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“One can be free from all sinful reactions after reaching a place of pilgrimage, but one can have the same benefit at home or at any place simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord”. Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.15, Srila Prabhupada

In order to be  recognized by Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one should chant the holy name of the Lord continuously, twenty-four hours a day. Srimad Bhagavatam 4.23.7

Srila Prabhupada in Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.23: "While chanting the Holy Names of the Lord, one should be careful to avoid these ten offenses.  There is no way to atone for any of these offenses.  It is therefore recommended that an offender at the lotus feet of the Holy Name continue to chant the Holy Name twenty-four hours a day.  Constant chanting of the Holy Name will make one free of offenses and then he will gradually be elevated to the transcendental platform on which he can chant the pure Holy Name and thus become a lover of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."

“Of all the regulative principles, the spiritual master's order to chant at least sixteen rounds is most essential.” - Srila Prabhupada

In the Hari-nama-cintamani, Thakura Haridasa explains the importance of constantly chanting:

avisranta name nama-aparadha jaya;

tahe aparadha kabhu sthana nahi paya.

 "Only by continuous chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra can the ten offenses against the Name be obliterated.  Another advantage of constant chanting is that the ten offenses will not be able to again implicate the chanter."

Purport by Thakura Bhaktivinoda:

 "Continuous chanting (avisranta nama), only one who chants the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra with great feeling all the time during the day and night, except during the time required for fulfilling the most basic bodily necessities like sleep, etc, is able to successfully destroy the ten offenses.  The ten offenses to chanting cannot be obliterated by any other kind of pious activity or atonement."

divaratra nama laya, anutapa kore;

tabe aparadha jaya nama phala dhore.

 "Only one who chants day and night with great anxiety to avoid the ten offenses and with

great repentance for the offenses committed earlier, can completely nullify all the all the offenses.  Then and only then, the transcendental Name of Krishna will bear fruit."

aparadha gate suddhanamera udaya;

suddha nama bhavamaya ara premamaya.

  "When the offenses are finished, the pure Name arises in the heart of the chanter.  This pure Name grants the fulfillment of all desires and the most rare and super-excellent happiness of devotional service on the platform of bhava (ecstasy) and then prema (pure love).  This is the ultimate achievement of the human form of life.

namera anukula-vasaya-grahana o

pratikula-visaya varjjana...

  "Accepting all the things and conditions favorable to the chanting of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and reject all the things unfavourable to the chanting...

krsnera samsare thaki kataye jivana;

nirantara hari-nama karena smarana.

  "He should seek out the association of nama-parayana (pure chanters) devotees and in their association constantly chant and remember the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.

In the Namastake it is stated:

nihsvase na hi visvasah, kada ruddho bhavisyati;

kirtaniya mato balyad, harer namaiva kevalam.  (1)

  "Remember that our final breath may come at any time, no matter if we're old and sick or in our youthful prime.  So young and old alike should chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra incessantly, because it is the only Truth in this world.

sa guruh sa pita capi, sa mata bandhavo 'pi sah;

siksayee cet sada smartum, harer namaiva kevalam (2)

  "He's the Guru, He's the Father, He's the Friend most true,She's the real Mother Who most kindly teaches you. To always chant and hear the Maha-mantra, Which is the only Truth in this world.”

Drink more and you become a drunkard. Similarly chant more and you become a perfect chanter. -Srila Prabhupada

In the Hari-bhakti-vilasa 11.454, it is stated:

yena janma-sataih purvam, vasudevah samarcitah

tan mukhe hari-namani, sada tisthanti bharata

"O best of the Bharatas!  The Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is constantly present in the mouth of only one who has previously worshipped Lord Vasudeva (Krishna) perfectly for hundreds of births."

In Sri Caitanya-bhagavata Madhya-khanda 23.76-68, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu personally instructed

all the people of Navadvipa to chant: hare krsna hare krsna, krsna krsna, hare hare; hare rama hare rama, rama rama, hare hare.

prabhu bole,"kahilan ei mahamantra; iha japa giya sabe koriya nirbandha."

 The Lord said,  "Please hear this Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.  Everyone please chant this Maha-mantra daily in 'nirbhandha' (multiples of sixty-four (64) rounds) or constantly."

iha hoite sarva-siddhi hoibe sabara;

sarva-skana bolo' ithe vidhi nahi ara.

 The Lord continued,  "By chanting in this way one will achieve all perfection in one's life.  Please keep on chanting constantly because there is no consideration of any rules and regulations for this chanting process."

In Sri Caitanya-bhagavata Adi-khanda 14.140, Lord Caitanya instructed Tapana Misra:

ratri-dina nama laya khaite suite; tanhara inahima vede mahi pare dite.

 "The Vedas are unable to fully describe the glories of one who chants the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra day and night, even while eating and sleeping."

