{"id":70908,"date":"2025-01-01T02:02:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T20:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=70908"},"modified":"2024-12-30T09:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T04:09:25","slug":"accepting-the-name-removes-all-anarthas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/accepting-the-name-removes-all-anarthas\/","title":{"rendered":"Accepting the Name Removes all Anarthas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>The mentality of committing offenses relying on the strength of the Holy Name<\/span><\/h2>\n

Nama-bale papa-buddhi<\/span><\/p>\n

Whoever commits papa[1]<\/a> by virtue of the Name cannot purify himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Glories to Gaura-Gadadhara and the Life of Jahnava[2]<\/a>. Glory to Sita and Advaita and the devotees.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Accepting the Name removes all Anarthas<\/span><\/h2>\n

Nama-grahane samasta anartha dura haya<\/span><\/p>\n

Hari Dasa said: The Name is composed of pure goodness[3]<\/a>. A fortunate Jiva takes shelter of the Name.<\/span><\/p>\n

Very quickly his anarthas will drift away[4]<\/a> and weakness will leave one’s heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

With firm attachment to the Name, he will not be inclined to engage in impure activities. His previous offenses will be burned away, and his consciousness will become extremely pure[5]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mercy towards all the Jivas manifests itself in the heart and always works for their auspiciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Name cannot tolerate the suffering of the Jivas and tries to relieve them of their miseries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The thirst for material pleasures becomes weak and the desires of the senses cannot remain in the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jiva feels disgusted by the efforts to obtain wealth and women. He maintains his life by being satisfied with whatever he obtains from the practices of his dharma.<\/span><\/p>\n

He accepts all activities favorable to bhakti and does not accept those activities unfavorable to bhakti.<\/span><\/p>\n

He thinks: I know that Krishna is my only protector. Krishna is the protector of my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his heart he does not retain mental attachments of ‘I’ and ‘mine’. In a humble mood, he chants the Name at all times[6]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Previous sins and traces of sins flee very quickly<\/span><\/h2>\n

Purva-papa o papa-gandha sighra dura haya<\/span><\/p>\n

His previous inclinations gradually diminish. His nature quickly purifies and he becomes intelligent.<\/span><\/p>\n

During this period there may still be some connections with past sinful activities, and traces of these misdeeds remain for a while[7]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

When a correct connection with the Name appears, every trace of sin is quickly destroyed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krishna said to Arjuna: My devotee will never perish. In the moment of danger, I will help him. Thus, by My mercy, the results of his misdeeds will vanish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who pursue the path of jnana struggle to purify themselves of their sins, but because they do not want to accept Your help, they inevitably fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Those great personalities who take refuge in You have no obstacles. This is the final statement of Sastra.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Atonement is not required for those who engage in offenses out of foolishness<\/span><\/h2>\n

Pramade papa upasthita haile tahara prayascittera prayojana nai<\/span><\/p>\n

If out of foolishness, a devotee still commits sins, he need not perform the austerities of prayascitta[8]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This momentary sin does not remain. Immersed in nama-rasa, he will not receive any negative reaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> We have already explained what is meant by papa, activities that are negative and contrary to our own interests.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Nityananda Prabhu.<\/span><\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Suddha-sattva.<\/span><\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> That is, they will distance themselves from his consciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Papa-bija (or papa-vasana) comes from avidya, and from papa-vasana comes papa, sinful activities. These three things give suffering to the Jiva.<\/span><\/p>\n

[6]<\/a> The illusory identification with the material body inevitably causes a sense of possession, which is also illusory, because sooner or later everything will be lost.<\/span><\/p>\n

[7]<\/a> When one becomes attracted to the Name of Krishna, one partially enters a stage in which there is a previous state and a present state. This is known as sandhi-kala, the intermediate time. During that time, one is not attracted to pursue sinful activities. This attraction gradually fades.<\/span><\/p>\n

[8]<\/a> Atonement.<\/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 mentality of committing offenses relying on the strength of the Holy Name Nama-bale papa-buddhi Whoever commits papa[1] by virtue of the Name cannot purify himself. Glories to Gaura-Gadadhara and the Life of Jahnava[2]. Glory to … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":44023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,189],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-70908","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":"2026-04-19 15:55:50","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\/70908","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=70908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}