Hari Gopinath Das

Hari Naam Chintamani

Disclaimer : This is not an ordinary book. Only persons who have firm faith in Lord Caitanya and in devotional service, and who take shelter of the holy name are qualified to understand this book. Persons who have faith that by following the path of sadhana-bhakti and taking shelter of the holy name they will attain all perfection are the best of spiritual aspirants. In Śrī Siksästaka Lord Caitanya taught about the holy name. Lord Caitanya also taught Haridasa Thakura and selected him to be the great teacher of the holy name.

There are many paths of sadhana-bhakti. Taking shelter of the holy name is one of these paths. From the time of Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the exalted devotees have followed this path, which was taught by Śrī Haridāsa. For a long time the devotees residing in Vraja’s forests have followed this path, and starting a few days before them, the bhajananandi Vaisnavas in Jagannatha Puri have also followed it. With my own eyes I have seen how they follow. At the end of their Sri Harı-bhakti-vilāsa, Śrī Sanatana Gosvāmī and Śri Gopala Bhatta Gosvāmī clearly wrote about this method of performing pure devotional service, a method that consists of living in a solitary place and always hearing, chanting, and remembering the holy name without offense. This Sri Hari-nama-cintamani is written in the meter payära. Women, children, and persons unlettered in Sanskrit can easily learn Lord Caitanya’s teachings from it. In this book I have not placed any Sanskrit quotes, for that might trouble them. Other books have already woven a great garland of scripture quotes about the holy name. This Hari-nama-cintamani follows the statements of all those scripture quotes. If Lord Krsna wills, may this book be promptly published for the benefit of the devotees.the servant Sri Bhaktivinoda whose only wealth is Lord Krsna

One day, after bathing in the sea, Lord Caitanya met Haridasa Thakura under a siddha-bakula tree. Happy at heart. He earnestly asked, “How may the conditioned souls be easily delivered?”6. Weeping and weeping, and the hairs of his body erect, and humbly grasping the Lord’s feet, saintly Harıdāsa said. [Master. Your pastimes are very deep.7. “I am very poor. I have no wealth of knowledge. Your feet are my only wealth. O master, what good result will You gain by suddenly asking this question of such an unfit person?8. “You are the Supreme Lord Krsna. To deliver the conditioned souls You have descended to Navadvipa. Please be merciful. Please be kind. O Lord Gaura, please protect me. Please make my heart blossom with happiness.9. “Your names have no end. Your transcendental qualities have no end. Your form is an ocean of bliss. Your pastimes have no end. Please be merciful and allow this sinner to relish the sweetness in them. (2)10. You are the spiritual sun. I am a single rav of Your sunlight. You are the master. I am Your eternal servant. The nectar of Your feet is my wealth of pleasure. Mv desires rest on the nectar of Your holy names.11. O master. I am fallen. How will I know what to say? Still. I must obey Your command. The words You place in my mouth 1 will happily speak, i will not try to judge their virtues or faults.

The Holy Name Is the Direct Path77. “O Supreme Lord, thinking how to benefit the conditioned souls, in Kali-vuga You descended to this world with the holy name.78. “You taught that nama-sankirtana (chanting of the holy name) is the yuga-dharma (religion of the age). By following this direct path of chanting the holy name, the conditioned souls attain a great treasure of love for Lord Krsna.79. Simply by chanting or remembering the holy name the conditioned souls will become delivered.The Goal and the Way to Attain It Are Not Different. They Are Both the Holy Name50. In chanting the holy name the goal and the way to attain it are not different.

Sri Haridasa is the Teacher of the Holy Name (Nāmācārya)o. “You know the truth of the holy name, the best of all truths. You are an ideal example of saintly conduct. You are an expert preacher.7. “Speak, O Haridasa, the limitless glories of the holy name. Hearing them from your mouth. I will feel bliss.The Qualities of a Vaisnava8. Anyone who once says the holy name is a Vaisnava. A householder should carefully honor him. (1)The Qualities of a More Exalted VaisnavaAnvonc from whose mouth one always hears the holy name of Lord Krsna is a more exalted Vaisnava. He is the abode of all good qualities.The Qualities of the Most Exalted Vaisnava10. Simply by seeing him one feels devotion to Lord Krsna and finds Lord Kisnas holy name in one’s mouth. That is a most exalted Vaisnava.11. How will the conditioned souls take up the chanting of Lord Kranas holy hams What is the arrangement for that. Please tell that to Me12. Folding his hands Haridasa began to speak, Pushed by ecstatic love bre were filled with tears and his voice was choked

