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Question: When we chant the holy name, it is recommended to listen to our own chanting. Is it ok also to hear another chanting like Srila Prabhupada, you or other vaisnavas who chant purely?

Jayapataka Swami: The process is called sravanam, kirtanam. Kirtana is the chanting, sravana is the hearing. So while we chant we listen to our chanting. Lord Caitanya explained that this sankirtana is a sacrifice. That the tongue is like the scoop of the shurva that...
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