äpannaù saàsåtià ghoräàyan-näma vivaço gåëantataù sadyo vimucyetayad bibheti svayaà bhayam
Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of Kåñëa, which is feared by fear personified. SB 1.1.14
säìketyaà pärihäsyaà västobhaà helanam eva vävaikuëöha-näma-grahaëamaçeñägha-haraà viduù
One who chants the holy name of the Lord is immediately freed from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants indirectly to indicate something else (sanketya), jokingly (parihasya), for musical entertainment (stobha), or even neglectfully (helana). This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the scriptures. SB 6.2.14
ajïänäd athavä jïänäduttamaçloka-näma yatsaìkértitam aghaà puàsodahed edho yathänalaù
As a fire burns dry grass to ashes, so the holy name of the Lord, whether chanted knowingly or unknowingly, burns to ashes, without fail, all the reactions of one's sinful activities. SB 6.2.18
etävän eva loke 'sminpuàsäà dharmaù paraù småtaùbhakti-yogo bhagavatitan-näma-grahaëädibhiù
Devotional service, beginning with the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is the ultimate religious principle for the living entity in human society. SB 6.3.22
etävatälam agha-nirharaëäya puàsäàsaìkértanaà bhagavato guëa-karma-nämnämvikruçya putram aghavän yad ajämilo 'pinäräyaëeti mriyamäëa iyäya muktim
Therefore it should be understood that one is easily relieved from all sinful reactions by chanting the holy name of the Lord and chanting of His qualities and activities. This is the only process recommended for relief from sinful reactions. Even if one chants the holy name of the Lord with improper pronunciation, he will achieve relief from material bondage if he chants without offenses. Ajämila, for example, was extremely sinful, but while dying he merely chanted the holy name, and although calling his son, he achieved complete liberation because he remembered the name of Näräyaëa. SB 6.3.24
mamäham iti dehädauhitvämithyärtha-dhér matimdhäsye mano bhagavatiçuddhaà tat-kértanädibhiù
Simply because I chanted the holy name of the Lord in the association of devotees, my heart is now becoming purified. Therefore I shall not fall victim again to the false lures of material sense gratification. Now that I have become fixed in the Absolute Truth, henceforward I shall not identify myself with the body. I shall give up false conceptions of "I" and "mine" and fix my mind on the lotus feet of Kåñëa. SB 6.2.38
tasmät saìkértanaà viñëorjagan-maìgalam aàhasämmahatäm api kauravyaviddhy aikäntika-niñkåtam
My dear King, the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore the chanting of the saìkértana movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe. Please try to understand this so that others will take it seriously. SB 6.3.31
etan nirvidyamänänämicchatäm akuto-bhayamyoginäà nåpa nirëétaàharer nämänukértanam
O King, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including those who are free from all material desires, those who are desirous of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge. SB 2.1.11
mantratas tantrataç chidraàdeça-kälärha-vastutaùsarvaà karoti niçchidramanusaìkértanaà tava
There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the mantras and observing the regulative principles, and, moreover, there may be discrepancies in regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia. But when Your Lordship's holy name is chanted, everything becomes faultless. SB 8.23.16
kaler doña-nidhe räjannasti hy eko mahän guëaùkértanäd eva kåñëasyamukta-saìgaù paraà vrajet
My dear King, although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra, one can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental kingdom. SB 12.3.51
kåte yad dhyäyato viñëuàtretäyäà yajato makhaiùdväpare paricaryäyäàkalau tad dhari-kértanät
Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Viñëu, in Tretä-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dväpara-yuga by serving the Lord's lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra. SB 12.3.52
kåñëa-varëaà tviñäkåñëaàsäìgopäìgästra-pärñadamyajïaiù saìkértana-präyairyajanti hi su-medhasaù
