Holy Name
The holy name can give you anything and everything.
The holy name can give you anything and everything.
Develop unflinching attraction to the holy name so that you never stop chanting.
Develop unflinching attraction to the holy name so that you never stop chanting.
It is vital that devotees avoid offences against the holy name.
Whether you are in a happy or distressful condition, just fill you mind with hari-nama.
When we take initiation we promise to the spiritual master, the fire, Paramatma, the Vaishnavas and other witnesses, to chant the holy name of the Lord, to follow the principles. We promise to practice Krishna consciousness or propagate Krishna consciousness, and kind of promise to stay in ISKCON for the rest of our life, to stay loyal and active within the Hare Krishna movement.
Once we were chanting, but now we are not chanting or we don’t have attraction for chanting. We may not realise, but a lot of time it is because we offended a Vaishnava, we offended some devotee. And now you got the punishment. What is your punishment? Now you don’t like the holy name anymore.
In the middle of broad daylight so much light but still you cannot see. In the middle of the day there is darkness, darkness caused by the ignorance. The Vedas say don’t stay in ignorance, “tamasoma jyotirgamaya.” Tamaso ma: don’t stay in darkness, come to the light.
You could be personal with the holy name because holy name is Lord himself, you could reveal your heart to be holy name and holy name is very kind, could listen to your sincere prayers.