The following quotes from a July 1969 letter Prabhupada wrote to his new disciples in London are typical: Srila Prabhupada always stresses these points very strongly at initiation ceremonies and if he is not personally performing the initiation he stresses these points in his letter to the initiates. Thus if one chants the holy names and still has material attachments, he must be committing some offense. On the liberated platform one is freed from all material attachment. The idea is that by chanting the holy name without offense, one can obtain elevation to the liberated platform. The tenth and last offense is to maintain material attachment even after hearing and chanting the holy names of God.The ninth offense is to preach the glories of the holy name of God to a faithless person who is not interested in hearing them.Pious activities are only means to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they can even be performed for some material reason. Chanting the holy name is as good as associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The eighth offense is to consider that religious rituals, austerity, sacrifices or other forms of renunciation are equal to chanting the holy name.
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It is understood that by chanting the holy names one is free from sinful reactions, but this does not mean that one should act sinfully on the strength of chanting.
The Supreme Lord and the demigods should never be considered on the same level. Consequently if one thinks that the Lord’s names are nondifferent from the names of demigods, he offends. The Lord is Supreme, and no one is equal to or greater than Him. There is no difference between His name, quality, form, pastimes and activities, and one who sees a difference is considered an offender. The second offense is to deny that Lord Viṣṇu is the Absolute Truth.Kṛṣṇa Himself does not tolerate offenses against His pure devotees. The holy name of Kṛṣṇa is non-different from Kṛṣṇa, and one who attempts to spread the holy names throughout the world is beloved of Him. The first is to blaspheme the great devotees who have tried to spread the glories of the holy name throughout the world.In addition to following the four regulative principles and chanting at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra daily we have to consider the ten offenses in regard to chanting the holy name: There is no spiritual life without following these principles, only useless sentiment. If we are thinking that we can make any advancement in Krishna consciousness without coming to the platform of chanting at 1east 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra daily and strictly following the four regulative principles we are simply deluding ourselves. Also we must strictly following the four regulative principles: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare HareĪt least 16 rounds a day every day without fail.
The only way to overcome these offenses actually is by chanting: Actually in the beginning we can not chant the Hare Krishna mantra purely. Therefore if we want to be successful in the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra it is essential that we come to the platform of offenseless chanting.
Only your effort will be there, but there will be no result. So actually you will not be able to light the fire in this way. Chanting Hare Krishna with offenses has been compared to trying to light a fire with one hand and pouring water on it with the other hand. If the chanting of Hare Krishna is done purely then the results will be very quick and very great, but if there are offenses in the chanting then the results will be very, very limited. The answer is there is a quality to the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra. On the other hand one can chant the Hare Krishna mantra for many, many births and not achieve any significant results at all. The Hare Krishna mantra has the power to connect us with an ever-increasing ocean of transcendental pleasure. It has the power to awaken within us our original pure love for Krishna. The Hare Krishna mantra is unlimitedly powerful and has the potency to immediately cleanse us of all the reactions from our sinful activities from this an so many other lifetimes.
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