16 Beneficial Activities for the Whole World

[Guest guest]

> > Why not 8 or 16 rounds of Gauranga and Nityananda?

>

> Because atleast 10 rounds each means that we complete the chanting of

> Nityananda and Gauranga atleast 1008 times (asottara-nama) each daily

> alongwith the daily chanting of atleast 27,648 names of Krishna (16

> rounds) in the form of the maha-mantra. Ofcourse one can increase more and

> more as per the order of Shrila Prabhupada and the acharyas. Ultimately

> constant chanting is the goal.

>

Instead of trying to invent a new process of bhajan, it wil be to our

benefit to stick to what was giving and practise by our previous acaryas.

What is the need for speculating. There are so many pseudo Vaisnava groups

such as Gauranga-nagaris, bauls, sakhi-beki, etc., who manufacture their own

processes of bhajans. Our real bhajan is following the process giving by our

acaryas. Simplicity is Vaisnavism. A Vaisnava does not complicate process of

bhajans. He remains simple by humbly following the path of the mahajans.

 

ys, Isvara dasa.

[Guest guest]

Srila Prabhupada always adviced us to chant at least 16 rounds of the Maha

mantra every day and encouraged us to chant more. I have never heard him

advice the chanting of rounds with any other mantra. Once in Mayapura someone

asked him in his room about the kirtans because they were chanting so many

other things besides the Hare Krishna mantra, e.g. "Nitai Goura Haribol"

extensively. Srila Prabhupada commented that they could chant their "Nitai

Goura Hari bols' but that he would chant Hare Krishna and go back home back

to Godhead.

 

Your servant, Srutakirti dasa

 

 

>

> Why not extra rounds of the the Hare KRsna Maha Mantra.

>

> Did any acharya in our line chant rounds of r Gauranga and or Nityananada.?

>

> Did Srila Prabhupada eer recomend such a practice.?

>

> I would like to know where , besides the fertile mind of Sadhu Swami, these

> idesa are coming from.

>