CHANT!

“What are you people doing?”

“We’re practicing yoga.”

“Yoga? You call this yoga? Chanting and dancing, playing on drums and hand cymbals, passing out magazines and sweets—all in one big group?”

“Absolutely! Yoga means ‘to link with God,’ and this congregational chanting of God’s names—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare—is the best way to link with Him. Chanting Hare Krsna is an important part of bhakti-yoga, the yoga of devotion.”

“Hmm. You look happy enough.”

“Yes. Krsna Himself says in the Bhagavad-gita that bhakti-yoga is joyful and everlasting.”

“And these magazines?”

“Here, take one. And why don’t you come to our Sunday Feast and find out more about bhakti-yoga? We serve delicious vegetarian food to hundreds of guests every Sunday at every Hare Krsna center.”

“Well, I just might do that. Thank you.”

“Hare Krsna.”