Re: The Straight Path

Dear JagGaura Prabhu,

Nityaananda ! Gauraanga ! Hare Krishna !

Dandavat Pranaams.

Thank you for the above information. I was wondering that if  Haridas Thakur said that loud chanting is better than mental chanting still why did he not chant 300000 names of loud chanting daily. Rather he chanted 100000 names of loud, 100000 names of soft and 100000 names of silent. May be the reason could be that since loud chanting consumes a lot of energy it is not possible to chant loudly  24 hrs a day. However I am not sure what the reason could be (because may be a pure devotee can do loud 24 hrs though not sure about this also) so I request you to guide me with the same. Also a few months back I have come across some information posted by Swami Gaurangapda. Here it is

(1) Mental chanting can only be bear fruti if one can properly recite and hear the Mantras within. But our hearts in the beginning stage are filled with so many material impressions and desires. So it is very difficult to properly hear the sound vibration mentally within in the neophyte stage. We may think we may be hearing inside but we are not actually chanting or hearing. So the change of our heart is very slow. It is only when one practices constant loud chanting for a period of at least five years one can properly pronounce, hear and meditate on the Holy Names while chanting mentally.



(2) If one is chanting adequate number of rounds of the Holy Name loudly daily over a period of a few years then one can add some mental chanting to it without giving up the loud chanting. Like Haridasa Thakura was chanting 100,000 each loudly and softly first before chanting 100,00- mentally.



(3) Mental chanting may be personally beneficial to us more than loud chanting when we can actually do it but loud chanting is much more beneficial to all the souls of this world than silent chanting because one devotee loudly chanting the holy names purifies and delivers the whole universe.



(4) There is an easier method for silent chanting which we will be explaining and elaborating on in later posts which is to write the syllables of the Mantrarajas in the air or paper or to deeply meditate on the syllables while chanting mentally which facilitates easier concentration on hearing the Mantrarajas in the mind. Each syllable of the Mantrarajas are non-different than the Lord so mental meditation on the syllables while chanting creates very powerful and instant remembrance of the Lord. We will be soon teaching this process in the form of Nityananda Yoga.

ys,
Mihir.

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