Mantra meditation is a spiritual and religious practice that has
a place in practically all religious traditions, although the
method of practice may differ. In the Vaishnava tradition (which
includes the devotees of Krishna) this type of meditation has
two basic forms. The first is individual practice and the second
is congregational. Individually devotees of Krishna perform a
daily schedule of personal prayer and meditation. This is
centred around the recitation of the names of Krishna (God)
using prayer beads to count out the number of names chanted. The
prayer, or “mantra”, that they repeat is called the Hare Krishna
Maha Mantra: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare The second form of this
process, which is congregational, includes the use of musical
instruments. Instead of chanting on beads the mantra is sung.
One person leads the singing while others in the group respond.
Depending on the circumstances this religious performance is
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