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Sadhana. What is sankirtan? – Ananta Das Babaji

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Param Vijayate Sri Krishna Sankirtanam. What is sankirtan? It means the chanting of hari-nam. Name chanting. Hari-nam japa. Taste this. It also means tasting of lila smaran. Together with lila-smaran comes more taste for naam. Together with naam comes more taste for smaran. Taste both of these together. It means loudly (chanting) with many devotees that is also sankirtan. Loudly in kirtan. However it also means not loudly also meaning lila-smaran. Name and Lila. Without lila it is not sankirtan. Ananta Das Babaji