View source for But can't we bring chanting of japa into it? Mantra Yoga (regarding the starting up of yoga courses for tourists in Vrndavana and Bombay)

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[[Category:Questions asked to Srila Prabhupada]]
[[Category:Questions asked to SP... 1976]]
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<div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<div id="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1976 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1976 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- December 27, 1976, Bombay|Room Conversation -- December 27, 1976, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: So if we want to have three hours total. Even in the class...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Two hours.</p>
<p>Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: ...they should be sitting like this, isn't it?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: So, in other words, the total three hours that they have to be like this...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Not total three hours.</p>
<p>Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Then what will they do in the third hour?</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Well, I was thinking that...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: There is no "I was thinking." This is nonsense. We must do according to the...</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: But can't we bring chanting of japa into it?</p>
<p>Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Mantra-yoga.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: That was my idea, that they should chant half an hour japa before class, and then sit in the posture and then have the philosophy because the chanting... First of all explain the purpose of chanting to fix the mind; then, once they've chanted, then they can sit and listen, and because they've chanted, they'll be that much more attentive.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes, that's good idea. That's good idea. First chanting, second chanting.</p>
<p>Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: First chant half an hour...</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Then lesson, take lesson. And then chant another...</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Then, after that, some kīrtana.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: Japa first, then class and then kīrtana.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: At last kīrtana.</p>
<p>Hari-śauri: That would be like half an hour, an hour.</p>
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