Shri Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta on Laksha Naam

[Paramananda das]

Shri Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta on Laksha Naam



Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada in his final Upadesawali



22. Bhagavan will not accept anything which is offered by a person who doesn't chant Harinama one-hundred thousand times daily and such a person is considered a 'patita'.



23. By sincerely endeavoring to chant Harinama without offenses and remaining fixed in chanting constantly, one's offenses will fade and pure Harinama will arise on the tongue.



Shrila Bhakti Pramod Puri Gosvami Maharaja about his guru Om Vishnupada Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada, in his Vyasa-puja offering:



"Unfailingly as a daily vow, he used to chant one hundred thousand names of the Lord (64 rounds) and his instruction to all his disciples was to do likewise. Keeping this vow intact, he would allot his times incredibly to cover all his preaching schedules and literary work, being a source of inspiration to all who came in contact with him."



Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura in an article in The Gaudiya, 1934:



"Those who have chanted laksha harinama (100,000 Holy Names daily) for fifteen or twenty years should know such things (rasa-shastra, pastimes of Shri Shri Radha-Krishna). The beginners need not hear these topics or they will misunderstand."



Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada states as quoted in the Art of Devotion and elsewhere:



"Everyone living in Gaudiya Math must make an effort to chant one lakh (100,000) of holy names (64 rounds of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra) daily. Otherwise, different types of material attachments may creep in one's heart that will hamper one's devotional service. In fact, the Lord does not accept food offerings from one who does not chant one lakh of holy names. One should balance his time so that he can finish one lakh of holy names per day and also perform his other allotted duties."



"The name should be chanted keeping a careful count. One should try to increase this to one lakh of holy names daily. Not being able to do so means one is simply 'fallen'. One should rise up from this state by chanting seriously."



"One of the best ways to counteract bad association is to increase the chanting of the holy names. Atheists cannot present any impediments to your devotional service if you chant one lakh of nama everyday. Please try to adjust your time so you can chant one lakh (64 rounds) of holy names daily. Otherwise, one is considered fallen. One should attempt to transcend this fallen state."

[Paramananda das]

namnamakari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis

tatrapita niyamitah smarane na kalah

etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi

durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah



O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to the living

beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names like Krsna and

Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcen-

dental energies and there are no hard and fast rules for chanting Your name. O

my Lord, out of kindness, You enable us to easily approach You by chanting

Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.

(Siksastaka 2)