Will 16 rounds of Chanting protect from the material nature and its Laws?
A male devotee asked like this:
hare krishna Anna. is it true that if I chant 16 rounds daily then no power in the universe will be able to pull me down?
REPLY:
Conquering may not be possible in this planet, but, Chanting protects from the material nature and its Laws. The demons demand a boon of not getting killed by anyone under the sun. No demigods give such boons of ‘Total Immunity from Death’ and they are not allowed to give such a boon. They always give such boons with a clever loophole through which the demon can be killed. All the living beings in the material planets are under the control of this universe.
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Until we remain here, we have to subject ourselves to the laws of material planets.
Even Lord Rama, who is the avatar of Lord Vishnu, creator of all the creations, followed the rules of this planet when He came to this world as an avatar. He did not achieve success using miracles.
He could have killed Ravana just by thinking that Ravana should die miraculously. He did not do miracles. He fought the war and won.
Take Krishna. He too could have finished Duryodhana within seconds. However, He was with Arjuna, mediated for peaceful solution with Duryodhana, and then motivated Arjuna to fight the war.
Thus, even the creator subject Himself to the rules of the planet whenever He takes avatars to the different planets, though they need not follow them.
Then, how do you expect that you should not be subjected to the laws of material nature (universes/ planets) because of chanting Lord’s Names.
In one angle, you can achieve that. Not being in this planet. But, by going out of material creations and going back to our original destination Godhead Krishna’s Kingdom.
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If you go there, you are absolutely free and you will not be under the rules and regulations of material nature. You can have a free will even in the kingdom of Krishna, but, that free will will not have contamination and you will have only one will of serving the Lord. Nothing else.
There, ie, in the life in Goloka or Vaikunta Planets, no one will kill you, betray you, cheat you, upset you, etc. You will be an eternal servant of Lord there.
Since the Vaikunta Planets are not under the influence of time, no forces will be there to control you.
Thus, chanting 16 rounds with utmost focus on Krishna and detaching from material desires and attaching with Krishna will give you the immunity from the powers of universe by taking you out of this universe and to the kingdom of Krishna.
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Until you remain in this planet, you are subject to the material nature. That is why, every person in the material planets, including Brahma Deva, dies one day.
Even Brahma Deva who is the topmost material authority is not exempted from the powers of the material creations. He Himself has to chant Lord’s Names to escape from material clutches by going back to Krishna’s kingdom.
Only if we are affected by the material challenges we face in life, it will be the success for the material nature. If we follow devotional way of life attaching only with Krishna, we can insulate ourselves from the clutches of material nature. So, the material nature can not succeed. This is how Chanting protect from the material nature and its Laws.
And, a devotee can never be let down because though he falls occasionally, he will rise again in future or his devotion will continue still better in his next birth.
Hope you are clear now about whether Chanting protect from the material nature and its Laws.
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