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Preface
Viñëusahasranäma? The answer is that although Çré
Viñëusahasranäma is also composed entirely of the Holy
Names of the Lord, the result of chanting it is different from
the result of chanting the hare kåñëa mahä-mantra.
It is well known among Vaiñëavas that chanting the hare kåñëa
mahä-mantra provides no material result whatsoever, but leads
to the awakening of pure love of Godhead. This is wonderful
and provides the highest benediction to the entire world.
However, while developing spiritual qualifications during the
neophyte stage of devotional service, devotees often
experience material difficulty. Çré Viñëusahasranäma provides
an authorized Vedic spiritual method for relieving such
impediments.
Anyone who is chanting the Holy Name with offenses will
certainly encounter obstacles in their devotional service. These
compose one class of hindrances on the path of spiritual
enlightenment. The scriptures say that the cure for this class of
obstacles is simply to continue the chanting process according
to the instructions of one’s spiritual master and rely on the
purifying power of the Holy Name.
But we often find that kåñëa-bhaktas have material difficulties
in their lives from unfinished material karma, unrelated to
offenses in their spiritual practices. These problems are
difficult to address without descending to the material
platform, which is distasteful to devotees whose self-realization
practice has given them a taste for the purity of spiritual
energy. Çré Viñëusahasranäma provides a unique spiritual
remedy for this class of material obstacles. Consider this
passage from the phala çruti, the section of Çré
Viñëusahasranäma that narrates the results of chanting it:
Anyone who hears and chants these thousand Holy Names
of Lord Viñëu will not suffer in an inauspicious condition
of life, either in this life or in the next. By chanting these
thousand Holy Names of Lord Viñëu a brähmaëa will
become learned in all Vedic scriptures, a kñatriya will
become victorious over all his enemies, a vaiçya will
become wealthy, and a çüdra will become happy. By
chanting these thousand Holy Names of Lord Viñëu, one
who desires religious merit will attain great pious credit,
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