Premanand Maharaj Ji
I want to start bhajan. What should I give up and what should I do first?
Give up bad conduct, begin naam jap
Drinking, impure thoughts about another's wife, eating meat, insulting parents and turning against society are the slips that block the experience of joy in bhajan. Leave these and chant the Name, and the slips are corrected through the strength of bhajan.
If you give up these things and do naam jap, joy will begin to arise right now.