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The Ten Offenses in Chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra
The Hare Krishna mantra is unlimitedly powerful and has the potency to immediately cleanse united states of all the reactions from our sinful activities from this an so many other lifetimes. Information technology has the power to awaken within us our original pure dear for Krishna. The Hare Krishna mantra has the power to connect us with an ever-increasing ocean of transcendental pleasure. On the other mitt one can chant the Hare Krishna mantra for many, many births and not achieve whatsoever pregnant results at all. Why?
The answer is there is a quality to the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra. If the chanting of Hare Krishna is done purely so the results will exist very quick and very great, but if there are offenses in the chanting then the results will be very, very limited. Chanting Hare Krishna with offenses has been compared to trying to light a fire with ane hand and pouring water on it with the other hand. So actually yous will not be able to light the burn in this style. There volition be practically no result. Only your effort will be there, but at that place will be no result.
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. Actually in the starting time we can not chant the Hare Krishna mantra purely. In that location will be many offenses for sure. The only way to overcome these offenses actually is by chanting:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
At to the lowest degree 16 rounds a solar day every day without fail. Besides we must strictly following the four regulative principles:
- No illicit sex activity life [sex is only for having children in union, nothing else]
- No meat eating
- No gambling
- No intoxication
If nosotros are thinking that we tin 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 just deluding ourselves. There is no spiritual life without following these principles, only useless sentiment.
In addition to post-obit 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:
- The outset is to blaspheme the great devotees who have tried to spread the glories of the holy name throughout the world. 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. Kṛṣṇa Himself does not tolerate offenses against His pure devotees.
- The 2nd offense is to deny that Lord Viṣṇu is the Absolute Truth. There is no difference between His proper name, quality, class, pastimes and activities, and 1 who sees a difference is considered an offender. The Lord is Supreme, and no one is equal to or greater than Him. Consequently if one thinks that the Lord's names are nondifferent from the names of demigods, he offends. The Supreme Lord and the demigods should never be considered on the aforementioned level.
- The third criminal offence is to consider the bona fide spiritual master to exist a mutual man.
- The fourth criminal offence is to blaspheme Vedic literature and authorized scriptures like the Purāṇas.
- The fifth law-breaking is to consider the glories attributed to the holy names to be exaggerations.
- The sixth offense is to concoct perverted theories nearly the holy name.
- The seventh criminal offense is to commit sinful activities on the forcefulness of chanting the holy name. It is understood that by chanting the holy names one is free from sinful reactions, just this does not mean that i should act sinfully on the force of chanting. That is the greatest law-breaking.
- The eighth offense is to consider that religious rituals, thrift, sacrifices or other forms of renunciation are equal to chanting the holy proper name. Chanting the holy proper name is as good as associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Pious activities are but means to approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they can fifty-fifty be performed for some textile reason.
- The ninth criminal offence is to preach the glories of the holy name of God to a faithless person who is not interested in hearing them.
- The tenth and concluding offense is to maintain cloth attachment fifty-fifty after hearing and chanting the holy names of God. The idea is that past chanting the holy name without crime, one can obtain elevation to the liberated platform. On the liberated platform i is freed from all textile zipper. Thus if one chants the holy names and withal has material attachments, he must exist committing some offense.
[from TLC 1: Teachings to Rupa Gosvami]
Srila Prabhupada e'er 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.
The following quotes from a July 1969 letter of the alphabet Prabhupada wrote to his new disciples in London are typical:
"Then this initiation means the preliminary run a risk for preparing oneself to attain this highest perfection. I am very glad that you are already interested in the Krishna Consciousness Movement, and you will please chant at least 16 rounds daily, observing the rules and regulations.
"The four principle rules is that you lot will refrain from 1) meat-eating or partaking of fish or eggs, 2) illicit sexual connections, 3) intoxication (including cigarettes, coffee and tea) and four) gambling.
"In add-on to these rules at that place are ten offenses to chanting the Maha Mantra which should exist avoided. These rules are as follows: ane) blaspheming the Lord'southward devotee. 2) Considering the Lord and the demigods on the same level. 3) Neglecting the orders of the spiritual master. 4) Minimizing the authority of the Scriptures. 5) Interpreting the Holy Name of God. half-dozen) Committing sin on the forcefulness of chanting. vii) Instructing the glories of the Lord's Name to the unfaithful. eight) Comparing the Holy Name with textile piety. 9) Inattention while chanting the Holy Name. 10) Attachment to material things while engaged in the practice of chanting.
"And so follow faithfully the above rules and regulations, aid your godbrothers and sister in London to propagate Krishna Consciousness, and at that place is no question that you will all come out successful. I hope this volition observe you lot well."
So yous can encounter that coming to this platform of chanting at least sixteen rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra daily and strictly following the four regulative principles is merely a prerequisite, a requirement which must be met before anyone can be initiated as a disciple in the Hare Krishna movement. And this initiation is simply the beginning. "So this initiation means the preliminary hazard for preparing oneself to achieve this highest perfection."
So after initiation there is whole process of preparation that ane must undergo under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master to gradually ascension himself to the platform of pure, offenseless chanting. In that location has to be surrender, service and he has to hear the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master and follow those instructions.
So Krishna consciousness is not a very cheap thing that can be had very easily. Krishna is not available to anyone very hands. Krishna tin can just be achieved by the mercy of His pure devotees. So there is no access to Krishna consciousness direct to Krishna. That is not the process. And Krishna will non reveal Himself to the devotee unless the devotee pleases and gets the mercy of Krishna'south pure devotees.
Therefore having a bona fide spiritual master and serving him and pleasing him and getting his mercy is essential. Otherwise there tin be no advancement in Krishna consciousness. And unless the spiritual master is a pure devotee of Krishna and so he has no potency to give you Krishna. He is only a cheating rascal.
So in fact above all the rules and regulations and offenses I have mentioned the nearly important thing, the essential thing, which is required if you desire to come to the stage of purely chanting the Hare Krishna mantra is you must have a bona fide spiritual master who is a pure devotee of Krishna. Without having a bona fide spiritual master you lot can chant Hare Krishna forever simply you will not be able to advance because Krishna does non reveal Himself in this manner. He only reveals Himself to those devotees who give up to and serve and please His pure devotees.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Madhudvisa dasa
Virtually the Author
My first contact with a Hare Krishna was a virtually merciful Mataji in Oxford Street, London who sold me a "Higher Taste" cook book in 1984 while I was on holidays there. I started seriously reading Srila Prabhupada's books in Australia 1985 and by 1986 Srila Prabhupada had convinced me "Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead" and "we should surrender to Krishna." I joined the Hare Krishnas in Perth, Western Australia in 1986. Since then I have been chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and preaching as much as I can. That'southward my life and total-fourth dimension occupation now really. I like it more anything I've e'er experienced before. Srila Prabhupada'southward books are so astonishing... Even subsequently reading them all many times they're still fresh and new. They are truly transcendental! That's it actually. Now I'm merely hankering to again see the world dirge Hare Krishna, trip the light fantastic toe and feast and float abroad in the ecstasy of Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement equally it did in Srila Prabhupada'south physical presence. Permit the whole globe drown in the ecstatic flood of love of Krishna!
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