Faith in the Holy Name

MANY ARE CHANTING BUT HOW MANY ARE HEARING?

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.

- HH Radhanath Swami

Many people have many questions,apprehensions and feeling of guilt regarding Chanting Mahamantra. But the fact is this gift has been given to every one irrespective of social status or internal purity .This is the Path as well as the Destination.There is no prerequisite for this. There is no barrier of time or space or methodology. One has no fear of one's past record or present personal weakness. This is a free gift for all living beings given by the Supreme. Love encompasses human brain,heart as well as intellect.Any one dwelling on negative remarks of any one or thing without quality of love is wasting own time since negativity drags individual or institution downwards only.Chanting cannot be limited to any framework as love cannot be. This transforms one's nature. But we all have our own pace of growing.This article nicely describes the fact as to how every time or situation is good enough to have the memory of the Lord and one can engage in chanting in whatever way best possible. No external restriction is a barrier.

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manmath kumar nayak November 25, 2011 at 1:00am

Many people have many questions,apprehensions and feeling of guilt regarding Chanting Mahamantra. But the fact is this gift has been given to every one irrespective of social status or internal purity .This is the Path as well as the Destination.There is no prerequisite for this. There is no barrier of time or space or methodology. One has no fear of one's past record or present personal weakness. This is a free gift for all living beings given by the Supreme. Love encompasses human brain,heart as well as intellect.Any one dwelling on negative remarks of any one or thing without quality of love is wasting own time since negativity drags individual or institution downwards only.Chanting cannot be limited to any framework as love cannot be. This transforms one's nature. But we all have our own pace of growing.This article nicely describes the fact as to how every time or situation is good enough to have the memory of the Lord and one can engage in chanting in whatever way best possible. No external restriction is a barrier.

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