Re: Regarding chanting of nitai-gaura

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Since the chanting of nitai-gaura considers no offences, does it mean that benefit obtained by  chanting unattentively = benfit of chanting attentively

Inattentive chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahaamantra is considered the mother of all offenses and it leads to the other ten offenses against Hari Naama.  But in the case of the chanting of Nityaananda Gauraanga Naama, since the ten offenses are not present according to our Acharyas (aparaadha naahi maane, naahi esaba vichaara), inattentive chanting does not lead to any offenses. One only attains the positive benefit of hearing the sound vibration of the Names even though it is done unattentively without the problem of leading to further offenses like in the case of Hari Naama. But attentive and meditative chanting is certainly superior to inattentive chanting in both the cases of Nitaai Gaura Naama as well as Hari Naama.

Since the chanting of nitai-gaura considers no offences, benefit obtained by  chanting without taking shelter of a guru = benfit of chanting after taking shelter of a guru???????

Nityaananda Gauraanga Naama or Hari Naama can both be began to be chanted without receiving Them by Diksha from Gurudeva. The Holy Names of the Lord are all-powerful and do not depend on anything else. But the Naama Diksha process of receiving Them from a Guru realized in chanting Them is that it speedens up the process of the disciple realizing the full glories and meaning of the Names and advancing to higher stages of Naama Bhajana becomes easier and more rapid if the disciple practices Naama Bhajana sincerely, in the case of both Nitaai Gaura Naama and Hari Naama.

Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.

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