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r Nmas Mercy Manifesto

Revelations and Meditations on the Holy Name by r Caitanya

Mahprabhu and some of His personal associates.

Hare Ka Hare Ka Ka Ka Hare Hare

Hare Rma Hare Rma Rma Rma Hare Hare

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All excerpts from the books of His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupda are copyrighted by Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International. All

rights reserved.

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CONTENTS

1. Magalcaraa--------------------------------------------------------------- 4

2. Revelations and Meditations on the Meaning of the Holy Name by-

(a) rla Prabhupda ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10

(b) rla Bhaktivinoda hkura ---------------------------------------------------------- 13

(c) rla Jva Gosvm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15

(d) rla Raghuntha dsa Gosvm ---------------------------------------------------- 17

(e) rla Gopla Guru Gosvm --------------------------------------------------------- 19

3. A Glimpse into the Culture of the Holy Name by-------------------- 22

(a) r Caitanya Mahprabhu------------------------------------------------------------- 23

(b) r Pacatattva--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28

(c) rla Jagadnanda Paita------------------------------------------------------------ 29

(d) rla Haridsa hkura---------------------------------------------------------------- 32

(e) rla Santana Gosvm --------------------------------------------------------------- 36

(f) rla Rpa Gosvm --------------------------------------------------------------------- 37

(g) rla Bhaktivinoda hkura ---------------------------------------------------------- 39

(i) r Nagara Krtana------------------------------------------------------------------- 39

(ii) Boro Sukher Khabor Gi --------------------------------------------------------- 40

(iii) Nmas Transcendental Price List --------------------------------------------- 42 (iv) Nmas Primary Business Outlets and Key Personnel --------------------- 43 (v) bhojana-llase rasane mra-------------------------------------------------------44

(vi) A Spiritual Request ---------------------------------------------------------------- 45

(vii) The Glories of the Holy Name ------------------------------------------------- 47

(h) rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat hakura ----------------------------------------- 49

(i) rla Prabhupda ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50

4. Appendix --------------------------------------------------------------------------

(a) A Ml of Meditations from the Followers of r Caitanya Mahprabhu - 55

(b) Meditations from the Eternal Essence of stra -------------------------------- 60

(c) A Traditional Prayer for Approaching the Holy Name ---------------------- 65

(d) More Traditional Prayers for Approaching the Holy Name ------------------ 66

(e) The Ultimate Mana-ik ----------------------------------------------------------- 68 (f) Three Entrance Keys into the World of Nma ----------------------------------- 69

(g) Connecting My Heart with Nma --------------------------------------------------- 70

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R GURU PRAMA

o ajna-timirndhasya jnjana-alkay

cakur unmlita yena tasmai r-gurave nama

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master who, with the

torchlight of knowledge, has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the

darkness of ignorance.

R RPA PRAMA

r-caitanya-mano-bha sthpita yena bh-tale svaya rpa kad mahya dadti sva-padntikam

When will rla Rpa Gosvm Prabhupda, who has established within this

material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter

under his lotus feet?

MAGALCARAA

vande ha r-guro r-yuta-pada-kamala r-gurn vaiav ca r-rpa sgrajta saha-gaa-raghunthnvita ta sa-jvam

sdvaita svadhta parijana-sahita ka-caitanya-deva

r-rdh-ka-pdn saha-gaa-lalit-r-vikhnvit ca

I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and

of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my

respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiavas and unto the six Gosvms,

including rla Rpa Gosvm, r Santana Gosvm, Raghuntha dsa

Gosvm, Jva Gosvm, and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances

unto r Advaita crya Prabhu, r Nitynanda Prabhu, r Caitanya

Mahprabhu, and all His devotees, headed by rvsa hkura. I then offer my

respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Ka, rmat Rdhr, and

all the gops, headed by Lalit and Vikh.

nama o viu-pdya ka-prehya bh-tale

rmate bhaktivednta-svmin iti namine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Swm Prabhupda, who is very dear to Lord Ka having taken shelter at His

lotus feet.

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namas te srasvate deve gaura-vn-pracrie

nirviea-nyavdi-pctya-dea-trie

Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvat

Gosvm. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and

delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and

voidism.

nama o viu-pdya ka-prehya bh-tale

rmate bhaktisiddhnta-sarasvatti namine

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhnta

Sarasvat, who is very dear to Lord Ka having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

r-vrabhnav-dev-dayitya kpbdhaye

ka-sambandha-vijna-dyine prabhave nama

I offer my respectful obeisances to r Varabhnav-dev-dayita dsa, who is

favored by rmat Rdhrn and who is an ocean of transcendental mercy and

the deliverer of the science of Ka.

mdhuryojjvala-premhya-r-rpnuga-bhaktidar-

gaura-karu-akti-vigrahya namo stu te

I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, the personified energy of r

Caitanyas mercy, who deliver devotional service which is enriched with conjugal love of Rdh and Ka, coming exactly in the line of revelation of

rla Rpa Gosvm.

namas te gaura-v-r-mrtaye dna-trie

rpnuga-viruddhpasiddhnta-dhvnta-hrie

I offer my respectful obeisances unto you, who are the personified teachings of

Lord Caitanya. You are the deliverer of the fallen souls. You do not tolerate

any statement which is against the teachings of devotional service enunciated

by rla Rpa Gosvm.

namo-gaura-kiorya skd-vairgya-mrtaye

vipralambha-rasmbhode pdmbujya te nama

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Gaurakiora dsa Bbj Mahrja, who

is renunciation personified. He is always merged in feelings of separation and

love for Ka.

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namo bhaktivinodya sac-cid-nanda-nmine

gaura-akti-svarpya rpnuga-varya te

I offer my respectful obeisances unto Saccidnanda Bhaktivinoda, who is a

transcendental energy of r Caitanya Mahprabhu. He is a strict follower of

the Gosvms, headed by rla Rpa Gosvm.

gaurvirbhva-bhmes tva nirde saj-jana-priya

vaiava-srvabhauma r-jagannthya te nama

I offer my respectful obeisances to Jaganntha dsa Bbji Mahrja, who is

respected by the entire Vaiava community and who discovered the place

where Lord Caitanya appeared.

r-rpa r santana bhaa-raghunth

r-jva gopla-bhaa dsa-raghunth

All glories to r Rpa Gosvm, Santana Gosvm, Raghuntha Bhaa

Gosvm, r Jva Gosvm, Gopla Bhaa Gosvm, and Raghuntha dsa

Gosvm.

ei chay gosir kori caraa vandan

jh hoite bighna-n abha-pra

I offer my obeisances to the feet of these six Gosvms. By offering them my

obeisances all obstacles to devotion are destroyed and all spiritual desires are

fulfilled.

r caitanya-mano-bham sthpita yena bh-tale svaya rpa kad mahya dadti sva-padntikam

When will rla Rpa Gosvm Prabhupda, who has established within this

material world the mission to fulfil the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter

under his lotus feet?

vch-kalpatarubhya ca kp-sindhubhya eva ca

patitn pvanebhyo vaiavebhyo namo nama

I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiava devotees of the Lord.

They are just like desire trees who can fulfil the desires of everyone, and they

are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls.

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R GAURGA PRAMA

namo mah-vadnyya ka-prema-pradya te

kya ka-caitanya-nmne gaura-tvie nama

O most munificent incarnation! You are Ka Himself appearing as r Ka

Caitanya Mahprabhu. You have assumed the golden colour of rmat

Rdhr, and You are widely distributing pure love of Ka. We offer our

respectful obeisances unto You.

R PACA-TATTVA PRAMA

paca-tattvtmaka ka bhakta-rpa-svarpakam

bhaktvatra bhaktkhya nammi bhakta-aktikam

I offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Lord, Ka, who is nondifferent from

His features as a devotee, devotional incarnation, devotional manifestation,

pure devotee, and devotional energy.

R KA PRAMA

he ka karu-sindho dna-bandho jagat-pate

gopea gopik-knta rdh-knta namo stu te

O my dear Ka, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the

source of creation. You are the master of the cowherdmen and the lover of

gops, especially Rdhr. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

R RDH PRAMA

tapta-kcana-gaurgi rdhe vndvanevari

vabhnu-sute dev pranammi hari-priye

I offer my respects to Rdhr, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold

and who is the Queen of Vndvana. She is the daughter of King Vabhnu,

and very dear to Lord Ka.

SAMBANDHDHIDEVA PRAMA

jayat suratau pagor mama manda-mater gat

mat-sarvasva-padmbhojau rdh-madana-mohanau

Glory to the all-merciful Rdh and Madana-mohana! I am lame and ill

advised, yet They are my directors, and Their lotus feet are everything to me.

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ABHIDHEYDHIDEVA PRAMA

dvyad-vndraya-kalpa-drumdha

rmad-ratngra-sihsana-sthau

rmad-rdh-rla-govinda-devau

prehlbhi sevyamnau smarmi

In a temple of jewels in Vndvana, underneath a desire tree, r r Rdh-

Govinda, served by Their most confidential associates sit upon an effulgent

throne. I offer my humble obeisances unto Them.

