Chanting rounds for others

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Thanks for input,

 

> It is said that one who offers obeisances to a sanyasi or takes remnants

> of a spiritual advanced person he gets the results of his spiritual

> activities. I never took this as some karma kanda.

 

Frankly I don't see the direct connection with my original point. Whatever

transfer of qualities takes place in our contact with devotees and Krsna

doesn't really matter. Offering obeisances or taking Maha-prasadam has

nothing to do with karma kanda as well as the chanting of the holy name. I

was speaking about introducing the MOOD of giving the benefits of one's

chanting to others.

 

Perhaps it would be interesting to hear something from Sastra on the subject

matter. I couldn't find anything like that in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu,

Harinama Cintamani and Bhakti Sandarbha. Only in HC Haridas Thakur in

responce to the question by Lord Caitanya "how we can save all living

beings" says that to benefit others we have to "chant loudly to MAKE THEM

HEAR the holy names".

 

And to the best of my knowledge I can't remember Srila Prabhupada's advising

to chant rounds for others. Any evidence for such practice?

 

> Maybe we can take also as exchange of love. I chanted once for a devotee

> having problems and it helped, but I considered the rounds as an prayer to

> Krishna to help this devotee. In Lord Caitanya's times devotees were even

> more merciful then the most merciful avatar himself.

 

Prayer for others is a bona fide devotional mood, but chanting rounds for

others with a view to transfer the fruit of chanting is a bit different

thing, isn't it?

 

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Visista dasa