Re: Is japa recommended for Kaliyug ?

This translation of the Vayu Purana verses does not seem to be fully correct. The recommended primary path in Satya Yuga as confirmed in the other Puranas is "meditation"...dhyayate vishnum...which means thinking about the Lord's form in our heart which may or may not be accompanied by Mantra Japa. Lord Krishna confirms in the Gita which He spoke in the Dvapara Yuga that of all sacrifices I am the sacrifice of Mantra Japa so Japa cannot only be for Satya Yuga. When it is stated in the above quote from the Vayu Purana that chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord is the Yuga Dharma of Kali Yuga, it means chanting both in the form of Japa and Sankirtana. In Satya Yuga people performed meditation on the form of the Lord as primary process which may be accompanied by Japa of the Mantras beginning from om, klim etc. But in Kali Yuga, the recommended process of Japa is of the Namatmaka Mantras (Universal Mantras of the Holy Names of the Lord) like Nityaananda, Gauraanga, and, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare..Hare Raama Hare Raama Raama Raama Hare Hare. So the Meditation of Satya Yuga may sometimes also be called Japa because it may sometimes be accompanied by silent mental chanting of the om, klim Mantras etc. but it is different from the Japa (Namatmaka) chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord in Kali Yuga. I hope this helps. Nityaananda! Gauraanga! Hare Krishna! Jaya Shri Guru Parampara!

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.

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