PRAYOJANDHIDEVA PRAMA

rmn rsa-rasrambh va-vaa-taa-sthita

karan veu-svanair gopr gopntha riye stu na

rla Gopntha, who originated the transcendental mellow of the rsa dance,

stands on the shore at Vavaa and attracts the attention of the cowherd

damsels with the sound of His celebrated flute. May they all confer upon us

their benediction.

PACA-TATTVA MAH-MANTRA

(jaya) r-ka-caitanya prabhu nitynanda

r-advaita gaddhar rvsdi-gaura-bhakta-vnda

HARE KA MAH-MANTRA

Hare Ka Hare Ka Ka Ka Hare Hare

Hare Rma Hare Rma Rma Rma Hare Hare

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Revelations on the

Meaning of the Holy Name

By fondly chanting harinma while contemplating His true meaning and

praying to Him with tears in the eyes, gradually by His mercy, ones chanting

will advance. If this method is not followed, it will take many lifetimes to reach

perfection.

rla Bhaktivinoda hkura r Caitanya-ikmta, Sixth Rainfall, Fourth shower

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rla Prabhupda

Caitanya Mahprabhu teaches us that we should only beg God for His service

life after life. This is the actual meaning of the Hare Ka mah-mantra. When

we are chanting Hare Ka, Hare Ka, Ka Ka, Hare Hare/ Hare

Rma, Hare Rma, Rma, Rma, Hare Hare, we are actually addressing God

and His energy, Har. Har is Kas internal potency, rmat Rdhr or Lakm. Jaya rdhe! This is daiv prakti, and the devotees take shelter of the

daiv prakti, rmat Rdhr. Thus the Vaiavas worship Rdh-Ka,

Lakm-Nryaa and St-Rma. In the beginning of the Hare Ka mah-

mantra we first address the internal energy of Ka, Hare. Thus we say, O Rdhr! O Hare! O energy of the Lord! When we address someone in this way, he usually says, Yes, what do you want? The answer is, Please engage me in Your service. This should be our prayer.

Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahti

The word Har is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words

Ka and Rma are forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both Ka and

Rma mean the supreme pleasure, and Har is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to Hare in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of

the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.

The material energy, called my, is also one of the multienergies of the Lord.

And we, the living entities, are also the energy, marginal energy, of the Lord.

The living entities are described as superior to material energy. When the

superior energy is in contact with the inferior energy, an incompatible situation

arises; but when the superior marginal energy is in contact with the superior

energy, Har, it is established in its happy, normal condition.

These three words, namely Hare, Ka, and Rma, are the transcendental

seeds of the mah-mantra. The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His

energy to give protection to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like

the genuine cry of a child for its mothers presence. Mother Har helps the devotee achieve the Lord Fathers grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this mantra sincerely. The Science of Self-Realization

Hare refers to the energy of the Lord, and Ka and Rma refer to the Lord

Himself. Therefore, when we chant Hare Ka, we are praying, O Lord, O energy of the Lord, please accept me. We have no other prayer than Please

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accept me. Lord Caitanya Mahprabhu taught us that we should simply cry and pray that the Lord accept us. As Caitanya Mahprabhu Himself prayed,

ayi nanda-tanuja kikara

patita m viame bhavmbudhau

kpay tava pda-pakaja-

sthita-dhl-sada vicintaya

O Ka, son of Nanda, somehow or other I have fallen into this ocean of nescience and ignorance. Please pick me up and place me as one of the atoms at

Your lotus feet. The Path of Perfection

Hare is the form of the word har when address, when She is addressed. And Ka, when Hes addressed, the form does not change. This is grammatical rule. So Hare Ka means, Oh, the energy of Ka, or energy of the Lord, and Ka, the Lord. So Hare Ka. Hare Ka means I am praying not only to the Lord, but to the energy also. This is naturalIt is to be understood that the Absolute has energy. He has got different energies. By His energies He is

acting, and that is confirmed in the Vedic stra, parsya aktir vividhaiva ryate (Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport). The Supreme Absolute Truth has multi-energies.

Parsya aktir vividhaiva ryate, multi-energies. And svbhvik jna-bala-kriy ca, and by His energies hes working in such a nice way that it appears that it is being automatically done. Just like this tape recorder is working. How

it is working? The electric energy is there. By the electric energy the machine is

so nicely working that when it is replayed exactly I am speaking. So energy is

working. I am speaking, my speaking energy is acting, electric energy is helping.

This machine energy is accepting and a nice thing is coming. Similarly, the

whole cosmic manifestation is the manifestation of the energies. The rascals,

they do not understand. And when it is stated that everything is Brahman, that

is to be understood that everything is working under the energy of the Supreme

Brahman. That is real meaning. But this is simultaneously one and different.

When this tape recorder will play, it will play exactly I am speaking to you.

There will be no difference of voice. If somebody hears from other room, hell understand that Swamijis speaking, but still, that speaking is different from me. Because my energy is working there. Similarly, there are two kinds of energies.

Just like when I am speaking, this is my real energy, and when this tape

recorder will speak, that is also my energy, but that is separated energy.

Similarly, this material manifestation is separated energy, and there is direct

energy. The direct... This material energy, separated energy, is the reflection of

the direct energy. Just like when this tape recorder will be replayed it is the

reflection of my original speech. Similarly, this material manifestation is a

reflection of the original energy, internal energy So this Hare means we are directly approaching the original energy of the Supreme Lord. Please accept

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me, under You. Now I am under reflection. I am trying to get substance from

the reflection. Suppose a tree is reflected by the bank of a river, the exact. So if somebody dives into the river and tries to take fruit from that tree, it will not

be possible because that is reflection. One has to go to the real tree. So we are

hankering after life, we are hankering after pleasure, but we are seeking

pleasure in the reflection, my. Therefore we are frustrated, confused. Therefore this prayer is to the original energy. Without energy, without energy

the Lord is not without energy. Rdh-Ka, Lakm-Nryaa, St-Rma. So

God is always with energy. Without energy, he is incomplete. Sun without

sunshine is incomplete. Is it possible? So we are praying to the original energy, Hare Ka. Because energy and the energetic, Rdh-Ka. Rdh-

Ka, They are not separate, but it is pleasure. When They are separated, Rdh and Ka, that is energetic, that is giving impetus. Just like the man and

the woman, they come from the same source, but one body is energetic to the

other. Man is energy to the woman. Woman is the energy to the man. Why the

creation is not one kind of? Why there is fair sex? Theyre coming from the same womb of the mother. Why not one, boy only? Why girl? Why nature has

provided like that? Let simply boys come. No. It is required. But the whole

thing is perverted reflection. Here the man, woman, the energy... It is simply...

But by this, one can understand the reality. Just like the shadow, the five

fingers. One person who is not misled, he can understand that the original palm

has five fingers, although he cannot see it. From the shadow. Similarly, from

this energy, work of the energy in this material perverted reflection, one can

understand that there is a reality. In the reality, in the abode of Ka, the same

things are there, the same trees are there, the same things are there, but they

are original, personal energy.

So this Hare means we are directly approaching the original energy of the Supreme Lord. Please accept me, under You..

Room Conversation, October 20, 1968, Seattle

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rla Bhaktivinoda Thkura

1. HARE: OH HARI! he hare, mac-citta htv bhava-bandhann mocaya

Oh Hari! Please capture my mind and heart and free me from material

bondage.

2. KA: OH KA! he ka, mac-citta karaya

Oh Ka! Please attract my mind by pulling it to You.

3. HARE: OH HARI! he hare, sva-mdhuryea mac-citta hara

Oh Hari! Please capture my mind and heart with Your unsurpassed

sweetness.

4. KA: OH KA! he ka, sva-bhakta-dvr bhajana-jna-dnena mac-cittam odhaya

Oh Ka! Please purify my mind with knowledge about pure devotional

service given to me by Your own devotees.

5. KA: OH KA! he ka, nma-rpa-gua-lldiu man-nihm kuru

Oh Ka! Please give me firm faith in Your transcendental name, form,

qualities and pastimes.

6. KA: OH KA! he ka, rucir bhavatu me

Oh Ka! Please give me taste for Your transcendental name, form,

qualities and pastimes.

7. HARE: OH RDH! he hare, nija-sev-yogya m kuru

Oh Rdh! Please make me fit to serve You.

8. HARE: OH RDH! he hare, sva-sevm deaya

Oh Rdh! Please direct me to do a particular service for You.

9. HARE: OH RDH! he hare, sva-prehena saha svbha-ll rvaya

Oh Rdh! Please tell me about Your cherished pastime with Your most

beloved Ka.

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10. RMA: OH RMA! he rma, prehay saha svbha-ll m rvaya

Oh Rma! Please tell me about Your cherished pastime with Your most

beloved Rdh.

11. HARE: OH RDH! he hare, sva-prehena saha svbha-ll daraya

Oh Rdh! Please reveal to me Your cherished pastime with Your most

beloved Ka.

12. RMA: OH RMA! he rma, prehay saha svbha-ll m daraya

Oh Rma! Please reveal to me Your cherished pastime with Your most

beloved Rdh.

13. RMA: OH RMA! he rma, nma-rpa-gua-ll-smaradiu m yojaya

Oh Rma! Please engage me in constantly remembering Your

transcendental name, form, qualities, pastimes.

14. RMA: OH RMA! he rma, tatra m nija-sev-yogya kuru

Oh Rma! Please make me fit for Your personal service in Vraja.

