Kīrtana

The practice of singing songs on rasa here and there by those who are greedy for money and wish to enjoy their senses, gives Kali an occupation.

It is very unjust and opposed to bhakti to collect money by selling hari-nāma, considering it to be a livelihood. By doing this, both the giver of the Name and the listener will never have the possibility of obtaining the result of prema, and only pāpa will be accumulated.

The practice of singing songs on rasa here and there by those who are greedy for money and wish to enjoy their senses, gives Kali an occupation.

Professional singers do not associate with real sādhus, nor do they understand Vaiṣṇava siddhānta properly. Therefore their words fall like thunderbolts on a Vaiṣṇava’s ears.

The songs concerning Śrī Rādhā-Govinda’s śṛṅgāra–līlā, and listening to them, are our main worship and eternal bhajana. It is improper and offensive to sing about this bhajana-līlā to the whole public. Apana bhajana kathā, nā kahibe yathā tathā (‘Do not discuss your bhajana here and there’ – Śrīla Narottama Dāsa Thākura) – if one has faith in this ācārya’s words, then it makes it an aparādha to hear songs about rasa from the mouths of professional money-grabbing singers.