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Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu has recommended, kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ: “One should chant the holy name

This is confirmed by Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura: “When one chants Hare Kṛṣṇa loudly, every living entity,

Once there was an argument between Ṭhākura Haridāsa and an ignorant so-called brāhmaṇa concerning the In an assembly of Vaiṣṇavas, Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, “Not only does a person become situated on the spiritual

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

argument became extremely agitated upon seeing the great offense the brāhmaṇa had committed against Haridāsa

undergoing atonement, sinful men do not become as purified as by once chanting the holy name of Lord Hari

“If a person somehow or other chants the holy name of Hari while dying because of an accident, such as

powerful the reactions of one’s sins, they will immediately be vanquished if one chants the name of Hari

On the other hand, there is the case of Junior Haridāsa. The Lord then asked His other associates not to allow Junior Haridāsa to come before Him anymore. , Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu was firm in this respect and immediately replied, “If you like Junior Haridāsa From that moment, nobody ventured again to request Caitanya Mahāprabhu to excuse Junior Haridāsa. When Junior Haridāsa became hopeless in his efforts to be excused by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he went to

was a bona fide gṛhastha, obeying the rules and regulations of householder life, whereas Junior Haridāsa

“Simply by chanting one holy name of Hari, a sinful man can counteract the reactions to more sins than

sakṛd uccāritaṁ yena harir ity akṣara-dvayam baddha-parikaras tena mokṣāya gamanaṁ prati

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

ataḥ pumbhir dvija-śreṣṭha varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam

In the assembly of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s father, Haridāsa Ṭhākura confirmed that simply by chanting Smārta-brāhmaṇas and Māyāvādīs do not believe that one can achieve liberation in this way, but the truth of Haridāsa