Sri Harinama Cintamani Pdf

[Michele Firmasyah]

In1900 one of his most important works, Sri Harinama-cintamani, was published. It presented the teachings of Srila Haridas Thakur about the Holy Name and other important aspects of spiritual practice, as collected from various Gaudiya vaisnava literatures. It was divided into 15 chapters and composed in Bengali verse form.

It is actually a conversation between Lord Caitanya and Haridas Thakur. The Lord personally asks questions about the glories of the Holy Name and Haridas Thakur gives extensive answers. The first 3 chapters describe the inconceivable glories of the Holy Name, acceptance of the Holy Name and chanting the Holy Name free of impersonalist misconceptions. Fourth through thirteenth chapters elaborate on the ten offences against pure chanting and the last two chapters describe 32 offences to be avoided in the execution of pure devotional service, as well as nectarian discussion on the process of practicing such devotion culminating in self-realisation in pure ecstatic love of Godhead.

A. Those who are afflicted with restlessness try to finish their prescribed rounds as soon as possible. One should be extremely careful not to commit such an offense while chanting. (Harinama-cintamani)

A. O reservoir of all transcendental qualities! If one chants the holy names of the Lord but his attention is elsewhere, how can he benefit? If even such a person chants one hundred thousand holy names of the Lord, still a drop of the mellow of ecstatic love will not be attained. O Lord! This is the definition of inattention while chanting the holy names. This offense is deeply rooted in the hearts of materialists. (Harinama-cintamani)

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