seriousness

[Guest guest]

After initiation, the devotee takes very seriously the chanting and

spreading of the holy name:

[N€rada Muni to Œr…la Vy€sadeva]: Thus I began chanting the holy name and

fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the

material world. Such chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes

of the Lord are benedictory. So doing, I traveled all over the earth, fully

satisfied, humble and unenvious.

The life of a sincere devotee of the Lord is thus explained in a nutshell by

N€rada Muni by his personal example. Such a devotee, after his initiation by

the Lord or His bona fide representative, takes very seriously chanting of

the glories of the Lord and traveling all over the world so that others may

also hear the glories of the Lord.… Their only business is to chant and

remember the holy name, fame and pastimes of the Lord and, according to

personal capacity, to distribute the message for others’ welfare without

motive of material gain.

Œr…mad-Bh€gavatam 1.6.26