activity:
One who says that ten million asvamedha sacrifices are equal to the
chanting of the holy name of Lord Krsna is undoubtedly an atheist. He
is sure to be punished by Yamaraja.
In the list of the ten kinds of offenses in chanting the holy name of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hare Krsna, the eighth offense is
dharma-vrata-tyaga-hutadi-sarva-subha-kriya-samyam api pramadah. One
should never consider the chanting of the holy name of Godhead equal
to pious activities like giving charity to brahmanas or saintly
persons, opening charitable educational institutions, distributing
free foodstuffs and so on. The results of pious activities do not
equal the results of chanting the holy name of Krsna.
The Vedic scriptures say:
go-koti-danam grahane khagasya
prayaga-gangodaka-kalpa-vasah
yajnayutam meru-survarna-danam
govinda-kirter na samamsatamsaih
"Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse
of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna for
millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the
brahmanas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived
from chanting Hare Krsna."
In other words, one who accepts the chanting of Hare Krsna to be some
kind of pious activity is completely misled. Of course, it is pious;
but the real fact is that Krsna and His name, being transcendental,
are far above all mundane pious activity. Pious activity is on the
material platform, but chanting of the holy name of Krsna is
completely on the spiritual plane. Therefore, although pasandis do not
understand this, pious activity can never compare to the chanting of
the holy name.
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila 3.79
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