06 One should not hear the holy name from a nondevotee
One must not hear the holy name chanted by non Vaisnavas: Srila Sanatana Gosvami has forbidden us to hear the holy name of Krsna chanted by non−Vaisnavas, such as professional actors and singers, for it will have no effect. It is like milk touched by the lips of a serpent, as stated in the Padma Purana: avaisnava−mukhodgirnam putam hari−kathamrtam sravanam naiva kartavyam sarpocchistam yatha payah – Sri...
07 Even if one cannot read or understand the scriptures, he can attain perfection through chanting
Even if one is illiterate (and thus cannot read Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam) he can still perfect his life simply by chanting the maha mantra: A realized student of Krsna consciousness can very easily say what his next life is, what God is, what the living entity is and what his relationship with God is. His knowledge is perfect because it is coming from perfect books of knowledge such as Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam....
12 If one chants his holy name, Krsna becomes pleased and obliged
Krsna is pleased when one chants His holy name: The Supreme Personality of Godhead exists everywhere (andantara−stha−paramanu−cayantara−stham). Therefore when one chants His transcendental names Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare the Supreme Personality of Godhead is automatically pleased by such sankirtana. It is not that the Supreme...
09 The holy name brings faith in krsna consciousness
Faith in Krsna consciousness is attained by chanting the holy name: [Lord Krsna to Arjuna]: In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of all mysticism. And one who has achieved this enjoys the self within himself in due course of time. A faithful man who is absorbed in transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses quickly attains the...
11 By chanting the holy name one becomes enlightened
The holy name frees one from false bodily identification Chanting Hare Krsna frees one from the bodily concept of life: [Ajamila said]: Simply because I chanted the holy name of the Lord in the association of devotees, my heart is now becoming purified. Therefore I shall not fall victim again to the false lures of material sense gratification. Now that I have become fixed in the Absolute Truth, henceforward I...
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