15. HARE: OH HARI! he hare, m svgktya ramasva

Oh Hari! Accepting me as Your own, please enjoy with me as You

please.

16. HARE: OH HARI! he hare, may saha ramasva

Oh Hari! Please enjoy with me in Your transcendental way.

NB. This revelation of the meaning of the Holy Name is attributed to

rla Gopla Guru Gosvm by some vaiavas.

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rla Jva Gosvms Mah-mantrrtha-vykhy

1. By His uncommon beauty, r Ka Chandra takes away the mind of

everyone. However, when r Rdh expands Her own cleverness, She also

captures r Kas mind. Therefore She is called Har.

2. By His loveliness and by the sweet sound of His flute, r Ka, who is

decorated with the most captivating qualities, attracts Rdh. Therefore He

is called Ka.

3. It has been heard from the mouths of great souls that Lord Hari led away

the fawn-eyed Rdh from the Rsa dance to a secluded bower. Therefore

Rdh is called Har.

4. As He sports with Rdh, His blackish effulgence causes shiny gold to also

appear blackish. Therefore He is called Ka.

5. In pursuance of the wishes of His beloved r Rdh, He made in the forest

near Govardhana a lake named yma-kuda and then drew the waters of

all holy bathing places there. Those who know this call Him Ka.

6. By Her unsurpassed love, r Rdh attracts Him who is the performer of

wonderful pastimes to the Vndvana forest on the banks of Yamun River.

Those of steady intellect therefore call Him Ka.

7. One day while Ka was in Vndvana, He killed the demon Aia, who

was disguised as a bull. At that time Rdh affectionately called out to Him

O Hari! Therefore She is known as Har.

8. Sometimes due to excessive love, r Rdhs voice becomes faint when She sings the glories of r Kas pastimes. Therefore those who are expert in discerning spiritual sentiments call Her Har.

9. Once, in the forest of Vndvana, r Ka dropped His flute due to the

intense experience of loving sentiments. At that time Rdh stole His flute.

Therefore She is called Har.

10. Once r Ka put His arms around r Rdh, took Her into a bower

shaped like one of the caves at Govardhana Hill and there enjoyed with Her.

Therefore He is called Rma.

11. Every day the most merciful r Rdh destroys (hati) the misery of the

devotees and bestows (rti) happiness upon them. Therefore She is called

Har.

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12. The minds of the devotees always find pleasure in r Ka, who is an ocean

of transcendental bliss. Therefore that beautiful dark form of Ka is called

Rma.

13. Rdh is called Rm because She enjoyed Acyuta through loving pastimes in a forest pavilion made of flowering creepers. Because Ka is with that

Rm, He is called Rma.

14. When all of Gokula was filled with wailing because of a forest fire, r Ka

extinguished it, thus greatly pleasing the Vrajavss. Therefore He is called

Rma.

15. r Ka went to Mathur to kill the demons headed by Kasa. By Her

desire to enjoy confidential pastimes with Ka, r Rdh brought Ka

back to Vndvana. Therefore She is called Har.

16. When r Ka came back to Vndvana, He took away the suffering of the

Vrajavss and by His wonderful pastimes, captivated Rdhs mind. Therefore the son of Nanda is called Hari.

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rla Raghuntha dsa Gosvms r Harinmrtha-ratna-dpik

(Illumination on the Jewels of Meaning in the Holy Name.)

Once, because of separation from Ka, Rdh began thinking about pleasing

encounters with Him. In order to keep from shedding tears, She continuously

chanted the following prayer:

Hare Ka Hare Ka Ka Ka Hare Hare

Hare Rma Hare Rma Rma Rma Hare Hare

1. Hari! By simply hearing Your name, and by Your special sweetness, You captivate My mind.

2. Ka! By Your constant and abundant transcendental bliss You attract everyone. (the syllable k means that which is universally beneficial and a is the essential form of bliss, or that which is for ones personal benefit).

3. Hari! By playing Your flute You take away my patience, modesty, gravity, fear etc.

4. Ka! By the fragrance of Your body, You draw me from My home into the

forest of Vndvana.

5. Ka! To entice Me to enter the forest, when You arrive You suddenly pull on my bodice.

6. Ka! Having attracted Me by the beauty of Your body and by Your extreme blissfulness, You draw Your fingernails across My breasts.

7. Hari! Having embraced Me in Your arms, You carry Me to a flower bed.

8. Hari! Having put Me down there, You take away My undergarments.

9. Hari! On the pretext of untying My underclothes, You remove all My pangs of separation.

10. Rma! You take pleasure in Me according to Your own sweet will.

11. Hari! Whatever few possessions I have left, those You also take.

12. Rma! You enjoy Me by making Me play the aggressive role in love.

13. Rma! O crest-jewel of pleasure; My eyes relish Your pleasantness which is undoubtedly the sweetness of Your youthful face.

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14. Rma! One who is actually a lover is called Rma. In this regard You are directly the act of love dalliance and the presiding Deity of Love. You are

the transcendental Cupid, not only because of Your Love dalliances, not

only because You are the performer and purpose of it, but because You are

actually the embodiment of love itself.

15. Hari! You take away the doe of My mind. In other words, You make Me swoon in ecstasy.

16. Hari! O lion! You indeed resemble a lion in the activities of love, because of the boldness You show.

When I am separated from such a dear one as You, a moment seems like a million kalpas. Now, trying to find some means to pass My time, I am simply

chanting these sixteen names.

By these names, which are nondifferent than the kissing lover Himself, Rdh

very quickly draws Ka into a meeting of supreme bliss. The minds of Her

sakhs, Her majars and those who are sincerely trying to develop that mood

are all completely fulfilled in this way.

Hare Ka Hare Ka Ka Ka Hare Hare

Hare Rma Hare Rma Rma Rma Hare Hare

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rla Gopla Guru Gosvm

1. The great devotees are always remembering r Rdh-ramaa, whose

blackish youthful form is the embodiment of ecstatic bliss and which

destroys the disease of birth and death brought about by ignorance.

2. When those great devotees see that a disciple has appreciation and love for Rdh-ramaa, and is also grateful, self-controlled, peaceful and steady-

minded, they feel obliged to be merciful by giving him the prayer consisting

of three names: Hare, Ka and Rma.

3. When you touch fire, it burns your hand even without you desiring it. In the

same way, when wicked-minded people remember the Lord by any means,

He takes away all their sins. Therefore He is called Hari.

4. Comprehension of the principles underlying the Supreme Personality of Godheads form of eternity, knowledge and bliss takes away ignorance and its activities. Therefore the devotees remember Him as Hari.

5. Or, because He takes away the three kinds of suffering from all the living

beings, whether mobile or immobile, He is called Hari. Or else, by the hearing and glorification of His transcendental qualities, He takes away the

mind of all conditioned living beings, therefore He is Hari. Or, being greater than hundreds of Cupids, by His special sweetness He takes away the

minds of all other avatras, therefore that r Ka is called by the name

Hari. The vocative form is Hare.

6-8 In order to achieve the happiness of love in the Rsa dance, by Her form,

qualities, love, affection etc. r Rdh, the daughter of King Vabhnu,

who is the Lords own pleasure potency, takes away the mind of Ka. Therefore, She is praised as Har. The vocative form is Hare.

9. The root k means attracting or existing and the word a means satisfaction or bliss. When combined, these two indicate the Supreme Absolute Truth, r Ka.

10. The Supreme Lord Govinda, whose form is eternal, full of knowledge and

bliss, is beginningless and existent before all others. He is the cause of all

causes. Therefore He is called Ka.

11. That beautiful, dark son of Nanda, with eyes like lotus petals, is the only

source of bliss for the residents of Gokula, therefore He is called Ka.

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12. Lord iva said to Prvat: O Dev, by uttering the syllable r all the sins go outside, and by uttering the syllable ma, when the sins try to enter again,

they are blocked.

13. The yogs take pleasure in the infinite, transcendental Soul who is a true

reservoir of bliss. Therefore they designate that Supreme Brahman by the

name Rma.

14. r Ka, who is the chief of those expert in loving affairs and the

worshipable Deity of amorous pastimes, always enjoys r Rdh. Therefore

He is called Rma.

15. Because He attracts r Rdhs mind and enjoys Himself by sporting with Her, He is known as Rma. In the Krama-dpik, Ka says to Candram: Rdhs name is far superior to hundreds of My names. Therefore, even I do not know what will be the result for one who always

remembers Rdh.

1. Hare Because Rdh captures Kas mind, She is called Har. The vocative form is Hare.

2. Ka Because He captures Rdhs mind, He is called Ka.

3. Hare Because Rdh takes away Kas reputation of being shy, sober etc., She is called Har.

4. Ka Wherever Rdh is, or wherever She goes, there She sees Ka and thinks, Now He is touching Me and forcefully pulling my bodice and other garments. Therefore He is called Ka.

5. Ka Because He pleases Rdh with His flute playing, He draws Her into the forest of Vndvana. Therefore He is called Ka.

6. Ka Because Kas activities are always drawing the heart of Rdh, He is called Ka.

7. Hare Wherever Ka is, or wherever He goes, there He sees, Now She is in front of Me, now Shes leaning against My side. In this way He is constantly pleased. Therefore, she is called Har.

