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  • Translated mantras C
    • om tare tutare ture soha
    • purnam-adah-purnam-idam
    • Rādhe Rādhe Rādhe Shyām
    • sarvesham svastir bhavatu
    • Shambho Shangkara namah Shivaya >
      • Shambhu Shankara Namah Shivaya Krishna Das meaning
      • Om Namah Shivaya Krishna Das. Lyrics, meaning, discussion.
    • shri sache maha prabhu
    • Shiva Shiva Shambho Shangkara
    • Sīta Ram Hanuman.
    • twam eva.
    • tri-ambakam yajamahe >
      • Maha Mrityeonjaya Hein Braat meaning
  • Translated mantras B
    • mangalam bhagavan Vishnu
    • namah Shivaya hare Hari om
    • om bhakta jai
    • Bhakti Heenam
    • om jaya Shiva Shambo
    • om asat oma sad gamaya
    • om mani padme hum
    • om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya
    • om namō narāyanāya
    • om namah Shivaya
    • om param eshvaraya vidmahe
    • om tat purushaya vidmahi
  • Mantras Translated A
    • amma amma taye
    • chid-ananda-rupah shivo-ham
    • The Essence of All
    • gate gate para gate
    • Gayatri om bhur bhuvah svaha
    • Govinda, Gopala Radha. >
      • Radhe Govinda Krishna Das meaning
      • sands of pleasure lyrics translation
    • hare Krishna hare Rama (a) >
      • hare Krishna hare Rama (b)
      • The Hare Krishna Sect.
    • jai Radha Madhava - Meaning.
    • je ma je Kali ma
    • Moola Mantra
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    • om tare tutare ture soha
    • purnam-adah-purnam-idam
    • Rādhe Rādhe Rādhe Shyām
    • sarvesham svastir bhavatu
    • Shambho Shangkara namah Shivaya >
      • Shambhu Shankara Namah Shivaya Krishna Das meaning
      • Om Namah Shivaya Krishna Das. Lyrics, meaning, discussion.
    • shri sache maha prabhu
    • Shiva Shiva Shambho Shangkara
    • Sīta Ram Hanuman.
    • twam eva.
    • tri-ambakam yajamahe >
      • Maha Mrityeonjaya Hein Braat meaning
  • Translated mantras B
    • mangalam bhagavan Vishnu
    • namah Shivaya hare Hari om
    • om bhakta jai
    • Bhakti Heenam
    • om jaya Shiva Shambo
    • om asat oma sad gamaya
    • om mani padme hum
    • om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya
    • om namō narāyanāya
    • om namah Shivaya
    • om param eshvaraya vidmahe
    • om tat purushaya vidmahi
  • Mantras Translated A
    • amma amma taye
    • chid-ananda-rupah shivo-ham
    • The Essence of All
    • gate gate para gate
    • Gayatri om bhur bhuvah svaha
    • Govinda, Gopala Radha. >
      • Radhe Govinda Krishna Das meaning
      • sands of pleasure lyrics translation
    • hare Krishna hare Rama (a) >
      • hare Krishna hare Rama (b)
      • The Hare Krishna Sect.
    • jai Radha Madhava - Meaning.
    • je ma je Kali ma
    • Moola Mantra
  • Spiritual Practice
    • A : Introduction to Practice
    • B : Buddha's Enlightenment
    • C Meditation for Enlightenment.
    • D Self Realisation
    • E : The Ego
    • F : Discharge of DIstress
    • G : Relationships
    • I : Desire >
      • dhammacakkappavattana sutta word by word
    • J : Karma
    • K : Dissatisfaction and Anger
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  • Translated mantras C
    • om tare tutare ture soha
    • purnam-adah-purnam-idam
    • Rādhe Rādhe Rādhe Shyām
    • sarvesham svastir bhavatu
    • Shambho Shangkara namah Shivaya >
      • Shambhu Shankara Namah Shivaya Krishna Das meaning
      • Om Namah Shivaya Krishna Das. Lyrics, meaning, discussion.
    • shri sache maha prabhu
    • Shiva Shiva Shambho Shangkara
    • Sīta Ram Hanuman.
    • twam eva.
    • tri-ambakam yajamahe >
      • Maha Mrityeonjaya Hein Braat meaning
  • Translated mantras B
    • mangalam bhagavan Vishnu
    • namah Shivaya hare Hari om
    • om bhakta jai
    • Bhakti Heenam
    • om jaya Shiva Shambo
    • om asat oma sad gamaya
    • om mani padme hum
    • om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya
    • om namō narāyanāya
    • om namah Shivaya
    • om param eshvaraya vidmahe
    • om tat purushaya vidmahi
  • Mantras Translated A
    • amma amma taye
    • chid-ananda-rupah shivo-ham
    • The Essence of All
    • gate gate para gate
    • Gayatri om bhur bhuvah svaha
    • Govinda, Gopala Radha. >
      • Radhe Govinda Krishna Das meaning
      • sands of pleasure lyrics translation
    • hare Krishna hare Rama (a) >
      • hare Krishna hare Rama (b)
      • The Hare Krishna Sect.
    • jai Radha Madhava - Meaning.
    • je ma je Kali ma
    • Moola Mantra
  • Spiritual Practice
    • A : Introduction to Practice
    • B : Buddha's Enlightenment
    • C Meditation for Enlightenment.
    • D Self Realisation
    • E : The Ego
    • F : Discharge of DIstress
    • G : Relationships
    • I : Desire >
      • dhammacakkappavattana sutta word by word
    • J : Karma
    • K : Dissatisfaction and Anger
    • References. >
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      • New Page 3
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    • 1. All attention on sensation.
    • 2. Return and Stay With
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    • 5 Making Effort
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    • 7 Beauty of Spiritual Qualities
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Krishna the flute player,  in Nature




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Kirtan musicians in concert.


