The Ten Offenses in Chanting the Holy Names

1. To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives to the propagation of the holy names of the Lord.

2. To consider the names of the demigods like lord Shiva or lord Brahma to be equal to, or independent of, the name of Lord Vishnu.

3. To disobey the orders of the spiritual master.

4. To blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic version.

5. To consider the glories of chanting Hare Krishna as imagination.

6. To give mundane interpretation of the holy name of the Lord.

7. To commit sinful activities on the strength of chanting the holy names of the Lord.

8. To consider the chanting of Hare Krishna as one of the auspicious, ritualistic activities which are offered in the Vedas as fruitive activities (karma-kanda) .

9. To instruct a faithless person about the glories of the holy name.

10. To not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy names and to maintain material attachments even after understanding so many instructions on this matter. It is also offensive to be inattentive while chanting.

नमो ॐ विश्नुपदय क्रिश्नाप्रेष्ठाया भूतले श्रीमती भक्तिवेदंता स्वामी ईति नामिने

नमस्ते सरस्वाते देवे गौर वाणी प्रचारिने निर्विशेषम शुन्यवादी पस्च्चात्य देशे तरिने

(जाया) श्री कृष्ण-चैतन्य प्रभु नित्यानंदा श्री-अद्वैत गदाधर श्रीवासदी-गौर-भक्त-वृंदा

|हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे| ||हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे||

|हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे| ||हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे||

|हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे| ||हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे||

याद्वाए मादवाए केशवाए नमः गोपाल गोविन्द राम श्री मधुसुदन

गिरिदारी गोपीनाथ मदन मोहन श्री चैतन्य नित्यानंदा श्री अद्वेत सीता परे गुरु वैष्णव भगवतगीता

...श्री रूप सनातन भगत रागुनाथा श्री जीव गोपाल बट दास रागुनाथा

हरी हराए नमः कृष्ण याद्वाये नमः गोपाल गोविन्द राम श्री मधुसुदन