purascarya-vidhi

[SusieQ]

Can someone please explain this term to me?

[Yesu_Bhaktan]

SYNONYMS

diksha—initiation; purascarya—activities before initiation; vidhi—regulative principles; apeksha—reliance on; na—not; kare—does; jihva—the tongue; sparse—by touching; a-candala—even the lowest of men, the candala; sabare—everyone; uddhare—delivers.

 

TRANSLATION Caitanya Charitamrita Madhya 15.108

 

“One does not have to undergo initiation or execute the activities required before initiation. One simply has to vibrate the holy name with his lips. Thus even a man in the lowest class [candala] can be delivered.

 

 

One doesn't require to undergo and purifying processes before he can chant Hare Krsna. Altough we all start chanting in the most impure state the chanting of the Holy Name itself will make us eligible for more purifying chanting by purifying us.

 

The vidhi or regulative principles will help us advance at a much faster rate. As such they are considered adjuncts to the Hare Krishna chanting.

 

Primarily four are concentrated on as do nots.

 

1. Do not eat meat.

2.Do not take intoxicants.

3.Do not have illict sex.

4. Don't gamble.

 

It is something like saying one should not pour water on the wood he is trying to light as a fire.

 

But even if you are still doing any of the four or all of them, you still have the freedom and should chant Hare Krsna.

[Yesu_Bhaktan]

http://caitanyacaritamrta.com/madhya/15/en

 

 

 

CC Madhya 15.108: "One does not have to undergo initiation or execute the activities required before initiation. One simply has to vibrate the holy name with his lips. Thus even a man in the lowest class [candala] can be delivered.

 

CC Madhya 15.109: "By chanting the holy name of the Lord, one dissolves his entanglement in material activities. After this, one becomes very much attracted to Krishna, and thus dormant love for Krishna is awakened.

 

CC Madhya 15.110: "'The holy name of Lord Krishna is an attractive feature for many saintly, liberal people. It is the annihilator of all sinful reactions and is so powerful that, save for the dumb who cannot chant it, it is readily available to everyone, including the lowest type of man, the candala. The holy name of Krishna is the controller of the opulence of liberation, and it is identical with Krishna. When a person simply chants the holy name with his tongue, immediate effects are produced. Chanting the holy name does not depend on initiation, pious activities or the purascarya regulative principles generally observed before initiation. The holy name does not wait for any of these activities. It is self-sufficient.'"

 

 

The above link will take you to chapter CC Madhya chapter 15. Then you can scroll down the verses and see these words of Mahaprabhu Caitanya in context.

 

The individual verses will be underlined and highlighted in green. Click on one of those and you will go to a commentary on each verse by Srila Prabhupada.

 

 

[SusieQ]

Hare Krishna

[Yesu_Bhaktan]

Happy to be of some service.

 

Hare Krishna

[Pankaja_Dasa]

 

Dandavats,

 

CC Madhya 15.110: "'The holy name of Lord Krishna is an attractive feature for many saintly, liberal people. It is the annihilator of all sinful reactions and is so powerful that, save for the dumb who cannot chant it, it is readily available to everyone, including the lowest type of man, the candala. The holy name of Krishna is the controller of the opulence of liberation, and it is identical with Krishna. When a person simply chants the holy name with his tongue, immediate effects are produced. Chanting the holy name does not depend on initiation, pious activities or the purascarya regulative principles generally observed before initiation. The holy name does not wait for any of these activities. It is self-sufficient.'"

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We need Guru that's a fact. I want to understand the relation between the above and Guru.