Avoiding Offenses to Attain the Supreme

Giving others the Holy Names and teaching how to chant properly is described by Krsna in the Bhagavad Gita As It Is 18.68 - as one practices that, it brings us to pure devotional service to Krsna.

Bhagavad Gita As It Is 18.68:

TRANSLATION
"For one who explains this supreme secret to the devotees, pure devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me"

But besides chanting, it's really very important to be aware of offenses, otherwise we can't achieve this goal of pure devotional service. In the Nectar of Devotion Chapter 8: Offenses to Be Avoided it is described that among the offenses, the offense in relation to the Holy Names is the worst, it gives the offender no chance of being delivered:

"In the Padma Pur��n��a it is stated that even a person whose life is completely sinful will be completely protected by the Lord if he simply surrenders unto Him. So it is accepted that one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes free from all sinful reactions. And even when a person becomes an offender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he can still be delivered simply by taking shelter of the holy names of the Lord: Hare Kr��s��n��a, Hare Kr��s��n��a, Kr��s��n��a Kr��s��n��a, Hare Hare/ Hare R��ma, Hare R��ma, R��ma R��ma, Hare Hare. In other words, the chanting of Hare Kr��s��n��a is beneficial for eradicating all sins, but if one becomes an offender to the holy names of the Lord, then he has no chance of being delivered."
Nectar of Devotion Chapter 8

May the Holy Names give us the mercy of chanting without offenses, so we can always be blessed and able to attain the Supreme Abode.

Haribol

Aruna dd

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