8. Hare Because Rdh takes Ka away by forcing Him to meet Her in a secret place, She is called Har.

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9. Hare Because Rdh takes Ka away by making Him come to the forest of Vndvana, She is called Har.

10. Rma By His humour, appearance etc. r Ka gives delight to Rdh. Therefore, He is called Rma.

11. Hare Because Rdh instantly takes away Kas patience, support etc., She is called Har.

12. Rma By kissing Her, touching Her breasts, embracing Her etc., Ka enjoys Rdh. Therefore, He is called Rma.

13. Rma Because Ka sometimes enjoys with Rdh by making Her play the dominant role in love, He is called Rma.

14. Rma Because He enjoys such love playing, He is called Rma.

15. Hare When the Rsa dance is over and Rdh has captured Kas mind, She goes away. Therefore, She is called Har.

16. Hare After the Rsa dance is finished, Ka has also captured Rdhs mind and goes away. Therefore, He is called Hari.

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A Glimpse into the Culture of the

Holy Name

O Lord! You always have the jvas welfare in mind; thus in this Age of Kali, You descended into this world, bringing Your holy name with You.

You preached the chanting of the Holy Name as the religious duty for this age.

By following this as the main means, one attains the treasure of love for Ka.

You told everyone that the only religious duty the jva must respect is to

remember the Holy Name and to chant the Holy Name.

rla Bhaktivinoda hakura Harinma Cintmai, 1.76-78

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r Caitanya Mahprabhu

Praknanda Sarasvat then said, I understand that Your name is r Ka Caitanya. You are a disciple of r Keava Bhrat, and therefore You are

glorious.

You belong to our akara-sampradya and live in our village, Vras. Why

then do You not associate with us? Why is it that You avoid even seeing us?

You are a sannys. Why then do You indulge in chanting and dancing,

engaging in Your sakrtana movement in the company of fanatics?

Meditation and the study of Vednta are the sole duties of a sannys. Why do

You abandon these to dance with fanatics?

You look as brilliant as if You were Nryaa Himself. Will You kindly explain

the reason that You have adopted the behavior of lower-class people?

r Caitanya Mahprabhu replied to Praknanda Sarasvat, My dear sir, kindly hear the reason. My spiritual master considered Me a fool, and therefore

he chastised Me.

You are a fool, he said. You are not qualified to study Vednta philosophy, and therefore You must always chant the holy name of Ka. This is the

essence of all mantras, or Vedic hymns.

Simply by chanting the holy name of Ka one can obtain freedom from

material existence. Indeed, simply by chanting the Hare Ka mantra one will

be able to see the lotus feet of the Lord.

In this Age of Kali there is no religious principle other than the chanting of the

holy name, which is the essence of all Vedic hymns. This is the purport of all

scriptures.

After describing the potency of the Hare Ka mah-mantra, My spiritual

master taught Me another verse, advising Me to always keep it within My

throat.

For spiritual progress in this Age of Kali, there is no alternative, there is no

alternative, there is no alternative to the holy name, the holy name, the holy

name of the Lord.

Since I received this order from My spiritual master, I always chant the holy

name, but I thought that by chanting and chanting the holy name I had been

bewildered.

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While chanting the holy name of the Lord in pure ecstasy, I lose Myself, and

thus I laugh, cry, dance and sing just like a madman.

Collecting My patience, therefore, I began to consider that chanting the holy

name of Ka had covered all My spiritual knowledge.

I saw that I had become mad by chanting the holy name, and I immediately

submitted this at the lotus feet of my spiritual master.

My dear lord, what kind of mantra have you given Me? I have become mad simply by chanting this mah-mantra!

Chanting the holy name in ecstasy causes Me to dance, laugh and cry. When My spiritual master heard all this, he smiled and then began to speak.

It is the nature of the Hare Ka mah-mantra that anyone who chants it immediately develops his loving ecstasy for Ka.

Religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation are

known as the four goals of life, but before love of Godhead, the fifth and

highest goal, these appear as insignificant as straw in the street.

For a devotee who has actually developed bhva, the pleasure derived from

dharma, artha, kma and moka appears like a drop in the presence of the sea.

The conclusion of all revealed scriptures is that one should awaken his dormant

love of Godhead. You are greatly fortunate to have already done so.

It is a characteristic of love of Godhead that by nature it induces transcendental

symptoms in ones body and makes one more and more greedy to achieve the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.

When one actually develops love of Godhead, he naturally sometimes cries,

sometimes laughs, sometimes chants and sometimes runs here and there just

like a madman.

Perspiration, trembling, standing on end of ones bodily hairs, tears, faltering voice, fading complexion, madness, melancholy, patience, pride, joy and

humilitythese are various natural symptoms of ecstatic love of Godhead, which causes a devotee to dance and float in an ocean of transcendental bliss

while chanting the Hare Ka mantra.

It is very good, my dear child, that You have attained the supreme goal of life

by developing love of Godhead. Thus You have pleased me very much, and I

am very much obliged to You.

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My dear child, continue dancing, chanting and performing sakrtana in

association with devotees. Furthermore, go out and preach the value of

chanting ka-nma, for by this process You will be able to deliver all fallen

souls.

Saying this, My spiritual master taught Me a verse from rmad-Bhgavatam. It

is the essence of all the Bhgavatams instructions; therefore he recited this verse again and again.

When a person is actually advanced and takes pleasure in chanting the holy

name of the Lord, who is very dear to him, he is agitated and loudly chants the

holy name. He also laughs, cries, becomes agitated and chants just like a

madman, not caring for outsiders.

I firmly believe in these words of My spiritual master, and therefore I always

chant the holy name of the Lord, alone and in the association of devotees. That

holy name of Lord Ka sometimes causes Me to chant and dance, and

therefore I chant and dance. Please do not think that I intentionally do it. I do it

automatically.

Compared to the ocean of transcendental bliss that one tastes by chanting the

Hare Ka mantra, the pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization

[brahmnanda] is like the shallow water in a canal.

My dear Lord, O master of the universe, since I have directly seen You, my transcendental bliss has taken the shape of a great ocean. Being situated in that

ocean, I now realize all other so-called happiness to be like the water contained

in the hoofprint of a calf.

After hearing Lord r Caitanya Mahprabhu, all the Myvd sannyss were

moved. Their minds changed, and thus they spoke with pleasing words.

Dear r Caitanya Mahprabhu, what You have said is all true. Only one who is favored by fortune attains love of Godhead.

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r r ikaka

ceto-darpaa-mrjana bhava-mah-dvgni-nirvpaa

reya-kairava-candrik-vitaraa vidy-vadh-jvanam

nandmbudhi-vardhana prati-pada prmtsvdana

sarvtma-snapana para vijayate r-ka-sakrtanam

Glory to the r-ka-sakrtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust

accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated

birth and death. This sakrtana movement is the prime benediction for

humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the

life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental

bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always

anxious.(1)

nmnm akri bahudh nija-sarva-aktis

tatrrpit niyamita smarae na kla

etd tava kp bhagavan mampi

durdaivam dam ihjani nnurga

O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings,

and thus You have hundreds and millions of names, like Ka and Govinda. In

these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental

energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O

my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy

names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.(2)

td api suncena

taror api sahiun

amnin mnadena

krtanya sad hari

One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind,

thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant

than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all

respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the

Lord constantly.(3)

na dhana na jana na sundar

kavit v jagad-a kmaye

mama janmani janmanvare

bhavatd bhaktir ahaituk tvayi

O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire

beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your

causeless devotional service, birth after birth.(4)

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ayi nanda-tanuja kikara

patita m viame bhavmbudhau

kpay tava pda-pakajasthita-

dhl-sada vicintaya

O son of Mahrja Nanda [Ka], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or

other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death. Please pick me up from

this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet.(5)

nayana galad-aru-dhray

vadana gadgada-ruddhay gir

pulakair nicita vapu kad

tava-nma-grahae bhaviyati

O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing

constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and

when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?(6)

yugyita nimeea

caku prvyitam

nyyita jagat sarva

govinda-virahea me

O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like

twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and

I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.(7)

liya v pda-rat pinau mm

adarann marma-hat karotu v

yath tath v vidadhtu lampao

mat-pra-nthas tu sa eva npara

I know no one but Ka as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He

handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being

present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He

is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.(8)

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r Pacatattva

The characteristics of Ka are understood to be a storehouse of

transcendental love. Although that storehouse of love certainly came with

Ka when He was present, it was sealed. But when r Caitanya Mahprabhu

came with His associates of the Paca-tattva, they broke the seal and plundered

the storehouse to taste transcendental love of Ka. The more they tasted it,

the more their thirst for it grew.

r Paca-tattva themselves danced again and again and thus made it easier to

drink nectarean love of Godhead. They danced, cried, laughed and chanted like

madmen, and in this way they distributed love of Godhead.

In distributing love of Godhead, Caitanya Mahprabhu and His associates did

not consider who was a fit candidate and who was not, nor where such

distribution should or should not take place. They made no conditions.

Wherever they got the opportunity, the members of the Paca-tattva

distributed love of Godhead.

