Can I chant the ‘om namo bhagavate vasudevaya’ mantra?
by Bhavin KatariaFebruary 6, 2012
From: Mukul Joshi
I’m chanting hare krishna mahamantra but sometimes i feel more attracted towards ‘om namoh bhagwate vasudevaye’! apart 16 rounds of hare krishna, can & shoould i chant extra rounds of ‘om namoh bhagwate vasudevaye’ or preferably ‘hare krishna mahamantra’ only.
Thank you for the wonderful reply. Before hearing your answer I myself thought about the answer for sometime. But when I heard your reply I found it to be so much more complete & reflecting much more broad perspective. Specially below 3 points I really liked:
1. How in the beginning you appreciated/ encouraged
2. The discrimination needed while doing devotional activiteis in public
3. Instead of going deeper our tendency to search for newer & newer things in devotional life.
Last 2 points are so much relevant not only to chanting but to so many other aspects of KC too. Very helpful. Thank you very much.
Thank you for the wonderful reply. Before hearing your answer I myself thought about the answer for sometime. But when I heard your reply I found it to be so much more complete & reflecting much more broad perspective. Specially below 3 points I really liked:
1. How in the beginning you appreciated/ encouraged
2. The discrimination needed while doing devotional activiteis in public
3. Instead of going deeper our tendency to search for newer & newer things in devotional life.
Last 2 points are so much relevant not only to chanting but to so many other aspects of KC too. Very helpful. Thank you very much.
Regards,
Revati Vallabh Das