Counting how many times the name of Krishna is chanted......

[Paramananda das]

Dandavat pranams

All glories to Sri Guru Gauranga, Gandharvika Giridhari

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I was   listening to a lecture by Bhakti Vikas Swami given in LA, and Brghupati Prabhu thanked Maharaja that you mentioned Krsnas name so many times so your lecture will please Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada (who used to count

how many times an article mentioned the name of Krsna)

However Kamsa also mentioned the name of Krsna many times as did Salva and others especially Sisupala, but

actually we should  daily chant 100.000 names of Krsna , in the Mahamantra this is the instruction of Lord Caitanya.

That is around 64 rounds ..

Srila Prabhupada tried to introduce this in ISKCON but without even trying to chant 64 rounds this was rejected by the devotees at that time and Srila Prabhupada allowed minimum 16 rounds...

Morning Walk, May 14, 1975, Perth: Devotee (1): Shrila Prabhupada, how can the position be reconciled if in Krishna consciousness one of the two, the husband or the wife, wants to enjoy sense gratification, but the other does not? Should there be separation then? Prabhupada: No... They should be trained up. Sense enjoyment means not advanced in Krishna consciousness. As soon as one is advancing in Krishna consciousness, his sense enjoyment spirit will be reduced. That is the test. Bhaktih paresanubhavo viraktir anyatra ca . The test is, how you are advancing in Krishna consciousness is the proportionate diminishing of sense enjoyment. That is the test. Just like cure of the disease means diminishing the fever, temperature. This is the test. Devotee (1): What if that fever is not being diminished? Prabhupada: Then he should try to chant Hare Krishna mantra, instead of sixteen rounds, sixty-four rounds. That is the way. Sixteen round is the minimum. Otherwise Haridasa Thakura was 300,000. So you have to increase. That is the only remedy. If one has got determination, he will make progress without any trouble. That determination is very difficult, that determination, "I must be Krishna conscious fully." That determination. Drdha-vratah.

However some try to interpret Srila Prabhupadas teachings that you are not allowed to chant more than 16 rounds this is simply a demoniac philoosphy:

Letter to: Indira (Iris Mendoza), Ekayani (Esther Mendoza), San Francisco, 17 December, 1967 "I am very glad to learn you are chanting 48 rounds. Actually it is all right that one should chant 64 rounds, even 16 rounds, so if one is able to chant more than 16 rounds up to 64, it is very good. You fix up your rounds. Try to increase it but never decrease it." {Note: Indira is fairly new devotee at that time.) VERY GOOD AND VERY NICE IF YOU CAN DO IT (CHANT 64 ROUNDS): Letter to: Hamsaduta, Hawaii, 23 March, 1969 "Yes, it is very good if you can chant 64 rounds; this is very nice if you can do it."

