Panchangas

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> The statement in Hari nama cintami is that usually nama abhasa

> can give liberation(purification from karma) but not the lotus

> feet of Krsna . Pure nama or suddha nama gives Krsna.

> Ajamila was purified of his sinful reactions, and got an

> extension of life, during which he performed real devotional

> service, which qualified him for the spiritual world when he

> left his body. Theoretically one could attain the feet of

> Krsna by pure chanting without diksa.

 

A small detail: "[Ajmaila] ... got an extension of life."

 

Rather than extension he got his life back which was shortened

by his sinful activities. Srila Prabhupada explains that the

potency of hearing the Visnuduttas preach to the Yamaduttas

purified Ajamila completely and his sinlessness gave him back

his life which enabled him to go to Haradwar where he was

eventually visited by the Visnuduttas again and taken back to

Godhead.

 

You probably meant it like that but I just wanted to make it

clear.

 

> Bhakti Sandarbha says that diksa (secret mantras for puja and

> meditation) is given as a pancaratrika vidhi in order to

> perform arcana, which is helpful for controlling the senses

> as it gives engagement. This is quoted in a CC purport,after

> Hari dasa says that diksa is not dependent on diksa etc. Jiva

> goswami even says that from the bhagavata point of view (just

> chant the nama), diksa ( and thus arcana) are not necessary,

> but we combine both paths , so therefore we take diksa. (this

> is in another place in Bhakti sandarbha,which I previously

> mailed to Basu ghosh.)

>

> usually there is a distinction between mantra and nama in

> sansrkt and bengali , but this is not always brought out in

> English, since we also call Hare Krsna a mantra.

 

Although there is a possibility of attaining prefection just

with the holy name alone, as stated in C.C., which the ritviks

wrongly interpret, satoh vriteh, we have to follow in the

footsteps of our previous acaryas, as Bhanu Maharaja has

detailed above, by taking diksa and worshiping the Deity.

 

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