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Yet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, founder of the modern-day Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, shattered all bonds of prejudice who was born in a Muslim family, to the position of nāmācārya, or the exemplar of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa

After thus instructing the prostitute in the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Haridāsa Ṭhākura stood up and left , continuously chanting the Kṛṣṇa’s holy names.

Then come back to this room and stay here forever in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra continuously and render service to the tulasī plant by watering her and offering In this way you will very soon get the opportunity to be sheltered at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.”

Hearing Haridāsa Ṭhākura chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, she also chanted, “O my Lord Hari, O my Lord

Please sit down and hear the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra until my regular chanting is finished

Following Haridāsa’s example she began chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa three hundred thousand times a

known as Bangladesh, the solitary monk sat before the sacred tulasī plant chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa

But a landholder named Rāmacandra Khān, the district tax collector, was envious of devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa

I thought that today I would be able to finish my chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.

Rāmacandra Khān selected a ravishing young beauty to break the monk’s vow of celibacy and dishonor him

will go with you so that as soon as he sees you with Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he will immediately arrest him and

The prostitute replied, “First let me unite with him once; then the second time I shall take your constable with …

Haridāsa was young, strong, and handsome, and the girl was eager to be alone with him. offering respects to the tulasī plant, she went to the door of Haridāsa’s hut, offered him obeisances, and Exposing part of her body to his view, she sat down on the threshold and spoke to him in sweet words.

“My dear Haridāsa, O great preacher, great devotee, you are so beautifully built and your youth is just If I don’t obtain you, I shall not be able to keep body and soul together.”

Until that time, please sit and listen to the chanting of the holy name.

When she saw that it was morning, the prostitute stood up and left.

“Today Haridāsa Ṭhākura has promised to enjoy with me,” she said. “Tomorrow I shall certainly have union with him.”

The prostitute returned to Rāmacandra Khān and informed him of what had happened. The next day she came earlier, at the beginning of the evening, and stayed all night.

“Today it will be possible for me to finish my chanting,” the saint said. “Then I shall satisfy all your …

Now fully purified, she began to cry and fell at the feet of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, confessing that Rāmacandra