— Chapter Ten —

Instructing the Glories of the Holy
Name to the Faithless

All glories to Lord Sri Gauranga, the life of Sri Gadadhara Pandit; all glories to Lord Nityananda, the heart of Srimati Jahnavadevi; all glories to Sri Advaita Acarya, the Lord of Mother Sita; all glories to Srila Srivas Pandit, and to all the devotees of Lord Caitanya.

Sraddha is essential for chanting the name

WITH HIS HANDS FOLDED and in a soft voice, Srila Haridasa Thakura said, "Now please hear about another namaparadha. The first essential requirement for chanting Krsna's holy name is sraddha or firm faith. One who is bereft of it cannot hear the name and is therefore unfit to chant.

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High birth, respectable family, knowledge, strength, learning or wealth are not qualities that make a person eligible to chant the name. The scriptures extol sraddha to be the one indispensable ingredient for proper chanting. Lord Krsna's name is the jiva's most valuable treasure. Sraddha means to have complete conviction that chanting Lord Krsna's name will automatically fulfill all duties and complete all pious activities. Those who do not possess such faith are unfit to chant.

Instructing the faithless about the holy name.

"According to Vaisnava etiquette, a person who does not have sraddha for the name should not be initiated into chanting. If a faithless person is initiated into chanting or is instructed about the glories of the holy name, he will only defile and disrespect the name. This is the statement of the scripture. The swine will crush the pearls strewn before it and the monkey will tear the cloth it is