Question: When chanting on mala how do we start Panca Tattva mantra? In big bead and proceed or chant Panca Tattva next to head bead and start Hare Krsna mantra on the same bead?

Jayapataka Swami: We start chanting from the large bead and go to the smaller side. Then you turn back small bead to the larger side. To get the special mercy of Lord Caitanya we chant the Panca Tattva mantra before each round. So I guess you can chant two mantras on the first bead or actually chanting before we do the 108.  We chant Sri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda Sri Advaita Gadadhara Srivas Adi Gaura Bhakta Vrnda, then we chant Hare Krsna on each of the 108 beads and before we return we again chant the Panca Tattva mantra and chant Hare Krsna on each of the 108 beads. Hare Krsna.
15-JULY-2019 CHENNAI, INDIA