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Sixteen Good Rounds
Umapati Swami answers Urmila dd

Urmila Mataji writes:

"A question specifically for Umapati Swami—When you chanted on that small set of twelve beads, counting nine times around for a round, did you ‘count’ that chanting towards your sixteen rounds or not? If not, why not?"

Answer:

It was a long time ago, but as I remember, I did not count rounds chanted on the bus as part of my sixteen rounds because Srila Prabhupada had told me that we should chant sixteen good rounds every day, and I had time to chant sixteen rounds on my regular mala every day in the temple. Even today, I do not like to go on japa walks because there are many distractions, and I do not feel that I am chanting my sixteen rounds attentively at that time.

Of course, sometimes there are pressing situations, but that is another matter.

Umapati Swami

© CHAKRA 6 February 2002