The Holy Name

Math verifies Vedic texts: matter generated by vibration ...Everything about us, tables, chairs, bricks etc. is originally emanating from sound vibration. More

Sound, the origin of creation So as the beginning of this material world is from the sound vibration... I think the scientists also agree, the materialistic scientists, that from sound everything emanates. So similarly, the same sound, you can enter into the spiritual world by taking shelter of sound. More

Let the throng burst into song 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 kirtan... More

In God's Name During the second world war, the Americans said, "God is on our side," the Germans said, "God is on our side," and the Brits said, "God is on our side." Everyone is fighting in the name of God. Poor God. He has to satisfy everyone. That is such a thankless task. More

Mantra War At the present moment this warfare is carried on gross weapons. But finer than that, there is mantra war. More

What's in a name? In the world of duality there is difference between the name "water" and the substance water. More

Sergeant Prescribes Krishna as Antidote for Combat Stress Last night, as we prepared for a mission, one of my soldiers went crazy. He loaded his M4 assault rifle, pointed it at my head, and yelled, "If I have to leave this base one more time, I will kill you, and then kill myself!" More

Receiving the Name of Krishna In this Iron Age (Kali yuga) it is only the Name KRISHNA appearing on the lips of a PURE DEVOTEE who can lift the conditioned soul to the plane of the Absolute. As a matter of fact, even the scriptures also can only faintly express the Personality of Godhead. The mere study of the scriptures can convey no full knowledge of the Absolute as substantive entity. But the Name Krishna has power to put a person on the Absolute Plane and endow the words of the revealed scriptures with their living meaning. More

God the Same by Any Name God is meant for everybody. Doesn't matter East or West. Just like Krishna appeared in India, but we are not Indians. We are all Americans and Europeans, so... Just like the sun. The sun may appear over London or England, but it's not English sun. Everyone's sun. More

Intrinsic Value: Accept No Substitutes Like gold, whether we know the value or not (like a child may not know), the Holy Name has its own intrinsic value; whereas PAPER MONEY has NO NATURAL or intrinsic VALUE; it is simply a VIA MEDIUM to GOLD. More

Quality of Chanting Have you got such tendency that you will go on chanting and nothing to do? That is quality. Now you are forced to do. Where is the question of quality? That is given a chance so that one day you may come to the quality, not that you have come to the quality. Quality is different. More

Loud Chanting Indian lady: Is it better to chant the Hare Krishna mantra loud or is it better hide the mantra? Prabhupada: As loud as possible. More

Thanks for the Video I remember reading somewhere that Srila Prabhupada mentioned that any melody is acceptable for chanting the Holy Name. However I find that the original melody and rhythm is the easiest for everyone to follow. More

Hare Krishna at Times Square Here is a link to the video of the Times Square Harinam on Saturday night which Locanananda spoke of. More

Report from Times Square In our Times Square Harinam Sankirtana party, about 90% of our chanting is the Mahamantra, and about 90% of our chanting of the Mahamantra is Prabhupada's tune, the tune he would always chant in public. The public seems to be very familiar with this tune. It is easy to learn and allows the chanter to instantly experience transcendental ecstasy. More

Hear from the Authorized Agent As soon as we receive the name of Krishna from the authorized agent—like receiving the cheque from the authorized agent—as soon as we receive the name of Krishna from the authorized agent, the self-realized soul, the spiritual master in disciplic succession, and we chant it, as soon as that takes place, we are connected to Krishna. More

Modern Education Missing the Aim of Life This Krishna consciousness movement is not any sectarian movement. It is practically postgraduate movement of all religion. Any religion, they have got some idea of God. But here, we are explaining what is God, how great He is, how you can establish your relationship with Him. More

September Eclipses This coming week we can look forward to the first of two eclipses this month, a partial lunar eclipse on Thursday, September 7, 2006, followed close on its heels by an annular solar eclipse on September 22nd, the 4th Friday of the month. More

