Power Of Maha Mantra

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Power Of Maha Mantra

• By Shivani Kulkarni

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• Om ajñana timirandhasya
• Jñanañjana salakaya
• Caksur unmîlitam yena
• Tasmai sri gurave namah

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The Power of Sound

• Sound can be so powerful you can shatter glass.
• Different sounds with their different frequencies
  and intensity can result in different effects.

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Sound can Control You!

• Helps to form ideas, images, concepts, and
  desires.
• Both Mahatma Gandhi and Adolf Hitler used the
  power of sound.
• Imagine what the sound vibration of Gods holy
  names will do!.

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Maha Mantra in the West

• Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu had predicted that
  chanting of MahaMantra will be heard everywhere
  in the world.
• Explosion of the Hare Krishna movement by Srila
  Prabhupada is an indicator of that prophecy.

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Most Powerful Mantra

• Vedas agree that the Maha Mantra is the best and
  can solve all the problems in our lives.
• All the mantras and all the processes of self
  realization are compressed into the MahaMantra
  Narada Pancharatra

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Meaning of Maha Mantra

• Hare All powerful energy of Lord Krishna.
• Krishna All attractive.
• Rama Giver of all happiness and pleasure.
• MahaMantra - you are crying internally to Lord
  Krishna for release of sufferings.

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Greatness of Maha Mantra

• Hindu ceremonies are complete only when Lord
  Krishnas names (Govinda) are chanted.
• The goal of our Hindu religion is to attain the
  Lotus Feet of Lord Sri Krishna.
• Nothing can compare to chanting Lords holy name.

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• Go-kot?i danam grahne khagasya
• Prayaga gangodaka kalpa vasah
• Yajñayutam meru svarna danam
• Govinda kirter na samam satamsaih
  Skanda
  Purana

One may give 10 million cows in charity at
solar eclipse One may live in prayag of Ganga
for a kalpa or one may perform 10,000 yajnas and
give gold as the size of Sumeru mountain but all
these cannot compare to even 1/100th of the
benefit from chanting Lord Govindas name.
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Greatness of Maha Mantra
Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram Ram

• Lord Shiva and Lord Ganesha themselves are
  chanting and meditating on the holy names of Lord
  Sri Krishna/Rama.
• The last words uttered, by Mahatma Gandhi at his
  assassination was, HEY RAM!

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Greatness of Maha Mantra
Chant the holy name of Lord Rama and enjoy the
beautiful sound. The holy name of Lord Rama is
equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Vishnu.
In the Mahabharata section of the
Vishnu-Sahasranama, Lord Shiva advices Mother
Parvati Sri rama rama raméti Ramé ramé
manóramé Sahasra nama tattulyam Rama nama
varanane
Vishnu Sahasra Nama
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Benefits of Maha Mantra

• Cures worry, and depressions.
• Sorrow into joy.
• Fear into courage.
• Great relief from miseries.
• Breaks bad habits.
• Releases job tension.
• Helps in this age of Kali.

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• Harer nama harer nama
• Harer namaiva kevalam
• Kalau nasty eva nasty eva
• Nasty eva gatir anyatha

For deliverance in this Kali Yuga, There is no
other way, there is no other way, There is no
other way except chanting the Holy names of the
Lord
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How Does the Mantra Work?

• This is NOT a like a regular mantra.
• Lord Sri Krishna has put in his Mercy, Power, and
  Love into the mantra.
• Heart is searching for, given through the
  MahaMantra.
• Guaranteed by Sri Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita.

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How to Chant the Maha Mantra

• Use 108 Tulasi beads.
• Focus on Lord Mantra while chanting.
• Keep oneself in the company of devotees.
• Have faith in Guru.
• Chanting in groups is best.

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• Nama sankìrtanam yasya
• Sarva papa pranasanam
• Pranamo dukha samanas
• Tam namami harim param
• (S.B. 12.13.23)

Congregational chanting of Lords name destroys
all sins. Offering pranam to Him relieves all
material sufferings. I offer my pranams to that
Lord Hari.
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Why Chant?

• You are trying so many things for happiness. Why
  not simply try chanting the holy names of Lord
  Sri Krishna for help?
• YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSEWHY NOT TRY IT?

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Why Chant?

• One can do all that one wants in life but in the
  end all that matters is the relationship one
  builds with god
• So the saints say

Sadhu sange krishna nama Ei matra cai Samsara
jinite ara Kauna vastu nai (Prema Vivarta)
To live in this world there is nothing more
necessary than chanting Gods name in the company
of saints.
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THE MAHA MANTRA

• Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
• Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
• Hare Rama Hare Rama
• Rama Rama Hare Hare

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End

• Vancha kalpa tarubhyas ca
• krpa-sindhubhya eva ca
• Patitanam pavanebhyo
• vais?n?avebhyo namo namah

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Works Cited

• Vedic Sonic Science by Gaudiya Vedanta Society of
  Malaysia
• Google Images

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