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response it may be said that Ajāmila’s chanting throughout his life was inoffensive because he did not He was in so much illusion that he did not realize he was addicted to sinful actions, nor did he know Thus during his life he did not commit a nāma-aparādha, and his repeated chanting of the holy name of

Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “If chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa does not produce liberation as a by-product, then I

The Viṣṇudūtas charged that the Yamadūtas did not know whom to arrest and whom not to arrest. The Viṣṇudūtas criticized the Yamadūtas, saying, “You do not know whom to punish and whom not to punish

Indeed, he has atoned not only for sins performed in one life but for those performed in millions of Even though he did not chant purely, he chanted without offense, and therefore he is now pure and eligible

To cite a logical example, a fig tree does not immediately yield fruits, but in time the fruits are available service grew little by little, and therefore although he committed very sinful acts, the reactions did not chants the holy name of the Lord even once, the reactions of past, present, or future sinful life do not

If that is not the case, I shall certainly cut off your nose.”

In an assembly of Vaiṣṇavas, Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, “Not only does a person become situated on the spiritual

Ordinary atonement may temporarily protect a sinful person, but it does not completely cleanse his heart Therefore atonement is not as powerful as the chanting of the holy name of the Lord.

But if he sincerely repents, thinking, “I should not have done this, but I am so sinful that I have again

“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables Kṛṣ-ṇa have produced.

Although he was calling for his son, the name itself was powerful, because the name Nārāyaṇa is not different

They did not know that he had become free from the reactions of all his sins.

However, if a person commits sinful acts in full consciousness, not only once but many, many times, he

For an ordinary man, that sinful activity may not be regarded so seriously, but for one who is chanting Kṛṣṇa mantra, thinking, “I am chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, so even if I commit some sin I’ll be excused,” will not

It is not that we become liberated and can do anything and everything.

Nevertheless, one should not think that one’s sinful reactions will fail to be counteracted by the chanting

therefore one may say that only his chanting of the holy name of Nārāyaṇa at the time of death – and not

Śrīdhara Svāmī says, “Chanting the holy name of Nārāyaṇa, Lord Hari, not only counteracted all of Ajāmila

It did not matter that he was calling his son; the name itself was effective.