Don't Miss the Opportunity It is my duty to satisfy guru. Otherwise I am nowhere. So if you prefer to be nowhere, then you disobey as you like. But if you want to be steady in your position, then you have to follow strictly the instruction of guru. More

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Potency of Sound Value a Sound! A faithless person scoffs at the idea of chanting the Holy Name. Such persons say, “Any sound repeated long enough will produce a hypnotic effect.” But we contend that each sound, just as any other element in our experience, has its own INTRINSIC potency. More

Potency of Sound This verse is the potential basis of great scientific research work, for it explains how subtle forms are generated from the ethereal element, what their characteristics and actions are, and how the tangible elements, namely air, fire, water and earth, are manifested from the subtle form. More

The Physics of Sound and Music We don't often think of the physics of sound, and the fact that sound has power to effect physical objects. Just the mere fact that you perceive sound shows this vibrational nature. More

The Healing Power of Sound Sound has been used as a healing force for thousands of years. All ancient civilizations used sound for healing. Traditional cultures still surviving today understand the remarkable healing power that lies in sound. More

Vedic Knowledge Compressed into 16 Syllables The hundred-dollar bill is best, because the five-dollar bill and the one-dollar bill are included in the hundred-dollar bill. The power of all other mantras is included in the maha-mantra. More

The Glories of Haridas Thakur The Krishna consciousness movement, therefore, is a cultural movement that does not care about local social conventions. Following in the footsteps of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Advaita Acharya, we can accept a devotee from any part of the world... More

The Krishna Consciousness Movement is the Genuine Vedic Way With reference to your article in the Los Angeles Times dated Sunday, January 11, 1970, under the heading "Krishna Chant," I beg to point out that the Hindu religion is perfectly based on the personal conception of God, or Vishnu. More

Perfection of Chanting The practice of chanting mantra is meant to achieve knowledge of one's relationship with the Lord, and when one achieves perfection in chanting mantras, then the bhajana of such a liberated soul begins. More

Krishna Is... [This listing of the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead was compiled by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur in 1932. All references are to chapter and verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto Ten] More

Loudly Chant the Name of Hari If one calls the Lord loudly, then many persons can hear the name of the Lord and obtain auspiciousness by such hearing. Hearing the names of the Lord is one of the nine principle limbs of devotional service. Unless the sadhus loudly chant the names of Hari, no one becomes qualified for the devotional process of hearing. More

Invest in Krishna For all these people, the people of Kali-yuga, Lord Chaitanya introduced this emergency shortcut concession, that okay, you don't follow anything, and you are living just like cats and dogs, eating and sleeping, or you are pretending, making a show, ringing bells. Never mind. Everything is overlooked. Just chant this holy name of Krishna... More

Eternally vibrating everywhere... The vibration of Krishna's Holy Name (Krishna) is ETERNALLY VIBRATING EVERYWHERE. We need only to hear the vibration from the lips of a PURE DEVOTEE of Krishna, and then lend our body as an instrument for vibrating Krishna's Holy Name, exactly as the radio waves are always in the ether. More

Bhaktivinoda Thakur's Calcutta Harinama-sankirtan Due to a lack of good association, the residents of this metropolitan city do not easily realize the characteristics of pure devotional service. Therefore they follow their own concocted process. More

Vedic Conception of Sound in Four Features In the Vedantic traditions sound is considered one of the most important principles of existence, as it is both the source of matter and the key to become free from it. More

The Ultimate Weapon The ritual is the simplest possible. The only condition that has to be fulfilled is that the Name has to be chanted in the company of a saint. If there is no saint there is no Name, Who only makes His appearance on the lips of His bonafide devotee. More

Focus on the Holy Name Brings Everything Else into Focus One who realizes the value of hari-nama will choose to rely on chanting hari-nama rather than on other kinds of spiritual effort. More

Why Our Schools Don't Have a Prayer Now things have gotten to the point that we can't even have prayer in the public schools. We used to have a prayer at the beginning of each school day. But then one atheist lady (and no doubt other people behind the scenes) pushed and pushed until the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional. More

