stick to Hare Krishna & Sri Krishna Caitanya

Jayadvaita: Just like sometimes we'll hear our men, they'll be chanting... Like yesterday I heard that someone was chanting, "Nitai-Gaura, Nitai-Gaura, Nitai-Nitai-Gaura." Like that, I'll hear different mantras. Someone is chanting, "Radhe, Radhe, Radhe, Radhe," like that, at kirtana.    (More...)

Prabhupada: Aha. Well, that is not done by the acaryas. But there is no harm chanting "Radhe." But sometimes it is degraded to make something new, invention. Therefore better to stick to "Hare Krsna" and "Sri-Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda." Otherwise... Just like the sahajiyas, they have invented: "Nitai-Gaura Radhe Syama, Hare Krsna Hare Rama." These things will come gradually. But they are not approved. They are called chara kirtana, or "concocted kirtana."    (More...)

Satsvarūpa: Srila Prabhupada, sometimes during arati, many bona fide bhajanas are sung, but not much Hare Krsna. Is that not a good tendency, that maybe just two or three minutes of Hare Krsna mantra and many other bhajanas?    (More...)

Prabhupada: No. We should stick to Hare Krsna. Sri-Krsna-Caitanya Prabhu-Nityananda, Jiva jago jiva jago, these are authorized. But Hare Krsna is the maha-mantra. What is sung by mahajana, Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Narottama dasa Thakura, that can be sung. [break]    (More...)