Guest guest Posted June 9, 2004 Report Share Posted June 9, 2004 I heard for many times from different devotees about practice of chanting the Maha Mantra in a mood of offering the fruit of one's chanting to other people. For example the husband may chant an extra rounds for benefit of his wife and vice versa, children may chant to benefit their karmi parents etc. As far as I know this act of punya-dana or offering the fruits of one's vrata performance to someone else with a view to benefit that person as well as to increase one's own piety is purely taken from the karma-kanda ritualistic scriptures and thus I'd like to question the validity of spreading this practice or even the mood itself amongst the ISKCON devotees. To me it resembles the 8th offence of the holy name, which is to consider the chanting of the holy name to be one of the ritualistic activities prescribed in the karma-kanda section of the Vedas. Do we have anywhere in our Bhakti scriptures recommendation/advise of our acaryas to chant in a mood of offering the fruit of our chanting to the other people? Shouldn't we just let the people come into direct contact with the Hare Krsna Mantra by inducing them to hear and chant it? The same line of argument is applicable to other angas of devotional service such as performing Ekadasi-vrata, visiting the holy places, bathing in the Ganga etc. Anyone like to share? Your servant Visista dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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