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Excerpts from Krishna Kathamritha Bindu
Mini-mag from Gopal Jiu Publications
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Submitted by Krpa
The Holy name is always Pure
His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The ten kinds of offenses should be considered. In the beginning, when one is initiated into the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra,there are naturally many offenses. Therefore the devotee should very carefully try to avoid these offenses and chant purely.
This does not mean that the Hare Krishna maha-mantra is sometimes pure and sometimes impure. Rather, the chanter is impure due to material contamination. He has to purify himself so that the holy names will be perfectly effective. Chanting the holy name of the Lord non-offensively will help one get immediate shelter at Krishna's lotus feet. This means that by chanting purely, one will immediately be situated on the transcendental platform. We should note, however, that according to Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's instructions, one should not wait to purify himself before chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. Whatever our condition may be, we should begin chanting immediately. By the power of the Hare Krishna mantra we will gradually be relieved from all material contamination and will get shelter at the lotus feet of Krishna, the ultimate goal of life.
-Purport to Caitanya Caritamrita. Madhya lila Chapter 25 Verse 200.
The Practice of Tolerance.
Srila Prabhupada quoting Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada
Srimad Bhagavatam 11.23.5
"Once a certain sannyasi was insulted in many ways by impious men. However,with determination he remembered that he was suffering the fruit of his own previous karma. I will narrate to you his story and that which he spoke."
PURPORT
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur comments as follows."Often those who give up the materialistic path and devote themselves to renunciation are attacked by impious persons. This analysis,however,is superficial,since the punishment is actually the cumulative result of one 's past karma. Some renunciants show lack of tolerance when presented with the remnants of their previous sins and thus are forced to enter again onto the path of impious life. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu therefore instructs that one should become as tolerant as a tree. If a neophyte on the path of devotional service to the Lord's pure devotees is attacked by envious persons, he must accept it as a consequence of his previous fruitive activities. One should be intelligent and avoid future unhappiness by rejecting the ethic of an eye for an eye,a tooth for a tooth. If one refuses to enter into enmity with envious men,they will automatically leave him alone."
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