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spiritual consciousness is the hearing and chanting of transcendental sounds or mantras, like the Hare Kṛṣṇa

But what is the “requisite stimulus” for awakening the dormant consciousness of the self and God that authorities agree that such transcendental experiences cannot be awakened by any material stimulus or experience, including the ingestion of “mind-expanding” or “mind-altering” drugs.

Of course, it’s the Hare Kṛṣṇa people, chanting their now familiar mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa ...

The spiritual qualities of Kṛṣṇa’s holy name are described throughout the Vedic literatures. The Padma Purāṇa states, “The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure.... It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Kṛṣṇa Himself. This is because the name of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa Himself are identical.”

The Kali-santaraṇa Upaniṣad specifically recommends the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra: “Hare Kṛṣṇa , Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare – these sixteen names

that drugs were not necessary for spiritual life, that they could not produce spiritual consciousness, and To realize God was not so easy or cheap that one could do it just by taking a pill or smoking.9

Kṛṣṇa: The All-Encompassing Name of God

Similarly, by hearing the powerful transcendental sound vibrations of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, we can gradually

Since time immemorial, millions of devotees and saintly persons have chanted the name of Kṛṣṇa to achieve But history records that it was widely popularized by Lord Caitanya, an incarnation of Lord Kṛṣṇa who appeared in Bengal some five centuries ago and established the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra as

Śrīla Prabhupāda explains: “When we speak of Kṛṣṇa, we refer to God. There are many names for God throughout the world and throughout the universe, but Kṛṣṇa is the supreme He possesses so many opulences, and because with these opulences He attracts everyone, He is called Kṛṣṇa

record that He spent many years traveling all over India spreading the chanting of the holy names of Kṛṣṇa He chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra congregationally (kīrtana) to the accompaniment of musical instruments In the Śikṣāṣṭaka, His famous prayers about the holy names of Kṛṣṇa, Lord Caitanya wrote, “Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart The chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life.

scriptures predict that although the Age of Kali is the most degraded of all, the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa most ancient, timeless writings forecast a golden age, beginning with the widespread chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa

While the word or teachings of God have enormous power to transform and uplift our lives, the actual names of God are just as important when they are praised aloud in song or quietly meditated on. Since God is fully spiritual and absolute, the Vedic scriptures inform us that His holy names are invested God and His name are the same. The Stoic philosopher Maximus noted, “There is one supreme God who is, as it were, the God and mighty

Mahāprabhu 500 years ago provide the opportunity for the fallen souls of Kali-yuga to take to the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and thus be delivered from the clutches of

that by chanting the name of Buddha the worshiper becomes liberated from the cycle of reincarnation and joins the Buddha in the Pure Land, or spiritual world.

(Kṛṣṇa is the Sanskrit name for the Supreme Lord.) But the ancient and authorized form of meditation practiced by Hare Kṛṣṇa people has a much deeper and

mystic yoga, which involves a lifetime of unbroken yoga practice accompanied by strict vows of penance and In this age people no longer have the endurance, willpower, or life span necessary to successfully practice

spiritual world, where we may enjoy an eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kṛṣṇa

scriptures in the world, the Sanskrit Vedas of India, which state that the principal name of God is Kṛṣṇa

3 The highest goal of life, Christ taught, is to understand and experience our inner, spiritual nature or lo there! for behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”4