Although the members of the Paca-tattva plundered the storehouse of love of

Godhead and ate and distributed its contents, there was no scarcity, for this

wonderful storehouse is so complete that as the love is distributed, the supply

increases hundreds of times.

The flood of love of Godhead swelled in all directions, and thus young men, old

men, women and children were all immersed in that inundation.

The Ka consciousness movement will inundate the entire world and drown

everyone, whether one be a gentleman, a rogue or even lame, invalid or blind.

When the five members of the Paca-tattva saw the entire world drowned in

love of Godhead and the seed of material enjoyment in the living entities

completely destroyed, they all became exceedingly happy.

The more the five members of the Paca-tattva cause the rains of love of

Godhead to fall, the more the inundation increases and spreads all over the

world.

CC di 7.20-28

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rla Jagadnanda Paita

yadi karibe ka-nma, sdhu-saga kara

bhukti-mukti-siddhi-vch dre prihra

If you really want to chant ka-nma purely, earnestly seek sdhu-saga, the

company of the pure devotees of r Ka. Reject all unwanted cravings for

sense enjoyment, liberation, mystic powers, and other material desires.

daa-apardha tyaja mna apamna

ansaktye viaya bhuja, ra laha ka-nma

Avoid the ten nmpardhas and rise above the dualities of honor and

dishonor, and so on. Life in the material world is to be used for r Kas service. Render service to r Ka without attachment to mundane objects

and chant ka-nma constantly.

ka-bhaktir anukla saba karaha svkra

ka-bhaktir pratikla saba kara parihra

Accept everything favorable for executing ka-bhakti as your very life, and

completely reject anything unfavourable for practicing ka-bhakti.

jnna-yoga-ce cha ra karma-saga

markaa-vairgya tyaja yte deha-raga

Do not endeavor to attain mundane speculative knowledge, fruitive results, and

mystic yoga-siddhis. False renunciation is called markaa-vairgya, monkey

renunciation, which simply aims covertly at bodily pleasures and comforts.

ka mya ple, rake-jna sarva-kla

tma-nivedana-dainye ghuco jajla

Bear in mind that r Ka always protects and maintains every jva. With

deep humility, submit your life and soul to the lotus feet of r Ka, for this

will free you from unwanted material desires.

sdhu pb kaa baa, jvera jniy

sdhu-bhakt-rpe ka il nady

The omniscient Supreme Lord, r Ka, knows how rarely jva may find

actual sat-saga, so He has appeared personally as a pure devotee in Nadiy.

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gor-pada raya karaha buddhimn

gor b sdhu-guru keb che n

Therefore, all who are endowed with superior intelligence must take shelter of

the lotus feet of r Gaurga because r Gaurga is the perfect sadhu and

guru.

vairg bhi grmya-kath na sunibe kne

grmya-vrtt n kahibe, jabe milibe na

My dear brothers who are in the renounced order, neither listen to mundane

prattle not participate in such discussions when you happen to overhear them.

svapne o n kara, bhi, str-sambhaa

ghe str-chiy, bhi, siycha bana

Do not think of women, not even in dreams. The vows of your renounced order

forbid female association; always remember you have renounced wife and

home to come to the forest of Vndvana to engage wholeheartedly in bhajana.

jadi cha praya rkhite gaurgera sane

choa-haridsera kath thke yena mane

If you desire to maintain your relationship with r Gaurga, then constantly

remember Choa Haridsa and why he was so strictly ostracized by the Lord

Himself.

bhl n khibe, ra bhla n paribe

hdayete rdh-ka sarvad sevibe

Refuse rich palatable food, and expensive and fine clothes. Always remain

humble and constantly serve the Divine Couple r r Rdh Ka, in the

depth of your heart.

baa-haridsera nyya ka-nma balibe badane

aa-kla rdh sevibe kuja-bane

Day and night, chant ka-nma incessantly as rla Haridsa hkura did. In

your heart, be absorbed in the aa-klya-ll service of r r Rdh Ka in

the kujas of Vndvana.

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ghastha, vairg-dhe bale gor-rya

dekha bhi, nma vin jena dina nhi jya

r Gaurgas instructions are for the ghastha as well as the vairg devotees. He said, Take great care not to let a moment pass without uttering ka-nma.

bahu aga sdhane, bhi, nhi prayojana

ka-nmraye uddha karaha jvana

If you want to advance on the path of uddha-bhakti, many rules and spiritual

practices are not necessary. Simply beg for the complete shelter ka-nma

and thus purify your heart and consciousness.

baddha-jve kp kari, ka haila nma

kali-jva day kori ka haila gauradhma

r Ka descends to the material universe in the form of ka-nma simply

because of compassion for the conditioned jvas. Moreover, not long ago, to

display special mercy to the fallen jvas of Kali-yuga, r Ka appeared as r

Caitanya Mahprabhu in Gaura-dhma (Navadvpa).

eknta-sarala-bhve bhaja gaura-jana

tabe ta pibe, bhi, r-ka-caraa

So my dear brothers, serve the dear associates of r Gaurga with sincerity

and a guileless heart. This will guarantee that you reach the safe shelter of the

lotus feet of r Ka.

gaura-jana-saga kara gaurga baliy

hare ka nma bala nciy nciy

Glorify the magnanimity of r Caitanya and glorify His associates. Chant the

Hare Ka mah-mantra and dance in ecstasy.

acire pibe bhi nma-prema-dhana

yh vilite prabhur nade e gamana

Then you will be very quickly favoured with the most treasured object, nma-

prema, for the Supreme Lord appeared in Nady solely to distribute this

priceless treasure freely.

Prema Vivarta, Ch. 7

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rla Haridsa hkura

(His prayers to r Caitanya Mahprabhu)

kp kari nma-rpe mra jihvya nirantara nca prabhu dhari tava pya

O Lord! Be merciful and appear on my tongue in the form of Your holy name;

dance there constantly, O Lord! I fall at Your lotus feet and beg this of You.

rkha ih lao th tava icch mata

yh rkha deha more ka-nmmta

You may keep me in this world or take me to Your abode as You please, but

whatever You do with me, please always feed me the divine nectar of Your

holy names.

jagajjane nma dite tava avatra

jagajjana-mjhe more kara agkra

You have descended to this world to distribute the holy name, so kindly also

consider me one of those You intend to bless.

mi ta adhama tumi adhama traa

ubhaye sambandha ei patita pvana

I am the most lowly, whereas You are committed to uplifting the most fallen;

this is our eternal relationship, O Savior of the fallen!

acchedya sambandha ei tomya mya

yra bale nmmta e adhama cya

On the strength of this unbreakable connection between us, O Lord, I beg You

to shower upon me the nectar of the holy name.

(Harinma Cintmai, 11.53-57)

daa apardha yena hdaye n pae

kpa kara mahprabhu maji nma rase

O Mahprabhu, please be merciful to me so that the 10 offenses never

touch my heart, and I can always remain absorbed in the rasa of the

Holy Name.

Harinma Cintmai 13.59 Bhaktivinoda hkura

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Once Haridsa hkura was sitting in his cave, reciting the holy name of the

Lord very loudly.

The night was full of moonlight, which made the waves of the Ganges look

dazzling. All directions were clear and bright.

Thus everyone who saw the beauty of the cave, with the tulas plant on a clean

altar, was astonished and satisfied at heart.

At that time, in that beautiful scene, a woman appeared in the courtyard. The

beauty of her body was so bright that it tinged the entire place with a yellow

hue.

The scent of her body perfumed all directions, and the tinkling of her

ornaments startled the ear.

After coming there, the woman offered obeisances to the tulas plant, and after

circumambulating the tulas plant she came to the door of the cave where

Haridsa hkura was sitting.

With folded hands she offered obeisances at the lotus feet of Haridsa hkura.

Sitting at the door, she then spoke in a very sweet voice.

My dear friend, she said, you are the friend of the entire world. You are so beautiful and qualified. I have come here only for union with you.

My dear sir, kindly accept me and be merciful toward me, for it is a characteristic of all saintly persons to be kind toward the poor and fallen.

After saying this, she began to manifest various postures, which even the

greatest philosopher would lose his patience upon seeing.

Haridsa hkura was immovable, for he was deeply determined. He began to

speak to her, being very merciful toward her.

I have been initiated into a vow to perform a great sacrifice by chanting the holy name a certain number of times every day.

As long as the vow to chant is unfulfilled, I do not desire anything else. When I

finish my chanting, then I have an opportunity to do anything.

Sit down at the door and hear the chanting of the Hare Ka mah-mantra. As

soon as the chanting is finished, I shall satisfy you as you desire.

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After saying this, Haridsa hkura continued to chant the holy name of the

Lord. Thus the woman sitting before him began to hear the chanting of the holy

name.

In this way, as he chanted and chanted, the morning approached, and when the

woman saw that it was morning, she got up and left.

For three days she approached Haridsa hkura in this way, exhibiting various

feminine postures that would bewilder the mind of even Lord Brahm.

Haridsa hkura was always absorbed in thoughts of Ka and the holy name

of Ka. Therefore the feminine poses the woman exhibited were just like

crying in the forest.

At the end of the night of the third day, the woman spoke to Haridsa hkura

as follows.

My dear sir, for three days you have cheated me by giving me false assurances, for I see that throughout the entire day and night your chanting of

the holy name is never finished.

