Take the Names to the Streets!

There's so much nectar in Krishna's holy names. So how can keep them to ourselves? To do so would be sheer greediness. Therefore we should be kind upon our poor brothers and sisters who are caught up in the cycle of birth and regularly take the holy names of the Lord out onto the streets and into the parks for everyone to hear. This is true loving kindness, to liberally share the all-merciful, all-attractive names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Sri Krishna with all of the suffering souls of this Kali yuga.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Can the Mahamantra Be Changed for Good?

I offer you my humblest obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Gurudeva, a few days back you wrote in "Thought for the Day" that chanting Krishna's name once equals three names of Rama.

So my question is shall I rather chant:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

instead of:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare,
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

The benefit derived would be more then. Please show me your mercy in answering this query.

An eternal servitor of Lord Krishna,
Dhaval

Answer: Don't Concoct. Follow the Previous Acharyas.

The most beneficial way to practice Krishna consciousness is to strictly follow the Vedic injunctions, the spiritual master, and the previous acharyas. Because they have given us:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

this is millions of times more powerful than:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare

In other words, we should not try to concoct anything new according to our own fertile imaginations. Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He chanted:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

So should we think that we know something better than Lord Caitanya? This is not possible. It would be ludicrous for us to think so. Therefore we should simply follow the pathway chalked out by the great acharyas by chanting:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

Only this will deliver us from the cycle of birth and death.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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