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What is the Hare Krishna program for self-realization?

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What is the Hare Krishna program for self-realization?

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Five hundred years ago, Krishna appeared again as Lord Chaitanya. The Srimad-Bhagavatam and other Vedic literatures predicted that Lord Chaitanya would be the Yuga Avatar, or the incarnation of Godhead for Kali-yuga, the age of darkness, quarrel, hypocrisy and dissension. Lord Chaitanya especially stressed the process of sankirtan, or congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. Although there are many paths of spiritual realization, and the body of Vedic literatures is vast, Lord Chaitanya taught that in this age the general mass of people would not be able to practice these various paths of spiritual discipline. Therefore He recommended that people in this age should practice chanting the holy names: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This movement is primarily spreading the teachings of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam and the chanting of the holy names.