Sweet Memories of Copenhagen
Our stopover in Copenhagen, Denmark from 19 through 23 March 2015 was short but super sweet. I gave seven lectures; plus I was interviewed by a Christian magazine. The Sunday Feast lecture was especially relishable. There was a nice, super-interested crowd who responded well to every point I made. A Muslim lady also attended the program along with her son. So I emphasized in my lecture that one can chant either the name of Allah or the name of Krishna. After the lecture my wife, Vishnupriya devi dasi, sat and preached to the Muslim lady who turned out to be very receptive asking many sincere questions. We look forward to our return visit to Copenhagen next year around the same time.
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I want to know that, as we saw the devotees are chanting with clicker machine, what profit they will get by chanting with clicker?
Your servant,
S. Caitanya das
Because Krishna's name is absolute any chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is good. Whether one counts his mantras on japa beads or a clicker or does not count them at all, it is all beneficial. However, since Srila Prabhupada has ordered us to chant Hare Krishna round the beads, to fulfill our daily vow of chanting at least sixteen rounds, this has to be done on japa beads, not on a clicker. Any mantras chanted on a clicker do not count towards fulfilling our vow to chant at least sixteen rounds daily. Sixteen rounds is sixteen times 108 repetitions of the Hare Krishna mantra, which comes to 1,728 repetitions of the Hare Krishna mantra. Therefore some misinformed devotees have speculated a conclusion that as an alternative to chanting on beads they can instead do 1,728 clicks on a clicker to fulfill their daily sixteen rounds vow. But this is not true. Round means around the beads. You can't go around a clicker, but you can go around a string of japa beads. Not only did Srila Prabhupada instruct us to chant round the beads. He also handed us japa beads at the time of initiation. There is no instance of his handing a clicker to someone at the time of initiation. We vowed to Srila Prabhupada to chant at least sixteen rounds daily, not 1,728 clicks. So in accordance with our vows to the spiritual master we must chant our daily sixteen rounds on japa beads, not on a clicker.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
ISKCON Copenhagen Sunday Feast Lecture--23 March 2015
Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:
Question: Benefit from Chanting Japa on a Clicker?
Hare KrishnaPlease accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I want to know that, as we saw the devotees are chanting with clicker machine, what profit they will get by chanting with clicker?
Your servant,
S. Caitanya das
Clickers Are For Chanting Japa?
Answer: Prabhupada Did Not Ask Us To Chant 1,728 Clicks
Thank you very much for your sincere inquiry to get a clear understanding of how we are supposed to properly practice Krishna consciousness.Because Krishna's name is absolute any chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is good. Whether one counts his mantras on japa beads or a clicker or does not count them at all, it is all beneficial. However, since Srila Prabhupada has ordered us to chant Hare Krishna round the beads, to fulfill our daily vow of chanting at least sixteen rounds, this has to be done on japa beads, not on a clicker. Any mantras chanted on a clicker do not count towards fulfilling our vow to chant at least sixteen rounds daily. Sixteen rounds is sixteen times 108 repetitions of the Hare Krishna mantra, which comes to 1,728 repetitions of the Hare Krishna mantra. Therefore some misinformed devotees have speculated a conclusion that as an alternative to chanting on beads they can instead do 1,728 clicks on a clicker to fulfill their daily sixteen rounds vow. But this is not true. Round means around the beads. You can't go around a clicker, but you can go around a string of japa beads. Not only did Srila Prabhupada instruct us to chant round the beads. He also handed us japa beads at the time of initiation. There is no instance of his handing a clicker to someone at the time of initiation. We vowed to Srila Prabhupada to chant at least sixteen rounds daily, not 1,728 clicks. So in accordance with our vows to the spiritual master we must chant our daily sixteen rounds on japa beads, not on a clicker.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Srila Prabhupada Taught Us to Chant on Japa Beads
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