Did I contradict Srila Prabhupada certainly not

[Paramananda das]

Dandavat pranams

All glories to Srila PRabhupada

This is what I wrote Rocana Prabhu about 16 and 64 rounds.



dear Rocana das

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada seemed to believe that many devotees where not abel to chant more than 16 rounds,.and we see some even some GBC's do not even chant their 16 rounds .



Thus the devotees have been advised to refrain from four sinful activities - illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating and gambling - and to chant sixteen rounds a day. These are bona fide instructions. Because in the Western countries constant chanting is not possible, one should not artificially imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura, but should follow this method. Krsna will accept a devotee who strictly follows the regulative principles and the method prescribed in the various books and literatures published by the authorities.

CC Madhya 7.82

Therefore devotees in the line of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu must chant at least sixteen rounds daily, and this is the number prescribed by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Haridasa Thakura daily chanted 300,000 names. Sixteen rounds is about 28,000 names. There is no need to imitate Haridasa Thakura or the other Goswamis, but chanting the holy name a fixed number of times daily is essential for every devotee.

Srila Prabhupada gave the minimum , but I have no doubt at heart he wished we could all chant 64 rounds, and follow the 4 regs and become advanced devotees.Those who use these quotes as an excuse to not chant more than 16 rounds , have obviously taken these and similar purports as an exuse.It is a comfort to the neophytes and encourage those less than neophyte to at least chant 16 rounds
your humble servant
Payonidhi das