Jayapataka Swami: Haridas Thakura said that loud chanting is 100 times more beneficial than mental chanting. I don’t know what the comparison is between japa and kirtana. But since kirtana is louder, definitely it is better. Since more people get benefit. Lord Caitanya said, do japa, do kirtana, He said both things. So we cannot always do kirtana, sometimes we do kirtana, sometimes we do japa. But japa is more often possible.
19-MAY-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA