Category:Offenses Against the Holy Names of God
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Pages in category "Offenses Against the Holy Names of God"
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- Committing sins on the strength of chanting the holy name is the greatest offense
- Even if one commits offenses, one should continue chanting the holy name
- Offenses at the lotus feet of the Lord's holy name
- One of the ten offenses to the Holy Name of the Lord is to instruct the glories of the Lord's name to the unfaithful
- The fifth offense is to define the holy name of the Lord in terms of one's mundane calculation
- The first offense is to blaspheme great personalities who are engaged in glorifying the Lord within this material world
- The first offense is to decry the scriptures
- The first offense is to disobey the orders of guru
- The fourth offense is to blaspheme Vedic literature and authorized scriptures
- The second offense is to see the holy names of the Lord in terms of worldly distinction
- The seventh offense is to commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name
- The sixth offense is to give some interpretation on the holy name of God
- The third offense is to think of the spiritual master as an ordinary human being
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- Among the ten offenses committed against the chanting of the holy name, the first offenses are disobedience of the spiritual master and blasphemy of the Vedic literature
- Anyone who thinks like that, that "Because I have got this disinfectant method, so I shall commit sinful activities and I'll chant Hare Krsna, and it will be neutralized," so that is the greatest sin
- Artha-vada (interpretation) is one of the ten offenses at the lotus feet of the holy name of the Lord
- As my initiated disciple you must chant regularly sixteen rounds & follow the four restrictions. If you stick to these principles & chant the Holy Name avoiding the ten offenses you will become steady and rapidly advanced in KC
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- I have begun chanting. Maybe there are offenses, but if I continue, Krsna will be pleased to place me on the transcendental platform when I shall relish what is this chanting Hare Krsna
- If one chants the exalted holy name of the Lord again & again & yet his love for the S Lord does not develop & tears do not appear in his eyes, it is evident that because of his offenses in chanting, the seed of the holy name of Krsna does not sprout
- If one is infested with the ten offenses in the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, despite his endeavor to chant the holy name for many births, he will not get the love of Godhead that is the ultimate goal of this chanting
- If one only chants, with some slight faith, the holy names of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda, very quickly he is cleansed of all offenses. Thus as soon as he chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, he feels the ecstasy of love for God
- If one think "I am this body and everything belonging to this body is mine (aham mameti SB 5.5.8)," and does not show respect and love for the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, that is an offense
- If one thinks that the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the names and activities of the demigods are on the same level, or if one accepts the holy name of Visnu to be a material sound vibration, that is also an offense
- If one tries to separate the Absolute Personality of Godhead from His holy name or His transcendental form, qualities and pastimes, thinking them to be material, that is offensive
- If someone imitates (Kalidasa) him by playing with dice or gambling while chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, he will certainly become a victim of offenses unto the holy name
- If the devotee has not been very careful about evading the ten kinds of offenses at the feet of the holy name, certainly the reaction of feelings of separation will not be visible by tears in the eyes and standing of the hair on end
- In that verse (Bhakti-sandarbha (265)) it (pasanda - ‘godlessness’) implies the ten offenses against the Lord’s holy name, since each of these leads to such godless behavior
- In the beginning of chanting of the holy name of the Lord, if the devotee has not been very careful about evading the ten kinds of offenses at the feet of the holy name, certainly the reaction of feelings of separation will not be visible
- In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is said that if one does not develop these symptoms (symptoms of happiness and tears in the eyes by chanting the glories of the Lord) while chanting Hare Krsna, it is to be understood that he is still offensive
- In the chanting of the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this gurv-aparadha is considered the most grievous offense. Guror avajna sruti-sastra-nindanam (Padma Purana)
- It is understood that by chanting the holy names one is free from sinful reactions, but this does not mean that one should act sinfully on the strength of chanting. That is the greatest offense
- It is understood that one can be freed from all sinful reaction simply by chanting the holy name of God, but if one thinks that he is therefore at liberty to commit all kinds of sinful acts, that is a symptom of offense
