Hare Krishna (mantra)

For the religious organization known as the Hare Krishna movement, see International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Hare Krishna (Maha Mantra) in the Devanagari (devanāgarī) script.
Hare Krishna (Maha Mantra) in the Bengali language

The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Mahā-mantra (lit. 'Great Mantra'), is a 16-word Vaishnava mantra mentioned in the Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad.[1] In the 15th century, it rose to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This mantra is composed of three Sanskrit names – "Krishna", "Rama", and "Hare".[2][3][4]

Since the 1960s, the mantra has been made well known outside India by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his movement, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas or the Hare Krishna movement).[5]

  1. ^ Beck 1993, p. 199.
  2. ^ "Hare Krishna mantra". Krishna. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Chant and be happy". iskcon. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rosen2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Religion Encyclopedia – Hare Krishna (ISKCON) Archived 1 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine