonium The Harmonium is a pump-powered reed organ. In India and other parts of South Asia, ...Read More

The Best Welfare Work

“One who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings, and who is free from all sins, achieves liberation in the Supreme.” (Bhagavad Gita 5.25) All over the world we see that religious organizations are busy with so many different programs of welfare work for the benefit of the poor, the sick, the young and the disadvantaged. In India this is also very prominent. There they have ...Read More

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare…

Once you’ve hear it you’ll never forget it. You may not know what the words mean–nevertheless there’s something captivating about the Hare Krishna chant. Is it the catchy tune or the fascinating way in which the words are repeated and reversed? People who chant Hare Krishna say both contribute to its appeal. But they know that the secret of the chant’s attraction is the quality of the sound itself. Anyone can take three words and make a song out of ...Read More

The Ten Offenses in Chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra

The Hare Krishna mantra is unlimitedly powerful and has the potency to immediately cleanse us of all the reactions from our sinful activities from this an so many other lifetimes. It has the power to awaken within us our original pure love for Krishna. The Hare Krishna mantra has the power to connect us with an ever-increasing ocean of transcendental pleasure. On the other hand one can chant the Hare Krishna mantra for many, many births and not achieve any ...Read More

WHAT CAN TURN A GREYHOUND BUS INTO A TEMPLE?

Chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The chanting of Hare Krsna, known in India for thousands of years, is the great prayer for peace — for individual peace of mind and worldwide tranquility. By repeating these nonsectarian names of God the sincere chanter is gradually released from material illusions and elevated to the platform of pure spiritual consciousness, Krsna consciousness. This prayer has been given to the other ...Read More

Kirtana [chanting Hare Krishna] in Every Town and Village

If you vibrate these transcendental sounds everywhere continually, it will pierce their ears and enter their hearts, and then their natural attraction for Krsna will be revived. Bombay 16 November, 1970 My Dear Bansidhari, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your nice report from Santa Barbara dated October 22nd, 1970. I am always so glad to know that you are keeping to the standard practices as I have instructed you to do and all the devotees are ...Read More

Does Initiation Make The Maha-Mantra Work?

Ive read in Prabhupada’s books that this transcedental sound is passed down through a lineage of masters, and the pure sound is preserved by great yogis as himself. Also these great yogis share this sound with their desciples in first initiation. Is this the way you can begin to practice this kind of yoga? Can I receive this sound by anybody or do I need to receive it by someone like Prabhupada? From E…, 12-15-2004 Ive read in AC Bhaktivedanta ...Read More

History of the Fibreglass [Balaram / Tilak] Mridanga

My name is Ishan das. I created the Balaram mridanga in L.A. It is really quite a story. But I’ll give you the brief version. Some time in 1972-73 Srila Prabhupada saw that the East Indians were not carrying on the tradition of making the original mridangas and kartals. The younger generation who would normally take over the arts from their fathers were becoming more and more interested in going to school and going to the cities. ...Read More

Sankirtana: A Cleansing for the Soul

What does the word “Sankirtana” mean? Sankirtana is a Sanskrit word. “San” comes from the word “samyak” which means “complete” and Kirtan means “glorifying” or “describing.” Generally when one is “glorified”, there is good reason. For instance, if a man becomes wealthy, most likely he will become famous and naturally he will be glorified, praised, and adored for his wealth and fame. But, who can say that they posses all wealth or all fame? It is stated in the ancient Vedic ...Read More

Police Arrest Devotees for Chanting Hare Krishna on Oxford Street (a true story from London)

It was the Thursday before Christmas, and London’s Oxford Street was brimming over with Christmas shoppers. Twice already that week plainclothes police had arrested devotees chanting Hare Krishna there, but today we were intending to avoid any trouble… “Come on!” the constable said. “You know as well as I do you’re causing an obstruction. Down to the station; you’re all under arrest! “Obstruction?” we protested. “All around you there’s drug addiction, prostitution, crime, and violence, and you can’t find anything better ...Read More

Kirtan: Ancient Medicine for Modern Man

What do football games, rock concerts, political rallies, boxing matches and revival meetings all have in common? The mass glorification of a person or persons engaged in extraordinary feats — a very exciting, even electrifying experience which can give incredible pleasure to large groups of people. This phenomenon is known as kirtana. To glorify, reciprocate, and communicate with a “super person” is very natural and pleasurable for everyone. But when the politician is scandalized, the football player is injured or ...Read More

Hare Krishna Sankirtana Party Shines at Stanford University in Palo Alto

A very ecstatic Sankitana party would be putting it lightly. I’d say when others start to join in the singing and dancing of the Hare Krishna mantra; it becomes very special and potent. Hare Krishna! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!! I received an invitation last week from Vaisesika prabhu about a Sankirtan party on Friday night in Palo Alto, right down the street from Stanford University. It was quite a spectacle, nearly 30 devotees showed up from San Jose, Berkeley, San ...Read More

Kirtana–The Song of Ecstasy, The Dance of the Soul

The singing and dancing of Hare Krishna is known as kirtana. My spiritual master Srila Prabhupada said, This is not ordinary dancing; this is the dancing of the soul, a soul awakened to his original consciousness, Krishna consciousness. There is no motive in performing kirtana. It is the song and dance of ecstasy, the dance of the soul. The soul is dancing; therefore, the body is dancing. Actually, the body cannot dance without the soul. A body without the soul is ...Read More

Sankirtan in Miami’s South Beach–At the Hip-Hop Festival

For four days and three nights, hip-hop parties raged at South Beach’s pool decks and nightclubs as sightings of hip-hop music’s biggest stars — such as Wyclef Jean, Ja Rule and Cam’ron — were as common on the streets as under dance hall lights. –Miami Herald May 27, 2003 (Hip Hop remix with Hare Krishna Mantra) Miami Beach, Florida has long been famous as a place to party, drawing thousands of people from all over the country who ...Read More

Biggest Ever IRM Times Square Kirtana!

I can hardly begin to describe how ecstatic the kirtana was. Vatsala Prabhu and I took turns leading and the devotees were all absorbed in chanting the Holy Name. Madhusudana Prabhu distributed many books. Hundreds of invitations to the Sunday feast were given out as well. Vedaguhya Prabhu’s wife had prepared about one hundred rice krispie sweets which were all distributed.Many people joined the kirtana to dance with the devotees and We had a very nice Harinam tonight. The regulars ...Read More

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