Sri Harinama Cintamani - Table of Contents
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Previous sin and its residue are destroyed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
No need for ritualistic penances or prayascitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Being inclined to sin is namaparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Monkey rcnunciants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
This namaparadha is inevitable for the cheaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Pure devotees are free from namaparadhas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Carefully avoid offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Remedy for this aparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70


The fact that the body can be full or satisfied while you still feel empty is evidence that the body is not you.
Jagad Guru Speaks


— Chapter Ten —

Instructing the Glories of the Holy Name to the
Faithless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Sroddha is essential for chanting, the name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Instructing the faithless about the holy name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
What to do if a faithless person wants initiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Remedy for the namaparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lord Caitanya's instructions to preachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The result of this namaparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sraddha first, then initiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

— Chapter Eleven —

Equating Chanting with Pious Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
The original form and status of the holy name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
What is karma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
The process of pious activities or subhakarma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
The holy name is the means of sadhana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
The name is both the means and the end . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Subhakarma is secondary; the holy name is the principal means . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
The joy of sayujya mukti is a mere shadow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Remedy for this namaparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Haridasa Thakura's attachment to the holy name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Why the holy name is the religion of the age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

— Chapter Twelve —

Chanting Inattentively is Offensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Promoda or inattentive chanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81