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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.This Mantra is composed of three Sanskrit names of the Supreme Being; "Hare," "Krishna," and "Rama." According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, one's original consciousness and goal of life is pure love of God (Krishna).〔(Caitanya Caritamrta Ml.20.340 ).〕 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").〔(Religion Encyclopedia - Hare Krishna (ISKCON) )〕 ==Mantra== The Hare Krishna mantra is composed of Sanskrit names in the singular vocative case: ''Hare'', ''Krishna,'' and ''Rama'' (in Anglicized spelling). It is a poetic stanza in anuṣṭubh meter (A quatrain of four lines (pāda) of eight syllables). Sanskrit is a polysemic language and as such, this mantra has multiple interpretations all of which may be considered as correct. "Hare" can be interpreted as either the vocative form of ''Hari'', another name of Vishnu meaning "he who removes illusion". Another interpretation is as the vocative of ''Harā'',〔(Meditations on the Hare Krishna Mahamantra ) "() = O Hari!...." & "Because she steals Krishna's mind and because she is the embodiment of Krishna's divine joy, Sri Radha is known as Harā. Hare is the vocative form of that name".〕 a name of Rādhā,〔P.4: It was preserved in the confidential sampradayas, or esoteric lineages, that were guardian to these truths from the beginning. p.244: In a more esoteric sense, the word "Hare" is a vocative form of "Harā," which refers to Mother Harā, or Sri Radha.〕 Krishna's eternal consort or His energy (Krishna's Shakti). According to A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, ''Harā'' refers to "the energy/shakti of Supreme Personality of Godhead" while ''Krishna'' and ''Rama'' refer to Supreme Godhead Himself, meaning "He who is All-Attractive" and "He who is the Source of All Pleasure".〔"The word Harā is a form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words Krishna and Rama (which mean "the highest pleasure eternal") are forms of addressing the Lord Himself." - A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. See (''Krishna.com'' ) article.〕〔(Gaudiya.com - Practice ) "Rama is another name for Him (), meaning the one who brings delight to Radha".〕 In the hymn ''Vishnu Sahasranama'' spoken by Bhishma in praise of Krishna after the Kurukshetra War, Krishna is also called ''Rama''. It is sometimes believed that "Rama" in "Hare Rama" means "Radharamana" or the beloved of Radha (another name for Kṛṣṇa). The more common interpretation is that Rāma refers to Rama of the Ramayana, an earlier avatar of Vishnu. "Rama can also be a shortened form of Balarama, Krishna's first expansion."〔(Chaitanya Charitamrita Adi-5.132 ) "if someone says that the "Rama" in "Hare Rama" is Lord Ramacandra and someone else says that the "Rama" in "Hare Rama" is Sri Balarama, both are correct".〕 The mantra is repeated, either sung out loud (bhajan), congregationally (kirtan) or to oneself aloud or mentally (japa). A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami describes the process of chanting the Maha Mantra as follows: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hare Krishna (mantra)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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