Haridsa hkura said, My dear friend, what can I do? I have made a vow. How, then, can I give it up?

After offering obeisances to Haridsa hkura, the woman said, I am the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I came here to test you.

I have previously captivated the mind of even Brahm, what to speak of others.

Your mind alone have I failed to attract.

My dear sir, you are the foremost devotee. Simply seeing you and hearing you

chant the holy name of Ka has purified my consciousness. Now I want to

chant the holy name of the Lord. Please be kind to me by instructing me about

the ecstasy of chanting the Hare Ka mah-mantra.

There is now a flood of the eternal nectar of love of Godhead due to the

incarnation of Lord Caitanya. All living entities are floating in that flood. The

entire world is now thankful to the Lord.

Anyone who does not float in this inundation is most condemned. Such a

person cannot be delivered for millions of kalpas.

Formerly I received the holy name of Lord Rma from Lord iva, but now, due

to your association, I am greatly eager to chant the holy name of Lord Ka.

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The holy name of Lord Rma certainly gives liberation, but the holy name of

Ka transports one to the other side of the ocean of nescience and at last

gives one ecstatic love of Ka.

Please give me the holy name of Ka and thus make me fortunate, so that I

also may float in the flood of love of Godhead inaugurated by r Caitanya

Mahprabhu.

After speaking in this way, My worshiped the lotus feet of Haridsa hkura,

who initiated her by saying, Just perform chanting of the Hare Ka mah-mantra.

After thus being instructed by Haridsa hkura, My left with great pleasure.

Unfortunately, some people have no faith in these narrations.

Therefore I shall explain the reasons why people should have faith. Everyone

who hears this will be faithful.

During the incarnation of Lord Caitanya to inaugurate the Ka consciousness

movement, even such personalities as Lord Brahm, Lord iva and the four

Kumras took birth upon this earth, being allured by ecstatic love of Lord

Ka.

All of them, including the great sage Nrada and devotees like Prahlda, came

here in the guise of human beings, chanting the holy names of Lord Ka

together and dancing and floating in the inundation of love of Godhead.

The goddess of fortune and others, allured by love of Ka, also came down in

the form of human beings and tasted the holy name of the Lord in love.

What to speak of others, even Ka, the son of Nanda Mahrja, personally

descends to taste the nectar of love of Godhead in the form of the chanting of

Hare Ka.

What is the wonder if the maidservant of Ka, His external energy, begs for

love of Godhead? Without the mercy of a devotee and without the chanting of

the holy name of the Lord, love of Godhead cannot be possible.

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rla Santana Gosvm

jayati jayati nmnanda-rpa murrer

viramita-nija-dharma-dhyna-pjdi-yatnam

katham api sakd tta mukti-da prin yat

paramam amtam eka jvana bhaa me

All glories, all glories to Murris name, the embodiment of divine bliss! If anyone chants the Holy Name even once, in any way, the Holy Name will

induce him to give up all endeavor for dharma, dhyna and puja and so on, and

will give him liberation. Ka-nma alone is the supreme nectar, my very life

and only ornament. r Bhad Bhgavatmta 1.9

madhuram-adharam etan magala magaln

sakala-nigama-vall-sat-phala cit-svarpam

sakd api parigta raddhay helay v

bhguvara! nara-mtra trayet kanma

Ka-nma is the sweetest of the sweet and the most auspicious of all that is

auspicious. It is the eternal fully-ripened fruit of the creeper of all the Vedas,

and the embodiment of knowledge, cit-akti. O best of the Bhgu dynasty! If

someone chants the holy name even once, with faith or indifference, he is

immediately delivered from this ocean of birth and death!

Hari-bhakti-vilsa 11.234

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rla Rpa Gosvm

r Nmtaka

nikhila-ruti-mauli-ratna-mldyuti-

nrjita-pda-pakajnta

ayi mukta-kulair upsyamna

paritas tv hari-nma saraymi

O Hari-nma! The tips of the toes of Your lotus feet are worshiped by the

glowing radiance emanating from the string of gems known as the Upaniads,

the crown jewels of all the Vedas. You are worshipped by liberated souls. O

Hari-nma! I take complete shelter of You. (1)

jaya nmadheya muni-vnda-geya he

jana-rajanya param akarkte

tvam andard api mang udrita

nikhilogra-tpa-paal vilumpasi

O Hari-nma, O Name sung by the sages, O You who have assumed the form

of transcendental syllables to bring bliss to Your devotees, even if You are

uttered only a little bit, and even if You are spoken disrespectfully or in jest,

You at once remove the many harsh sufferings of everyone. All glories to You!

(2)

yad-bhso py udyan kavalita-bhava-dhvnta-vibhavo da tattvndhnm api diati bhakti-praayinm

janas tasyodtta jagati bhagavan-nma-tarae

kt te nirvaktu ka iha mahimna prabhavati

O sun of the Holy Name, even the dim light of Your early dawn (bhsa)

devours the darkness of material existence and gives the sight of pure devotion

to even those who are blind to the Truth. What learned person in this world, in

which the Holy Name is the saving boat, is able to describe Your unsurpassed

transcendental glories?(3)

yad-brahma-skt-kti-nihaypi

vinam yti vin na bhogai

apaiti nma sphuranena tat te

prrabdha-karmeti virauti veda

The Vedas declare that although acquiring knowledge and realization of the

impersonal Brahman with firm faith cannot bring freedom from past karma, O

Holy Name, Your appearance at once makes all suffering from prrabdha

karma disappear. (4)

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aghadamana-yaod-nandanau nandasno

kamala-nayana-gop-candra-vndvanendr

praatakarua-kv ity aneka-svarpe

tvayi mama ratir uccair vardhat nmadheya

O Hari Nma, I pray that my love for You in Your many forms, such as

Aghadamana (Crusher of Aghsura), Yaodnandana (Son of Yaod),

Nandasnu (Son of Nanda), Kamalanayana (Lotus-eyed), Gopcandra (Moon

of the gops), Vndvanendra (King of Vndvana), Praatakarua (Merciful to

the surrendered souls) and Ka, may greatly increase. (5)

vcya vcakam ity udeti bhavato nma svarpa-dvaya

prvasmt param eva hanta karua tatrpi jnmahe

yas tasmin vihitpardha-nivaha prn samantd bhaved

syenedam upsya so pi hi sadnandmbudhau majjati

O Hari Nma, You are manifest in two forms, (1) the Supreme Person

described by the Holy Name, and (2) the sound vibration of the Holy Name.

We know that the second from is more merciful than the first. Even a person

who commits many offenses to the first form, is always become plunged into the

ocean of bliss simply by serving the second with his voice. (6)

suditrita-janrti-raye

ramya-cid-ghana-sukha-svarpie

nma gokula-mahotsavya te

ka pra-vapue namo nama

O Nma who destroys the heaps of sufferings of those who take shelter of You,

O Nma who is the form of delightful knowledge and intense spiritual bliss, O

Nma who is the festival of happiness for Gokula, O svaya bhagavn Ka, I

bow down and offer my respects to You again and again. (7)

nrada-vojjvana

sudhormi-nirysa-mdhuri-pra

tva ka-nma kma

sphura me rasane rasena sad

O giver of life to Nradas vn, O essence of the wave of nectar which is full of sweetness, O Holy Name of r Ka, please happily and with mellow be

eternally present on my tongue. (8)

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rla Bhaktivinoda Thkura

r Nagara Krtana

Song One, Gitval

(1)

nady-godrume nitynanda mahjana

patiyche nma-haa jvera kraa

Lord Nitynanda, who is the authority on distributing the Holy Name, has set

up a marketplace of the Holy Name, for the benefit of all living entities.

(2)

- raddhvna jana he, raddhvna jana he -

prabhura jya bhi, mgi ei bhik

bala ka, bhaja ka, kara ka-ik

O faithful persons, O faithful persons

O brothers! On the order of the Lord, I beg you, Please Chant "Kas Name, worship Ka, and follow Kas teachings.

(3)

apardha-nya haye laha ka-nma

ka mt, ka pit, ka dhana-pra

Chant the Holy Name without committing any offenses. Ka is your mother, Ka is your father, and Ka is your life and soul.

(4)

kaera sasra kara chi ancra jve day, ka-nma-sarva-dharma-sra

Give up all improper behaviour and execute your duties only in relation to Ka. To show compassion for all living entities by chanting the Holy Name of

Ka is the very essence of religion.

