4 rounds, 16 rounds or 64 rounds

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> Srutakirti Prabhu quoted Srila Prabhupada where he said that he chanted 16

> rounds during his grihastha days. As far as the standard for preachers is

> concerned, Harikesa Prabhu said some time ago: "Prabhupada chanted maximum

> four rounds a day. Maximum. I know, because I used to be with him in the

> middle of the night. I know what he was doing. Maximum four rounds. Not

> more than 20 minutes. Maybe sometimes 30 minutes of chanting."

 

Hari Sauri Prabhu in reply to the above about Srila Prabhupada chanting only

4 rounds, said he observed SP chanting 16 rounds always. And thats the

standard SP wanted his followers to follow. When some preacher could not

chant 16 rounds, SP used to ask him/her to forgo sleep to make up the

rounds.

YS

RKD

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Please note with profit the definitive statement by His Divine Grace A. C.

Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the importance of chanting sixteen rounds.

 

"One may have other duties to perform under the direction of the spiritual

master, but he must first abide by the spiritual master’s order to chant a

certain number of rounds. In our Krishna consciousness movement, we have

recommended that the neophyte chant at least sixteen rounds. THIS CHANTING

OF SIXTEEN ROUNDS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY if one wants to remember Krishna

and not forget Him. Of all the regulative principles, the spiritual master’s

order to chant at least sixteen rounds is most essential."

 

Caitanya-caritamrita Madhya-lila 22.113, Purport (emphasis added)