Mantra Meditation

An introduction to Mantra-Meditation by a 'Hare Krishna' monk.

Most members of the 'Hare Krishna' movement spend between 15mins up to two or three hours per day practicing an ancient form of mediation known as mantra-meditation, (also sometimes called 'japa') where you say a sanskrit mantra (in this case the the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra) softly to yourself over and over again :

"Hare Krishna Hare Krishna,
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare Rama,
Rama Rama Hare Hare."

(Pronounced - ha-ray, krish-nah, and rar-m respectively)

'Hare' refers to God's energy, 'Krishna' refers to God himself as He who is All-Attractive', and 'Rama' refers to God again as The 'Reservoir of all pleasure'.

By practicing this mantra-meditation it is said that your heart becomes purified of all negative desires and gradually our natural desire to serve God (Krishna) once again becomes manifest. The chanting of any of God's name is said to have this special potency, whether it be Jehovah, Allah, or Krishna and that one need not necessarily change their 'birth religion' to take part in the process.

If anyone is interested in learning more about this simple mediation method please post their questions here and I will do my best to answer them.

Best Wishes,

Dasanudas