Paul Bearer is correct (as far as i know anyways monsieur Babi)
Hari Krishna info thanks to wickedpedia
HARE KRISHNA--
The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra ("Great Mantra"), is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra made well known outside of India by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas').[1] It is believed by practitioners to bring about a higher state of consciousness when HEARD, SPOKEN, meditated upon, or SUNG OUT LOUD.
[2] According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, this higher consciousness ultimately takes the form of pure LOVE (it's the word..) of God (Krishna).
& of course we are all well aware of the extensive time The Beatles spent in India with the maharishi. But wait theres more...
The mantra
The Hare Krishna mantra is composed of Sanskrit names in the vocative case: Hare, Krishna, and Rama (in Anglicized spelling, the IAST of the three vocatives is hare, k???a and r?ma; roughly pronounced IPA: ['h?re:], ['k?
?], ['ra:m?], see Sanskrit for pronunciation details):
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
Rama and Krishna both appear as names of Vishnu in the Vishnu sahasranama and refer primarily to the 7th and 8th Maha Avataras of Vishnu
[4]. "Hare" can be interpreted as either the vocative of Hari, another name of Vishnu meaning "he who removes illusion", or as the vocative of Har?
[5], a name of R?dh?, Krishna's eternal consort or Shakti. According to A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Har? refers to "the energy of God" while Krishna and Rama refer to God himself, meaning "He who is All-Attractive" and "He who is the Source of All Pleasure".
[6] Rama can also refer to Radha-Raman, another name of Krishna meaning beloved of Radha
[7], or as a shortened form of Balarama, Krishna's first expansion.
The mantra is repeated, either out loud (kirtan), softly to oneself (japa), or internally within the mind. Srila Prabhupada describes the process of chanting the Maha Mantra as follows:
"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 ...[]...
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, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness - namely sensual, mental, and intellectual ...... As such anyone can take part in the chanting without any previous qualification."
None of this is surprising to me considering String theory. So it's really all about "good vibrations" maybe Mark-e-Mark was onto something after all.....
Also i love the George Harrison tune "My Sweet Lord" which contains "Hare Krishna Rama Krishna" chanted over and over throughout most of the song----I always wondered why i enjoyed it so much........
HISTORY-
The mantra is first attested in the kalisa???ra?opani?ad (Kali Santarana Upanishad), a Vaishnava Upanishad associated with the Krishna Yajurveda. In this Upanishad, Narada is instructed by Brahma (in the translation of K. N. Aiyar):
"Hearken to that which all Shrutis (the Vedas) keep secret and hidden, through which one may cross the Samsara (mundane existence) of Kali. He shakes off (the evil effects of) Kali through the mere uttering of the name of Lord Narayana, who is the primeval Purusha".
Narada asks to be told this name of Narayana, and Brahma replies
"Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare; These sixteen names are destructive of the evil effects of Kali. No better means than this is to be seen in all the Vedas."
The mantra was popularized by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu roughly around 1500 CE when he began his mission to spread this mantra publicly to 'every town and village' in the world, travelling throughout India, and especially within the areas of Bengal and Orissa
--- Some versions of the Kali Santarana Upanishad give the mantra with Hare Rama preceding Hare Krishna, and others with Hare Krishna preceding Hare Rama (as quoted above). The latter format is by far the more common within the Vaishnava traditions, within which it is a common belief that the mantra is equally potent when spoken in either order.
--In the 1960's an elderly monk known as A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, on the order of his guru, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, brought the teachings of Sri Chaitanya from India and single-handedly took the responsibility of spreading them around the Western world. Beginning in New York, he encircled the globe fourteen times in the final eleven years of his life, thus making 'Hare Krishna' a well-known phrase in many parts of the world.
THE "HARE KRISHNA" MOVEMENT--
Main articles: ISKCON and Gaudiya Math
"Hare Krishna" brings to mind, for many, the conspicuous Hare Krishna devotees, who first appeared on the streets of Western cities in the 1960s and 1970s, dancing and chanting with drums and cymbals, wearing saffron dhotis or colourful saris, and selling Bhagavad Gita As It Is and similar literatures. These devotees were members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), founded by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. ISKCON was the first organised Vaishnava group to make a large impression outside of India. Now a number of such Vaishnava groups are preaching in the Western world, such as the Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mission and other lineages of the Gaudiya Math.
rom a theological perspective Hare Krishna devotees are classified as practitioners of Bhakti Yoga. They are also referred to as Gaudiya Vaishnavas because they follow a line of gurus descending from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who appeared in Bengal (Gauda is an old name of Bengal). Vaishnavism comes under the general banner of being a Hindu religion.
Most serious 'Hare Krishna' practitioners live according to strict rules. For example, initiates take vows to abstain from all forms of recreational drugs and intoxicants (including caffeine), from eating meat, fish and eggs, from gambling, and from all sexual relations except for purposes of procreation within marriage. For non-initiates how many of these rules to follow is left to one's own discretion, but these four 'regulative principles' remain as a standard.
"HARE KRISHNA" IN HIPPIE CULTURE
n the 1970s, Hare Krishnas became confused with the hippie subculture. The 1971 Hindi film Hare Rama, Hare Krishna, written and directed by Dev Anand, was shot with many real-life hippie extras. To this very day, as a result of this classic movie, young Western travelers are greeted with mocking renditions of the film’s hit title song, "Hare Krishna, Hare Rama," more generally known by its opening line, "Dum Maro Dum" ("Take another toke!"). But in fact the genuine Hare Krishna followers were a far cry from hippies. Although Prabhupada was open to anyone, members had to follow the four regulative principles, one of which is "no intoxicants"[16]. Elevation and joy were to be derived from chanting God's holy names.
AH Oui voici la piece de resistence---->
"HARE KRISHNA" IN POP-CULTURE--
The Hare Krishna mantra appears in a number of famous songs, notably those of The Beatles and George Harrison, and has been at the number-one spot in the UK singles charts on more than one occasion.
So they were trying to get their audience to subconsciously transcend to high plaines of consciousness itself....WOW.
If that isn't genius, i don't know what is.
If more people made that their goal today, or based a business on running through "jamming" on the "Hare Krishna" concept of living, it would be a very succesfull one.
(Or the might end up assacinated like John-
)
A noble risk worth taking to wake the general public up to the "concentration camps" of life most people never break out of.
So whaddaya say?
Is every body in or what!!!?!?!
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