Advice to the Nama-bhajan-Kari,
a worshiper of Holy Name,
& Archaka, a worshiper of the Deities

 “One cannot serve Sri Bhagavan with impure consciousness”

All glories to Sri Sri Krishna Chaitanya Chandra!

Sri Dham Mayapur, Nadiya,
4th Damodara,
Sri Chaitanyabda 429

Dearest –

Subhasishang rashayah santu visesah

I have received news through your letter dated 2nd Damodara. I am extremely glad to know that your eagerness for chanting Sri Nama, the Holy Name, has increased. By chanting the Holy Name repeatedly, anarthas, the unfavorable and unwanted habits, will be removed and the Rupa, transcendental form, Guna, transcendental qualities, and Lila, transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord will be spontaneously revealed through the Holy Name itself. So, there is absolutely no need of trying to separate remembrance of the Rupa, Guna, and Lila of the Supreme Lord in an artificial manner.

Sri Nama and Nami, the Holy Name and its Possessor, are non-different. We can achieve this special realization only when our anarthas are eliminated. When Krishna-Nama will be uttered without aparadhas, offenses, you yourself will arrive at the understanding that all perfections are achieved just from this Holy Name.

One who chants the Holy Name can perceive that the gross and subtle body gradually become indistinct, and in course of time, one’s own Siddha-rupa, the internal spiritual form, is revealed. When one’s Siddha-svarupa, own spiritual form, appears by continuing to chant, again and again, one can then perceive the transcendental form of Sri Krishna through one’s own eyes.

Revealing the Siddha-svarupa of jivas, the living entities, Sri Nama, the Holy Name, Himself pulls their minds towards the transcendental form of Sri Krishna. Revealing svaguna, the internal spiritual qualities of the living entities, Sri Nama Himself attracts them towards the transcendental qualities of Sri Krishna. And Sri Nama Himself, awakening svakriya, the spiritual activities of the living entities, attracts them towards the transcendental pastimes of Sri Krishna. The word ‘Nama-Seva,’ service to the Holy Name of the Lord, also inherently includes all other necessary devotional practices of the person who is chanting the Holy Name. Such dedicated service, surrendering your body, mind, and speech to the Holy Name, will arise spontaneously in the field of your heart. One who chants will automatically be able to realize what an extraordinary transcendental object the Holy Name is. One will also realize all the discussions and conclusions associated with this topic. The actual form of the Holy Name becomes revealed through repeated hearing and reading of spiritual topics from the scriptures and associated devotional practices. There is no need to write any further on this, because, through the chanting of the holy Name, everything will automatically be revealed.

It is true that in this realm pure and impure substances are material. We will have to abandon impure things in relation to performing service to Sri Bhagavan, the Supreme Lord. The material mode of sattva guna, the superlative mode or quality of goodness, is considered pure in this realm, whereas the modes consisting of rajah and tamah gunas (the lower qualities of passion and ignorance) are to be considered impure. Accepting sattva guna, we will have to avoid the modes of rajah and tamah gunas. By absorbing or residing in visuddha sattva (the spiritual nature) and realizing that this visuddha sattva guna is a pure spiritual substance, we will have to serve Sri Hari with only those components which possess this spiritual quality. One cannot serve Sri Bhagavan with impure consciousness i.e., through substances created from rajah and tamah gunas. Again, unless and until a pure substance does not attain its nirguna form, the form devoid of any material qualities, it is not accepted by the Supreme Lord. This depends on the faculties of the mind and the mood of the heart of the worshiper. It is absolutely mandatory to determine the purity of the substances. However, once the transcendental consciousness arises, then one will cease to determine the purity and impurity of the material modes of nature and will get absorbed in the transcendental Viveka (conscience).

Everything is fine here. Please enhance our happiness by informing us about your spiritual well-being from time to time. Srimad Bhaktivilas Thakur Mahasay is doing well. We are grateful to occasionally receive news of his devotional life and practices.

   Please carefully read ‘Sri Sajjana Toshani.’ 

Your ever well-wisher,
Akinchana (having no material possession),

Sri Siddhanta Saraswati