Are You Ready to Go Deep Sea Diving?

There is a wonderful nectarean ocean waiting for you to come and dive completely into its most sublime and mellow depths. The ocean of which I speak is the ocean of transcendental bliss, which has been revealed to us by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. All we have to do to enter into that ocean is put our complete faith in Krishna's holy names and then chant them as much as possible on a regular daily basis. These unlimitedly sweet holy names will then carry us to the most sublime region of existence, to that place where there is no birth, no death, no old age, and no disease.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada Connects With Krishna
By Deep Absorption In Holy Names

Srila Prabhupada Connects With Krishna by deep absorption

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Can One Chant Without Being Purified by Vedic Rituals?

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

While reading Srila Prabhupada's purport to Bhagavad-gita, Chapter 6, Verse 44, I found the following:

"Although Thakura Haridasa happened to take his birth in a Muslim family, he was elevated to the post of namacarya by Lord Caitanya due to his rigidly attended principle of chanting three hundred thousand holy names of the Lord daily: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. And because he chanted the holy name of the Lord constantly, it is understood that in his previous life he must have passed through all the ritualistic methods of the Vedas, known as sabda-brahma. Unless, therefore, one is purified, one cannot take to the principles of Krishna consciousness or become engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord, Hare Krishna."

So, does this mean that one cannot be engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord without being purified by the ritualistic methods of Vedas? What are the ritualistic methods of Vedas known as sabda-brahma?

Regards,
Sunil

Answer: One Can Chant When Purified by the Spiritual Master

Even with no previous pious qualifications one can become purified by coming into contact with a bona fide spiritual master. Then by his mercy one can seriously take up the chanting of the Hare Krishna mahamantra and become perfect. There are many rituals in the sadba-brahma, the Vedic literatures. But all the purposes of these rituals are automatically served and surpassed when one chants Hare Krishna under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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