“In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Krishna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krishna Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions”

(SB 11.5.32)

“Ever since Śrī Gaurāṅga, the personification of love, began distributing kṛṣṇa-prema, all the ungratful, the drunkards, the sinful, and the suffering, they all gave up their desire for sense gratification and sinful activities as poison and drown themselves in the ocean of happiness of the loud congregational chanting of the holy names”

(Śrī Caitanya-śataka – Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya)

“My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore the chanting of the sankirtana movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe. Please try to understand this so that others will take it seriously”

(SB 6.3.31)

““The result of chanting is that one awakens his love for Kṛṣṇa and tastes transcendental bliss. Ultimately, one attains the association of Kṛṣṇa and engages in His devotional service, as if immersing himself in a great ocean of love”

(CC Antya 20.14)

“In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krishna mahä-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Krishna. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered”

(CC Adi 17.23)

“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘Krishna’ have produced. When the holy name of Krishna is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert”

(CC Antya 1.99)

“There are no rules indicating time, place or circumstances for chanting the holy name, nor is anyone prohibited from chanting if he is unclean or contaminated”

(Vishu-dharma)

“O Supreme Personality of Godhead, when someone desires to chant Your holy name, sins tremble in fear, the glory of material illusion faints unconscious, Yamaraja’s scribe Citragupta becomes happy and gazes at the chanter’s toenails with awe and reverence, and Lord Brahma prepares madhu-parka with which to worship him. O Lord, what more can we say than this?—author unknown “

(Padyavali 4)

“The spiritual result accrued from millions of holy pilgrimages to sacred places is easily and fully obtained simply by performing kirtana of the names of Sri Visnu “

(Vamana Purana)

“Compared to a person who is attached to chanting japa, the person who performs loud chanting of the holy name of Śrī Hari is one hundred times better. This is because the person who chants japa purifies himself, whereas the person who chants the holy name loudly in kīrtana purifies himself, all those who are with him, and everyone else who hears the holy vibration”

(Śrī Nāradīya)

“ Seeing the morose, frightened living entities, tormented by Kali and contaminated by sin, Śacīnandana Gaurahari, has given them the holy name of Śrī Hari. He has given His devotees the practice of chanting the holy names while dancing and playing musical instruments”

(Śrī Caitanya-śataka – Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya)

“ My dear king, when Kṛṣṇa’s devotees dance in kīrtana, they destroy the inauspiciousness of the earth by the touch of their feet, the directions by their glance, and the higher planetary systems by their upraised arms”

(Padma Purāṇa)