"Why are Kṛṣṇa students given spiritual name?"

So just to remember Krsna. We... Suppose... This boy is Gary. So I've given him the name of Gaurasundara. Gaurasundara is Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So at least he chants... At least, when I ask him, "Gaurasundara," then I get the opportunity of chanting Lord's name. You see? Because our process is chanting. So if my students, my sons, my friends, they are all in God's name, then I chant always. This is the significance. I ask him, "Gaurasundara." I ask him, "Vamanadeva." I ask him [her], "Govinda dasi." That means I am chanting. Harer nama iva kevalam .

My business is to chant the name of the Lord. So they are giving me chance to utter the name of the Lord. And besides that, there is another affix: "dasa." "Gaurasundara dasa," "Vamana dasa." Dasa means servant. He also remembers that "I am servant of Gaura, Lord Gauraṅga," "I am servant of Lord Vamana," "I am maidservant of Govinda." So... And friend. Sudama was a friend of Krsna. So "I am the servant of Krsna's friend, Sudama dasa." So in this way our relationship with Krsna we always remember. That remembrance is also self-realization process. Sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam [SB 7.5.23].

Smaranam, memorizing, by context. As soon as I utter "Sudama," I immediately remember, "Sudama was a friend of Krsna," so I remember Krsna. Reference to the context. So therefore this is offered, spiritual names.