But when a person inspires another to engage in fruitive activities, he simply places the promise of material gains in the back of the other's mind. This is capricious. The Vedas inform us that chanting begets unlimited auspicious results. Only one who has no interest in his spiritual self-interest, in self-realization and in the attainment of perfection will reject this verdict.

"Fruitive activities, being material, give material results. One who rejects such fruitive results and simply performs his life's duties free from selfishness, purifies his heart and understands the essence of chanting the holy name. A purified heart strives for self-realization and is naturally repelled by material activities.

The holy name is transcendental

"The holy name already includes self-realization, and chanting it is prescribed by the Supreme Lord Himself. Selfless activities lead to the chanting of the holy name. Pious results that a brahmana could not accrue anywhere in the entire universe are easily obtained by chanting Krsna's name. The supreme position of the chanting of the holy name cannot be diminished merely by envious statements made by fruitive workers and empiricists.

"Simply by namabhasa chanting one gains all the results of fruitive activities and empirical knowledge. So if only namabhasa can offer such wonderful results, then surely the pure name can offer so much more, unlimitedly. Therefore whatever results the scriptures say are gained from chanting are easily available to the devotee who is attached to the pure name.

The doubter is doomed

"One who doubts this fact is a sinner who is doomed because of committing namaparadha. All the revealed scriptures—the Vedas, Ramayana, Mahabharata, the puranas etc.—are filled with explanations of the super-excellence of the holy name. So to doubt these statements is abominable.

"The holy name and the Lord Himself are the same. The Lord has personally positioned chanting His holy name at the very top of all devotional activities. The Supreme Lord is fully inde-