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which explain the glories and pitfalls of chanting the Holy Names
 Obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada What follows is a many part series of quotes which explain the glories and pitfalls of chanting the Holy Names. First we will observe the glories of chanting Hare Krsna...... then I will send a next batch of quotes about offensive chanting, then another batch of quotes about the effects of offensive chanting, then finally a batch of quotes about HOW to get free of these offenses--all from Prabhupadas books. Hari bol Damaghosa das
RESULTS
OF CHANTING WITHOUT OFFENSES
The chanting of the
holy names of Krsna is so sublime that if one chants the Hare Krsna
maha-mantra offenselessly, carefully avoiding the ten offenses, he can
certainly be gradually elevated to the point of understanding that
there is no difference between the holy name of the Lord and the Lord
Himself. One who has reached such an understanding should be very much
respected by neophyte devotees. One should know for certain that
without chanting the holy name of the Lord offenselessly, one cannot be
a proper candidate for advancement in Krsna consciousness. In Sri
Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 22.69) it is said:
yahara komala sraddha, se 'kanistha' jana "One whose faith
is soft and pliable is called a neophyte, but by gradually
following the process, he will rise to the platform of a first-class
devotee." Everyone begins his devotional life
from the neophyte stage, but if one properly finishes
chanting the prescribed number
of rounds of harinama, he is elevated step by step to the highest
platform, uttama-adhikari. The Krsna
consciousness movement prescribes sixteen rounds daily because people
in the Western countries cannot concentrate for long periods while
chanting on beads. Therefore the minimum number of rounds is
prescribed. However, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura used to
say that unless one chants at least sixty-four rounds of japa (one
hundred thousand names), he is NoI
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One must come to the understanding
that the holy name of the Lord and
the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself are identical.
One cannot reach this conclusion unless one is offenseless in chanting
the holy name. By our material calculation we see a
difference between the name and
the substance, but in the spiritual world the Absolute is always
absolute; the name, form, quality and pastimes of the Absolute are
all as good as the Absolute Himself. As such,
one is understood to
be an eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead if he considers himself an eternal servant of the holy name and in this spirit distributes the holy name to the world. One who chants in that spirit, without offenses, is certainly elevated to the platform of understanding that the holy name and the Personality of Godhead are identical. To associate with the holy name and chant the holy name is to associate with the Personality of Godhead directly. Adi 8.16 Maharaja
Pariksit Cursed by a Brahmana Boy
Srimad-Bhagavatam asserts that one who chants the
holy name of the Lord under the direction of a pure devotee can at once
get free from the disadvantages due to a lower-caste birth. A pure
devotee of the Lord does not commit any offense while chanting the holy
name of the Lord. There are ten different offenses in the chanting of
the holy name of the Lord. To chant the holy name under
the direction of a pure devotee
is offenseless chanting. Offenseless
chanting of the holy name of the
Lord is transcendental, and, therefore, such chanting can at once
purify one from the effects of all kinds of previous sins. This offenseless
chanting indicates that one has fully understood the transcendental
nature of the holy name and has thus surrendered unto the
Lord. Transcendentally the holy name of the
Lord and the Lord Himself are identical, being absolute. The holy name
of the Lord is as powerful as the Lord. The Lord is the all-powerful
Personality of Godhead, and He has innumerable names, which are all
nondifferent from Him and are equally powerful also. In the last word
of the Bhagavad-gita the Lord asserts that one who surrenders fully
unto Him
is protected from all sins by the grace of the Lord. Since His name and He Himself are identical, the holy name of the Lord can protect the devotee from all effects of sins.
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