Question: What should not one miss a day with respect to chanting or reading scriptures or association with devotees?
Answer by Romapada Swami: Your question seems to center on the absolute minimum that one must observe in a given day. Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s instructions to Sarvabhauma Bhattacharya was that the most important of all devotional activities is the chanting of the Holy Name. Your minimum chanting should be maintained each day, as your number one priority. The other items may fluctuate from individual to individual, namely the reading of scripture daily or the associating with devotees daily. Reading of course is most essential, and generally this falls within the category of essential daily activities. One may be able to maintain one’s Krishna consciousness through regular reading even if association is just physically not possible. However, each of us finds a particular inspiration that maintains our enthusiasm in Krishna consciousness. You may find that daily association with the devotees is of utmost importance. Scripturally speaking, hearing and chanting take the priority.
