THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR KIRTANA IN THE ISKCON RELIGION. by Jayadvaita Swami
10 Commandments for Kirtana
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR KIRTANA IN THE ISKCON RELIGION. by Jayadvaita Swami
1. Thou shalt chant as many tunes as thou canst think of.
2. Thou shalt not chant any one tune for more than three minutes.
3. Thou shalt not chant the morning tune in the morning. Or if thou start
with it thou shalt quickly switch to something else.
4. Thou shalt start fast, speed up, speed up more, then stop and start all
over again. The more times the better.
5. If thou art the mrdanga player, thou shalt always set the pace, following
whatever mechanical pattern thou art used to, and let the singer follow thee
or go to hell.
6. Thou shalt always chant “Jaya Prabhupada,” “Jaya Gurudeva,” “Jaya
Gaura-Nitai,” “Jaya the names of all the Deities in thy temple (and then
some),” and as many other “Jayas” as thou canst think of. Thou shalt never
end a kirtana without those “Jayas.”
7. Thou shalt always add “Jaya Radhe” to the kirtana. (And if thou canst
vary it with “Jaya Sri Radhe,” so much the better.)
8. Thou shalt not allow the Hare Krsna mantra to take up more than ten
percent of the kirtana. And heaven forbid thou shouldest chant it all the
way through.
9. If thou art Indian, thou shalt try to sound like a professional bhajan
singer. If thou art not Indian, thou shalt try to sound like an Indian
devotee imitating one.
10. Thou shalt forget about the way Srila Prabhupada led kirtana.
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September 21st, 2008 at 8:42 am
i don’t think it’s a good idea to create ten commandments for sri chaitanya mahaprabhu’s sankirtan movement..these ten commandments are not recommended by srila prabhupada and sri chaitanya mahaprabhu. may not all vaisnavas accept these commandments.
September 21st, 2008 at 8:45 am
hare krisna partha prabhu..
i don’t think it’s a good idea to create ten commandments for sri chaitanya mahaprabhu’s sankirtan movement..these ten commandments are not recommended by srila prabhupada and sri chaitanya mahaprabhu. may not all vaisnavas accept these commandments.
September 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am
Pamho. AGTSP! I am sorry but Jayadvaita Swami is being sarcastic. He really wants to show us how far our kirtans have deviated from Srila Prabhupada’s simple standard. Reverse psychology, I guess. Your servant, KSdas.
September 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Haribol, yes especially don’t like when the Maha Mantra is only chanted very shortly then followed so many other things. 5 min Maha mantra in a 35 min kirtan. Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
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ps. there is a note in Indrudyumna Swami and Lokanatha Swami kirtan book wherein it is stated that Srila Prabhupada considered the chanting of “Jaya Gurudeva” to be impersonal and was against such chanting.
September 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
hare krisna…why not please leave sri chaitanya mahaprabhu’s sankirtan movemnet as it is without adding personal ten commandments like bible …in my opinion there is need for that …these commandments are not from lord chaitanya…
October 15th, 2008 at 4:47 am
Hare Krishna,
I Personally Enjoyed these commandments as they show in pure sarcasm how much some of us have deviated, @Suchara das, If you have at all read any of maharaja’s works you will understand the frame in which he writes, I’d advise that one first understands before he comments, or ask questions instead, All Glories to Narasimha, Krishna and the Vaishnava’s
Ys,
GG