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Offenses Against the Holy Name

Even a devotee may sometimes commit some sinful activity, either unknowingly or due to past sinful behavior. But if he …

If one commits sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name, he commits nāma-aparādha, or an offense against …

Nevertheless, one should not think that one’s sinful reactions will fail to be counteracted by the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa. …

The Perfection of Chanting

The key to successful chanting, therefore, is to carefully avoid sin altogether. By chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, a person …

Once there was an argument between Ṭhākura Haridāsa and an ignorant so-called brāhmaṇa concerning the power of the holy name …

The brāhmaṇa protested, “Don’t exaggerate the effects of chanting in this way. One becomes liberated only after performing many austerities …

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

The members of the assembly witnessing this argument became extremely agitated upon seeing the great offense the brāhmaṇa had committed …

There are three stages of chanting the holy name: chanting with offense, chanting as a liberated person, and chanting with …

tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye karṇa-kroda-kaḍambinī ghaṭayate karṇārbudebhyaḥ spṛhām cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa-saṅginī vijayate sarvendriyāṇāṁ kṛtiṁ no jāne janitā kiyadbhir amṛtaiḥ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-dvayī

“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables Kṛṣ-ṇa have produced. When we chant the holy name of …

These are the symptoms of one who is on the liberated platform of chanting. At that stage, called prema, one …

Accumulated Benefits from Chanting the Holy Name

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura provides additional insight into the power of the holy name in his commentary to verses 9 …

“Someone may say, ‘It may be accepted that by chanting the holy name of the Lord one becomes freed from …

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura replies by quoting verses 9 and 10 of this: “ ‘The chanting of the holy name of …

“One may atone for sinful life and vanquish all sinful reactions by chanting the holy name, and this is beyond …

“Ajāmila had named his son Nārāyaṇa, and because he loved the boy very much, he would call him again and …