In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the names of Kåñëa. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Kåñëa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and confidential companions. SB 11.5.32
tad açma-säraà hådayaà batedaàyad gåhyamäëair hari-näma-dheyaiùna vikriyetätha yadä vikäronetre jalaà gätra-ruheñu harñaù
Certainly that heart is steel-framed which, in spite of one's chanting the holy name of the Lord with concentration, does not change when ecstasy takes place, tears fill the eyes and the hairs stand on end. SB 2.3.24
aho bata çva-paco 'to garéyänyaj-jihvägre vartate näma tubhyamtepus tapas te juhuvuù sasnur äryäbrahmänücur näma gåëanti ye te
Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name! Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable. Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners of the Äryans. To be chanting the holy name of Your Lordship, they must have bathed at holy places of pilgrimage, studied the Vedas and fulfilled everything required. SB 3.33.7
nivåtta-tarñair upagéyamänädbhavauñadhäc chrotra-mano-'bhirämätka uttamaçloka-guëänuvädätpumän virajyeta vinä paçughnät
Glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the paramparä system; that is, it is conveyed from spiritual master to disciple. Such glorification is relished by those no longer interested in the false, temporary glorification of this cosmic manifestation. Descriptions of the Lord are the right medicine for the conditioned soul undergoing repeated birth and death. Therefore, who will cease hearing such glorification of the Lord except a butcher or one who is killing his own self? SB 10.1.4
evaà-vrataù sva-priya-näma-kértyäjätänurägo druta-citta uccaiùhasaty atho roditi rauti gäyatyunmäda-van nåtyati loka-bähyaù
By chanting the holy name of the Supreme Lord, one comes to the stage of love of Godhead. Then the devotee is fixed in his vow as an eternal servant of the Lord, and he gradually becomes very much attached to a particular name and form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As his heart melts with ecstatic love, he laughs very loudly or cries or shouts. Sometimes he sings and dances like a madman, for he is indifferent to public opinion. SB 11.2.40
mriyamäëo harer nämagåëan putropacäritamajämilo 'py agäd dhämakim uta çraddhayä gåëan
While suffering at the time of death, Ajämila chanted the holy name of the Lord, and although the chanting was directed toward his son, he nevertheless returned home, back to Godhead. Therefore if one faithfully and inoffensively chants the holy name of the Lord, where is the doubt that he will return to Godhead? SB 6.2.49
Quotes from Chaitanya Charitamrita
kali-käle näma-rüpe kåñëa-avatäranäma haite haya sarva-jagat-nistära
“In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra, is the incarnation of Lord Kåñëa. Simply by chanting the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered.
CC Ädi 17.23
kåñëa-mantra haite habe saàsära-mocanakåñëa-näma haite päbe kåñëera caraëa
“Simply by chanting the holy name of Kåñëa one can obtain freedom from material existence. Indeed, simply by chanting the Hare Kåñëa mantra one will be able to see the lotus feet of the Lord.”CC Adi 7.73
näma vinu kali-käle nähi ära dharmasarva-mantra-sära näma, ei çästra-marma
“‘In this Age of Kali there is no religious principle other than the chanting of the holy name, which is the essence of all Vedic hymns. This is the purport of all scriptures.’
CC Adi 7.74
dékñä-puraçcaryä-vidhi apekñä nä karejihvä-sparçe ä-caëòäla sabäre uddhäre
“One does not have to undergo initiation or execute the activities required before initiation. One simply has to vibrate the holy name with his lips. Thus even a man in the lowest class [caëòäla] can be delivered.
ataù çré-kåñëa-nämädi na bhaved grähyam indriyaiùsevonmukhe hi jihvädau svayam eva sphuraty adaù
[Cc. Madhya 17.136]
“With the material senses one cannot understand the transcendental holy name of the Lord or His form, activities and pastimes. But when one actually engages in devotional service, utilizing the tongue, the Lord is revealed.”
