{"id":70837,"date":"2024-12-25T01:57:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=70837"},"modified":"2024-12-24T09:06:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T03:36:03","slug":"the-offense-of-interpreting-the-holy-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-offense-of-interpreting-the-holy-name\/","title":{"rendered":"The Offense of Interpreting the Holy Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>The offense of interpreting the Holy Name<\/span><\/h2>\n

Nama arthavada aparadha<\/span><\/p>\n

Glory to Gaura-Gadadhara and Sri Radha-Madhava! Glory to the places of Gaura’s pastimes! Glory to Ganga and the Vaishnavas!<\/span><\/p>\n

Hari Dasa continued: O Lord Sacinandana, the fifth offense is to give an interpretation to Hari-nama, or to consider Its glories exaggerated or imaginary.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>The glories of Nama<\/span><\/h2>\n

Nama mahima<\/span><\/p>\n

The Smriti says that Krishna is merciful to anyone who chants nama faithfully, or even carelessly.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no knowledge as pure as the Holy Name. There is no vrata[1]<\/a> as powerful as the Holy Name.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no meditation in this world like that of the Holy Name. There is no philosophy that gives a result like that of the Holy Name.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no form of renunciation like that of the Holy Name. There is nothing that equals the Holy Name.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no virtuous activity in this world like that of the Holy Name. I don’t think there is a destination like that of the Holy Name.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Name is the highest type of liberation. The Name is the highest type of target. The Name is the highest kind of peace. The Name is the highest situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Name is the highest type of bhakti. The Name is the highest kind of love. The Name is the highest type of remembrance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Name is the ultimate cause. The Name is the Lord of everything. The Name is the most worshipable and the Name appears as the greatest Guru.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Krishna’s name is the greatest of all<\/span><\/h2>\n

Krishna-namera sarvottamata<\/span><\/p>\n

One thousand Names of Vishnu are equivalent to one Name of Rama, and three Names of Rama are equivalent to one Name of Krishna.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Those who use semantics[2]<\/strong><\/a> with the Name certainly enter a hellish condition<\/span><\/h2>\n

Namera arthavada naraka gamana avasya ghate<\/span><\/p>\n

The verses of the Srutis eternally sing the glories of the Name. They explain to the world the transcendental nature of the Name.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who think that the descriptions in the Srutis and Smritis regarding the results obtained by the Name are exaggerated are extreme offenders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who consider the glories of Hari-nama exaggerated are despicable people. Such evil people constantly burn and suffer in a hellish condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are those who say: \u201cWhatever the Srutis say about the results of chanting the Name is not true! He is only there to give nama-ruci[3]<\/a> so that people get a result.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Such fallen people have no understanding of the meaning of Sastra, nor do they know what is favorable or unfavorable. For them it’s quite the opposite[4]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> Vow or austerity.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Semantics studies the meaning of words.<\/span><\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> A taste for chanting Hare Krishna.<\/span><\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> They always come to conclusions opposite to the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This is a section of the book \u201cHarinama Cintamani (English)\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

To buy the complete book,<\/span>\u00a0click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The offense of interpreting the Holy Name Nama arthavada aparadha Glory to Gaura-Gadadhara and Sri Radha-Madhava! Glory to the places of Gaura’s pastimes! Glory to Ganga and the Vaishnavas! Hari Dasa continued: O Lord Sacinandana, the … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":63036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,189],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-70837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-kadacha-eng","tag-harinama-cintamani-eng"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 08:45:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}