The Vaikuntha-dutas said, “We consider chanting to be alone the most excellent form of bhakti, better than remembering, which appears only in one’s own turbulent heart. For chanting harnesses not only the faculty of speech, which it engages directly, but also the mind and sense of hearing. And chanting helps not only the person practicing it but others as well.” (Brhad-bhagavatamrta, Part II, Chapter 3, Text 148)