CANNOT CHANT 16 ROUNDS???

Pancadravida: What if the person cannot chant sixteen rounds a day.

He says, “I can’t…”

Prabhupada: Then he is not even a human being. He is a rascal. That's all. He

is not a human being. What to consider of talking...? Don't talk about him if
he cannot chant sixteen rounds. He is not even a human. He is animal.

If I cannot finish my sixteen rounds due to some business, then next day I
must finish it. If you say that "Next day also, I am busy," then you should
forget your eating and sleeping and finish it. That is the way. You are so
busy, but do not forget your eating and sleeping. That is cheating.

If you are so busy that you forget your eating and sleeping, then I can
consider that you are very busy. But you do not forget this portion.
"Whenever there is opportunity, I sleep and eat. And I have no time for
chanting"-this is cheating. How long you can go on by cheating? You must
finish it.
Somebody, after initiation he promises, "Yes, I shall follow these rules and
regulations. I shall chant sixteen rounds," before the fire, before the Deity,
before the guru, and if he does not follow, then he is a cheater. What to
speak of his becoming a Vaisnava, he is a cheater. He breaks all his promises.

Conversation April 20, 1974