HARE KRISHNA.
AS IN MY PROFESSION OR MORNING TIME I CANNOT BEAR MY JAPA BEAD WITH ME . BUT CHANTING GOES REGULLAR. SHOULD IT BE COUNTED IN MY ROUTINE NO. OR NOT.
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It is recommended to count the chanting. Srila Prabhupada said to chant 16 rounds. So without counting we can't track the number of rounds.
Now if you can't carry the chanting beads then use the following alternatives:
1. Download the Japa counter app from Google Play and install that in the mobile. Then you can chant and track using that app.
2. Purchase a counter machine like below, can use that to track the number of chanting.
3. If none of these you can get, then at least you count in your fingers.
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
The idea is to chant, bead or no bead.
The reason we are asked to chant in beads is - it is habit forming, it is purifying, Chanting on thumb and middle finger energises the nerve in the brain which promotes spiritual growth, it helps to keep a count which is again habit forming.
If you are unable to chant on beads, pls use a clicker, or fingers or excel sheet. The important thing is to chant a minimum number of rounds everyday.
The reason we do not count chanting just like that, without any kind of counter, our mind will be wandering all over and we will be thinking we are chanting. There's no harm in chanting like that, but that cannot be counted as a round.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD