Indian Brain Research Association, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta

Satsvarupa: Dhira Krsna got a statement from the Brain Research Institute and said the chanting of Hare Krsna is very good for the brain.
Hari-sauri: Brainwashing.
Prabhupada: You have got that?
Satsvarupa: Yes.
Prabhupada: Actually it is brainwash, ceto-darpana-marjanam[Cc. Antya 20.12], but it is for the good. People are suffering with these dirty things within the brain. We are washing them. That is brainwash actually.

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Satsvarupa: “Indian Brain Research Association, Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta.

Gentlemen: The Hare Krsna kirtana mantra used in meditation or chanting of Radha-Krsna has been practiced not only by the Vaisnavas of India, but by most of the Hindus as a regular religious and social practice in Hindu families. Millions of Hindus practice with sublime devotion the Hare Krsna mantra. We are not aware of any case where such practice has resulted in any detrimental effect to the health or mind of anyone. We can submit that the worshiping of Radha-Krsna, as being practiced in West Bengal, India, does not differ from that of the Hare Krsna mantra chanting of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And as such, either of them cannot do any harm to the devotee or to the observer. Further we can add that the rhythmic dance and musical (Bengali:) svara in Hare Krsna kirtana mantra may have profound beneficial effect on a distorted human mind. These practices do not have any relation with brainwashing, although the word seems to carry no scientific meaning at all. Statement by Professor Ajit K. Mytee. Yours faithfully, J.J. Ghosh, President on behalf of the Indian Brain Research Association.”
Prabhupada: It is good certificate. And University of Calcutta. So you publish this.

Room Conversation, February 14, 1977, Mayapura

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