“eka kåñëa-näme kare sarva-päpa kñayanava-vidhä bhakti pürëa näma haite haya
“Simply by chanting the holy name of Kåñëa once, a person is relieved from all the reactions of a sinful life. One can complete the nine processes of devotional service simply by chanting the holy name. CC Madhya 15.107
tära madhye sarva-çreñöha näma-saìkértananiraparädhe näma laile päya prema-dhana
“Of the nine processes of devotional service, the most important is to always chant the holy name of the Lord. If one does so, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, one very easily obtains the most valuable love of Godhead.” CC Antya 4.71
Other Quotes
nämno hi yävaté çaktiùpäpa-nirharaëe hareùtävat kartuà na çaknotipätakaà pätaké naraù
"Simply by chanting one holy name of Hari, a sinful man can counteract the reactions to more sins than he is able to commit." (Båhad-viñëu Puräëa)
go-koöi-dänaà grahaëe khagasyaprayäga-gaìgodaka-kalpa-väsaùyajïäyutaà meru-suvarëa-dänaàgovinda-kérter na samaà çatäàçaiù
"Even if one distributes ten million cows in charity during an eclipse of the sun, lives at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunä for millions of years, or gives a mountain of gold in sacrifice to the brähmaëas, he does not earn one hundredth part of the merit derived from chanting Hare Kåñëa."
sakåd uccäritaà yenaharir ity akñaraà dvayambaddhaù parikaras tenamokñäya gamanaà prati
"If one chants the two syllables Ha-ri, even once, he becomes free from all material bondage."
madhura-madhuram etan mangalam mangalanam
sakala-nigama-valli-sat-phalam cit-svarupam
sakrd api parigitam sraddhaya helaya va
bhrgu-vara nara-matram tarayet krsna-nama
-Prabhasakhanda quoted in Hari-bhakti-vilasa (11.451)
Sri-KRSNA nama is the sweetest among all things that are sweet, and it stands supreme amongst all that is auspicious.It is the eternal, fully ripened spiritual fruit of the wishfulfilling tree of the Vedas. O best of the Bhrgus, if anyone even once offenselessly chants Sri-KRSNA nama, either with faith or indifference, Sri-KRSNA nama immediately delivers that person from the ocean of material existence.
tuëòe täëòaviné ratià vitanute tuëòävalé-labdhayekarëa-kroòa-kaòambiné ghaöayate karëärbudebhyaù spåhämcetaù-präìgaëa-saìginé vijayate sarvendriyäëäà kåtiàno jäne janitä kiyadbhir amåtaiù kåñëeti varëa-dvayé
“I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘Kåñ-ëa’ have produced. When the holy name of Kåñëa is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert.”
Vidagdha Madhava quoted in CC Antya 1.99
kåñëa tvadéya-pada-paìkaja-païjaräntamadyaiva me viçatu mänasa-räja-haàsaùpräëa-prayäëa-samaye kapha-väta-pittaiùkaëöhävarodhana-vidhau smaraëaà kutas te
O Lord Kåñëa, at this moment let the royal swan of my mind enter the tangled stems of the lotus of Your lotus feet. How will it be possible for me to remember You at the time of death, when my throat will be choked up with mucus, bile, and air?
Mukunda mala stotra
hanti nindati vai dveñöivaiñëavän näbhinandatikrudhyate yäti no harñaàdarçane patanäni ñaö
“Whoever kills or blasphemes a Vaiñëava and whoever is envious of a Vaiñëava or angry with him, or whoever does not offer him obeisances or feel joy upon seeing a Vaiñëava, certainly falls into a hellish condition." Skanda Purana quoted in CC Madhya 15.261
kåñëa-bhakti-rasa-bhävitä matiùkréyatäà yadi kuto ’pi labhyatetatra laulyam api mülyam ekalaàjanma-koöi-sukåtair na labhyate
“‘Pure devotional service in Kåñëa consciousness cannot be had even by pious activity in hundreds and thousands of lives. It can be attained only by paying one price—that is, intense greed to obtain it. If it is available somewhere, one must purchase it without delay.’” Padyavali quoted CC Madhya 8.70
hare kåñëa hare kåñëakåñëa kåñëa hare harehare räma hare rämaräma räma hare hareiti ñoòaçakaà nämnäàkali-kalmaña-näçanamnätaù parataropäyaùsarva-vedeñu dåçyate
"After searching through all the Vedic literature one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Kåñëa." Kali Santarana Upanisad
näma cintämaëiù kåñëaçcaitanya-rasa-vigrahaùpürëaù çuddho nitya-mukto’bhinnatvän näma-näminoù
“‘The holy name of Kåñëa is transcendentally blissful. It bestows all spiritual benedictions, for it is Kåñëa Himself, the reservoir of all pleasure. Kåñëa’s name is complete, and it is the form of all transcendental mellows. It is not a material name under any condition, and it is no less powerful than Kåñëa Himself. Since Kåñëa’s name is not contaminated by the material qualities, there is no question of its being involved with mäyä. Kåñëa’s name is always liberated and spiritual; it is never conditioned by the laws of material nature. This is because the name of Kåñëa and Kåñëa Himself are identical.’ Padma Purana
räma rämeti rämetirame räme manoramesahasra-nämabhis tulyaàräma-näma varänane
“[Lord Çiva addressed his wife, Durgä:] ‘O Varänanä, I chant the holy name of Räma, Räma, Räma and thus enjoy this beautiful sound. This holy name of Rämacandra is equal to one thousand holy names of Lord Viñëu.’
