Excerpt from Amrta Vani –
Nectar of Instructions for Immortality
By Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura
Question 8. When will we understand that Lord Krsna is nondifferent from His holy names?
The Lord’s
holy names and the Lord Himself are nondifferent. We will realize this clearly
when our anarthas* are destroyed. If we chant Krsna’s names without offense, we
will come to understand that by chanting the Lord’s holy names we can achieve
all perfection.
When our anarthas
are destroyed, while chanting the Lord’s names, then the Lord’s form, qualities,
and pastimes automatically manifest. We do not need to meditate artificially on
these things. As soon as we realize our constitutional position and begin to
chant the Lord’s pure name, we can see the transcendental form of the Lord face
to face. The holy names of the Lord revive the living entity’s constitutional
position and attract him to Krsna. The holy names actually revive the living
entity’s constitutional nature and attract him to Krsna’s transcendental
nature. Likewise, the holy names revive the living entity’s constitutional
activities and attracts him to Krsna’s pastimes.
All the
required functions and activities of a chanter are included in his service to
the holy name. We can achieve all perfection simply by chanting Krsna’s name.
If we wish to develop a taste for chanting, we should hear and study scripture
and cultivate Krsna consciousness.
* Material attachments/contaminations
*
Extract:
Krishna is the Source of all, the Supreme Soul, the Superconsciousness.
Krishna's name is the sound vibration of Krishna.
Krishna's
name and Krishna Himself are nondifferent.
We will
realize that Krishna’s name and Krishna are nondifferent when our material contaminations are destroyed.
Realize: Direct experience – "It is actually so".
Our material attachments and contaminations are destroyed while chanting Krishna’s name.
Realize: Direct experience – "It is actually so".
Our material attachments and contaminations are destroyed while chanting Krishna’s name.
Krishna's name, form, qualities and pastimes are inseparable.
When our material attachments and contaminations are destroyed, then, while chanting Krishna's name, Krishna’s form,
qualities and pastimes will manifest, automatically.
Form:
As soon as we
realize our constitutional position –
an eternal servant of Krishna (Lord, Friend, Child, Beloved) – and begin to
chant His name purely, then we can see the transcendental form of Krishna, face to
face.
The name of
Krishna revives our constitutional
position and attracts us to Him.
Qualities:
We are souls, taking bodies, not the bodies.
As souls, we are fragmental parts and parcels of Krishna.
We are souls, taking bodies, not the bodies.
As souls, we are fragmental parts and parcels of Krishna.
The name of
Krishna revives our constitutional nature and attracts us to Krishna’s nature.
Pastimes:
The name of
Krishna revives our constitutional
activities – which material existence is a perverted reflection of – and
attracts us to Krishna’s pastimes.
We can
achieve all perfection simply by chanting Krishna’s name.
yes that's true.
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