Shrila Prabhupada-lilamrita Chp. 49: "Then a devotee said, 'In America they are trying to chant more, twelve hours a day, trying to get a twenty-four-hour kirtana schedule.' 'Yes, everywhere,' Shrila Prabhupada said, 'this chanting should go on. Instead of meetings, resolutions, dissolutions, revolutions, and then no solutions, there should be chanting.'" If devoees are immersed in the nectar of chanting the maha-mantra, it will minimize most of the problems which arise in the society of spiritual sadhakas. It will also prevent the problems from arising in the first place. Even one or a handful of preachers who have reached the platform of offenseless chanting by the process of constant chanting (minimum 64 rounds), are sufficient to flood the whole world with the pure message of Krishna consciousness as taught by Lord Shri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Shrila Prabhupada. In Shri Chaitanya-bhagavata Madhya Khanda 23.77, Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu instructed all the people of Navadvipa: prabhu bole,-"kahilan ei maha-mantra; iha japa giya sabe koriya nirbandha." "Please hear this Hare Krishna maha-mantra. Everyone please chant this maha-mantra daily in 'nirbandha'*. Then you will surely achieve all perfection." *Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura explains the meaning of 'nirbandha' in his classic book Hari-nama-cintamani as follows: caribara mala phirile eka grantha haya. eka grantha niyama kariya kramasah vriddhi karite karite 16 granthe eka laksha nama nirbandha haibe. [To chant one round (on mala of 108 beads) means to chant 108 times the full Hare Krishna maha-mantra] One grantha = 4 rounds One nirbandha = 16 granthas = 64 rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra = 100,000 Total Holy Names of the Lord. "All the previous mahajanas (great devotees) without exception have achieved success only through this process of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra in atleast one nirbandha (64 rounds) daily." So according to Shrila Thakura Bhaktivinoda, Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu is instructing everyone to chant at least one nirbandha (64 rounds) of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra everyday, to ensure the achievement of perfection in this harinama-sankirtana yajna in Kali-yuga. Complete perfection has been achived by all the great devotees in the past specifically by strictly following this order of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu of completing the chanting of a minimum of 100,000 names of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra daily without fail. Shrila Lokanatha dasa on Laksha Naam SHRILA LOKANATHA GOSVAMI TO HIS DISICPLE SHRILA NAROTTAMA : From Prema-vilasa Chapter 11: (Note: Both Shrila Prabhupada and Shrila Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada have accepted Prema-vilasa as a bonafide scripture in their commentaries to Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi-lila 13.60 purport.) je vaishnava haibe laibe harinama; sankhya kari nama laile, kripa karena gauradhama. "Those who are Vaishavas must chant the Holy Names in a particular number everyday. Then Lord Gauranga, the supreme Abode of love will be merciful to them. WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? purva abhipraye sabe laha harinama; keha laksha viseshatah mukhe gana. "Everyone should specifically chant or sing the name loudly 100,000 times a day (64 rounds) with the mood I have described earlier. EMPOWERMENT: narottama laksha nama laya sankhya kari; nama laile gaurangera sarva sakti dhari. "O my disciple, Narottama! Please chant 100,000 names everyday while maintaining their count. If you chant in this way then you will become empowered by all the potencies of Lord Gauranga Mahaprabhu."

Actually the holy name can and should be chanted on the streets of all cities and villages all over the world, as much as possible, those who are sufficient intelligent leaves the temples and do daily Harinama and bookdistribution (Brhad Mrdanga) :

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam yajhaih  sarikirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah

"In the age of Kali, people who are endowed with  sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His  associates, by performance of sankirtana yaina." (Bhag. 11.5.32)

: vaisnava das anu das

Paramananda das

Srila Prabhupada writes in the CC:

In the Srimad-Bhagavatam there is the following  statement regarding Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu:

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam sangopangastra-parsadam yajhaih  sarikirtana-prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah

"In the age of Kali, people who are endowed with  sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His  associates, by performance of sankirtana yaina." (Bhag. 11.5.32) Sri Caitanya  Mahaprabhu is always accompanied by His plenary expansion Sri Nityananda Prabhu,  His incarnation Sri Advaita Prabhu, His internal potency Sri Gadadhara Prabhu  and His marginal potency Srivasa Prabhu. He is in the midst of them as the  Supreme Personality of Godhead. One should know that Sir Caitanya Mahaprabhu is  always accompanied by these other tattvas. Therefore our obeisances to Sri  Caitanya Mahaprabhu are complete when we say, sri krsna-caitanya prabhu  nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara srivas adigaura-bhakta-vrnda. As preachers  of the Krsna consciousness movement, we first offer our obeisances to Sri  Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chanting this Panca-tattva mantra; then we say, Hare  Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare  Hare. There are ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra,  but these are not considered in the chanting of the Panca-tattva mantra, namely, sri-krsna-caitanya prabhu nityananda sri-advaita gadadhara  srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is known as  maha-vadanyavatara, the most magnanimous incarnation, for He does not consider  the offenses of the fallen souls. Thus to derive the full benefit of the  chanting of the maha-mantra (Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/  Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare), we must first take shelter of Sri  Caitanya Mahaprabhu, learn the Panca-tattva maha-mantra, and then chant the Hare  Krsna maha-mantra. That will be very effective."

Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-Lila, 7.4