surely lead to success. Therefore, in the beginning, a little time should be spent in seclusion daily for full concentration upon the holy name. Gradually, as chanting increases, a more profound relationship with the holy name develops, and the material impediments fall away.

"The path of bhakti features two broad occupations: Deity worship, and chanting and meditating upon the holy name. Although both occupations are expedient, chanting and meditating on the holy name is preferred by the more deeply serious devotees. Many elevated pure devotees sometimes chant aloud the holy names on their beads, and at other times meditate upon Krsna's pastimes on the beads. The advantage of performing kirtana, or audibly chanting the maha-mantra on the beads, is that three kinds of devotional service—hearing, chanting and remembering—are accomplished simultaneously. Of course, all the nine limbs of devotional service reside in the holy name, but chanting and remembering are the two best limbs.

Modern no-self philosophers say that when the gross body is finished, the illusion of the self ceases. The Buddhists claim that the mind is different from the gross body, and that the mind continues to exist even after the gross body has died. As long as this mind continues to exist, then there is a continuation of embodiments. So the Buddhist's aim is for no more mind—because when there is no more mind, then there will be no gross physical body. And since there is nothing other than the mind covered by the gross physical body—no atma within or covered by the mind—that leaves nothing.
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"Chanting automatically manifests the other aspects of devotional service, e.g. pada-sevanam, dasyam, sakhyam, atma-nivedanam, and so on. With full faith that the holy name and the person Krsna are one and the same, and discarding the namaparadhas, one should chant in a lonely place with deep concentration.

Three kinds of introspective jivas

"Three kinds of jivas are captivated by the external phenomena: the gross materialists, the karmis and the jnanis. They are therefore all extroverts, chasing after, false hopes for happiness. The gross materialist endeavors for sensual delights. The karmi aspires for ephemeral heavenly bliss in the hereafter. The jnani is wholly concerned with how to mitigate his existential suffering. After surpassing these stages, the jiva becomes introspective. The introspective jiva is divided into three categories: kanistha, madhyama and uttama (neophyte, intermediate and advanced).