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- Of the ten types of offenses one can commit while chanting the holy name of the Lord, this offense is called namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhih, committing sinful activities on the strength of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra
- Offenses against the holy name are explained in Adi-lila, Chapter Eight, verse 24
- One cannot protect himself if one commits an offense at the feet of the holy name of the Lord. Such offenses are mentioned in the Padma Purana as being ten in number
- One should be very humble and meek to offer one's desires and chant prayers composed in glorification of the holy name, such as ayi mukta-kulair upasya manam. One should chant such prayers to become free from offenses at the lotus feet of the holy name
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- Ten additional regulations are as follows: (1) one should try to avoid offenses in the service of the Lord and in chanting the holy names; (2) one should avoid the association of unholy nondevotees; (3) one should not attempt to have many disciples
- The chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra must not be compared to such materialistic religiosity. This is an offense at the lotus feet of the holy name of the Lord
- The eighth offense (against the holy name of God) is to consider the holy name of the Lord and His chanting method to be equal to some material auspicious activity
- The eighth offense is stated thus: It is offensive to consider the chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra to be a religious ritualistic ceremony
- The eighth offense is to equate the chanting of Hare Krsna with other spiritual activities, such as meditation, austerity, penance or sacrifice. They cannot be equated at any level
- The fifth offense (artha-vadah) is to consider the glories of the holy name to be exaggerations
- The first offense (against the holy name) is to vilify the great devotees who have preached about the glories of the Lord
- The fourth offense (against the holy name) is to vilify scriptures or Vedic knowledge. The fifth offense is to define the holy name of the Lord in terms of one's mundane calculation
- The fourth offense (sruti-sastra-nindanam) is to blaspheme Vedic literatures such as the four Vedas and the Puranas
- The fourth offense is to consider the Vedic literatures, such as the Puranas or other transcendentally revealed scriptures, to be ordinary books of knowledge
- The ninth offense (against the holy name of God) is to instruct those who are not interested in chanting the holy name of the Lord about the transcendental nature of the holy name
- The ninth offense is described as follows: It is an offense to preach the glories of the holy name among persons who have no intelligence or no faith in the subject matter
- The ninth offense is to specifically glorify the importance of the holy name before persons who have no interest
- The offenses (to the holy names) are described as follows: (a) to blaspheme a devotee, especially a devotee engaged in broadcasting the glories of the holy name
- The offenses (to the holy names) are: (b) to consider the name of Lord Siva or any other demigod to be equally as powerful as the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead - no one is equal to the Supreme, nor is anyone superior to Him
- The offenses (to the holy names) are: (c) to disobey the instructions of the spiritual master (d) to blaspheme the Vedic literatures and those compiled in pursuance of the Vedic literatures, (e) to comment that the glories of the holy name are exaggerated
- The offenses (to the holy names) are: (f) to interpret the holy name in a deviant way, (g) to commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy name, (h) to compare the chanting of the holy name to pious activities
- The offenses (to the holy names) are: (i) to instruct the glories of the holy name to a person who has no understanding of the chanting of the holy name
- The offenses (to the holy names) are: (j) not to awaken in transcendental attachment for the chanting of the holy name, even after hearing all these scriptural injunctions
- The offenses against the chanting of the holy name are as follows: (10) To not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy names and to maintain material attachments, even after understanding so many instructions on this matter
- The offenses against the chanting of the holy name are as follows: 1) To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the holy name of the Lord
- The offenses against the holy name are as follows: (1) to blaspheme a devotee of the Lord, (2) to consider the Lord and the demigods to be on the same level or to think that there are many gods, (3) to neglect the orders of the spiritual master
- The offenses against the holy name are as follows: (4) to minimize the authority of scriptures (Vedas), (5) to interpret the holy name of God, (6) to commit sins on the strength of chanting, (7) to instruct the glories of Lord’s name to the unfaithful