Båhad-viñëu-sahasranäma-stotra in the Uttara-khaëòa of the Padma Puräëa (72.335).
nähaà tiñöhämi vaikuëöheyoginäà hådayeñu vätatra tiñöhämi näradayatra gäyanti mad-bhaktäù
"I am not in Vaikuëöha nor in the hearts of the yogés. I remain where My devotees engage in glorifying My activities." It is to be understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not leave the company of His devotees. Padma Purana
nämäparädha-yuktänäànämäny eva haranty aghamaviçränti-prayuktänitäny evärtha-karäëi ca
Even if in the beginning one chants the Hare Kåñëa mantra with offenses, one will become free from such offenses by chanting again and again. Päpa-kñayaç ca bhavati smaratäà tam ahar-niçam: one becomes free from all sinful reactions if one chants day and night, following the recommendation of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu. It was Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu who quoted the following verse:
harer näma harer nämaharer nämaiva kevalamkalau nästy eva nästy evanästy eva gatir anyathä
[Cc. Ädi 17.21]
“The chanting of Hare Kåñëa is recommended for persons who commit offenses, because if they continue chanting they will gradually chant offenselessly. Even if in the beginning one chants the Hare Kåñëa mantra with offenses, one will become free from such offenses by chanting again and again.”
kåñëa kåñëeti kåñëeti svapan jagrad vrajamstathayo jalpati kalau nityam kåñëa-rupi bhaveddhi saù
“One who chants Kåñëa's name and constantly remembers Him, even though living in this material ocean of nescience, is like the lotus, which is born in the water but is untouched by it: it's position is transcendental. This great soul is capable of liberating all the suffering residents of the hellish planets. (Varäha Puräëa)
däna-vrata-tapas-tértha-yäträdénaà ca yäù sthitäùçaktayo devamahatäà sarva-päpa-haräù çubhäùräjasüyäçvamedhänäà jïänasyädhyätma-vastunaùäkåñya hariëä sarväù sthäpitäù sveñu nämasu
“The supremely potent holy name is equal in every respect to the Supreme Lord Kåñëa Himself, because Lord Kåñëa has invested the holy name with all of His potencies. Kåñëa has collected the spiritual results accrued by charity, austerity, penance, pilgrimage, karma-kanda rituals offered to the demigods, rajasuya-yajïa, asvamedha-yajïa, knowledge of self-realisation and so on infused them into His holy name to make It absolutely powerful. (Skanda Puräëa)
stri çüdraù pukkaso väpi ye cänye päpa-yonayaùkértayanti harim bhaktya tebhyo 'piha namo namaù(Näräyaëa-vyuha-stava)
“Anyone who chants Lord Kåñëa's holy name is to be worshipped like a guru without considering that such a person is a woman, a sudra, a pukkasa, a yavana or of even lower birth.
