148 THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION

Both Krsna and Rama mean ‘“‘the supreme pleasure,’’ and Hard is the
supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to Hare in the vocative.
The supreme pleasure energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.

The material energy, called mdyd, is also one of the multienergies of
the Lord. And we, the living entities, are also the energy, marginal en-
ergy, of the Lord. The living entities are described as superior to material
energy. When the superior energy is in contact with the inferior energy,
an incompatible situation arises; but when the superior marginal energy
is in contact with the superior energy, Hard, it is established in its happy,
normal condition.

These three words, namely Hare, Krsna, and Rama, are the transcen-
dental seeds of the mahd-mantra. The chanting is a spiritual call for the
Lord and His energy, to give protection to the conditioned soul. This
chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother’s pres-
ence. Mother Hard helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father’s grace,
and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this mantra
sincerely.

No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of
quarrel and hypocrisy as the chanting of the mahd-mantra: Hare Krsna,
Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama
Rama, Hare Hare.
