Keep the Krishna Consciousness Movement Pure

The Krishna consciousness movement has been predicted to go down in history for having saved the world from its darkest hour of despair. But this prediction can only come true if the members of the Krishna consciousness movement keep the movement pure by strict adherence to the divine instructions of our beloved Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. This is not difficult because his instructions are carefully and precisely given in his books. Therefore if Srila Prabhupada's books are scrutinizingly studied and followed, this movement will be the vanguard of the most astoundingly wonderful paradigm shift that has ever happened in the history of the universe.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Devotees Chanting Hare Krishna in Ecstasy New York City--1973

Devotees Chanting Hare Krishna in Ecstasy New York City 1973

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Different Levels of Chanting

What is the difference between namabhasa chanting and suddha nama chanting?

Sincerely,
Mihir

Answer: Almost Pure Chanting and Pure Chanting

Srila Prabhupada explains the different levels of chanting as follows:

"The namabhasa stage is between that of nama-aparadha, or chanting of the holy name with offenses, and pure chanting. There are three stages in chanting the holy name of the Lord. In the first stage, one commits ten kinds of offenses while chanting. In the next stage, namabhasa, the offenses have almost stopped, and one is coming to the platform of pure chanting. In the third stage, when one chants the Hare Krishna mantra without offenses, his dormant love for Krishna immediately awakens. This is the perfection."
--(from Srila Prabhupada's purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 5.24.20)

So suddha nama is the perfectional stage of pure chanting completely free from all kinds of offenses. And namabhasa is the stage of almost pure chanting.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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