na deça niyamo räjan na käla niyamas tathävidyate nätra sandeho viñëor-nämänu-kértanekälo'sti däne yajïe ca snäne kälo' sti saj japeviñëu-saìkértane kälo nästyatra påöhivétale
(Vaiñëava Cintamani)
“Ritualistic religious practices like yajïa, charity, sacred baths and chanting of Vedic hymns are all regulated by rules of times, cleanliness, etc. To consider that the chanting of the holy name is subject to the same restrictions is a gross blunder. There are no hard and fast rules for chanting. Therefore, everyone chant Kåñëa's name at all times.
na deça-niyamas tasmin na käla-niyamas-tathänocchiñöhädau niñedho 'sti çré harer-nämni lubdhaka
“There are no rules indicating time, place or circumstances for chanting the holy name, nor is anyone prohibited from chanting if he is unclean or contaminated. (Viñëu-dharma)
mahä-bhägavata nityam kalau saìkértya keçavam
“The hallmark of a mahabhagavata (the most elevated devotee) in kali-yuga is that he chants the holy name of the Lord constantly. (Skanda Puräëa)
çraddhäya helaya näma ratani mama jantuvaùteñäm näma sadä pärtha vartate hådaye mamana näma-sadåçaà jïänam na näma-sadåçaà vratamna näma sadåçaà dhyänam na näma sadåçaà phalamna näma sadåças tyago na näma sadåçaù samaùna näma sadåçaà punyam na näma sadåçi gatiùnämaiva parama muktir nämaiva parama gatiùnämaiva parama çäntir nämaiva parama sthitiùnämaiva parama bhaktir nämaiva parama matiùnämaiva parama pritir nämaiva parama småtiùnämaiva karanam jantor nämaiva prabhur eva canämaiva paramärädhyam nämaiva paramo guruù(Ädi Puräëa)
“Lord Kåñëa said to Arjuna, 'O Arjuna! Listen attentively. When the living entity chants My name, whether out of devotion or indifference, I never forget this act. It remains always close to My heart. There is now vow like chanting the holy name, no knowledge superior to It, no meditation which comes anywhere near it, and it gives the highest result. No penance is equal to it, and nothing is as potent or powerful as the holy name.
“Chanting is the greatest act of piety and the supreme refuge. Even the words of the Vedas do not possess sufficient power to its magnitude. Chanting is the highest path to liberation, peace and eternal life. It is the pinnacle of devotion, the heart's joyous proclivity and attraction and the best form of remembrance of the Supreme Lord. The holy name has appeared solely for the benefit of the living entities as their Lord and master, their supreme worshipable object and their spiritual guide and mentor.
vepante duritäni moha-mahimä sammoham älambatesätaìkaà nakha-raïjanéà kalayati çré-citraguptaù kåtésänandaà madhu-parka-sambhåti-vidhau vedhäù karoty udyamaàvaktuà nämni taveçvaräbhilañite brümaù kim anyat param
O Supreme Personality of Godhead, when someone desires to chant Your holy name, sins tremble in fear, the glory of material illusion faints unconscious, Yamaräja's scribe Citragupta becomes happy and gazes at the chanter's toenails with awe and reverence, and Lord Brahmä prepares madhu-parka with which to worship him. O Lord, what more can we say than this?—author unknown (Padyavali 4)
kalyäëänäà nidhänaà kali-mala-mathanaà pävanaà pävanänäà pätheyaà yan mumukñoù sapadi para-pada-präptaye procyamänamviçräma-sthänam ekaà kavi-vara-vacasäà jévanaà saj-janänäàbéjam dharma-drumasya prabhavatu bhavatäà bhütaye kåñëa-näma
The holy name of Lord Kåñëa is a reservoir of all transcendental happiness. It destroys the sins of the Kali-yuga. It is the most purifying of all purifying things. It is the saintly person's food as he traverses the path to the spiritual world. It is the pleasure garden where the voices of the greatest saints, philosophers, and poets play. It is the life of the righteous and the seed of the tree of religion. May that holy name of Lord Kåñëa bring transcendental auspiciousness to you all.—author unknown (Padyavali 3)
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