In this fearful age of KaliOf quarrel and hypocrisy,
Humanity losing its sanity
Such violence and animosity,
The way to freedom from anxiety
Chanting the Lord’s name in ecstasy.

No need for severe penance
Little time on the horizon,
Forget empty rituals
Take up drums and cymbals,
Chanting the Lord’s name.
Great joy and bliss in this game
With perfection to attain,
Only the deluded will abstain
With nothing to lose, but eternity to gain.

No need listening to sermons
When mind is still full of turbulence,
Forget vain recitations
Lengthy invocations,
If they lift not the heart to devotion
Chanting the Lord’s name with joyful abandon.

Chant the names of Krishna, Allah, Jehovah, or Rama
Know this to be the Yuga Dharma,
The sankirtan mission of Shri Chaitanya
Brought to West by Srila Prabhupada,
Glorious Acharya in Vaishnava Sampradaya.

Take not lightly
Power of the Holy Name,
Shelter of Mirabai, of royal fame
Life never to be the same,
Taking refuge in God’s resplendent name.
Brought deliverance to Ajamila
Uttered just once in heart-felt surrender,
The only redeeming force in Kali Yuga
Comfort and support of Tulsidasa.

CECIL RAMKIRATH
Bayonne, NJ, USA