Wake Up to Your Real State of Consciousness When we're sleeping, we are not aware of the fact that we're sleeping. We think we're awake. More

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Why Did Bhaktivinoda Thakur Take Shelter in a Bhajan Kutir at Purushottama? Then by the influence of time, a sudden change took place. The glow-wormlike superstitions that were hidden in the scorching heat of the sun of Vaishnavism suddenly took various forms and came from four directions. The demoniac religious principle in the form of Mayavada, which was immersed within the deep water of forgetfulness for some time, again surfaced in the form of discourses, taking shelter of the boat of the smarta teachers. More

The Pilgrim Continues His Way "No one should give the answer that it is impossible for a man occupied with worldly cares, and who is unable to go to church, to pray always. Everywhere, wherever you may find yourself, you can set up an altar to God in your mind by means of prayer." More

Zen, Christian Teachings and Krishna Consciousness "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name." So He has name. You find out what is His name and chant it. And if you do not know, then take it from us. More

Nam Bhajan—The Science of Chanting the Holy Names of Krishna The fortunate ones who really long to ascend the terrace of Prem, do sincerely and incessantly chant the Name of Krishna in the company of sadhus. They do not have any appetite for any other feature of devotion. More

The Secret of Salvation, Revealed by Unceasing Prayer God has assigned to the will and strength of man only the quantity of prayer. He has commanded unceasing prayer, always to pray, at all times and in every place. More

Allen Ginsberg with Srila Prabhupada Don't come to the ritualistic performances. Let them chant as far as possible and see the result. This is the easiest method of transcendental realization. More

Freedom is Frustration It is the question of my appreciation, or my realization. That will depend on my purity. Otherwise this Krishna sound and Krishna, non-different. More

Prayer and the answer to prayer... Unless one is completely disappointed in every relationship of love, friendship and society, it is impossible to be completely surrendered to the will of the Lord... More

The disciple is expected to become a pure devotee... To worship Srila Prabhupada (Prabhupada in the centre) as the only Acharya means to first of all be an obedient disciple (discipline of 4 regs, 16 rounds). Simply to perform the ritual of guru-puja or mouth the appropriate prayers is not enough. There must first be OBEDIENCE and DISCIPLINE, then SERVICE, and that service must be to "do as he did." More

Pain Management Therapy Dr. Murphy, then asked the group what they thought of the experience. A couple of very nice people had very favorable responses to the idea of chanting. More

The Holy Name Can't Wait "Chanting the holy name does not depend on initiation, pious activities or the purashcharya regulative principles generally observed before initiation. The holy name does not wait for all these activities. It is self-sufficient." More

Hare Krishna Mantra The transcendental vibration established by chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method for reviving our Krishna consciousness. More

That's All I Gotta Do? The same principle is expressed here that a person who has studied the Bhagavad-gita even once, who has taken one drop of Ganges water, or worshipped the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna even once never comes under the jurisdiction of Yamaraja. More

The Holy Name Is All There Is Sometimes people hear these statements and think, "Oh, this is an exaggeration. Just by chanting Hare Krishna you can be liberated and all other auspicious things come, even if a person is not learned or qualified, or even if he makes offences?" More

Holistic, Wholesale Solution If someone just chants the holy name of Krishna, that in itself is the very beginning of his spiritual life. More

Events: Kirtan Festival The kirtan experience: song and dance of ecstasy More

Kirtan: Ancient Medicine for Modern Man What do football games, rock concerts, political rallies, boxing matches and revival meetings all have in common? More

Meditation in the Age of Quarrel One may find the Vedic directions for true meditation in the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, which explains that the goal of meditation is to absorb the mind in Krishna consciousness and enable one to see the transcendental four-armed form of Vishnu within his heart. More

By Constant Practice The sound "Krishna" is actually present always. We only vibrate it. Just as air is always there. You do not make the air; you only breathe it in… out, in… out. …The sound "Krishna" is always there. You simply vibrate it and hear it. More

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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