1) A devotee should always try to hear about spiritual matters and should always utilize his time in chanting the holy name of the Lord. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 3.29.18
2) To become actually cleansed externally and internally, one should chant the holy name of the Lord, Hare Krishna, or Vishnu, constantly. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 3.32.42
3) One who chants the holy name of the Lord, even if born in a family of chandalas, dog-eaters, does not need reformation. Simply by chanting Hare Krishna, he immediately becomes purified and becomes as good as the most learned brahmana. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.6
4) Anyone who compares the holy name of the Supreme Lord to the names of the demigods is called Pashandi, or an offender. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7
5) The holy name has to be chanted to please the Supreme Lord, and not for any sense gratification or professional purpose. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7
6) Any devotee who is chanting the holy name of the Lord is the best kind of Aryan. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 3.33.7
7) One can chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 4.6.47
8) Whether one is in a pure or impure condition, internally or externally, if one chants or even remembers the holy name of Vishnu, one immediately becomes purified. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 4.7.17
9) The method recommended in the shastras especially for this present age—to constantly chant the holy name of the Lord. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 4.8.44
10) The bhakti-yoga system is the topmost yoga system, and in this system the chanting of the holy name of the Lord is the foremost performance of devotional service. - Ref. Shrimad-Bhagavatam 4.13.8-9 |