• "Here in this world there are thousands of newspapers and magazines reporting the stale, repetitious happenings of this limited space. So for reporting the news of the unlimited spiritual realm, concerning the eternal, ever-fresh Supreme Personality of Godhead, we could publish a newspaper at every second, what to speak of daily."
    - Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
Bala Gopala's Mrdanga : An insignificant attempt (by an insignificant entity) to render service to this instruction.

05/11/06

The Hare Kṛṣṇa Mantra Does Not Require Any Purification To Chant

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The Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra does not require śodhana, or purification of the mantra:

As enjoined in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (1.215, 219, 220):

na cātra śātravā doṣā
narṇasvādi-vicāraṇā
ṛkṣarāśi-vicāro vā
na kartavyo manau priye
nātra cintyo 'ri-śuddhyādir
nāri-mitrādi-lakṣaṇam
siddha-sādhya-susiddhāri
rūpā-nātra vicāraṇā

There is śodhana, or purification of the mantra, but there is no such consideration for the Kṛṣṇa mantra. Balitvāt kṛṣṇa-mantrāṇāṁ saṁskārāpekṣaṇaṁ na hi. "The Kṛṣṇa mantra is so strong that there is no question of śodhana." (1.235)

- Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta Madhya-līlā 24.331

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