quotes from different scriptures

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By once chanting the holy name of the Lord, which consists of the two

syllables ha-ri, one guarantees his path to liberation. (Skanda Purana)

 

Simply by chanting one holy name of Hari, a sinful man can counteract the

reactions to more sins than he is able to commit. (Brhad-visnu Purana)

 

If one chants the holy name of the Lord, even in a helpless condition or

without desiring to do so, all the reactions of his sinful life depart, just

as when a lion roars, all the small animals flee in fear. (Garuda Purana)

 

Whatever result was obtained in Satya-yuga by meditating on Visnu, in

Treta-yuga by performing sacrifices, and in Dvapara-yuga by serving the

Lord's lotus feet can be obtained in Kali-yuga simply by chanting the Hare

Krishna maha-mantra. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.3.52)

 

To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons who see the Supreme

Person face to face, even a person born in a family of dog-eaters

immediately becomes eligible to perform Vedic sacrifices if he once utters

the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or chants about Him,

hears about His pastimes, offers Him obeisances or even remembers Him.

(Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.6)

 

My dear Narada, actually I do not reside in My abode, Vaikuntha, nor do I

reside within the hearts of the yogis, but I reside in that place where My

pure devotees chant My holy name and discuss My form, pastimes and

qualities. (Padma Purana)

 

O King, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord after the ways of the

great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all,

including those who are free from all material desires, those who are

desirous of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self-satisfied by

dint of transcendental knowledge. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1.11)

 

Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the

essential value of this age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship

Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be

achieved by the performance of sankirtana. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.5.36)

 

Living beings who are entangled in the complicated meshes of birth and death

can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of

Krishna, which is feared by fear personified. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.14)

 

One can refer also to the story of Ajamila.

 

Footnotes:

 

(1) The name of Krishna and Krishna are nondifferent, but we cannot realize

this intellectually. We have to practice chanting Hare Krishna to realse it.

When we actually advance in devotional service and chant the Hare Krishna

maha-mantra offenselessly, we will realise that Krishna and His name are

nondifferent. (Teachings of Lord Kapiladeva p. 12)

 

(2) Golokera prema dhana, harinama sankirtana

 

(3)O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living

beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names like Krishna and

Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your

transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting

these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You

by chanting Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no

attraction for them. (Siksastaka 2)

 

(4) Glory to the Sri Krishna sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the

dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of

repeated birth and death. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction

for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon.

It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of

transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which

we are always anxious. (Siksastaka 1)

 

(5) Although Kali-yuga is an ocean of faults, there is still one good

quality about this age: Simply by chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, one

can become free from material bondage and be promoted to the transcendental

kingdom. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 12.3.51)

 

The chanting of the holy name of the Lord is able to uproot even the

reactions of the greatest sins. Therefore the chanting of the sankirtana

movement is the most auspicious activity in the entire universe.

(Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.3.31)

 

(6) If a person utters the name Rama only once, he gets the result of

chanting one thousand names of Visnu. And if somebody once chants the name

Krishna, he achieves the results obtained by chanting the name Rama three

times. In other words, uttering the name Krishna once is equal to uttering

three thousand other names of Visnu. (Mukunda-mala-stotra 2)

 

(7) Oh, how glorious are they whose tongues are chanting Your holy name!

Even if born in the families of dog-eaters, such persons are worshipable.

Persons who chant the holy name of Your Lordship must have executed all

kinds of austerities and fire sacrifices and achieved all the good manners

of the Aryans. To be chanting the holy name of Your Lordship, they must have

bathed at holy places of pilgrimage, studied the Vedas and fulfilled

everything required. "Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7)