Chanting Before Tulasi Devi makes one spiritualy strong
Haridasa µhakura used to chant the holy name on his beads 300,000 times daily. Throughout the entire day and night, he would chant the sixteen names of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. One should not, however, imitate Haridasa µhakura, for no one else can chant the holy name 300,000 times a day. Such chanting is for the mukta-purua, or liberated soul. We can follow his example, however, by chanting sixteen rounds of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra on beads every day and offering respect to the tulas… plant. This is not at all difficult for anyone, and the process of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra with a vow before the tulas… plant has such great spiritual potency that simply by doing this one can become spiritually strong. Therefore we request the members of the Hare Krsna movement to follow Haridasa µhakura’s example rigidly. Chanting sixteen rounds does not take much time, nor is offering respects to the tulas… plant difficult. The process has immense spiritual potency. One should not miss this opportunity. Antya 3.101