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Boro Sukher Khabor Gi

(Dller Gt The Song of the Broker from Vaiava-Siddhnta-Ml)

boro sukher khabor gi

surabhi-kujete nmer h khuleche / khoda niti

I am singing news of the greatest happiness! At the place known as Surabhi

Kuja in r Navadvpa, the Marketplace of the Holy Name has now been

opened and Lord Nitynanda Himself is the Proprietor. (1)

boro mojr kath ty

raddh-mlye uddha-nma sei hete biky

Such wonderful things are going on in that blissful marketplace! r Nitynanda

Prabhu is selling the pure Holy Name wholesale, merely for the price of ones faith. (2)

jata bhakta-bnda basi adhikr dekhe nma becche daro kasi

Seeing the assembly of devotees eagerly waiting to purchase the Name, Lord

Nitynanda first examines each of them to test their qualification; then He sells

them the Name by bargaining for His price accordingly. (3)

jadi nma kinbe, bhi

mr sage calo, mahjaner kche ji

O my dear friends! If you really want to buy this pure Holy Name, then just

come along with me, for I am now going to meet with this Nitynanda

Mahjana. (4)

tumi kinbe ka-nma

dasturi loibo mi, pra habe kma

Thus, you will finally be able to acquire the pure Holy Name. I will also take

my due commission, and in this way all three of us will fulfill our desires. (5)

boro doyl nitynanda

raddh-mtra loye den parama-nanda

r Nitynanda Prabhu is so extraordinarily merciful accepting only ones faith in the Holy Name, He bestows the topmost divine bliss. (6)

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ek-br dekhle cake jal

gaura bole niti den sakala sambal

When Niti sees a tear welling in someones eye upon chanting the name of Gaura! He instantly gives His support to that person; indeed, He bestows all divine opulences. (7)

den uddha ka-ik

jti, dhana, vidy, bala n kore apek

He gives that person genuine realization of the pure teachings of r Ka as

found in the Bhagavad-gt and rmad-Bhgavatam. While displaying all this

inconceivable mercy, He pays no attention to ones caste, material wealth, mundane knowledge, or physical ability. (8)

amani che my-jl

ghe thko, bane thko, n thke jajl

Now, dear friends, please reject all of mys entangling snares. If you are a householder, then just remain at your home; if you are renounced, then just live

in the forest. Either way, nothing more will trouble you. (9)

r niko kalir bhoy

cale den nma niti doymoy

We no longer need to fear the terrible Age of Quarrel, for the most merciful

Lord Nitynanda gives the Holy Name to anyone and everyone even to the lowest among men. (10)

bhaktivinoda ki koy niti-caraa bin r nhi roy

Bhaktivinoda loudly calls out and proclaims to all,

OTHER THAN THE LOTUS FEET OF LORD NITYNANDA, THERE IS NO SHELTER! (11)

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Nmas Transcendental Price List (From Godruma Kalpatavi)

ITEM COST

1. Nma. raddha (Faith, ik. 1)

2. Nma which reveals Kas form Nih (Steady faith

beyond

anartha-

nivtti, ik. 3)

3. Nma which reveals Kas form & qualities Ruci (Taste, ik. 4)

4. Nma which reveals Kas form, qualities & pastimes.. Asakti (Firm

attachment,

ik. 5)

5. Nma which reveals Kas form, qualities, pastimes & which awakens transcendental emotion within the heart .. Bhva, Rati (Prelim. stage

of love of God

ik. 6)

6. Nma which reveals Ka in full with all His

transcendental potencies and gives unrestricted

entrance into the ocean of devotion. Prema (Pure love of

God, ik. 7&8)

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Nmas Primary Business Outlets and Key Personnel

(From Godruma Kalpatavi)

The Store House

rmad-Bhgavatam*

The Principal Trader

r Nitynanda Rma

Share Traders

Bengal Vndvana Puri

r Advaita crya rla Rpa and Svarpa Dmodara

Santana Gosvms & Rmnanda Rya

Store Keepers

Bengal Vndvana Puri

r Gaddhara Paita Raghuntha dsa Gosvm Paramnanda Pur

rmat Jhnav Dev

rmat Viupriy Dev

Nma also has many bazaars:

Places associated with pastimes of Ka, His devotees. The 64 mahants, associates of Nitynanda, all have bazaars.

Nma also has shops, traveling salesman etc. These operate under the control

and guidance of the bazaars.

* One must read rmad-Bhgavatam regularly and with scrutiny to gradually

become attached to the chanting of the Hare Ka mah-mantra.

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bhojana-llase rasane mra

(Gitaval)

bhojana-llase rasane mra,

unaha vidhna mora

r-nma-yugala rga-sudh-rasa,

khiy thkaha bhora

O my tongue! You are very greedy to relish palatable food. Now please hear

my advice to you. Always remain deeply absorbed in drinking the nectarean

sweetness of the transcendental names of the divine young couple, r r

Rdh and Ka. (1)

nava-sundara pya rdhik-nma

ati-mia manohara tarpana-dhma

The name of Rdh is ever-fresh, beautiful, very sweet and enchanting. It is the

abode of full satisfaction. (2)

ka-nma madhurdbhuta gha dugdhe

atva yatane kara mirita lubdhe

With great care and affection you should blend the name of r Rdh with an

extraordinarily sweet nectarean milk; the Holy Name r Ka. (3)

surabhi rga hima ramya tahi ni

aharaha pna karaha sukha jni'

Now, please add the fragrance of transcendental attachment, which is cooling

and delightful, into that mixture. Drink this nectar day and night, to experience

actual happiness. (4)

nhi rabe rasane prkta pips

adbhuta rasa tuw proba

If you do this, you will no longer have any thirst for material enjoyment

because the wonderful transcendental taste of ecstatic love will fulfill all your

desires. (5)

dsa-raghuntha-pade bhaktivinoda

yca-i rdh-ka-nma pramoda

Falling at the lotus feet of rla Raghuntha dsa Gosvm, rla Bhaktivinoda

hkura begs to become fully absorbed in ecstasy while chanting the Holy

Names of r r Rdh-Ka. (6)

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A Spiritual Request

(Vijapti)

kabe habe bolo se-dina mr (mr) apardha ghuci, uddha nme ruci,

kp-bale habe hdoye sacr (1)

Please tell me, when oh when will that day be mine? My offenses will come to

an end, and a taste for the pure holy name will be infused within my heart by

the power of divine grace.(1)

tdhika hna, kabe nije mni, sahiut-gua hdoyete ni sakale mnada, pani amn,

hoye swdibo nma-rasa-sr (2)

Feeling myself lower than a blade of grass, welcoming the quality of

forbearance into my heart, giving honor to all living beings, and being freed

from false pride, when will I taste the essence of the rasa of the holy name.(2)

dhana jana ra, kavit-sundar,

bolibo n chi deho-sukha-kar

janme-janme do, ohe gaurahari!

ahaituk bhakti carae tomr (3)

Wealth, followers, beautiful women as described in worldly poetry I do not want any such bodily pleasures. O Lord Gaurahari! Please give me unmotivated

devotion to Your lotus feet birth after birth.(3)

(kabe) korite r-ka- nma uccraa,

pulakita deho gadgada vacana

vaivarya-vepathu habe saghaana, nirantara netre babe aru-dhr (4)

When, while articulating the divine name of r Ka, will my body be thrilled

in ecstatic rapture, my words choke with emotion, loss of color and ecstatic

trembling occur, and streams of tears flow constantly from my eyes?(4)

kabe navadwpe, suradhun-tae,

gaura-nitynanda boli nikapae nciy giy, beibo chue,

btulera prya chiy vicr (5)

When, in the land of Navadvpa, on the banks of the celestial Gag, will I run

about innocently calling out, O Gaura! O Nitynanda!? Dancing and singing,

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I will wander about like a madman, giving up all consideration of proper social

behavior.(5)

kabe nitynanda, more kori doy, chibe mora viayera my

diy more nija- caraera chy,

nmera hete dibe adhikr (6)

When will Lord Nitynanda be merciful to me and release me from the illusion

of worldliness? When will He give me the shade of His own lotus feet and

bestow upon me the qualification necessary to enter the Marketplace of the

Holy Name?(6)

kinibo, luibo, hari-nma-rasa,

nma-rase mti hoibo vivaa rasera rasika- caraa paraa,

koriy mojibo rase anibr (7)

Somehow or other I shall buy or steal the mellows of the name of Lord Hari.

Becoming thoroughly intoxicated by those liquid mellows, I will be stunned. By

touching the feet of those great souls who are expert in relishing those mellows,

I will be constantly immersed in the sweet nectar of the holy name.(7)

kabe jve doy, hoibe udoya,

nija-sukha bhuli sudna-hdoya bhakativinoda, koriy vinoya,

r-ja-ahala koribe pracr (8)

When will there be an awakening in me of compassion for all fallen souls? Then

this Bhaktivinoda will forget his own happiness, and with a meek heart he will

set out to propagate by humble solicitation the sacred order of r Caitanya

Mahprabhu.(8)

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The Glories of the Holy Name

(r Nma-Mhtmya)

ka-nma dhare koto bal

viaya-vsannale, mora citta sad jwale,

ravi-tapta maru-bhmi-sam

kara-randhra-patha diy, hdi mjhe praveiy,

varioya sadh anupam (1)

What power does the name of Ka possess? My heart constantly burns in the

fire of worldly desires, just like a desert scorched by the rays of the sun. The

holy name, entering the core of my heart through the holes of my ears, showers

unparalleled nectar upon my soul. (1)

hdoya hoite bole, jihvra agrete cale,

abda-rpe nce anuka

kahe mora bhage swara, aga kpe thara thara,

sthira hoite n pre cara (2)

The holy name speaks from within my heart, moves onto the tip of my tongue,

and constantly dances on it in the form of transcendental sound. My throat

becomes choked up, my body shivers again and again, and my feet cannot

remain still. (2)

cake dhr, dehe gharma, pulakita saba carma,

vivara hoilo kalevara

mrchita hoilo man, pralayeru gaman,

bhve sarva-deha jara jara (3)

