Prabhupāda: So those who are going to be initiated, they should always remember these restrictive four rules and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa at least sixteen rounds, and eat bhagavat-prasādam, kṛṣṇa-prasādam, and be happy, dance. That's all. Is there any difficulty?
Devotees: No.
Prabhupāda: (laughter) No difficulty. And people will write "The bright-faced." Yes. They will have to admit it. Because it is purifying. There is no impurity. Without being pure, how can you expect to reach God? This is all rascaldom. To keep oneself dirty, unpure in mind, in body, in feelings, in character, and he wants to go to God? Rascal. (laughter) Forget! There is no entrance for you to God.
- yaṁ brahmā varuṇendra-rudra-marutaḥ stunvanti divyaiḥ stavair
- vedaiḥ sāṅga-pada-kramopaniṣadair gāyanti yaṁ sāma-gāḥ
- dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yogino
- yasyāntaṁ na viduḥ surāsura-gaṇā devāya tasmai namaḥ
- (SB 12.13.1)
God's position is that, that the yogīs, they are trying to capture God by meditation. And demigods like Brahmā, Lord Śiva and others, they are offering Vedic prayers. And the Sāma Veda is always singing the glories of the Lord. The Lord is so exalted, so pure.
So if you have to reach Kṛṣṇa, you must be pure, cent per cent pure. That is not very difficult. This ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam (CC Antya 20.12, Śikṣāṣṭaka 1). Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and you become purified, purified, more, more, more, more. And day will come when you find that you are completely pure from all material contamination and you become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God, and that makes a solution of all problems.
So it is so nice. Always remember this, that "We have taken the best in the whole creation of the Lord, Kṛṣṇa consciousness." Do not try to adulterate it. Keep it pure, and your life will be successful. This is an opportunity, this human form of life, this particular type of tongue which you can use. In other type of tongues you can chew, you can taste the blood and the flesh, and so many things.
But you cannot chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.