Actually, by hearing about rasa-lila the result will be that one will be raised to the platform of transcendental service, and the disease of lust within the heartthat is material diseasethat will be completely vanquished. Hrd-roga-kamam apahinoti aciram. Aciram, very soon, they will be able to eradicate the deep-rooted lusty desires in the heart of material existence. Material existence means lusty life. Krsna-bahirmukha hana bhoga vancha kare. Material life means simply to desire to enjoy. Of course, there is no enjoyment. That is... So if one hears rasa-lila from authoritative source, the result will be that he will be promoted to the transcendental platform of loving service to Krsna. And the material disease, lusty desires, will be vanquished. But they do not hear from the authoritative source. Some professional reciters they hear; therefore they remain in the material existence of lusty affairs and sometimes they turn to be sahajiya. When Krsna had connection with so many women... You know that in Vrndavana, the "yugala-bhajana"one becomes Krsna and one becomes Radha. That is their theory. And so many things are going on. Therefore we instruct that first of all read the nine chapters very carefully, and then... There are so many nice instructions, but they do not hear about this nice instruction, ajamila-sraddha caritra. At least, picked up, some incidences, they should hear.

So,

Now, we have to note this important thing, that the powerful hari-nama is so strong that even one unconsciously or conscious... Sometimes they imitate: "Hare Krsna." They have no intention to chant the holy name of Krsna, but they imitate or criticize, "Hare Krsna." That has also effect. That has also effect. Just like the Muhammadans during Caitanya Mahaprabhu's time, they sometimes used to criticize, "These Hindus are chanting Hare Krsna." So they were imitating. So gradually they also became devotees. Yad vyajahara vivaso nama svasty-ayanam hareh. Vivasi 'pi harer nama vyajahara uccaritavan na kevalam prayascitta. Matram harer nama api tu svasty-ayanam makara-sadhanam api.(?) So Sridhara Svami says that "This chanting of holy name of Narayana, Hari, is not only counteracting his all sinful reactions, but he is now eligible to become liberated and being transferred to the spiritual world. Not only he has been freed from, but there is a reward for it." You see? Eka hari-name yata papa hare, papi haya tata papa karibare nare.(?) A sinful man is very expert in committing sinful activities, but here is a statement that the holy name of Hari is so powerful that even an expert criminal cannot commit as much sinful activity as by once chanting the holy name of Hari, it can be counteracted. He is unable. The expert criminal is very advanced in committing sinful life, but sastra says that he cannot commit so many sinful life. The one chanting of Hare Krsna mantra is so powerful.

So one may be not bewildered. They may criticize that it's too much, but it is not too much. It is actual fact. Actual fact. That is aparadha. One who thinks like that, that hari-nama has not so much power that it can counteract, they are offender. For them it is not possible. But one who believes in the words of the sastras, as it is stated here, for him it is actually effective. Artha-vada. Out of ten offenses, artha-vada, one who comments like that, that is artha-vada, and that is offense. So those who are cultivating this chanting of Hare Krsna mantra, they should have firm faith in the statement of the sastras that chanting of harer nama is so powerful.

Sakamtvena tapta-nivantakam harer nama katham syat tatrahuh etenaiva iti agho 'nya anyayatah maghavat sabda...(?) This light is not sufficient. (end)