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Chanting God’s Names
“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, the
only means of deliverance is chanting the
holy name of the Lord. There is no other way.
There is no other way. There is no other way.”
- BG 6:11-12, purport -
Therefore, in the Båhan-näradéya Puräëa it is said that in Kali-
yuga (the present yuga, or age), when people in general are short-
lived, slow in spiritual realization and always disturbed by various
anxieties, the best means of spiritual realization is chanting the
holy name of the Lord. - BG 6:11-12, purport -
The best sacrifice recommended in this age is called saìkértana-
yajïa. This saìkértana-yajïa, the chanting of Hare Kåñëa, Hare
Kåñëa, Kåñëa Kåñëa, Hare Hare / Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma
Räma, Hare Hare, is the best and most inexpensive sacrifice;
everyone can adopt it and derive benefit. - BG 16:1-3, purport -
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