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I found this article on IDT, thought I'd share it.
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When we are chanting our surrender is simply to hear because our mind
will have many objects about what to contemplate on. The mind has so
many attachments, desires, fears and aspirations. It is a great
priority that we make a offering of our heart by concentrating and
hearing the Holy Name. This is how we can worship Krishna in the
temple of our heart. It is an offering of love.
There’s a story of a devotee in Jagannath Puri who was constantly
chanting Hare Krishna. Always chanting and had so much ecstasy always.
So when he got the call of nature, he thought how he can take
Krishna’s Holy Name in an impure place because Krishna is
non-different from His name. So that devotee caught his tongue so that
he could stop chanting. On the way he met a small 5 yr boy who said
why he was doing that? The devotee replied because I don’t want to
take Krishna in an impure place.
The boy replied Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has taught us that there are
no hard and fast rules for chanting the Holy Name. You can chant
anywhere, everywhere and Krishna is so pure and merciful that through
His name He accepts the service in any situation. The boy asked What
happens if you die when you are in that situation? Death can come at
anytime – padam padam yad vipadam na tesam. If you leave your body
while the call of nature, what will happen if you are not chanting the
Holy Name? It’s your duty to chant always without consideration.
So the man when he heard this, he let go and started chanting once again.
Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His associates happened to be watching
this and They were so pleased with this boy Gopal that They named this
boy as Gopal Guru because he was a Guru – teaching the glories of the
Holy Name.
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In your service,
-Nitai
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