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Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Everyone! Please be careful not to offend Sri Krishna’s most merciful and powerful, sweet, ever-present loving form as the Hare Krishna maha-mantra. In Kali-yuga, Sri Krishna Nama is our only hope—our only chance, and the only way we’ll ever attain the plane of love divine desired by all. Worship Krishna Nama! […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das “The accumulation of sins from nāma-aparādha is even more dreadful than the result of committing the five mahā-pāpa millions of times. Thus one can easily estimate the dire results of nāma-aparādha. Nevertheless, there are some good results. “The holy name will give whatever result the nāma-āparādhī desires while he is chanting […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das By offending sri-nama one loses his taste and attraction for sadhana-bhakti. In other words, a devotee will no longer derive any happiness from hearing and chanting, sadhu-sanga and serving Sri Guru. The world of Kṛṣṇa and His devotees becomes dry, tasteless and hackneyed. Apathy toward Kṛṣṇa is a diseased condition of […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Nama-aparadha is an utterance of the holy name that is made with enmity in the heart. It is the lowest form of chanting wherein one commits any of the ten offenses against the holy name. As long as one chants with offenses, it is absolutely impossible to attain love of God. […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das One week before his disappearance, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura imparted ten important instructions on devotional service. Regarding Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, he said, “The holy name with its noted seven excellences (mentioned in first Siksastaka prayer) should be cultivated by all. The holy name should never be neglected at any cost. Attraction […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Pure name (suddha-nama) is the result of a state of consciousness, which is completely devoid of other desires (anyabhilasita sunyam). The name of Kṛṣṇa that is chanted with wholehearted devotion and unalloyed love is the true name of Kṛṣṇa. Anything else is but a semblance of the name (namabhasa) or the […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das Yes, there are and yes there are no rules in chanting Hare Krishna nama japa! In Siksastaka (2), Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, “In each of His unlimited names, Bhagavan Sri Krishna manifests all His transcendental power. There are no strict rules regarding REMEMBERING these names, niyamitah smarane na kalah.” Commenting on […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das One often hears the question, “How to get free nama aparadhas? Nāma āparādha cannot be counteracted through some ritual or just by chanting some slokas. One needs to reform or change one’s faulty mentality which caused the offenses in the first place. Be it envy, disrespect or just a faultfinding mind—all […]
Mahanidhi Madan Gopal Das The prabhava of Kali Maharaja is awesome and all-pervasive. In the temple, outside, in the Holy Dhama, in Delhi, Mumbai, Moscow, New York, Beijing, Tokyo and Peru, in the kutira and in the home—everywhere some devotee is speaking negatively about someone or something. STOP!!! Srila Prabhupada established a spiritual […]
Mahanidhi Swami What is the meaning of nama-abhasa chanting of Krishna’s Holy Name? Is nama-abhasa a stage of japa in sadhana bhakti? Are devotees chanting nama-abhasa? This subject is not very clearly understood by many devotees. First of all, the term nama-abhasa describes the type of Krishna nama chanting DONE BY NONDEVOTEES and it applies […]