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  padmavati mataji January 10, 2011 at 10:40pm

  
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  AMITAV December 5, 2010 at 11:36pm

  Hare Krishna!
  
  There is so much to learn from you. Mataji you are simply great.
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 11:08pm

  
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 11:07pm

  Ten kinds of nama-aparadha in the Padma Purana:
  
  satam ninda namnah param aparadham vitanute
  yatah khyatim yatam katham u sahate tu tad-vigarham
  
  (1) Criticizing or blaspheming saints and great bhaktas increases terrible offenses towards sri-nama. How can Sri Krsna tolerate blasphemy of great souls who are devoted to sri-nama, and who preach the glories of sri-krsna-nama in this world? Therefore, the first offense is to blaspheme the bhaktas.
  
  sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalam
  dhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah
  
  (2) In this material world, Sri Visnu’s name, form, qualities, pastimes and so on are all-auspicious for all beings. If one considers them to be material phenomena and different from Sri Visnu Himself, this is detrimental to one’s chanting of sri-hari-nama. It is also nama-aparadha to believe that Siva and the other devas are independent and equal with Sri Visnu.
  
  
  The other offenses are:
  
  (3) guror avajna: to disrespect sri-guru who knows namatattva by considering him an ordinary, mortal human being, with a body made of the five material elements.
  
  (4) sruti-sastra-nindanam: to blaspheme the Vedas, the Satvatas, the Puranas, and other sastras.
  
  (5) artha-vadah: to think that the glorification of sri-harinama in sastra is an exaggeration.
  (6) hari-namni kalpanam: to interpret sri-hari-nama (in a mundane way) or to think that nama Himself is a product of the imagination.
  
  namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhir
  na vidyate tasya yamair hi suddhih
  
  (7) It is certain that one who is engaged in sinful activities on the strength of sri-nama cannot be purified by artificial yoga practices such as yama, niyama, dhyana, and dharana.
  
  dharma-vrata-tyaga-hutadi-sarva
  subha-kriya-samyam api pramadah
  
  (8) It is an offense to think that rituals and pious material activities such as dharma, vrata, tyaga, and homa are equal, or even comparable to Bhagavan’s sri-divya-nama (transcendental name).
  
  asraddadhane vimukhe’py asrnvati
  yas copadesah siva-nama-aparadhah
  
  (9) It is nama-aparadha to give instructions on auspicious sri-nama to those who are faithless or averse to hearing srinama. srute ‘pi nama-mahatmye yah priti-rahito narah aham-mamadi-paramo namni so’py aparadha-krt
  
  (10)One is a nama-aparadhi if, even after hearing the wonderful glories of sri-nama, he does not show love or enthusiasm for chanting sri-nama and clings fast to the material conception, of ‘I’ and ‘mine’; that is to say, “I am this body, composed of blood, flesh and skin, and things relating to this body are mine.”
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 11:07pm

  
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 11:06pm

  tṛṇād api su-nīcena
  taror iva sahiṣṇunā
  amāninā māna-dena
  kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ
  
  '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 can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord.'
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 11:05pm

  
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 11:05pm

  'eka' kṛṣṇa-nāme kare sarva-pāpa nāśa
  premera kāraṇa bhakti karena prakāśa
  Simply chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra without offenses vanquishes all sinful activities. Thus pure devotional service, which is the cause of love of Godhead, becomes manifest. (CC- 1:8:26).
  
  One cannot be situated in the devotional service of the Lord unless one is free from sinful life. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (7:28):
  
  yeṣāḿ tv anta-gataḿ pāpaḿ janānāḿ puṇya-karmanām
  te dvandva-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māḿ dṛḍha-vratāḥ
  
  "Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life and whose sinful actions are completely eradicated are freed from the duality of delusion, and they engage themselves in My service with determination."
  
  A person who is already cleansed of all tinges of sinful life engages without deviation or duality of purpose in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
  
  In this age, although people are greatly sinful, simply chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra can relieve them from the reactions of their sins. Eka kṛṣṇa-nāme: only by chanting Kṛṣṇa's name is this possible.
  
  This is confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam(12:3:51): kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta-sańgaḥ.
  Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has also taught us this. While passing on the road, He used to chant:
  
  kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he
  kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa he
  kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa rakṣa mām
  kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa pāhi mām
  rāma rāghava rāma rāghava rāma rāghava rakṣa mām
  kṛṣṇa keśava kṛṣṇa keśava kṛṣṇa keśava pāhi mām
  
  If one always chants the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, gradually one is freed from all reactions of sinful life, provided he chants offenselessly and does not commit more sinful activities on the strength of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
  
  In this way one is purified, and his devotional service causes the arousal of his dormant love of God.
  
  If one simply chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and does not commit sinful activities and offenses, one's life is purified, and thus one comes to the fifth stage of perfection, or engagement in the loving service of the Lord (premā pum-artho mahān).
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 10:58pm

  
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  padmavati mataji December 4, 2010 at 10:58pm

  taḿ nirvyājaḿ bhaja guṇa-nidhe pāvanaḿ pāvanānāḿ
  śraddhā-rajyan-matir atitarām uttamaḥ-śloka-maulim
  prodyann antaḥ-karaṇa-kuhare hanta yan-nāma-bhānor
  ābhāso 'pi kṣapayati mahā-pātaka-dhvānta-rāśim
  
  O reservoir of all good qualities, just worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the purifier of all purifiers, the most exalted of the personalities worshiped by choice poetry. Worship Him with a faithful, unflinching mind, without duplicity and in a highly elevated manner. Thus worship the Lord, whose name is like the sun, for just as a slight appearance of the sun dissipates the darkness of night, so a slight appearance of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa can drive away all the darkness of ignorance that arises in the heart due to greatly sinful activities performed in previous lives. (Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 3.62).