Krsna dances
hare krsneti mantra-pratika-grahanam. Sodasa-namatmana
dvatrimsa-daksarena mantrenoccair-uccaritena
Sphurita krta-nrtya rasana jihva yasya sah.
“When the sixteen names and thirty-two syllables of the Hare Krsna mantra are loudly vibrated, Krsna Himself dances on ones tongue.”
(Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana, Stava-mala-vibhusana-bhasya)
There is no expenditure
It is good for you. It is good for the whole world. It is individually, collectively, without any consideration of caste, creed, or color. Everyone can chant Hare Krsna, anyone and everyone, at home, on the street. There is no expenditure….
see how much you are profited by chanting Hare Krsna. This is practical. We don't say that "You come to our temple and give us some subscription. Become our member." That is a secondary question. ..There is no regulation where you have to chant and how you have to chant. It is spontaneous. Simply chant Hare Krsna, Hare Krishna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare…So it is not very difficult. You can make an experiment.
see how much you are profited by chanting Hare Krsna. This is practical. We don't say that "You come to our temple and give us some subscription. Become our member." That is a secondary question. ..There is no regulation where you have to chant and how you have to chant. It is spontaneous. Simply chant Hare Krsna, Hare Krishna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare…So it is not very difficult. You can make an experiment.
Remembering Krishna
Letter to Hayagriva
January 15, 1968
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
I am very glad to read in your letter a nice line, "My main concern is seeing Him constantly in my daily life, that is, to constantly remember Him and not to forget Him." This is actually Krishna Consciousness. We can remember Krishna in every moment. We can remember Krishna while taking a glass of water because the taste of water is Krishna. We can remember Krishna as soon as we see the sunlight in the morning, because the sunlight is a reflection of Krishna's Bodily Effulgence.
Similarly, as soon as we see moonlight in the evening we remember Krishna because moonlight is also reflection of sunlight. Similarly, when we hear any sound we can remember Krishna because sound is Krishna, and the most perfect sound, transcendental, is Hare Krishna, which we have to chant 24 hours. So there is no scope of forgetting Krishna at any moment of our life provided we practice in that way.
January 15, 1968
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
I am very glad to read in your letter a nice line, "My main concern is seeing Him constantly in my daily life, that is, to constantly remember Him and not to forget Him." This is actually Krishna Consciousness. We can remember Krishna in every moment. We can remember Krishna while taking a glass of water because the taste of water is Krishna. We can remember Krishna as soon as we see the sunlight in the morning, because the sunlight is a reflection of Krishna's Bodily Effulgence.
Similarly, as soon as we see moonlight in the evening we remember Krishna because moonlight is also reflection of sunlight. Similarly, when we hear any sound we can remember Krishna because sound is Krishna, and the most perfect sound, transcendental, is Hare Krishna, which we have to chant 24 hours. So there is no scope of forgetting Krishna at any moment of our life provided we practice in that way.
The Bhagavad Gita Como As it is
Chapter 9 - Text 31
By His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Purport
Continuous thinking of the Supreme Lord makes the devotee pure by nature. According to the Vedas, there is a certain regulation that if one falls down from his exalted position he has to undergo certain ritualistic processes to purify himself. But here there is no such condition, because the purifying process is already there in the heart of the devotee, due to his remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead constantly. Therefore, the chanting of Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare should be continued without stoppage. This will protect a devotee from all accidental falldowns. He will thus remain perpetually free from all material contaminations.
Chanting style / Art of Chanting Hare Krishna
With practice a sadhaka can choose the chanting style that gives him the best results. Or one may follow Haridasa Thakura's example of chanting japa in all three ways (silent, soft, loud).
http://nitaaiveda.com/All_Scriptures_By_Acharyas/Shachinandana_Swami/The_Nectarean_Ocean_of_the_Holy_Name/II._riama-kirtana-Chanting_the_Holy_Name/I._Three_Ways_of_Chanting.htm
How to be Fine / Aspiring Chanter
Only way to be Fine is Refine Refine by Chanting Hare Krishna
http://theaspiringchanter.blogspot.com/
http://theaspiringchanter.blogspot.com/
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