Chanting The Holy Name [1] | #InstructionToDisciple #I2D #Series | Śrīla Gopāla Kṛṣṇa Goswāmī

20 Sept 2021 · 3 min

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In this devotional lecture, the speaker explains that chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa, especially the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā‑mantra, leads to ever‑increasing spiritual pleasure (ananda‑buddhi‑vardhanam). Citing Lord Caitanya, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swāmī Prabhupāda, and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, the talk contrasts the limited, finite waves of the material ocean with the boundless, ever‑rising waves of the spiritual ocean, emphasizing that devotional service never reaches a ceiling of satisfaction. The speaker uses everyday analogies—such as the desire for fresh air—to illustrate the freshness and novelty that accompany sincere devotional practice, noting that unlike material chanting, which quickly becomes tiring, one can chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā‑mantra continuously without fatigue, experiencing new bliss each time. The lecture urges disciples to fully trust this principle, surrender to a bona‑fide spiritual master, and increase their chanting, promising limitless bliss and satisfaction.

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Lord Caitanya says that as we chant the holy names of Kṛṣṇa, you will feel more and more pleasure, ananda-buddhi-vardhanam. The pleasure will just go on increasing, increasing, increasing. In a lecture, Prabhupāda once explained that there's a limit to the height of the waves of a material ocean. When you go and stand on the bank of the ocean, sometimes it's very windy and the waves get higher and higher, but there's a limit beyond which the waves never go. But the waves of the spiritual ocean, to that there is no limit. So we should be fully convinced about this point, which is that as we execute devotional service, As we give up our material anarthas, as we surrender more and more to the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master and Kṛṣṇa, there will be reciprocation. And that reciprocation is: one will feel greater pleasure, greater satisfaction, and freshness. Now every day, for example, we breathe air in the morning. You never feel, "Oh, I've had this air, I was breathing for so many days." I've been breathing all my life, so now I'm not going to breathe fresh air anymore. Isn't it? Suppose someone locks you up in a room for few hours, even when it's very cold, you're hankering to go out and get some fresh air. Isn't it? Why is the whole world talking about the pollution of the air? Because they can't live without air. They want fresh air because fresh air is healthy and enjoyable, and polluted air leads to diseases. So, but we never say, oh, I was breathing this air yesterday, so I'm not going to go out today and breathe it, you know. You want to breathe the fresh air. So as one executes devotional service, there is freshness. One feels total satisfaction. The devotee does not feel hackneyed or stereotyped, nor does he feel that he is in a stagnant position. In the material world, if one engages in chanting a material name, he will feel tired after chanting a few times. However, one can chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra all day and night and never feel tired. As chanting is increased, it will come out new and fresh. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī said that if he could somehow get millions of ears and tongues, then he could relish spiritual bliss by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa Mahā-mantra.