The Nature of the Holy Name13. Haridāsa said, “Lord Krsna’s holy name is spiritual.(2) It has no beginning. It is a cintamani jewel. Lord Krsna is His holy name. They are one.14. “The holy name is the form of transcendental mellows. It is always liberated. It is eternal and pure. It is not different from Lord Krsna Himself.15. Its form eternal, and its nature nectar for the rasikas who relish nectar, the holy name descends into this dull and lifeless material world.16. “Loed Krsna is known (3) in four ways by His name, form, qualities, andactions. These four have no beginning.The Holy Name Is Eternally Perfect

The Holy Name Is Eternally Perfect17. “Lord Krsna exists eternally. He is nectar personified. He is free from material dualities. His four features (name, form, qualities, and actions) are all perfect.18. “These four features are manifest by His sandhini potency. These features are celebrated as being eternal, perfect, and always spiritual.19. “Lord Krsna attracts everyone in all the worlds. The great treasure that is Lord Krsna’s name also has that same quality eternally.Lord Krsna’s Form Is Eternal20. Lord Krsna is never different from His form. His name and form are the same. They are not different.21. Anyone who remembers Lord Krsna’s name meets Lord Krsnas form. Lord Krsna’s name and form are not different. They are Lord Krsna Himself dancing in different dancing-places.

Chapter Seven Footnotes by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thakura(1) The material senses can perceive only what is made of matter. What is not material the material senses have no power to perceive. Lord Krsna is spiritual. He is beyond matter. Therefore lord Krsna kindly gives the scriptures in order that the conditioned souls will attain auspiciousness. The word “ämnāya” here is used in the Vindavana-sampradaya to mean “the Vedas”(2) Here the words “the knowledge of the sages” (ärsa-jñana) mean “the knowledge the sages attained while rapt in a trace of spiritual meditation (samadhi).(3) After teaching that karma and jñāna give only meager results, the scriptures teach that pure devotional service is the highest attainment.(+) In the ten root teachings of the Vedas the first teaching is the truth that the Vedas are the only true source of knowledge. The other root teachings are the nine teachings also mentioned here. Those nine teachings are. 1. Lord Krsna is the only Supreme Truth. 2. His form is dark and handsome, and He is the master of all potencies. 3. His dark and handsome form is filled with the sweetest nectar. +. The numberless individual souls are spiritual atomic particles. They are separated parts and parcels (vibhinnāmsa) of Lord Krsna. 5. The individual souls who have turned thew faces from Lord Krsna are imprisoned by Mävä. o. The pure devotees are liberated free from Mäva’s prison. 7. The individual spiunt souls and the inert world of matter manifested by the Lord’s inconceivable potencies are eternally one and different from the Lord. 8. Abhidheya means the nine kinds of activities in devotional service to Krishna 9 Pure love for Lord Krishna is the true need ,the true goal of life for individual spirit souls

The Glory of the Holy Name

“To consider the glories of chanting Hare Krsna to be imagination and to give some interpretation on the holy name of the Lord.”*

1. Glory to Sri Sri Gaura-Gadadhara! Glory to Sri Sri Radha-Madhava! Glory to the places of Lord Caitanya’s pastimes! Glory to the Yamuna! Glory to the Vaisnavas!

2. Haridasa said, “O Lord, O son of Saci, now I will describe the fifth offense to consider the glories of chanting Hare Krsna to be imagination and to give some interpretation on the holy name of the Lord.

3 “The Vedic scriptures say Kind Lord Krsna gives His mercy to anyone who with faith, or even with contempt, chants the holy name.

4. “No knowledge is pure like the holy name. Now vow is powerful like the holy name.

5. “No meditation in the world is like the holy name. No philosophy brings a result like the holy name.No renunciation is greater than the holy name. Nothing will ever be equal to the holy name.

7. No piety in this world is like the holy name. In my thoughts I do not see any goal greater than the holy name.

8. The holy name is the highest liberation. The holy name is the highest destination. The holy name is the greatest peace. The holy name is the highest abode

9 The holy name is the greatest devotional service. The holy name is the most fouthful heart. The holy name is the highest love. The holy name is the greatest mediation

10. The holy name to the supreme creator. The holy name is the master of all That holy name is the highest object of worship. The holy name is the Supreme Personality of Godhead note come in the form of a teacher

The Best Holy Name is the Name of Lord Krsna

11. “One thousand holy names of Lord Visnu equal one holy name of Lord Rama, and three holy names of Lord Rama equal one holy name of Lord Krsna.Persons Who Consider the Glories of the Holy Name imagination Will Certainly Go to Hell

12. The Vedic scriptures eternally sing the glories of the holy name. They teach the world about the spiritual nature of the holy name