Rivers of tears flow from my eyes, perspiration completely soaks my body, all

my skin thrills with rapture, my hairs stand on end, and my complexion turns

pale and discolored. My mind grows faint, I begin to experience devastation,

and my entire body is shattered in a flood of ecstatic emotions. (3)

kori eto upadrava, citte vare sudh-drava, more re premera sgare

kichu n bujhite dilo, more to btula koilo, mora citta-vitta saba hare (4)

While causing such an ecstatic disturbance, the holy name showers liquid nectar

on my heart and drowns me in the ocean of divine love of Godhead. He does

not allow me to understand anything, for He has made me truly mad by having

stolen away my mind and all my resources. (4)

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loinu roya jr, heno vyavahra tr, varite n pri e sakal

ka-nma icch-moy, jhe jhe sukh hoy,

sei mora sukhera sambal (5)

Such is the behavior of Him in whom I have taken shelter. I am not capable of

describing all this. The holy name of Ka is independent and thus acts on His

own sweet will. In whatever way He becomes happy, that is also my way of

happiness. (5)

premera kalik nm, adbhuta rasera dhm,

heno bala karaye prak

at vikai puna, dekhy nija-rpa-gua, citta hari loya ka-p (6)

The holy name is the bud of the flower of divine love, and is the very abode of

astonishing mellows. Such is the power He manifests that when His holy name

starts to blossom a little further, it then reveals His own divine form and

qualities. Thus my heart is abducted and taken directly to Ka. (6)

pra vikaita hoiy, braje more jya loiy,

dekhy more swarpa-vils

more siddha-deha diy, ka-pe rkhe giy,

e dehera kore sarva-n (7)

Blossoming fully, the flower of the holy name takes me to Vraja and reveals to

me His own love-dalliance. This name gives to me my own eternal spiritual

body, keeps me right by Kas side, and completely destroys everything related to this mortal frame of mine. (7)

ka-nma-cintmai, akhila rasera khani,

nitya-mukta uddha-rasa-moy

nmera bli jata, saba loye hoi hata, tabe mora sukhera udoy (8)

The name of Ka is a transcendental touchstone, a mine of all devotional

mellows. It is eternally liberated, and the embodiment of pure rasa. When all

impediments to the pure chanting of the holy name are taken away and

destroyed, then my happiness will know its true awakening. (8)

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rla Bhaktisiddhnta Sarasvat hakura

The mind and body are updhis or external casings The soul is actually free from all this Our soul has to be set free from external contamination. All perishable values require to be eliminated. Then we shall see that we have

devotion. We are devotees. Transcendental Sound will be the agency. r Ka

Caitanya has told us to place our reliance solely on the Name of Hari The Transcendental Sound has got the potency to regulate our other senses It is the Absolute Sound which will carry us to the region of the Absolute.

r Caitanyas Teachings, pt.2, pp34-36

The krtan of Hari is the constant and natural function of all the facilities of the jva in its constitutional state free from the affinities with this changeable world. That is because the Absolute Truth is identical with Hari. Hari has to be

served exclusively, constantly and by all the facilities of the soul. The only

function of the voice is to chant the krtan of Hari which is identical with and

inseparable from the simultaneous service of Hari by all the other senses. One

who does not employ his voice constantly and exclusively in chanting the krtan

of Hari has no access to the service of Hari by any other faculty. r Caitanyas Teachings, pt.2, p83

Inclination to krtan effects ravaa and the opportunity for smaraa. At that

time there is the possibility of serving within Kas aa-klya-ll. In all respects pray to r Nma for His mercy. Amlya-vi 9

If r-ka-sakrtana is not performed then no other limb of bhakti, such as

Mathur-vsa or sadhu-saga can be fulfilled. But if only r-ka-sakrtana is

performed, then the results of Mathur-vsa, of sadhu-saga, of faithfully

serving deities, and of hearing rmad-Bhgavatam are all fulfilled. Nma-

bhajana completely fulfils the jvas every need. Amlya-vi 8

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rla Prabhupda

The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of Hare Ka, Hare

Ka, Ka Ka, Hare Hare/ Hare Rma, Hare Rma, Rma Rma, Hare

Hare is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As

living spiritual souls, we are all originally Ka conscious entities, but due to

our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is now

adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we

are now living, is called my, or illusion. My means that which is not. And what is this illusion? The illusion is that we are all trying to be lords of material

nature, while actually we are under the grip of her stringent laws. When a

servant artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, he is said to be in

illusion. We are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually

we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. Therefore,

although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer nature, we are ever

more dependent on her. This illusory struggle against material nature can be

stopped at once by revival of our eternal Ka consciousness.

Hare Ka, Hare Ka, Ka Ka, Hare Hare is the transcendental process

for reviving this original, pure consciousness. By chanting this transcendental

vibration, we can cleanse away all misgivings within our hearts. The basic

principle of all such misgivings is the false consciousness that I am the lord of all

I survey.

Ka consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This

consciousness is the original, natural energy of the living entity. When we hear

this transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest

method of meditation is recommended for this age. By practical experience

also, one can perceive that by chanting this mah-mantra, or the Great

Chanting for Deliverance, one can at once feel a transcendental ecstasy coming

through from the spiritual stratum. In the material concept of life we are busy

in the matter of sense gratification, as if we were in the lower, animal stage. A

little elevated from this status of sense gratification, one is engaged in mental

speculation for the purpose of getting out of the material clutches. A little

elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries

to find out the supreme cause of all causeswithin and without. And when one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stages of

sense, mind, and intelligence, he is then on the transcendental plane. This

chanting of the Hare Ka mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform, and

thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousnessnamely sensual, mental, and intellectual. There is no need, therefore, to understand the

language of the mantra, nor is there any need for mental speculation nor any

intellectual adjustment for chanting this mah-mantra. It is automatic, from the

spiritual platform, and as such, anyone can take part in the chanting without

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any previous qualification. In a more advanced stage, of course, one is not

expected to commit offenses on the grounds of spiritual understanding.

In the beginning, there may not be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies,

which are eight in number. These are: (1) being stopped as though dumb, (2)

perspiration, (3) standing up of hairs on the body, (4) dislocation of voice, (5)

trembling, (6) fading of the body, (7) crying in ecstasy, and (8) trance. But there

is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immediately to the spiritual

platform, and one shows the first symptom of this in the urge to dance along

with the chanting of the mantra. We have seen this practically. Even a child can

take part in the chanting and dancing. Of course, for one who is too entangled

in material life, it takes a little more time to come to the standard point, but

even such a materially engrossed man is raised to the spiritual platform very

quickly. When the mantra is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it

has the greatest efficacy on hearers, and as such this chanting should be heard

from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that immediate effects can be

achieved. As far as possible, chanting from the lips of nondevotees should be

avoided. Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.

The word Har is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words

Ka and Rma are forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both Ka and

Rma mean the supreme pleasure, and Har is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to Hare in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of

the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.

The material energy, called my, is also one of the multienergies of the Lord.

And we, the living entities, are also the energy, marginal energy, of the Lord.

The living entities are described as superior to material energy. When the

superior energy is in contact with the inferior energy, an incompatible situation

arises; but when the superior marginal energy is in contact with the superior

energy, Har, it is established in its happy, normal condition.

These three words, namely Hare, Ka, and Rma, are the transcendental

seeds of the mah-mantra. The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His

energy to give protection to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like

the genuine cry of a child for its mothers presence. Mother Har helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father's grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the

devotee who chants this mantra sincerely.

No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and

hypocrisy as the chanting of the mah-mantra: Hare Ka, Hare Ka, Ka

Ka, Hare Hare/ Hare Rma, Hare Rma, Rma Rma, Hare Hare.

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Simply addressing the energy of the Supreme Lord as Hare and the Lord

Himself as Ka very soon situates the Lord within the heart of the devotee.

By thus addressing Rdh and Ka, one directly engages in His Lordships service. The essence of all revealed scriptures and all knowledge is present

when one addresses the Lord and His energy by the Hare Ka mantra, for

this transcendental vibration can completely liberate a conditioned soul and

directly engage him in the service of the Lord. CC di 7.73p

[The mah-mantra] is not a material sound like the sounds we hear on the

radio. It is a spiritual sound that comes from the spiritual world. Even in the

material world we can release a sound from one place, and it can be heard

thousands of miles away. A spiritual sound can be released from many trillions

of miles away, and it can be heard, provided that one has the machine to

capture it. That machine is bhagavata-prem. Those who have developed love

of Godhead can hear it. Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahti

Since Ka and His holy name are identical, the holy name is eternally pure

and beyond material contamination. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead

as a transcendental vibration. The holy name is completely different from

material sound, as confirmed by Narottama dsa hkura: golokera prema-

dhana, hari-nma-sakrtana. The transcendental vibration of hari-nma-

sakrtana is imported from the spiritual world. CC di 7.74p

Parkit Mahrja says, nivtta-tarai. Nivtta means already finished,

completely finished. What is that finished? Ta. Ta means hankering. One

who has finished his material hankering, they can chant this transcendental

glorification of the Lord. Others cannot. Just like in our sakrtana movement,

you a