13 Krsna helps the sincere chanter
If Krsna sees that one is chanting Hare Krsna sincerely, He helps internally and externally: We should try to avoid the ten offenses in chanting the holy name, but anyone who chants Hare Krsna sincerely is purified. Ceto−darpana−marjanam bhava−maha−davagni−nirvapanam [Cc. Antya 20.12] (Siksastaka 1). This is the easiest process by which the mirror of the mind can be cleansed. If Krsna sees...
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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