{"id":74613,"date":"2025-07-04T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=74613"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:43:18","slug":"the-greatest-offense-to-the-lotus-feet-of-the-hari-nama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/the-greatest-offense-to-the-lotus-feet-of-the-hari-nama\/","title":{"rendered":"The greatest Offense to the Lotus Feet of the Hari-nama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Offense-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-74614 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Offense-7-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Offense-7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Offense-7.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The third offense at the lotus feet of the holy name is to regard the spiritual master as material and thus envy his noble position. The fourth offense is to denigrate the Vedic literature: the four Vedas and the Puranas. The fifth offense is to consider the glories of the holy name exaggerated. The sixth offense is to regard the holy name of the Lord as the product of the imagination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The seventh offense is described as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhir<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">na vidyate tasya yamair hi suddhih<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">To think that sinful activities can continue to be carried out because the Hare Krishna mantra can override all reactions and continuing to chant to this end is the greatest offense to the lotus feet of the hari-nama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff\">This is a section of the book \u201cBhajana-Rahasya\u201d.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To buy the complete book, <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/bhajana-rahasya-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><br \/>\n<br style=\"font-weight: 400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third offense at the lotus feet of the holy name is to regard the spiritual master as material and thus envy his noble position. 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