Punyatama, Neven/Studio Mendrila, Rasikananda and Ananta Rupa have created a beautiful Kirtan website in honor of the 50th anniversary in 2016 of Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON movement and his divine mission. The objectives of their website are:
- Complete an archive of all of Prabhupadas Kirtans – every last video available.
- Invitation to all ISKCON temples to post their past and present Kirtan leaders.
- Invitation to all bands and solo artists to post their Kirtan songs.
- All parents with little Kirtan kids’ videos to contact them and let them know about it.
Srila Prabhupada about Chanting
This transcendental vibration, 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.
As living spiritual souls we are all originally Krishna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now polluted by material atmosphere. In this polluted concept of life, we are all trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. This illusion is called maya, or hard struggle for existence for winning over the stringent laws of material nature. This illusory struggle against the material nature can at once be stopped by revival of our Krishna consciousness.
Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original energy of the living entity. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived and the process is recommended by authorities for this age. By practical experience also, we can perceive that by chanting this maha-mantra, or the great chanting for deliverance, one can at once feel transcendental ecstasy from the spiritual stratum.
When one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stages of sense, mind and intelligence, one is situated on the transcendental plane. This chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is directly enacted from the spiritual platform, surpassing all lower status of consciousness, namely sensual, mental, and intellectual.
There is no need of understanding the language of the mantra, nor is there any need of mental speculation, nor any intellectual adjustment for chanting this maha-mantra. It springs automatically from the spiritual platform, and as such, anyone can take part in this transcendental sound vibration without any previous qualification and dance in ecstasy. We have seen it practically. Even a child can take part in the chanting, or even a dog can take part in it.
This chanting should be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord so that immediate effect can be achieved. As far as possible, chanting from the lips of a non-devotee should be avoided, as much as milk touched by the lips of a serpent causes poisonous effect.
The word Hara is a form of addressing the energy of the Lord. Both Krishna and Rama are forms of addressing directly the Lord and they mean, “the highest pleasure eternal.” Hara is the supreme pleasure potency of the Lord. This potency, when addressed as Hare, helps us in reaching the Supreme Lord.
The material energy, called maya, is also one of the multi-potencies of the Lord, as much as we are also marginal potency of the Lord. The living entities are described as superior energy than matter. When the superior energy is in contact with the inferior energy, it becomes an incompatible situation. But when the supreme marginal potency is in contact with the spiritual potency, Hara, it becomes the happy, normal condition of the living entity.
The three words, namely Hara, Krishna, and Rama, are transcendental seeds of the maha-mantra, and the chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His internal energy Hara for giving protect the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother. Mother Hara helps the devotee achieve the grace of the Supreme Father, Hari or Krishna, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this mantra sincerely.
Therefore no other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as the chanting of the maha-mantra:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare,
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
please accept my obeisances all glories to the ambassador from the spirtual world his divine grace ac bhaktivedanta swami srila prabhupada im falling at your feet nanda kisor for your kindness prabhupada has attracted so many amazing souls to lord caitanyas mission all over the planet by the fifeth anniverary we would love to offer every kirtan leader who has served srila prabhupadas mission past and present and celebrate the on going success of his mission thank you very much your servant punyatama das
Thanks for your kind comment, Punyatama prabhu. I noticed that on your website Madhava is listed under Asia although he’s based in Switzerland since many years. He used to live in Vrindavan for many years, but now is travelling most of the time doing full time Kirtan seva.
please accept my obeisances all glories to srila prabhupada thank you prabhu for the observation we will correct that thank you for your support of this objective and all glories to your service to establish 24 kirtan radio for the glory of krishnas pure devotee. each name of radha and Krishna that emantes from you radio station circulambultes the universe 7 times purifying the planet and the universe 24 7 365 you have done a wonderful thing by doing this for prabhupada mission .a little monk steped off the jaladuta 5ft 2 in 120 lbs was receiving the blessing of his spiritual master and the six goswamis and all the residents of his books our eternal family his mission no soul left behind and now his global body of iskcon is preaching 24 7 365 his body never sleeps the holy name his books prasadam 7 million plus plates daily and devotees all over the planet putting jammuna jal in every body of water on the planet and we are all celebrating that after millions of births in this material world we are serving the ambassador from the spiritual world and assisting in his mission to bestow benediction upon all all glories to your service and voluteers wanted to process all the posts we are receiving hare krishna
Hare Krishna !! Want to know how to become devotee??
The prescribed method for becoming a devotee of Sri Sri Radha Krishna in this age of Kali is the congregational chanting of the Lord’s Holy Name, especially in the form of the Maha Mantra.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे