Payonidhi das: PAMHO
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\nDevotees should also chant the names of Lord Caitanya ,even in Goloka Vrindavana this is so:<\/p>\n
hema-gaura kalevara, mantra chari-akshara;
\nsahaja vaikuntha-natha shyama.<\/p>\n
“The Lord sits on a golden bejeweled throne. He possesses a complexion millions of times more brilliant than the color of molten gold. He is worshipped by all His devotees by the chanting of the four-syllable Mantraraja ‘Gauranga’.”<\/p>\n
this is from Shri Chaitanya-mangala Sutra-khanda Verse 527 by Shrila Locana Dasa Thakura
\nIn Goloka Vrindavana the associates of Lord Caitanya chants:”Gauranga”<\/p>\n
Chaitanya-Charitamrita Madhya lila 1.29:<\/p>\n
\u2018chaitanya\u2019 seva, \u2018chaitanya\u2019 gao,
\nlao \u2018chaitanya\u2019 nama
\n\u2018caitanye\u2019 ye bhakti kare, sei mora prama<\/p>\n
Lord Nityananda implored; “Serve Lord Gauranga, sing the Holy Name of Lord Gauranga and chant Lord Gauranga’s Name. Those who worship Lord Gauranga in this way are My life and soul.”
\nSometimes certain persons say never chant Gauranga, but this is demoniac.
\nWhen Lord Caitanya says:
\nprthivite ache yata nagaradi-grama;
\nsarvatra pracara haibe mora nama.
\nChaitanya-bhagavata Antya 4.126<\/p>\n
“Very shortly My Name will be chanted, broadcasted and glorified in all various towns, villages, cities, countries and continents of the world.”<\/p>\n
His holy name is Gauranga…<\/p>\n
Yes we should not chant Japa with the Pancatattva mantra, Srila Prabhupada did not approve of that.<\/p>\n
But if someone chants the Panca tattva mantra not on beads more than one time what is the harm? I recall sometimes having chanted the Pancatattva mantra over and over again on bookdistribution praying to the Pancatattva to allow me to distribute Srila Prabhupadas books even to those who think it is not for them…<\/p>\n
Lord Shri Nityananda Prabhu Himself has stated:<\/p>\n
bhaja gauranga kaha gauranga
\nlaha gaurangera nama re;
\nye jana gauranga bhaje sei amara prana re.<\/p>\n
“Worship Gauranga, chant the Gauranga Mantraraja and take the Holy Name of Lord Gauranga. Those who will worship Lord Gauranga in this way by constantly chanting His name are veritably My life and soul and I will give them all protection.”<\/p>\n
\u200e(This verse is also quoted by Shrila Prabhupada in his lecture, Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Adi-lila 7.5, Mayapur, March 7, 1974)<\/p>\n
“You can also chant the prayer you asked about. This was spoken by Lord Nityananda while He was preaching in the town. He was addressing the people: ‘My dear brothers, you simply worship Lord Chaitanya; talk of Lord Chaitanya; speak Lord Chaitanya’s Name, so anyone who does so, he is my life and soul.” (SP in Letter to: Mahapurusa, Los Angeles, 7 March, 1968)<\/p>\n
Shrila Narada Muni:<\/p>\n
gauranga-nama na laiya, yei krishna bhaje giya;
\nsei krishna bahu kale paya.
\ngauranga-nama laya jei, sadya krishna paya sei;
\naparadha nahi rahe taya.<\/p>\n
“If someone endeavours to worship Krishna without regularly chanting the name of Lord Gauranga, then he or she will achieve Krishna only after a very prolonged period of time. But if someone takes shelter of the Name of Lord Gauranga, he or she will achieve Krishna very soon because his or her offenses will immediately cease to exist.<\/p>\n
Shrila Narottama dasa Thakura:<\/p>\n
grhe ba vanete thake, \u2018ha gauranga\u2019 bo’le dake,
\nnarottama mage tara sanga.<\/p>\n
“One may reside in the house or in the forest, but if he or she is constantly chanting the name of Gauranga, then I (Narottama Dasa Thakura) want his association and want to serve him.”<\/p>\n
and also chanting the holy names of Lord Nityananda Prabhu:<\/p>\n
\u2018nityananda\u2019 balite haya krishna-premodaya;
\naulaya sakala anga,asru-ganga vaya.
\n(Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi-lila 8.23)<\/p>\n
“Simply by chanting the name ‘Nityananda’ one awakens his love for Krishna. Thus all his bodily limbs are agitated by ecstasy of love of God, and tears flow from his eyes like the waters of the Ganges.”<\/p>\n
Lord Caitanya has come to distribute His own holy name:
\nmarkandeya-purane<\/p>\n
golokam ca parityajya, lokanam trana-karanat;<\/p>\n
kalau gauranga-rupena, lila-lavanya-vigrahah.<\/p>\n
In the Markandeya Purana, the Supreme Lord declares:<\/p>\n
“In the Kali-yuga I will give up My own eternal abode Goloka Vrindavana, and I will assume the form of the most handsome and playful Lord Gauranga to rescue all the living entities in the universe.”<\/p>\n
Yes of course we have to chant Hare Krsna:<\/p>\n
\u200e”My advice is always chant l6 rounds minimum and follow the fou rregulative principles. All of my disciples must agree on this point, otherwise they are not my disciples. Let one live anywhere,but stick to the principles. Disagreements will continue in this material world. So one may live in a suitable place, but one must follow these five principles. My disciples must follow these five principles living either in heaven or hell.” (Raja-Laksmi-dasi, 2\/17\/76)<\/p>\n
Actually Lord Caitanya asked for 100.000 names and Srila Prabhupada tried to introduce that in ISKCON but he allowed minimum
\n16 <\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada in Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita class, Madhya-lila 20.102, Baltimore, July 7, 1976:<\/p>\n
“If you simply chant Nitai-Gaura and dance, then you’ll become happy. There is no difficulty. There is no difficulty.”<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada inShri Chaitanya-charitamrita class, Adi-lila 7.4, Mayapur, March 4, 1974:<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
So who is saying not to chant the names of Nitai Gaura?<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s Purport to Gauranga Bolite Habe, Los Angeles, January 9, 1969:<\/p>\n
“As soon as one will chant the name of Shri Krishna Chaitanya, there will be shivering. This is the first symptom that one is getting advanced in the perfectional stage of Krishna consciousness. So Narottama dasa Thakura says, gauranga bolite habe pulaka sarire. He’s expecting. Although he was a great acarya, still, he was expecting, “When that stage will come?” The wording of the song is as follows. G-a-u-r-a-n-g-a, gauranga. Bolite, b-a-l-i-t-e. Habe, h-a-b-e. Gauranga bolite habe pulaka, p-u-l-a-k-a. Pulaka sarira, s-a-r-i-r. Gauranga bolite habe pulaka sarira hari hari, h-a-r-i h-a-r-i. Bolite, b-a-l-i-t-e. Hari hari bolite habe, h-a-b-e. Hari hari bolite kabe. Not habe, kabe, k-a-b-e. Nayane, n-a-y-a-n-e. Babe, b-a-b-e, Nira, n-e-e-r. The meaning is that there will be not only shivering as soon as I utter the name of Gauranga, but there will be torrents of tears in my eyes as soon as I chant Hare Krishna. this is the explanation.”<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s Letter to: Dina Dayala, Nellore, 6 January, 1976:<\/p>\n
“My Guru Maharaja always sees if Krishna’s name or Lord Chaitanya’s name appeared in someone’s writing and would appreciate the writing for this alone.”<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s Purport to song, Los Angeles, Dec 29, 1968:<\/p>\n
“He says: gauranga bolite habe pulaka-sarira. This is the perfection of chanting, that as soon as we chant or take the name of Lord Gauranga, who initiated the Sankirtana Movement, at once there will be a shivering in the body.”<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada in Krishna Book Chp 20, Description of Autumn:<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada\u2019s Letter to: Shachimata, Bombay, 8 December, 1974:<\/p>\n
“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.”
\nShrila Prabhupada in Shrimad-Bhagavatam Lecture 2.1.2, Vrindavana, March 17, 1974:<\/p>\n
“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.'”<\/p>\n
\u200e”The chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is recommended even for persons who commit offenses, because if they continue chanting they will gradually chant offenselessly. By chanting the Hare Krishna mantra without offenses, one increases his love for Krishna.” (SB 6.3.24 purport)<\/p>\n
avisranta name nama-aparadha jaya;
\ntahe aparadha kabhu sthana nahi paya.<\/p>\n
“Only by continuous chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra day and night can the ten offenses against Krishna’s Name be obliterated. By the constant chanting of Krishna’s Name, the ten offenses will not be able to again implicate the chanter.”<\/p>\n
Purport by Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura:
\n“Continuous chanting (avisranta nama)- Only one who chants the Name with great feeling all the time during the day and night except during the time required for fulfilling the most basic bodily necessities like sleep etc. is able to successfully destroy the ten offenses.”<\/p>\n
On board the ship Jaladuta, September 13, 1965, Verse 3, by Shrila Prabhupada:<\/p>\n
tara iccha balavan pascatyete than than
\nhoy jate gauranger nam
\nprthivite nagaradi asamudra nada nadi
\nsakalei loy krishna nam<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
Shri Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi-lila 10.43 purport:<\/p>\n
“Therefore we have prescribed in our society that all our students must chant at least sixteen rounds daily. Such chanting must be offenseless in order to be of high quality. Mechanical chanting is not as powerful as chanting of the holy name without offenses.”<\/p>\n
\u200e”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)<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada in Cc Adi-lila 8.31 purport<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
\u200e(1) Yoga Student: “…to chant the names of Nitai-Gauranga before we encourage them so much to chant the maha-mantra?”
\nPrabhupada: “No. Why? 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.”
\n(Shrila Prabhupada’s Room Conversation with Yoga Student specifically regarding Japa, March 14, 1975, Iran)<\/p>\n
Shrila Prabhupada in Cc Antya-lila 2.31 purport:<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
I have one godbrother that left ISKCON and is now a sannyasi and teach his disciples to chant Gaura Nama on japa along with 64 rounds of Mahamantra,http:\/\/nitaaiveda.com\/Nityananda_Gauranga_Naam\/Why_to_chant_Nityananda_Gauranga.htm
\n this might be his mood but in ISKCON we focus on the Mahamantra and we can also chant Lord Gaurangas names:
\nSuch as<\/p>\n