“Japa must be heart deep and not only with the lips like something mechanical – in other words, chanting with the heart is our goal’. - Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura

“When Japa is not done with love and attention there is often no observable spiritual or material result. However this same Japa, done with love and attention, will enable us to perform all other devotion practices in pure a manner, also with love and attention.” - Srila Prabhupada

“ 90% of our advancement is dependent on chanting”- Srila Prabhupada

In Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi-khanda 16.93, Naracarya Haridasa Thakura expresses his determination to chant the Maha-mantra to the Muslim King:

khanda khanda hai deha yaya yadi prana; tabu ami vadane na chadi hari-nama.

 "Even if my body is cut into millions of pieces and I give up my life, I will never give up chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra."

“There is no such requirement that japa should be done silently and chanting should be done differently. Loudly or silently, everything is all right. There is no such restriction. Only thing is that we should chant very attentively, hearing the vibration very distinctly.” - Srila Prabhupada

In Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila 20.18, Lord Caitanya declares:

khaite suite yatha tatha nama laya; kala-desa-niyama nahi, sarva siddhi haya.  "Regardless of time of place or any rules and regulations, one who chants the Hare  Krishna Maha-mantra continuously, even while eating or sleeping, attains all perfection."

In Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila 3.137, Namacarya Haridas Thakura instructs the converted prostitute:

nirantara nama lao, kara tulasi sevana; acirat pabe tabe krsnaera carana.

 "Chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra continuously and render service to the Tulasi plant  by watering Her and offering prayers to Her.  In this way you will very soon get the opportunity to be sheltered at the lotus feet of Krishna."

“Your japa beads are your ticket back to Godhead.’- Srila Prabhupada

“Of sacrifices Iam the chanting of the holy names (japa)” –Bhagavada Gita 10.25(Srila Prabhupada)

In the Visnu Rahasya, Lord Brahma speaks to Narada at the end of the dialogue on masopavasar.

 prabhate cardha-ratre ca, madhyahne divasa-ksaye kirtayanti harim ye vai, te taranti bhavarnava evam ekantinam prayah, kirtanam smaranam prabhoh kurvatam parama-pritya, krtyam anyan na racate.

 "A well-to-do house-holder Vaishnava cannot live like a person in the renounced order who completely takes shelter of the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.  Such a house-holder  should chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra in the morning, at midday and in the evening.  Then he will be able to cross beyond nescience.  Pure devotees in the renounced order, however, should fully surrender to the lotus feet of Krishna and should constantly chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra with great love and faith, always thinking of Krishna's lotus feet.  They should have no occupation other than chanting and remembering the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra."

“The chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is recommended even for persons who commit offenses, because if they continue chanting they will gradually chant offenselessly.” Purport on Srimad Bhagavatam 6.3.24

“To chant the holy name and dance in ecstasy is so easy and sublime that one can achieve all the benefits of spiritual life simply by following this process”.- Srimad Bhagavatam 6.2.11,-Srila Prabhupada.

“One need only chant the Hare Krishna mahamantra. Everyone engaged in the practice of chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra will be completely cleansed, from the core of his heart, and be saved from the cycle of birth and death”. Srimad Bhagavatam 7.6.1, Srila Prabhupada.

“ Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended that everyone chant the Hare Krishna mantra just to cleanse the dust from the heart. If the dust of the heart is cleansed away, then one can actually understand the importance of the holy name.” Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 12, Srila Prabhupada

“We Should know in perfect consciousness that human life is bestowed upon the conditioned soul to achieve spiritual success and the easiest possible procedure to attain this end is to chant the holy name of the Lord.” – Srimad Bhagavatam, 02.01.12

“This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness – namely sensual, mental and intellectual”.Krishna Consciousness The Topmost Yoga System, Srila Prabhupada.

“To chant God's holy name means to associate directly with Him”. – Srila Prabhupada

In Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila 6.223, 226, Lord Caitanya states:

vairagi haribe sada nama-sankirtana; magiya dhana kare jivana raksana.

 "A person in the renounced order should always chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra.   He should beg some alms to eat, and he should sustain life in this way."

vairagira krtya-sada nama-sankirtana; saka-patra-phala-mule udara-bharana.

 "The duty of a person in the renounced order is to chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra always.  He should satisfy his belly with whatever vegetables, leaves, fruits and roots that are available."

“The holy name of the Lord should be chanted twenty-four hours daily. “Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.70, Srila Prabhupada

“By chanting Krishna’s names, one will be transferred to the supreme planet, Krishnaloka, without a doubt”. Bhagavad-gita 8.7, Srila Prabhupada

“Regardless of time or place, one who chants the holy name, even while eating or sleeping, attains all perfection.” – SRILA PRABHUPADA

Maya targets your chanting because it’s your most potent weapon against her. To the degree you allow her to distract you from chanting well, you become malleable to her will.

One who chants the holy name of the Lord is immediately freed from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants indirectly [to indicate something else], jokingly, for musical entertainment, or even neglectfully. This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the scriptures. Srimad Bhagavatam 6.2.14, Srila Prabhupada

In Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 22.113, the following verse from the Padma Purana is quoted:

smartavyah satatam visnur,  vismartavyo na jatucit; sarve vidhi-nisedhah syur,  etayor eva kindarah.

