Constant chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra

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> Dear Sri Visnupada,

> Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories unto you.

> All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

>

> Srila Prabhupada writes in the purport of Cc. Madhya 22.113

> "...These regulative principles should act as servants of the basic

> principle-- that is, one should always remember Krsna and never

> forget Him. This is possible when one chants the Hare Krsna mantra.

> Therefore one must strictly chant the Hare Krsna maha-mantra

> twenty-four hours daily."

>

> On one hand it is said that one should not try to imitate Haridasa

> Thakura by trying to chant continuously while on the other hand

> Srila Prabhupada here is stating that one must STRICTLY chant the

> Hare Krsna maha-mantra twenty-four hours daily. So how do we

> understand this point?

 

This platform of chanting 24 hours a day is not possible for us at

this stage of our lives. However, chanting 24 hours a day is the goal

for all Gaudiya Vaisnavas. So what Prabhupada means is that we should

mold our lives in such a way that by following the sadhana process and

doing service, we can become so purified that as we become older and

more spiritually mature that we will desire to chant 24 hours a day

and then come to the platform of actually doing it.