Srila prabhupada writes Nectar of Devotion....chapter 13 The importance of chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Räma, Hare Räma, Räma Räma, Hare Hare is very strongly stressed in the Second Canto, 1st Chapter, 11th verse, of the Srimad-Bhägavatam in the following way. Sukadeva Gosvami tells Mahäräj Parikshit: My dear King, if one is spontaneously attached to the chanting of the Hare Krsna mahä-mantra, it is to be understood that he has attained the highest perfectional stage. It is specifically mentioned that the karmis who are aspiring after the fruitive results of their activities, the salvationists who are aspiring to become one with the Supreme Person, and the yogis who are aspiring after mystic perfections can achieve the results of all perfectional stages simply by chanting the mahä-mantra. Sukadeva uses the word nirnitam, which means it is already decided. He was a liberated soul and therefore could not accept anything which was not conclusive. So Sukadeva Gosvämi especially stresses that it is already concluded that one who has come to the stage of chanting the Hare Krsna mantra with determination and steadiness must be considered to have already passed the trials of fruitive activities, mental speculation and mystic yoga. The same thing is confirmed in the Ädi Purana by Krsna. While addressing Arjuna He says, Anyone who is engaged in chanting My transcendental name must be considered to be always associating with Me. And I may tell you frankly that for such a devotee I become easily purchased. In the Padma Purana also it is stated: The chanting of the Hare KRSNA mantra is present only on the lips of a person who has for many births worshiped Väsudeva. It is further said in the Padma Purana, There is no difference between the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself. As such, the holy name is as perfect as the Lord Himself in fullness, purity and eternity. The holy name is no material sound vibration, nor has it any material contamination. The holy name cannot, therefore, be chanted offenselessly by one who has failed to purify his senses. In other words, materialistic senses cannot properly chant the holy names of the Hare Krsna mahä-mantra. But, by adopting this chanting process, one is given a chance to actually purify himself so that he may very soon chant offenselessly.
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