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​hare Krishna hare Rama in Music.


hare  Kṛśṇa    hare   Kṛśṇa      Kṛśṇa     Kṛśṇa     hare  hare
hare  Krishna  hare  Krishna  Krishna  Krishna  hare  hare
hare  Rama  hare  Rama   Rama  Rama  hare  hare
 
 
(Pronunciation guide.  ṛ  and  ṇ  with a dot under are pronounced with tongue pointing towards the mid palette, instead of the teeth.  A more subtle way of pronouncing Krishna.)


Krishna as the Beauty of Music.
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​It is useful to interpret this Sanskrit mantra in terms of music meditation,  for Kīrtan is a special kind of meditation  :  music meditation.
 
Krishna was a well dressed musician,  whose flute music was so appealing,  that it won the hearts of the cow herding maidens,  the Gopis,  especially Radha (properly spelled Rādha, and pronounced Raadha.)  Indeed,  most images of Krishna depict him as a musician.  
 
Our male Kirtan musicians create beautiful music on the bansuri flute,  just like Krishna did, and Kirtan is a form of music meditation.
 
Thus Krishna can be understood to be a performing musician who is well dressed and gifted.   This suggests that –
 
  • Krishna   can mean the “beauty  of music”.    This beauty is foundational to the success of music meditation. 
 
Appreciation for music is necessary to unlock the real beauty of music.  Skill in meditation greatly improves your ability   to practice music appreciation.  With such skill,  it is so much easier to move into the music and leave all mental busy-ness behind. 
 
In music meditation,  the music becomes the meditation object.  We focus all our attention on the sound and dynamics of the music.  Try to focus on all the subtle nuances that the professional musician adds to their performance,  to create music that people will pay for.
 
  Or more precisely, focus on the beauty of the music.  This beauty is the key that unlocks the door.  Thru this doorway dwells the real healing power of music.  A place where we can become fully absorbed into the music,  because we are really enjoying it.  Full absorption into the meditation frees us from the ego and the false mind made self.  Full absorption = samādhi  is very healing.  Samādhi has profound significance on the Path of meditation
 
  • hare  can mean “experiencing”  or “moving towards”,  and
  • hare  Krishna  can mean “experiencing the beauty of music”  or
  • hare Krishna  can mean “moving towards the beauty of music”. 
 
  • Rama  can mean the beauty,  enjoyment and attraction of music,
  • hare  Rama  can mean “experience the enjoyment of music” or
  • hare  Rama  can mean “move towards the beauty music.”
 
Thus   hare Krishna hare Rama   can mean –
 
  • fully experiencing the beauty of music
          is to experience joy in music. 
 
In this,  Krishna and Rama  are both Names for Deity.
 
The Music.
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Pralad enjoying his Kirtan


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Naz, bass player, Pralad, and Glen (Gauranga)  the drummer,  of Prahlad and the Chants.

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Anah,  the female singer on "Acoustic Journey", resting during rehearsal


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For the hare Krishna hare Rama mantra,  I recommend “Acoustic Journey”,  by Pralad and the Chants,  of south Queensland. This excellent CD is a live recording at Mt Gravatt,  Brisbane,  with call-and-response,  and slow build up to climax.  Pralad Das has very skilled on the guitar,  and can create a real musical atmosphere with it.  His devotion to Kirtan as a spiritual practice makes his singing really special. 
 
The hare Krishna hare Rama mantra appears in all songs,  put to a variety of well known tunes.  Pralad is a wonderful musician,  and I have enjoyed dancing to several of his concerts at the Mantra Room,  Westend of Brisbane.  You can listen to short samples of each song,   and buy this album for $15 as a download at -
https://www.praladandthechants.com/
 

Pralad and the Chants  has been performing at the Nadia Rainforest Retreat, 323 Hogans Rd, Upper Duroby,  south west of Tweed Heads,  New South Wales, near the Qld border.  Also occasionally at the Mantra Room,  Brisbane.  His facebook page might tell you of upcoming events –
https://www.facebook.com/PraladandTheChants/

Pralad uses a few other chants.
 
  • Hari bol,  Nitai-Gau,  Nitai-Gau  Hari bol.
 
bol  just means “sing aloud”  and thus it can mean “please join in”.  Pralad often calls “Hari bol !” to his audience,  during his songs. 
 
Hari  can stand for the Name for Deity,  especially Krishna and  Rama.  Thus -
  • Hari bol  can mean “sing aloud the Names of Deity.”
 
Gau  is short for Gauranga,  also known as Chaitanya,  and Nitai is short for Nityananda.   Chaitanya and his friend and supporter Nityananda  popularised the Bhakti practice of chanting the hare Krishna,  hare Rama  mantra,   in India 500 years ago.  They also promoted study of the Bhagavad Gita,  a discourse by Krishna thousands of years ago.  Thus -
 
  • Nitai-Gau  can mean          “spiritual leadership,"  and
  • the title  Das  also means  "spiritual leader."
 
Pralad Das also uses these Names,  Chaitanya,  Gauranga,  as a mantra in his songs. He opens the album with the following mantra -
 

jaya jaya       guru                           dev

success          learning from          radiant Presence
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May we succeed in learning from the radiant Presence of Deity.  



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