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"Practices leading to Devotion" - part 002

9. One should respect all, love all and should be ever ready to serve all. 

10. One should not reason with others, should not enter into discussion or controversy with others. 

11. One should have a firm belief and supreme faith in God and His Name, His devotees, and works dealing with His Bhakti. 

12. One should never denounce others’ religion or mode of worship. 

13. One should not detect others' faults; let him discover his own faults and expose them. 

14. One should serve his parents and other elders, as well as his master. 

15. One should meditate on or mentally worship the Lord and recite prayers to Him both in the morning and evening every day.

16. One should repeat the Divine Name of his choice at least 25,000 times daily. One can complete this number by completing 16 malas (or rosaries of 108 heads each) of the following Mantra:

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण
कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
हरे राम हरे राम
राम राम हरे हरे

hare kRRiShNa hare kRRiShNa
kRRiShNa kRRiShNa hare hare
hare rAma hare rAma
rAma rAma hare hare

Cited from "Kalyana-Kalpataru", 1935, Vol.02
"Practices leading to Devotion" article by
हनुमान प्रसाद पोद्दार (hanumAn prasAd poddAr)