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[Govindaram]

 

Hare KRSNA/Pamho/AGTSP!

 

Whats the most amount of rounds devotees have done on this forum in 1 day?

 

and how did it feel, most of all.

 

on Janamastami, I did 35 rounds, it felt nice, but lazy bones could have done much more. So I didn't feel good about myself, but ok I guess.

 

Please participate, no guests! (just kidding)

[gHari]

On Ratha Yatra 2003. It's a place you never want to leave; surrender seems not only possible but the only reasonable option.

 

We are very fortunate people.

 

 

[Dervish]

Don't laugh at me, but ... 40.

 

I am maha bhogi, yes?

[Guest guest]

you can do more my friends, but the most important is to increase regularly and try to keep it up !

Sunanda

[Guest guest]

Well I think...I have done maximum rounds of japa.

 

Guess!!!!!!!!!

 

Say around 1 or nil /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Govindaram]

 

 

Start today!

 

Bhagavad-gita 4.1 and Review, New York, July 13, 1966

 

Prabhupada: The first thing is that you should chant without any offense. You see? In the beginning there may be so many offenses, but the chanting will be perfect when you are free from ten kinds of offenses. You can understand those ten kinds of offenses-I have explained several times-from your Godbrothers. Yes. Yes. Yes?

 

[livingentity]

have chanted....how much?

 

I am more concerned right now with improving my daily rounds than seeing how many rounds I can marathon on one day with concern for only quantity rather than quality.

[Govindaram]

 

Letter to: Yajnesvara, Bombay, 2 January, 1972 (excerpt)

 

Haridasa Thakura chanted 3 lakhs of names each day, that means 16 names in the mantra, 108x16 or 1,728 names in each round of mala, dividing 300,000 by 1,728 comes to roundabout 175 rounds on beads daily. And for us it is even difficult to chant 16 rounds! That is why Haridasa Thakura is ''namacarya.'' We find in Caitanya Caritamrta information that both Lord Caitanya and Haridasa Thakura were constantly absorbed in chanting the Hare Krishna mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare/ Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

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I read somewhere that Srila Haridasa Thakura chanted 192, but i stand corrected/ /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Govindaram]

 

Morning Walk, November 2, 1975, Nairobi

 

Brahmananda: The quality of the chanting he's asking. How can we make the quality the best?

 

Prabhupada: <font color="purple"> Quality, you'll understand first of all come to the quality. Without having quality, how he'll understand the quality? You follow the instruction of your spiritual master, of the sastra. That is your duty. Quality, no quality--it is not your position to understand. When the quality comes there is no force. You will have a taste for chanting.</font color> You will desire at that time, "Why sixteen round? Why not sixteen thousand rounds?" That is quality. That is quality. It is by force. You'll not do it; therefore at least sixteen rounds. But when you come to the quality, you will feel yourself, "Why sixteen? Why not sixteen thousand?" That is quality, automatically. Just like Haridasa Thakura was doing. He was not forced to do. Even Caitanya Mahaprabhu, He requested, "Now you are old enough. You can reduce." So he refused, "No. Up to the end of my life I shall go on."

 

That is quality. Have you got such tendency that you will go on chanting and nothing to do? That is quality. Now you are forced to do. Where is the question of quality? That is given a chance so that one day you may come to the quality, not that you have come to the quality. Quality is different. Athasaktih. Asakti, attachment. Just like Rupa Gosvami says that "How shall I chant with one tongue, and how shall I hear, two ears? Had it been millions of tongue and trillions of ear, then I could enjoy it." This is quality. Quality is not so cheap. Maybe after many births. For the time being you go on following the rules and regulations. It is being done by force. Where is the quality? So you wanted to understand quality. This is the quality. You'll not be forced, but automatically you'll desire. That is quality. I am writing books. I am not being forced by anyone. Everyone can do that. Why one does not do it? Why I get up at night, one o'clock, and do this job? Because I cannot do without it. How one will do it artificially? This is quality.

 

Therefore they like my purports. That quality is shown by Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda virahena me. "Oh, I do not see Govinda. The whole world is vacant." Sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda virahena me. This is quality. Just like we have got practical example. One man's beloved has died, and he is seeing the whole universe vacant. Is it vacant? So that is quality of love. So there is no formula of quality. It is to be understood by himself. Just like if after eating something you feel refreshed and get strength, that is quality. You haven't got to take certificate: "Will you give me a certificate that I have eaten?" You'll understand whether eaten or not. That is quality. When you will feel so much ecstasy in chanting Hare Krsna, that is quality. Not artificially--"Chant. Chant. Otherwise get out." This is not quality. This is in expectation that someday you may come to quality. That requires time.

 

That requires sincerity. But quality is there. Sravanadi suddha citte karaye... It will be awakened. Not by force.

 

[livingentity]

quality.

[Guest guest]

It's quite possible for some to chant hundreds of rounds a day. Try it if you feel the desire to, but maintain for some time if you want to see whether it's right for you in your present circumstances. Ceaseless repetition of the Holy Names is recommended by all the acharyas, but that need not mean only japa, of course. Nor must we reach a "higher" stage where genuine taste has developed to appreciate our reliance on the Holy Names and therefore become addicted to chanting.

 

Personally, I feel increasingly uncomfortable inside without somehow or other taking shelter of Them, sometimes in japa though lately more often in silence. Accepting my absolute relance on Them, like a kind of umbilical cord, was a significant turning point for me. It was not an act of will, but due to difficult circumstances beyond my control.

 

As for offenses, they will be removed in time by the causeless mercy of His Divine Grace through the Holy Names Themselves and not something we should feel overly guilty for, certainly not enough to stop chanting. Pride and guilt are two sides of the same coin, so try to avoid both. Like breathing air, we need to repeat the Holy Names almost constantly just to keep our head above water long enough to survive in this world.