Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya-lila, Chapter 8.
“Regarding the offense “to not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy names and to maintain material attachments, even after understanding so many instructions on this matter,” I once asked Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu what the connection was. He explained that we hold onto material attachments because we don’t have complete faith in the holy name—we don’t have faith that the holy name will give us everything we need. We don’t have faith that our need and desire to love and be loved will be satisfied by Krishna, so we hold on to some attachment. Or economically, we don’t know if Krishna will take care of us so we keep working hard and accumulating more and more money at the cost of our spiritual life—because we don’t have complete faith. Yes, we should take precautions, but we should realize that what will really stay with us is our relationship with Krishna and His associates, and we should not not invest too much in what we will leave behind, at the cost of what is permanent.”
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