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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, clearly states. But these bogus, so-called svāmīs and yogīs, they cheat people, bluff people by their own concoction. That is the difficulty. Even if you speak the right truth, they are unable to receive it because they have been deceived by so many rascals.
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[[Vanisource:751029 - Lecture SB 03.28.19 - Nairobi|751029 - Lecture SB 03.28.19 - Nairobi]]
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Kṛṣṇa also said . . . somebody questioned me that "Where is chanting is recommended in the Bhagavad-gītā?" That is there: satataṁ kīrtayanto māṁ yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 9.14 (1972)|BG 9.14]]). And they say, "Where is chanting in the . . .?" Here is chanting. Mām. Satataṁ kīrtayanto mām. Mām—kṛṣṇa-kīrtana, not this kīrtana, that kīrtana. They have imitated. No. Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.23-24|SB 7.5.23]]). Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam means of the . . . by the name of Viṣṇu. The Māyāvādīs, they have invented. In Calcutta, in Bengal, they have invented Kali-kīrtana. Kali-kīrtana. The Ramakrishna Mission, they have invented Kali-kīrtana. "Why Hari-kīrtana? Kali-kīrtana." They have got a party. As we say . . . because they are rival, if we say "Hare Kṛṣṇa," they will say "Kali, Kali, Kali," like that. This is going on. Kīrtana does not mean any other demigod. Kīrtana means of Viṣṇu. Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, clearly states. But these bogus, so-called svāmīs and yogīs, they cheat people, bluff people by their own concoction. That is the difficulty. Even if you speak the right truth, they are unable to receive it because they have been deceived by so many rascals. So kīrtana means . . . Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad . . . satataṁ kīrtayanto mām ([[Vanisource:BG 9.14 (1972)|BG 9.14]]), Kṛṣṇa. He doesn't say that "Any kīrtana will do." No. He doesn't say. Satataṁ kīrtayanto mām yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ.

So everything is there. Stick to Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and see the Deity always and have impression of the Deity. In whichever position you are, you'll be meditating, and your life will be successful.
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