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Shelter –

Mantra (1995)

Earth can be a lonely place. Blank stares on the people's face. I contemplate the pointless chase, that traps me and my friends.

Is this the place where I belong? Where did we go wrong? Will it last real long? Are you too singing this song?

 

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes I feel it, sometimes I feel so all alone. And yes, yes I must confess, I feel so far from home.

Mantra, take me home I trust you. Mantra, take me to the place where I belong.

 

Life's a puzzle that the thoughtful solve, but most choose not to get involved. Because of this we don't evolve, Just look around my friend.

And life's meaning can be hard to grasp, all that's certain is it won't last. We're all spirits looking for transcendence. Oh mantra grant me that independence.

The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Krishna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now polluted by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is called maya, or illusion. Maya means łthat which is not.˛ And what is this illusion? The illusion is that we are all trying to be lords of material nature, while actually we are under the grip of her stringent laws. When a servant artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, he is said to be in illusion. We are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature, we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory struggle against material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal Krishna consciousness.

Read all of the purport to chanting the maha-mantra by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Listen to the Hare Krishna mantra & purport

 

 

 

 

 

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