# The Simple Process The process of chanting is very simple. One can perform kīrtana without musical instruments by simply clapping and chanting. The process requires only a tongue and ears—we have only to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and use our ears to hear this vibration, and all perfection will be there. --- ## Chanting Without Instruments **One can perform kīrtana without musical instruments by clapping and chanting:** Anyone can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. There is no need for instruments, although Caitanya Mahāprabhu introduced the mṛdaṅga (drum) and karatālas (cymbals). Otherwise, **clapping in itself is sufficient. Anyone can sit down with his family, clap hands and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. This saṅkīrtana is very easy to perform.** —*Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahūti* --- ## Only Three Words **The process of chanting is very simple:** So this process of hari-kīrtana is very simple: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare / Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. **Actually there are only three words: Hare, Kṛṣṇa, and Rāma. But they are very nicely arranged for chanting** so that everyone can take the mantra and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare. Since we have started this movement in the Western countries, Europeans, Americans, Africans, Egyptians, and Japanese are all chanting. There is no difficulty. They are chanting very gladly, and they are getting the results. What is the difficulty? **We are distributing this chanting free of charge, and it is very simple.** —*The Science of Self-Realization* --- ## Only a Tongue and Ears **The process of chanting requires only a tongue and ears:** The bhakti-yoga process should be completed in this life, because in this life we have all the instruments necessary to become fully Kṛṣṇa conscious. We have mṛdaṅgas and cymbals and tongues with which to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. **Even if we don't have mṛdaṅgas and cymbals, we have a tongue. No one has to purchase a tongue.** We also have ears with which to hear the sound that the tongue vibrates. Therefore **we have all the instruments we need with us—a tongue and ears. We have only to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and use our ears to hear this vibration, and all perfection will be there.** We don't have to become highly educated scientists or philosophers. We have only to chant and hear. —*The Path of Perfection* --- **[← Back to Śrī Nāmāmṛta](wiki/compile/sri-namamrita)**