Srila Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj warns against the tenth offense: holding onto material attachment while chanting Kṛṣṇa's names. He compares attachment to cancer, saying it must be removed early before habits harden and become impossible to break.
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Prasad Raaval. So the question is, how do you avoid the 10th offense, which is to maintain material attachment in spite of chanting the holy names of Kṛṣṇa? So we must understand that when we come to spiritual life, we take to the chanting recognizing material attachment is our enemy number one. So we have to recognize that we come to spiritual life recognizing Material attachments are our biggest impediment on the journey back to Godhead. So once you know who your enemy is, you should not flirt with that enemy. So when material attachment comes, just get rid of it. Just like suppose you have pain developing in the body, don't you want to get rid of that pain? Material attachment is pain. It's like cancer. So take out these material impediments in the very beginning. Don't wait till your habits have become so bad, then it is difficult to defeat those habits.