Bring the Ecstasy and Dance!

by Mahanidhi Swami

If you chant “Paramātmā! Paramātmā! Paramātmā!” nothing will come but thirst and fatigue. But if you chant “RādheRādheGovinda, GovindaRādhe! RādheRādheGovinda, GovindaRādhe!” you will soon become intoxicated with ambrosial nectar, and completely forget your bodily identity.

Śrīla Prabhupāda confirms this point, “This chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa. You chant whole day and night, and dance, you'll never get tired. But take another name. Just after half an hour, finished. It is botheration.” (SPT 69/2/17)

“As far as possible, people should be encouraged to chant Hare Kṛṣṇamahā-mantra, and try to bring the ecstasy and dance. Even there is no ecstasy, dance, it will bring ecstasy. Dancing is so nice. Chanting, dancing and take prasāda. Take rest. That's all. Not that you shall take rest like Kumbhakarna.” (SPT 73/16/7)

“In the Padyāvalī, there is a statement by some devotees: ‘We shall not care for any outsiders. If they should deride us, we shall still not care for them. We shall simply enjoy the transcendental mellow of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, and thus we shall roll on the ground and dance ecstatically. In this way we shall eternally enjoy transcendental bliss.’ ” (NOD)

“All these people [devotees of Lord Caitanya] become like madmen. They simply dance and chant the Holy Name of Kṛṣṇa. Sometimes they even cry and roll on the ground.” (Cc. Madhya 16.166)
(An excerpt from Appreciating Navadvipa Dhama by Mahanidhi Swami)

Sri Harinama Sankirtana ki jai!
Nitai Gaura Premanande ki jai!