Re: Nityananda Gauranga Naam and important aspects of Naam Tattva

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

Dear Guruji, Bhakta Matus Prabhu and devotees please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.

Suddha-nama means that we chant the holy Names of Lordships Nityananda and Gauranga and Sri Sri Radha Krishna with a favorable attitude. In Jaiva Dharma chapter 23 it is stated: �Suddha-nama arises from accepting the holy Name with only favorable inclinations, and rejecting all unfavorable emotions from the heart. With careful deliberation one can realize that suddha-nama is certainly that Name which is free from nama-aparadha and namabhasa." Although offences are not considered with the mantrarajas our intention needs to be on the favorable side towards the Lord in order to be invited into the process of Bhakti. There are unlimited stages of Bhakti.

Srila Prabhupada writes in his letter to Abhirama: �Because you have given your life to Krishna, you are already perfect. But it is just like the ocean, if you are swimming in it you may swim forever and not reach the shore. Similarly, there is no limit to the perfection of Krishna consciousness.�

In Srila Bhaktivinoda�s commentary on Srila Raghunatha dasa Goswami�s �Sri Manah Siksa� he writes: �Variegated in nature, prema, or steady attraction (rati) are analyzed according to their many transformations: sneha, mana, pranaya, raga, anuraga, bhava, and mahabhava. The development of devotional sentiment from rati to prema is compared to sugarcane juice. As it is cooked, it gradually thickens into molasses, then syrup, then sugar, and ultimately into crystallized sugar candy. Similarly, in pure spiritual love there are progressive transformations, each of which learned saints term a different stage of prema. Lord Sri Krishna reciprocates with each of these loving sentiments in sublime pleasure and love.�

In �Mahaprabhu Siksa, The Teachings of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu� Bhaktivinode Thakura states: �Any person who develops faith has the qualification for Bhakti.�

Besides demons who think all the time unfavorably of the Lord�s Name, progressive gradation of chanting starts on the side of having favorable feelings towards the Lord. From there unlimited crystallization of intensity of love for the Lord and His Names manifest within our hearts. But before we are even on the positive gradation scale of chanting it is safe to chant the mantrarajas �Nityananda� and �Gauranga� since no offences are considered by Their mercy. With the maha mantra we need to be purified at least to the stage that we are favorably thinking towards the Lord. That is exactly what the mantrarajas prepare us for. We are so incredibly fallen that we are lower than the lowest and our safest route is via the servant of the servant of the servant of Lord Nityananda gradually developing permission at Lord Gauranga�s feet Who eventually opens our heart to the eternal intimate pastimes of Sri Sri Radha Govinda.

I hope my answer is of any use to you dear Bhakta Matus Prabhu.

Your servant,

Hadai Nityananda dasa

Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krishna!

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