"The embodied soul who accepts this mantra will become filled with transcendence, and by accepting it, even a drunkard will attain all perfections. I will recite this mantra to you, for you are a swan-like mahabhagavata. In the Radha Hridya Khanda of the Brahmanda Purana, Romaharsana Suta offers the following prayer to Sri Veda Vyasa: "The embodied soul who accepts this mantra will become filled with transcendence, and by accepting it, even a drunkard will attain all perfections. I will recite this mantra to you, for you are a swan-like mahabhagavata. 'Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.' These sixteen names can destroy the sins of the three worlds, and nothing higher than them is to be found in all the Vedas." The Agni Purana states: hare kRSNa hare kRSNa kRSNa kRSNa hare hare raTanti halayA vApi te kRtArthA na saMzayaH "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare: Whoever chants this mantra, even neglectfully, will attain the supreme goal of life. Of this there is no doubt." In the Padma Purana we read: dvAntriM-sad-akSaraM mantraM nAma-SoDa-zakAnvitam prajapan vaiSNavo nityaM rAdhA-kRSNa-sthalaM-labhet "Any Vaishnava who chants the mantra consisting of thirty-two syllables and sixteen names will attain the abode of Radha and Krsna." The Kali-santarana Upanisad (2) of Krsna Yajur Veda states: hare kRSNa hare kRSNa kRSNa kRSNa hare hare hare rAma hare rAma rAma rAma hare hare iti soDazakaM nAmnAM kali-kalmaSa-nAzanam nAtaH parataropAyaH sarva-vedeSu dRSyate "The sixteen names of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra -- 'Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare' -- destroy all the inauspiciousness of the age of Kali. This is the conclusion of all the Vedas." Class by Nama Nishtha Das

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