From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hare Krishna (Maha Mantra) in Devanagari (devanāgarī) script The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra (Great Mantra), is a 16 word Vaishnava mantra which is mentioned in the Kali-Santarana Upanishad, and which from the 15th century rose to importance in the Bhakti movement following the teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, ones original consciousness and goal of life is pure love of God (Krishna).[1] Since the 1960s, the mantra has been made well known outside of India by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas).[2]
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