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If you chant Hare Krsna maha-mantra and not follow the regulations, not reading your books, can you go back to Godhead?

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"if you chant Hare Krsna maha-mantra and not follow the regulations, not reading your books, can you go back to Godhead"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Begin chanting. Then all other things will be adjusted. If you see that you are unable to follow, then chant Hare Kṛṣṇa sincerely. Then you'll be able to follow the regulative principles.
Lecture on BG 7.3 -- Nairobi, October 29, 1975:

Devotee (3): Śrīla Prabhupāda, you said that by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa you can go back to home, back to Godhead. So if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and not follow the regulations, not reading your books, can you go back to Godhead?

Prabhupāda: Begin chanting. Then everything will be all right. Begin chanting. Then all other things will be adjusted.

yena tena prakāreṇa
manaḥ kṛṣṇe niveśayet
sarve vidhi-niṣedhāḥ syur
etayor eva kiṅkarāḥ

There are vidhi-niṣedhā, regulative principle. If you see that you are unable to follow, then chant Hare Kṛṣṇa sincerely. Then you'll be able to follow the regulative principles. Automatically.

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Page Title:If you chant Hare Krsna maha-mantra and not follow the regulations, not reading your books, can you go back to Godhead?
Compiler:Labangalatika, Rishab
Created:16 of Mar, 2010
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