prabhu tuá¹£á¹a haÃ±Ä sÄdhya-sÄdhana kahila
nÄma-saá¹…kÄ«rtana kara, — upadeÅ›a kaila
prabhu - the Lord; tuá¹£á¹a - satisfied; haÃ±Ä - becoming; sÄdhya-sÄdhana - the objective and the process; kahila - described; nÄma-saá¹…kÄ«rtana - chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra; kara - practice; upadeÅ›a kaila - gave him the instruction.
The Lord, being satisfied, instructed him about the object of life and the process for attaining it. He instructed him that the basic principle of success is to chant the holy name of the Lord [the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra].
The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is based upon this instruction of Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu that one must chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra regularly and according to the prescribed principles. We simply ask our Western students to chant at least sixteen rounds a day, but sometimes we find that they fail to chant even these sixteen rounds, and instead they bring many austere books and a worshiping method that diverts their attention in so many ways. ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu’s cult is based upon the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Lord Caitanya first advised Tapana MiÅ›ra to fix his mind on this chanting. We, the members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, must strictly follow this advice of Caitanya MahÄprabhu.
