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only chanting of the holy name of Hari [Kṛṣṇa] that can save people from the problems of materialistic existence, and there is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative in this age of Kali.
Western culture is monotheistic, but Westerners are being misled by impersonal Indian speculation. The young people of the West are frustrated because they are not diligently taught about monotheism. They are not satisfied with this process of teaching and understanding. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is a boon to them because they are being really trained to understand Western monotheism under the authoritative Vedic system. We do not simply theoretically discuss; rather, we learn by the prescribed method of Vedic regulations.
But I am surprised to see that in the last paragraph of your letter you say, “It is an indisputable fact that the  Bhagavad-gītā  (not to mention the  Vedas ) does not require such constant chanting.” I think that you have missed the following verse in the  Bhagavad-gītā , apart from many other similar verses:
satatam kīrtayanto mām 
                    yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ 
                    namasyantaś ca mām bhaktyā 
                    nitya-yuktā upāsate  
                    [ Bhagavad-gītā  9.14]
The engagement of the great souls, freed from delusion and perfect in their realization of God, is described here:  satatam kīrtayanto mām —they are always ( satatam ) chanting ( kīrtayantaḥ ) My glories and— nitya-yuktā upāsate —always worshiping Me (Kṛṣṇa).
So I do not know how you can say “indisputable.” And, if you want references from the  Vedas , I can give you many. In the  Vedas , the chief transcendental vibration  oṁkāra  is also Kṛṣṇa.  Praṇava oṁkāra  is the divine substance of the  Vedas . Following the  Vedas  means chanting the Vedic mantras, and no Vedic mantra is complete without  oṁkāra . In the  Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad ,  oṁkāra  is stated to be the most auspicious sound representation of the Supreme Lord. This is also confirmed again in the  Atharva Veda .  Oṁkāra  is the sound representation of the Supreme Lord and is therefore the principal word in the  Vedas . In this connection, the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, says,  praṇavaḥ sarva-vedeṣu : “I am the syllable  oṁ  in all the Vedic mantras.” [Bg. 7.8]
Furthermore, in  Bhagavad-gītā , Chapter Fifteen, verse 15, Kṛṣṇa says, “I am seated in everyone’s heart. By all the  Vedas , I am to be known; I