Srila Prabhupada Japa 16 Rounds 1728x Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita 4.20-24, New York, August 9, 1966 — […] We shall always remember that whenever we call for meditation, that meditation is not on void. Void meditation is very much troublesome. Kleso ’dhikataras tesam avyaktasakta-cetasam [Bg. 12.5] You will find in the Bhagavad-gita. Those who are trying to meditate upon the void, they are in very troublesome condition. And it is very difficult to achieve success. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gita. So meditation always means meditation on Vishnu.
So in the Satya-yuga, in the millennium when all people were virtuous, cent percent virtuous, at that time this meditation was recommended. Because their minds were not disturbed and they could sit down peacefully and concentrate his mind on Visnu. That was the process recommended.
Krte yad dhyayato visnum tretayam yajato makhaih. Tretayam means the next millennium. That is… It was recommended that people should perform sacrifice.
Tretayam yajato makhaih dvapare paricaryayam. Dvapare means the next millennium. That is recommended for temple worship, temple worship. The temple worship… So many temples, thousands and thousands of temples, you will find. Not only in India, in other parts of the world also. The churches are also temples, the mosques are also temples, the synagogues are also temples. So this temple worship was introduced in the third millennium.
Now this is the fourth millennium. In the fourth millennium, the Bhagavata says that kalau tad dhari-kirtanat: “At the present moment we have to perform sacrifices by chanting the hari-kirtana, the glorification of Krishna.” This is yajna. Full Lecture
Pamho agtacbsp to chant hare krsna is the best way to start everything especially the new year, I wish a happy new year to all manifested and unmanifested bhakta vrinda devotees of Lord sri krsna bhagavat ys haribol