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Shrila Prabhupada on the regular chanting the
Holy Names of Nityananda Gauranga
Shrila Prabhupada in Cc
Antya-lila 2.31 purport: “Worshipers of Shri Gaurasundara accept the four
syllables gau-ra-an-ga as the Gaura mantra, but pure worshipers of Radha and
Krishna accept the four syllables ra-dha krs-na as the Gaura-gopala mantra.
However, Vaishnavas consider Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu nondifferent from
Radha-Krishna (shri-krishna-chaitanya radha-krishna nahe anya). Therefore
one who chants the mantra “gauranga” and one who chants the names of Radha and
Krishna are on the same level.”
(Shrila Prabhupada in Cc
Adi 8.31 purp)”A neophyte student who is not sufficiently educated or
enlightened should not indulge in the worship of Shri Radha and Krishna or the
chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra. Even if he does so, he cannot get the
desired result. One should therefore chant the names of Nitai-Gaura and
worship Them without false prestige. In the beginning one should *** very
regularly *** chant Shri Gaurasundara’s holy name and then chant the holy name
of Lord Nityananda. Thus one's heart will be cleansed of impure desires for
material enjoyment. Then one can approach Vrndavana-dhama to worship Lord
Krishna."
Prabhupada: “Now, what is
the difference, Nitai-Gauranga and Hare Krishna? Nitai-Gauranga and Hare
Krishna, there is no difference. Nitai-Gauranga is also nice. Whatever he finds
convenient, let him chant.” (Shrila Prabhupada's Room Conversation with
Yoga Student specifically regarding Japa, March 14, 1975, Iran)
“It is very beneficial to
chant the names shri-krishna-chaitanya prabhu-nityananda before chanting the
Hare Krishna maha-mantra because by chanting these two holy names
-shri-krishna-chaitanya prabhu-nityananda-one immediately becomes ecstatic,
and if he then chants the Hare Krishna maha-mantra he becomes free of
offenses.” (SP in Cc Adi 8.24 purport)
Shrila Prabhupada in Cc
Adi-lila 8.31 purport: “It should be noted in this connection that the holy
names of Lord Krishna and Gaurasundara are both identical with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Therefore one should not consider one name to be more
potent than the other. Considering the position of the people of this age,
however, the *** chanting *** of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s name is ***
more essential *** than the chanting of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra
because Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the most magnanimous incarnation and His
mercy is very easily achieved.”
On board the ship
Jaladuta, September 13, 1965, Verse 3, by Shrila Prabhupada: “By his (my Guru
Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada’s) strong desire, THE
HOLY NAME OF GAURANGA will first spread throughout all the countries of the
Western world. Then in all the cities, towns, and villages on the earth,
from all the oceans, seas, rivers, and streams, everyone will chant the Hare
Krishna Mahamantra.”
Shrila Prabhupada’s
Letter to: Niranjana, Brooklyn, 21 May, 1973: “You mention that they have not
even heard of Lord Gauranga. So that is their misfortune, and our misfortune
also. _________________ in India, they could not preach Lord Gauranga’s name
all over India.”
Shrila Prabhupada in Cc
Madhya 24.330: “The spiritual master has to select a mantra for his
disciple according to the disciple’s ability to chant different mantras.”
Shrila Prabhupada’s
Letter to: Shachimata, Bombay, 8 December, 1974: “It is the advice of
Narottama das Thakura to chant the holy name of Gauranga either if one remains
at home or in the forest. Similarly, do not forget the chanting of the Hare
Krishna mantra either you live in the temple or at home.”
Shrila Prabhupada in
Shrimad-Bhagavatam Lecture 2.1.2, Vrndavana, March 17, 1974: “Then you become
gosvami. Then, as Narottama dasa Thakura says, grhe va banete thake ha gauranga
bole dake. Ha gauranga, ‘Always chanting Nitai-Gaura, and thinking of
Nitai-Gaura,’ such person, Narottama dasa Thakura says... Grhe va... ‘He may be
a sannyasi, or he may be a grhastha. It doesn't matter. Because he is absorbed
in the thought of Nitai-Gaura.’ So narottama mage tanra sanga: ‘Narottama is
always desiring to associate with such person.’”
Shrila Prabhupada in Shri
Chaitanya-charitamrita class, Adi-lila 7.4, Mayapur, March 4, 1974: “Narottama
dasa Thakura is aspiring for the day when Nityananda Prabhu will be pleased
upon him. Just like Jagai-Madhai was delivered by the mercy of Shri Nityananda
Prabhu, so we have to pray Nityananda Prabhu. He's very merciful. He's so kind,
Baladeva, He gives spiritual strength. Then we can approach the Supreme Lord. Therefore
we chant “Nitai-Gaura.” This is the process. We cannot change this policy.”
Shrila Prabhupada in
Krishna Book Chp 20, Description of Autumn: “Shrila Narottama dasa Thakura
prays that he will have the association of a person-either a householder or a
man in the renounced order of life-who is engaged in the transcendental loving
service of the Lord and is always crying the holy name of Lord Chaitanya.”
Shrila Prabhupada in SB
1.5.16 purport: “The expert devotees also can discover novel ways and means
to convert the nondevotees in terms of particular time and circumstance.
Devotional service is dynamic activity, and the expert devotees can find out
competent means to inject it into the dull brains of the materialistic
population. Such transcendental activities of the devotees for the service of
the Lord can bring a new order of life to the foolish society of materialistic
men.”
Shrila Prabhupada in Cc
Adi 7.31-32 purport: “Here is an important point. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
wanted to invent a way to capture the Mayavadis and others who did not
take interest in the Krishna consciousness movement. This is the symptom of an
acarya. An acarya who comes for the service of the Lord cannot be expected
to conform to a stereotype, for he must find the ways and means by which
Krishna consciousness may be spread.”
Shrila Prabhupada during
a Room Conversation, August 14, 1971, London: Prabhupada: No. We are
recommending “Chant the holy name of God.” So if you have got the holy name
of God, you can chant that. Prabhupada: Anyway, if one chants Allah or
Jesus Christ, we have no objection. We don’t say that you stop it. We say that
you chant the holy name of God. If that name is of God, you chant.”