 "Krishna is the origin of Lord Vishnu.  He should always be remembered and never forgotten at any time.  All the rules and prohibitions mentioned in the sastras should be the servants of these two principles."

 Purport by Srila Prabhupada:

 "This verse is a quotation from the Padma Purana.  There are many regulative principles in the sastras and directions given by the spiritual master.  These regulative principles should act as servants of the basic principle, that is, one should always remember Sri Krishna and never forget Him.  This is possible when one chants the Hare Krishna Mantra.  Therefore, one must strictly chant the Hare Krishna  Maha-mantra twenty-four hours daily."

By chanting Krishna's Holy Name, one cleanses all the dust from the mirror of one's consciousness.

One will develop ruchi (liking) for chanting of the holy names, when one has compassion for each and every living being.

How shall I chant with one tongue and how shall I hear with two ears? Had it been millions of tongue and trillions of ear, then I could enjoy it.  "Rupa Goswami"

Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra one revives his original relationship with God. Srimad Bhagavatam 7.7.39, Srila Prabhupada

Lord Caitanya has given the greatest boon: in this age one simply has to chant the holy name of God to attain perfection in spiritual life. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.21.7, Srila Prabhupada.

Chanting the holy name of the Lord immediately renovates the transcendental relationship of the living being with the Supreme Lord. Sri Chaitanya Caritamrta, Adi Lila, 7.76

The holy name of Krishna is so attractive that anyone who chants it — including all living entities, moving and nonmoving, and even Lord Krishna Himself — becomes imbued with love of Krishna. This is the effect of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Chaitanya Caritamrta, Antya Lila 3.268, Srila Prabhupada

'Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brahmanas, he does not earn even one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Krishna" - Sanatana Goswami

“This process of chanting is the best process of self-realization in this age; therefore Lord Caitanya preached it so nicely for the benefit of all humanity”. Srimad Bhagavatam 3.24.35, Srila Prabhupada

“The Krishna consciousness movement is therefore distributing sublime information to the entire human society to the effect that by simply chanting the Hare Krishna mantra one can become perfect in this life and go back home, back to Godhead.” Bhagavad Gita 9.25, Srila Prabhupada

“When one is accustomed to inoffensive chanting, then his fruit is that he is promoted to pure love of Godhead or Prema.” – Srila Prabhupada

“Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has inaugurated the Hare Krishna Movement, which is not different from Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one associates with this Movement, he directly associates with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. People should take advantage of the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra and thus gain relief from all the problems created in this age of Kali.” — Srimad Bhagavatam, 09.24.56 –Srila Prabhupada

“Chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is the easiest process of meditation in this age”. Srimad Bhagavatam 4.8.53, Srila Prabhupada

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 16.72:

krsna-namapirantara yanhara vadane sei vaisnava-srestha, bhaja tanhara carane

 "A person who is constantly chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra is to be considered a first-class Vaishnava, and everyone's duty is to serve his lotus feet."

Purport by Srila Prabhupada:

 "Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that any Vaishnava who is constantly chanting the Holy Name of the Lord should be considered to have attained the second platform of Vaishnava.  Such a devotee is superior to a neophyte Vaishnava who has just learned to chant the Holy Name of the Lord."

“ The chanting of the holy name of Krishna expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar at every step”. Sri Chaitanya Caritamrta, Antya Lila, 20.12

Simply by accepting the sankirtana movement and chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, the fallen souls of this Kali-yuga will be delivered. Purport on Srimad Bhagavatam 8.5.23

One has to continue chanting the Hare Krishna mantra and preaching the chanting of this mantra because such preaching and chanting constitute the perfection of life. Purport on Srimad Bhagavatam 4.24.67

The best way to remember Krishna is to always chant Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare - "Srila Prabhupada"

If one wants to derive the actual benefit from this human form, he must take to the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Srimad Bhagavatam 7.6.19, Srila Prabhupada

In the Siksastaka, verse three, Lord Caitanya states:

trnad api sunicena, taror api sahisnuna; amanina manadena, kirtaniyah sada harih.

 "One can chant the Holy Name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street.  One should be more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respects to others.  In such a state of mind one can chant the Holy Name of the Lord constantly."

With our lips we should be chanting with our ears we should be hearing and with our heart we should be crying out for the Lord like a baby does for its mother. -"Srila Prabhupada"

Remembrance of Krishna is not possible for the impure soul who has not practiced Krishna consciousness in devotional service.  Therefore, one should practice Krishna consciousness from the very beginning of life. If one wants to achieve success at the end of his life, the process of remembering Krishna is essential. Therefore, one should constantly and incessantly chant the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra -"Srila Prabhupada"

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended that everyone should chant the Hare Krishna mantra just to cleanse the dust from the heart. If the dust of the heart is cleansed away, then one can actually understand the importance of the holy name. - "Srila Prabhupada"

It is the aspiration of a devotee that while he chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra his eyes will fill with tears, his voice falter and his heart throb. These are good signs in chanting the holy name of the Lord.

Purport on Chaitanya Caritamrta Adi Lila 7.81