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Why Chant Hare Kṛṣṅa?

Here’s a page full of reasons. I’ll spare you the footnotes, but each reason is fully upheld by evidence from Vedic writings like Bhagavad-gītā, the Upaniṣads, and the Purāṅas.

CHANTING HARE KṚṢṄA awakens love of God.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa brings liberation as a side benefit along the way.

When you chant Hare Kṛṣṅa, you automatically develop knowledge and detachment.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa gets you out of the endless cycle of birth and death.

It is the most effective means of self-realization in the present Age of Quarrel. Nothing else works nearly as well.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa cleanses the heart of all illusions and misunderstandings.

By chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa, you become free from all anxieties.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa brings you to self-realization—and shows you how to act as a self-realized soul.

It keeps you ever mindful of Kṛṣṅa, the reservoir of pleasure.

There are no hard and fast rules for chanting. You can chant anywhere, any time, under any circumstances.

Kṛṣṅa Himself is fully present in the transcendental sound of His name. And the more you chant, the more you realize it.

All other Vedic mantras are included in the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṅa. So just by chanting this mantra, you get the benefit of all others.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa purifies not only you but every living entity around you. Whoever hears the chanting gets spiritual benefit.

A person who chants Hare Kṛṣṅa develops all good qualities.

You can chant Hare Kṛṣṅa softly for personal meditation or loudly with your family or friends. Both ways work.

Śrīla Prabhupāda chanted Hare Kṛṣṅa, and so did great souls in the past. So why not you? It’s free. Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa never costs you money.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa brings the highest states of ecstasy.

There are no previous qualifications needed for chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa. Young or old, anyone can chant—from any race, any religion, or any country of the world.

Even if you don’t understand the language of the mantra, it works anyway.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa brings relief from all miseries.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa is easy. When the best way is also the easiest, why make life hard for yourself?

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa invokes spiritual peace—for you and for those around you.

When you chant Hare Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa Himself becomes pleased.

When you chant Hare Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa dances on your tongue.

By chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa you can return to Kṛṣṅa's world, the eternal abode of full happiness and knowledge.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa frees you from the reactions of all past karma. Chanting Kṛṣṅa's name even once, purely and sincerely, can free you from the reactions of more karma than you could possibly incur.

Chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa counteracts the sinful atmosphere of Kali-yuga, the present Age of Hypocrisy and Quarrel.

By chanting Hare Kṛṣṅa you can relish at every step the full nectar that’s the real thirst of the soul.

The more you chant Hare Kṛṣṅa, the better it gets.

If you look through all the Vedic scriptures, you'll find nothing higher than the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṅa. Hare Kṛṣṅa, Hare Kṛṣṅa, Kṛṣṅa Kṛṣṅa, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

—Jayādvaita Swami