Sri Harinama Cintamani - Introduction
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valuable teachings in a book dedicated to his initiating spiritual master. We extended our heartfelt gratitude to the sender of the book from Srihatta. The Harinama Cintamani has recorded these precious edicts glorifying the holy name. This book, therefore, is being published for the pleasure of the devotees surrendered to the Lord and His transcendental name. We firmly believe that only those who have taken shelter of the holy name will read the book; others will not. Therefore we do not expect any arguments or challenges about the holy name from them.

There are many disciplines and processes of worship, but the process of chanting the holy name is paramount. All the saintly Vaisnavas since Lord Caitanya have followed the same singular method of chanting as enunciated by Srila Haridasa Thakura.


So sensory experiences determine the content of your mind, and you are the viewer of that content. It's just like going to a movie. You are the viewer of the content of the movie. You, the self, are in the "theater" of the body, watching the movie that is appearing on your mind. You're like a person in a theater viewing a film that is appearing on the screen. Your eyes, ears, and other organs of perception are like cameras, recorders, and so on. Your mind is like the film or tape that the information is recorded on. You, the self, are like the moviegoer who perceives all the information (forms, colors, sounds, feelings, and so on).
Siddhaswarupanda


Even the ancient Vaisnava sages residing in Vrajadhama Vrndavana have chanted in this same manner. The elevated Vaisnavas residing in Puri whom we were fortunate to have seen with our own eyes and who were constantly relisting the divine nectar of the holy name, are following the same method of chanting. Both Sanatana Gosvami and Gopal Bhatta Gosvami have unequivocally established in the Hari-bhakti-vilasa that the singular procedure for chanting the holy name is to do it free from offense, incessantly and in a secluded spot-away from the hubbub of material activities.

The Harinama Cintamani is written in couplets. It can be read by women, young students and others not knowing Sanskrit; they can easily understand Lord Caitanya's teaching. So that they are