If someone is practicing bhakti but not chanting 16 rounds what is their destination?

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somebody is not doing chanting japa somebody is not following vegetarianism but they are doing shravanam, kirtanam what is their destination this question what is someone’s destination it presumes omniscience for all practical purposes we can’t know even our own destination Prabhupada assured us and in that sense we can say that after practicing bhakti nicely we will go to Krishna but then we also have to become purified so we understand that if anybody is connected with Krishna they will get elevated and Krishna will give them further practices further facilities to practice bhakti so where they will go exactly that will vary from person to person so sometimes we become a little too too judgmental you are not doing this, you are not doing this then therefore you are not practicing bhakti properly well there is no guarantee that everybody who is a ISKCON devotee they are going to go back to Godhead also what does that mean 16 rounds if I chant 16 rounds they are watching TV and if I do that throughout my life every day 2 hours I watch TV Hare Krishna Hare Krishna I counted 16 rounds so will I go back to Godhead so you know these are given to inspire us to practice bhakti wholeheartedly but whether everything in a literal sense is going to turn out the same way we don’t really know that and we know that if we are following Krishna as pure devotee we are in circle and Krishna will take care of us but the exact thing that we are taking care of that will be varying from person to person so similarly those who are practicing bhakti in this way they are connected with Krishna and Krishna will take them to a place where they will stay connected with him in fact they will be able to better connect with him also we say chanting is the yoga dharma but there are many Vaishnava sampradayas also who don’t emphasize so much chanting but if you look at their lives some of those devotees some of those followers of Vaishnava sampradayas they are very sane so is it that because they are not chanting the Hare Krishna mantra or they are not chanting japa a particular number of rounds they are not going to get elevated no we don’t have to become too judgmental about this so we see that each sampradaya is like a university and each university will have to some extent its own mode of examination its own syllabus its own way of assessments the purpose is the same that you want to give a degree but each university will have something so in our sampradaya our acharya has told us to chant a particular number of rounds and that is our primary sadhana in some other sampradaya they may tell you do deity worship everyday and then mantra japa you do whenever you can or whatever so then if they are following that they will also be elevated now how much who will be elevated is dependent not just on the external practices its dependent on the internal connection with Krishna and of course the external practices help in connecting with Krishna better so naturally doing more external practices sincerely is always advantageous but we have to focus on recognizing that we be faithful to what we are practicing at the same time we be respectful to what others are practicing and don’t become judgmental about who is going to go where did I answer your question