Re: Material Distress

Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krishna!

Bhaktivinoda Thakura and other acaryas have commented that Nityananda and Gauranga are supremely merciful. They are merciful first and foremost and secondarily sweet. Whereas Krishna is primarily sweet and secondarily merciful. One can attain perfection by chanting the maha mantra alone but in most cases only after a very long time, like many lives even. But if we are FILLED with offenses then we very well could  end up committing even more serious offenses by just chanting the maha mantra alone as Krishna does consider offenses. I know many cases where this has happened in a very severe manner. One cannot neglect the true Vaisnavas in one's worship. One needs the mercy of Nitai - Gaura in this Kali Yuga and we need to very regularly chant their names and not just a few times before the maha mantra.

Also when I started chanting only the maha mantra with the panca tattva mantra before my rounds  I had some initial taste but after a month or two I lost all taste as I was so filled with anarthas and offenses. Once I started chanting the Nityananda and Gauranga mantras at least 10 - 40 rounds a day, I again regained a taste for chanting. I noticed a HUGE difference when I started focusing the bulk of my attention on NItyananda and Gauranga as opposed to Krishna lila. Big difference. I could taste the spiritual mellows for the first time, it was great and I would never give up chanting at least 64 rounds each of Nitai - Gaura. Their names are so saturated with bliss and yet so easily accessible. Whereas Krishna's names are so saturated with bliss but only accessible to the advanced soul. One needs only to sincerely cry out.

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna
Jagannatha Gauranga dasa

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