Sri Harinama Mahamantra - English

Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja compiled this booklet to educate the public at large about the mahā-mantra, using quotes from the Vedic scriptures to show that the holy name is authentic, beyond worldly sound vibration, specific in sequence, possessing unlimited glory and that chanting it awards the highest spiritual fruit. “To make spiritual progress in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, there is no other way, no other way, no other way... .”

About the transcendental holy name of the Lord: "When a qualified person chants harinama, this light diffuses, thus keeping the darkness of illusion away from the soul."

CONTENTS: Introduction, Preface, Sri Harinama Maha-mantra, The Sequence of the Maha-mantra, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the Maha-mantra, Commentaries on the Maha-mantra (Elaboration on the sweetness of the name, Elaboration on the opulence within the name, The commentary that explains how the Divine Couple can be remembered within the name, Commentary by Srila Jiva Gosvami, Commentary by Sri Gopala Guru Gosvami, Commentary by Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, Commentary by Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Commentary on Sri Pada-kalpataru), The Glories of Sri Harinama (The intrinsic form of the holy name, In Kali-yuga the holy name bestows all perfection, The glories of the holy name as described by the previous spiritual masters, The glories of chanting the holy name exceed the glories of realizing the impersonal brahma, The superiority of chanting the holy name, The superiority of chanting the holy name over meditation and temple worship, Chanting the holy name is not governed by rules regarding time place or circumstance, Chanting the holy name is the process 'sadhana' and the goal 'sadhya' for everyone), “Harinama" by Saccidananda Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Glossary.