Chanting the Hare Krsna Maha-mantra
“”.. This simplest method of meditation is recommended for this age. By prac-
tical experience also, one can perceive that by chanting this maha-mantra, or

- the Great Chanting for Deliverance, one can feel a transcendental ecstasy
coming through from the spiritual stratum. ...”

. The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare
Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama,
Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method for reviving our transcen-
dental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Krsna
conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time im-
memorial, our consciousness is now adulterated by the material at-
mosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is called
maya, or illusion. Mayd means ‘‘that which is not.”’ And what is this illu-
sion? The illusion is that we are all trying to be lords of material nature,
while actually we are under the grip of her stringent laws. When a servant
artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, he is said to be in illu-

: sion. We are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but ac-
tually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities.
Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature,
we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory struggle against
material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal Krsna
consciousness.

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare is the transcenden-
tal process for reviving this original, pure consciousness. By chanting this
transcendental vibration, we can cleanse away all misgivings within our
hearts. The basic principle of all such misgivings is the false conscious-
ness that I am the lord of all I survey.

Krsna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This
consciousness is the original, natural energy of the living entity. When
we hear this transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This

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