Re: Offender chanting Hare Krishna

Respected Swamiji and Vaisnavas,

      Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna! Please accept my respectful obeisances!

      Dear Mihir, everything takes a little time as our chanting is not perfect in the beginning. We never lose our free will or independence at anytime so until the offensive mentality is gone there is always an inclination and a possibility to commit aparadhas. That takes a little time for most of us. If I chanted just one name properly, then it would be all gone instantly, but I don't.

      Until the stage where one is totally immersed in bhakti eternally, one is always at risk of falling to maya's charms. However unless a falldown is due to something serious as a Vaisnava aparadha, all is not lost, especially for those who chant NItyananda Gauranga naama (even Vaisnava offenders will get another chance if the devotees forgive them..........eventually). Even though I chant the mantrarajas, but I still keep slipping up. The fault is bad quality chanting and a lack of serious intent.

       Falldown is always possible for an infinite number of reasons as long as one's bhakti creeper has not reached the spiritual world. But the huge advantage of the names of the Lord is that these falldowns are easily rectified and the practitioner is very quickly put back on track. A falldown is not the end of the road and all is certainly not lost. Spiritual progress is always picked up from where the practioner left off last.

      All difficulties we face are actually the Lord's wake up calls. He is calling us to come to him.

       Thumb Rule : In short, if something's wrong in our spiritual progress, it means something is wrong with our bhakti which means a fault in our chanting. It holds true for anyone.

Sincerely,

Srinath

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