Special stress to chanting in all activivities

[Bhakti Vikasa Swami]

[Sukracarya to Lord Visnu]: There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the
mantras and observing the regulative principles, and, moreover, there may be
discrepancies in regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia. But when Your
Lordship's holy name is chanted, everything becomes faultless.

PURPORT
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended:
harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha
"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." (Brhan-naradiya Purana 38.126)
In this Age of Kali, it is extremely difficult to perform Vedic ritualistic
ceremonies or sacrifices perfectly. Hardly anyone can chant the Vedic mantras
with perfect pronunciation or accumulate the paraphernalia for Vedic
performances. Therefore the sacrifice recommended in this age is sankirtana,
constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord. Yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
yajanti hi sumedhasah (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.32). Instead of wasting time
performing Vedic sacrifices, those who are intelligent, those who possess good
brain substance, should take to the chanting of the Lord's holy name and thus
perform sacrifice perfectly. I have seen that many religious leaders are
addicted to performing yajnas and spending hundreds and thousands of rupees for
imperfect sacrificial performances. This is a lesson for those who
unnecessarily execute such imperfect sacrifices. We should take the advice of
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu (yajnaih sankirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah).
Although Sukracarya was a strict brahmana addicted to ritualistic activities,
he also admitted, nischidram anusankirtanam tava: "My Lord, constant chanting
of the holy name of Your Lordship makes everything perfect." In Kali-yuga the
Vedic ritualistic ceremonies cannot be performed as perfectly as before.
Therefore Srila Jiva Gosvami has recommended that although one should take care
to follow all the principles in every kind of spiritual activity, especially in
worship of the Deity, there is still a chance of discrepancies, and one should
compensate for this by chanting the holy name of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. In our Krsna consciousness movement we therefore give special stress
to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra in all activities.

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Srila Prabhupada; Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.23.16