The holy name of Lord Hari should always be chanted in great humility. One
should think oneself to be lower than a blade of grass, one should be as tolerant as
a tree, one must offer all honour to others and one should never expect any honour
for oneself.
Śrī Śikṣāṣṭakam, Verse 3
The third verse of the Śikṣāṣṭakam describes and instructs that we should be ‘always chanting Hari’ (kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ). This chanting is to be performed with three key qualities: humility (sunīcena), tolerance (sahiṣṇunā), and selflessness (amāninā).
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