- The offenses against the holy name are as follows: (8) to compare the chanting of the holy name with material piety, (9) to be inattentive while chanting the holy name, and (10) to be attached to material things in spite of chanting the holy name
- The second offense (against the holy name) is to see the holy names of the Lord in terms of worldly distinction
- The second offense to the holy name is to deny that Lord Visnu is the Absolute Truth. There is no difference between His name, quality, form, pastimes and activities, and one who sees a difference is considered an offender
- The seventh offense (against the holy name) is to commit sins intentionally on the strength of the holy name. In the scriptures it is said that one can be liberated from the effects of all sinful actions simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord
- The seventh offense is instructing the Lord's name to the unfaithful
- The seventh offense is to act sinfully on the strength of chanting the holy name of God
- The seventh offense: To think that since the Hare Krsna mantra can counteract all sinful reactions one may therefore go on with his sinful activities and at the same time chant the Hare Krsna mantra to neutralize them is the greatest offense
- The sixth offense (against the holy name) is to give some interpretation on the holy name of God
- The sixth offense (against the holy name) is to interpret the holy name
- The sixth offense (hari-namni kalpanam) is to consider the holy name of the Lord to be imaginary
- The sixth offense is to commit sins on the strength of chanting the holy name
- The tenth offense (against the holy name of God) is to become uninterested in the holy name of the Lord even after hearing of the transcendental nature of the holy name
- The tenth offense is as follows: If one has heard the glories of the transcendental holy name of the Lord but nevertheless continues in a materialistic concept of life
- The tenth offense is to be attached to the misconception of possessing something, or to accept the body as one's self, while executing the process of spiritual cultivation
- The third offense (against the holy namne) is to neglect the orders of the authorized acaryas or spiritual masters
- The third offense at the lotus feet of the holy name, which is called guror avajna, is to consider the spiritual master to be material and therefore to envy his exalted position
- The third offense is to think of the spiritual master who spreads the glories of the Lord as an ordinary human being
- There (in the eleventh vilasa of Hari-bhakti-vilasa) are discussions about offenses committed while chanting the holy name, along with methods for getting relief from such offenses
- There are many kinds of offenses, but the offense known as nama-aparadha, an offense at the lotus feet of the holy name, is extremely dangerous. The Lord (Caitanya) therefore warned everyone not to see the face of the offender
- There are many Mayavadis who think that the performance of sankirtana-yajna is a pious activity similar to the performance of the asvamedha-yajna and other such pious functions, but this is a nama-aparadha
- There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Krsna mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Krsna one does not become ecstatic
- There are ten basic offenses, and if the devotee avoids these, he can glimpse the next stage, which is situated between offensive chanting and pure chanting
- There are ten offenses we should avoid. The first offense is to decry persons who try in their lives to broadcast the glories of the Lord
- There are ten offenses which one can commit while chanting the transcendental names, and these should be avoided as far as possible, but in any event, one should try to chant the holy names of the Lord at all times
- There are ten principal offenses which can be committed against the holy name. The first is to blaspheme the great devotees who have tried to spread the glories of the holy name throughout the world
- There is no way to atone for any of these offenses (to the holy names). It is therefore recommended that an offender at the feet of the holy name continue to chant the holy name twenty-four hours a day
- This is due to his offenses at the lotus feet of the Lord's holy name
- To consider the chanting of the holy name of the Lord equal to the execution of some auspicious religious ceremony is an offense
- To think that Lord Siva and the other demigods are other forms of God and are therefore equal to Visnu - is blasphemous. This is the second offense at the lotus feet of the holy name of the Lord
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- When one is free from all ten of these offenses in chanting the holy name of God, he develops the ecstatic bodily features called pulakasru. Pulaka means "symptoms of happiness," and asru means "tears in the eyes"
- While chanting the holy name of the Lord, one should be careful to avoid ten offenses. From Sanat-kumara it is understood that even if a person is a severe offender in many ways, he is freed from offensive life if he takes shelter of the Lord's holy name
- While describing one of the offenses against chanting the holy names, specifically the offense - blaspheming the Vedic literature, Jiva Gosvami states in his Bhakti-sandarbha - Worshipers of impersonalists like Dattatreya are also pasandis