Jahnu
2020-08-12 02:00:33 UTC
Mantras are by definition divine, because all mantras are composed of
different names of God. God manifests in so may forms, and so He has
many different names. In the present age of Kali, especially the Hare
Krishna mantra has been recommended by the sages. Mantras work by
cleansing the materially contaminated mind, so the mind can connect
with God.
Just as physical objects are cleansed with water, psychic or mental
objects are cleansed with sound. The highest cleansing power is the
sound of God's name.
That which covers us and keeps us from realizing our real selves, is
our mind. The mind consists of thoughts, feelings, willpower,
discrimination (intelligence) and false ego. Those are like screens
that cover the pure consciousness of the self.
We are all eternal souls - minute particles of Krishna's
consciousness. Krishna's consciousness consists of eternity,
knowledge, and bliss, so we are minute particles of eternity,
knowledge and bliss, But these minute particles of pure consciousness
are at the moment covered by physical and mental layers in the form of
the body and mind.
All souls, regardless of what kind of body they inhabit - plants,
insects, fish, reptiles, birds, animals, or humans - are minute
particles of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. That's why all living
entities automatically gravitate towards these three conditions -
eternity, knowledge, and bliss. All living entities are pleasure
seeking, they try to develop knowledge, and they don't want to die,
they possess the survival instinct.
The sound of Krishna's name will purify the filter of the mind, so
that we can connect to our real selves. That means that by chanting
Krishna's name we will experience higher forms of knowledge and bliss.
Meditating on a mantra It is a scientific process as asserted by
Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, so it will work whatever is our belief.
It doesn't matter whether we are Atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian,
Mohammedan, Republican or whatever, if we chant the Hare Krishna
mantra on a regular basis, we will connect to our real selves beyond
our thoughts, feelings and false ego, and when we contact the real
self, it will be experienced as knowledge and bliss.
The wonderful thing about this religion, the Vaishnava religion, is
that you dont have to become a Hare Krishna and shave your head,
dress in sheets, and go out on the streets dancing and singing. You
can sit right in your own living room and test it.
Just try to chant the following mantra -
hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
... say, 10 minutes a day for a week and see where it takes you.
That's BRAINWASHING, I hear someone yell :)
That's right. Our mind is unclean. Our mind has been polluted by
impure impressions accumulated throughout so many lives. It needs to
be washed. And the mind is washed by the sound of God's name.
Lord Brahma says:
hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
The above mantra consisting of 16 words and 32 syllables, is the only
means by which to protect against the evil influence of this age of
Kali. By researching all the Vedas, one will find no more sublime
process of religion than to recite the Hare Krishna mantra.
(Kali-santarana Upanishad)
different names of God. God manifests in so may forms, and so He has
many different names. In the present age of Kali, especially the Hare
Krishna mantra has been recommended by the sages. Mantras work by
cleansing the materially contaminated mind, so the mind can connect
with God.
Just as physical objects are cleansed with water, psychic or mental
objects are cleansed with sound. The highest cleansing power is the
sound of God's name.
That which covers us and keeps us from realizing our real selves, is
our mind. The mind consists of thoughts, feelings, willpower,
discrimination (intelligence) and false ego. Those are like screens
that cover the pure consciousness of the self.
We are all eternal souls - minute particles of Krishna's
consciousness. Krishna's consciousness consists of eternity,
knowledge, and bliss, so we are minute particles of eternity,
knowledge and bliss, But these minute particles of pure consciousness
are at the moment covered by physical and mental layers in the form of
the body and mind.
All souls, regardless of what kind of body they inhabit - plants,
insects, fish, reptiles, birds, animals, or humans - are minute
particles of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. That's why all living
entities automatically gravitate towards these three conditions -
eternity, knowledge, and bliss. All living entities are pleasure
seeking, they try to develop knowledge, and they don't want to die,
they possess the survival instinct.
The sound of Krishna's name will purify the filter of the mind, so
that we can connect to our real selves. That means that by chanting
Krishna's name we will experience higher forms of knowledge and bliss.
Meditating on a mantra It is a scientific process as asserted by
Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, so it will work whatever is our belief.
It doesn't matter whether we are Atheist, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian,
Mohammedan, Republican or whatever, if we chant the Hare Krishna
mantra on a regular basis, we will connect to our real selves beyond
our thoughts, feelings and false ego, and when we contact the real
self, it will be experienced as knowledge and bliss.
The wonderful thing about this religion, the Vaishnava religion, is
that you dont have to become a Hare Krishna and shave your head,
dress in sheets, and go out on the streets dancing and singing. You
can sit right in your own living room and test it.
Just try to chant the following mantra -
hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
... say, 10 minutes a day for a week and see where it takes you.
That's BRAINWASHING, I hear someone yell :)
That's right. Our mind is unclean. Our mind has been polluted by
impure impressions accumulated throughout so many lives. It needs to
be washed. And the mind is washed by the sound of God's name.
Lord Brahma says:
hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare
hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare
The above mantra consisting of 16 words and 32 syllables, is the only
means by which to protect against the evil influence of this age of
Kali. By researching all the Vedas, one will find no more sublime
process of religion than to recite the Hare Krishna mantra.
(Kali-santarana Upanishad)