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Chant and Be Happy explains the power of mantra meditation and how it can bring you ultimate self-awareness and put you in touch with the supreme pleasure principle.

Features exclusive conversations with George Harrison and John Lennon.

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Mukunda Goswami

Mukunda Goswami, writer, researcher, editor, and one of the earliest members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, has lectured in thirty-eight countries and published newspaper and magazine articles on spirituality and contemporary issues. Coauthor of four books, including /“Divine Nature: A Spiritual Perspective on the Environmental Crisis”/ and /“Coming Back: The Science of Reincarnation”/, he now resides in Australia, where he continues to write.

Bhūtātma Dāsa

Bhūtātmā Dāsa (Austin Gordon, 1950-2020) earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, after which he taught a variety of courses in American politics at the university level. He later taught at Saddleback Community College, in Mission Viejo, California, and seminars in American Politics at University of the Visayas in Cebu City, Philippines. Bhūtātmā was initiated in 1971 by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. During his life he traveled extensively through India and the Far East to study spiritual traditions. Along with publishing articles in his academic discipline, he also wrote books on Eastern thought.

Drutakarmā Dāsa

Drutakarmā Dāsa (Michael A. Cremo) is a researcher in the history of science for the Bhaktivedanta Institute, the science studies branch of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He has presented papers on Vedic environmental philosophy at international conferences and is also the author of /“Human Devolution: A Vedic Alternative to Darwin’s Theory”/ and /“Forbidden Archaeology”/ (with Richard L. Thompson). He has lectured at the Royal Institution in London, the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow, and other scientific institutions and universities throughout the world. He is a member of the History of Science Society, the Philosophy of Science Association, and the World Archaeological Congress. Born in 1948, he became an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in 1976.

Contents68 listed sections
  1. Cover
  2. Words from George Harrison
  3. Books by Śrīla Prabhupāda
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright Information
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. The Search for Happiness
  9. On Chanting
  10. CHAPTER ONE: The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra: “There Is Nothing Higher ...”
  11. A 1982 Interview with George Harrison
  12. John Lennon and Hare Kṛṣṇa
  13. Practical Meditation
  14. Experiencing God Through the Senses
  15. The Hare Kṛṣṇa Record
  16. Spiritual Food
  17. Meeting Śrīla Prabhupāda
  18. God Is a Person
  19. “My Sweet Lord”
  20. Karma and Reincarnation
  21. CHAPTER TWO: Chanting for Liberation
  22. A conversation about the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra between Śrīla Prabhupāda and John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and George Harrison
  23. Which Mantra to Chant
  24. Prescription for the Age of Kali
  25. You Can’t Manufacture a Mantra
  26. Who’s a Genuine Guru?
  27. Chanting for Liberation
  28. CHAPTER THREE: Śrīla Prabhupāda Brings the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra to the West
  29. To San Francisco and Beyond
  30. CHAPTER FOUR: Chanting for Higher Consciousness: A Cultural History
  31. The Search for the Self
  32. Sound and Self-Realization
  33. Kṛṣṇa: The All-Encompassing Name of God
  34. CHAPTER FIVE: The Life of Śrī Caitanya
  35. CHAPTER SIX: Haridāsa Ṭhākura and the Prostitute
  36. CHAPTER SEVEN: The Science of Mantra Meditation
  37. Reviving Our Original Brilliance
  38. The Mantra for Everyone
  39. Awakening Our Original Consciousness
  40. Chanting: The Universal Religion
  41. Seeing God Through Sound
  42. The Holy Name Acts Like Fire
  43. Liberation from False Ego
  44. Chanting Defeats Death
  45. Experiencing Ecstasy
  46. The Sound Incarnation of God
  47. Christ or Kṛṣṇa – the Name Is the Same
  48. The Wild Horses of the Mind
  49. The Peace Formula
  50. Free vs. High-priced Mantras
  51. Rx for Heart Disease
  52. CHAPTER EIGHT: The Benefits of Chanting
  53. Peace of Mind
  54. Knowledge of the Self
  55. Real Happiness
  56. Liberation from Karma
  57. Freedom from Reincarnation
  58. The Ultimate Benefit – Love of God
  59. CHAPTER NINE: The Dawn of Hare Kṛṣṇa in Britain
  60. 1968
  61. Savile Row, December 1968
  62. Esher, Surrey, Sunday 8th December 1968
  63. Heathrow Airport, September 11, 1969
  64. CHAPTER TEN: Techniques for Chanting
  65. How to Chant
  66. Enhancing Your Chanting
  67. Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation
  68. The Authors

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