Ten kinds of nama-aparadha in the Padma Purana:satam ninda namnah param aparadham vitanuteyatah khyatim yatam katham u sahate tu tad-vigarham(1) Criticizing or blaspheming saints and great bhaktas increases terrible offenses towards sri-nama. How ca
It is so difficult to destroy nama-aparadha.Therefore, one must avoid nama-aparadhawhen one chants sri-nama. If one tries hardto stop committing nama-aparadha,suddha-nama will manifest very quickly.One may take sri-nama and chant continually,with the
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'One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, and who does not expect personal honour but is always prepared to give all respect to others c
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There are no hard and fast rules for chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.One can chant anywhere, anytime, in any situation.In fact, the Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya-lila, 20.18) describes that chanting the holy name at any time or place, even during
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Some Benefits Of ChantingTHE HOLY NAME:• Evokes love of God• Links one directly with the Lord• Revives one’s dormant, eternal Krishna consciousness• Eradicates material desires and sinful activity• Cleanses the heart and frees one from material conta
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The reason that chanting the Lord's names is such an effective process is because the Lord and His names are identical: they are the same spiritual energy.By chanting Hare Krishna we are in immediate contact with God. If we chant someone else's name,
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As one progresses through the second stage, a person begins to get a taste for the chanting, and begins to feel the nectar of joy and bliss within the names.As a person enters the third or pure stage of chanting, the layers of ignorance that keeps on
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Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Krishna, which is feared by fear personified. (Bhag.1.1.14)When instructing King Pariksit, the great
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The chanting of the Hare Krsna mantrais a transcendental vibration;it is not a material thing.It is imported fromthe transcendental abode of Krsna.From there the transcendentalsound of Hare Krsna has come.This sound is like thesunshine coming from t
The name "Krishna" literally means "the greatest pleasure," or "He who is all-attractive."All living entities are looking for pleasure and happiness.God is the storehouse of all pleasure and whatever happiness we feel in this material world is simply
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For one who takes shelter of the maha-mantra, he is sure to reach the Supreme because such mystic meditation engages the mind and intelligence in Krishna.By such continued remembrance of Krishna, even though one may seem to be engaged in so many duti
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If one goes on chanting the holy names of the Lord, which are not different from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, naturally his mind becomes absorbed in thought of the Lord.Even if a person is born in a family of caṇḍālas—the lowest birth one can
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Mechanical chanting is not as powerful as chanting of the holy name without offenses.The words "Hare Kṛṣṇa" should be very distinctly pronounced and heard.Sometimes one mechanically produces a hissing sound instead of chanting with the proper pronun
By constant chanting, then one come to realize Parabrahman (the Supreme Brahman), or the Absolute Truth.Any person, under any circumstances, can reach an elevated state of consciousness by properly hearing the Bhagavad-gītā, and then, by constantly c
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Constant chanting of the holy name will make one free of offenses.The sacrifice recommended in this age is saṅkīrtana, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord.People in general in Kali-yuga are so fallen that it is not possible for them to obt
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To chant the holy name of the Lord just to counteract one's sinful activities, or to commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name, is offensive (nāmno balād yasya hi pāpa-buddhiḥ).By observing the four restrictions and avoiding
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