Can individual or group chanting promote world peace?
So can chanting group chanting for world peace does it have effect? individual chanting? yes definitely so when we chant the holy names basically it acts at various levels at the first level it acts to elevate our own consciousness we become purified we become elevated by that and as we become more purified we make more constructive contributions rather than be part of the problem we become part of the solution along with that just chanting of the names it sets off spiritual vibrations in the atmosphere and these spiritual vibrations also have positive effects on us so certainly if we see problems in the world and if we inspire to chant more, pray more and that is a very noble desire we can ultimately inspiration cannot be legislated so some people may actually feel inspired to do something they may feel like I want to help in raising people's consciousness by sharing the spiritual message by sharing the spiritual culture I can assist in raising spiritual consciousness by just chanting more so whatever way we feel inspired to contribute, we contribute Bhaktivinoda Thakur especially in the later years of his life he was an ayurvedic ayurvedic ayurvedic he was quite an activist kind of person where he did a lot of work for reforming the society of his times but as his body grew old then he just focused on chanting he would chant 64 rams everyday more than that, hours and hours he would chant and his vision was that the chanting of the holy names was setting off holy vibrations in the world and that will benefit society that's also something very wonderful all the more so if a group of devotees can come together and do that, then that can set off very powerful vibrations which at a subtle level will benefit the people and contribute to making a change yes.