hAre rAma hAre kRishna - ShodasaNama Mantra - How to contemplate?
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare… In the above Shodasa NaAma Mantra there are 16 Divine names of the Supreme God HARI (Hare) repeated 8 times; RAMA & KRISHNA 4 times each. How to contemplate them while chanting? IMHO one must contemplate/remember the following Rupas of the Supreme God Vishnu while reciting HARI... VISHNU - The Hari Sarvottama - Panchaniyamaka Bhagawadrupa - Aniruddha-Pradyumna-Sankarshana-Vasudeva-Narayana - the plenary expansions of Lord Vishnu; NARAHARI - Lord NaraSimha (Hari means Lion)>Prahlada-Varada; SRIHARI (LakshmiNarayana) - they always live together, they are inseparable. Where Lakshmi is not present Sri Hari will not be there and where Sri Hari is not there Lakshmi does not stay. KARIRAJAVARADA (Gajendra Moksha) where Lord Sri Hari comes to the rescue of Gajendra; HARE SREENIVAASA (Lord Venkateswara) who is saakshaatt - Lord Vishnu the Hari Sarvottama...