<P> 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". </P> <P> According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, one's original consciousness and goal of life is pure love of the god Krishna . Since the 1960s, the mantra has been made well known outside India by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as "the Hare Krishnas"). </P>

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