Is there benefit even if we chant without hearing?
From Latha M:
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or comments question from Lata Mataji the name of Krishna is as powerful as lord Krishna himself there is no difference at all anyone therefore may take advantage of the holy name of lord Krishna even in the midst of greatest dangers the transcendent name of Krishna even though uttered unconsciously or by the force of circumstances can help one obtain freedom from the hurdle of birth and death this explanation I read in an article my question is even when we chant the lord’s name without hearing does it also benefit us in some way answer yes definitely whatever way we chant the lord’s name it benefits us at the same time our goal in chanting is not to extract some material benefit from the lord or even for that matter extract spiritual benefit our goal is to love Krishna and love is a matter of individual choice it’s a matter of redirection of our heart so it is for us to express our love for Krishna by chanting attentively that is essential for us to enter into a deeper loving relationship with Krishna the holy name can free us from sinful reactions but that is not the primary goal of a devotee when the devotee chants the devotee wants to enter into a loving relationship with Krishna and love is expressed through actions so we chant attentively not because we want more benefits or we don’t chant it is not that we chant inattentively because we don’t care for the benefits our primary focus is to enter into a loving relationship with Krishna so if we love someone if that person is present we naturally be attentive if I say I love someone and when that person is talking I take out my phone and start talking with that somebody else while that person is talking then although I may say I love that person by my actions I am showing that I don’t consider that person to be very important even I don’t love that person so attentiveness for a devotee is not a profitable business proposition because I will be more attentive so I will get more benefit so attentiveness is an expression of devotion expression of love or the expression of the intention the desire, the longing for love so Krishna also looks at our even if we are not able to be attentive but if we are trying to be attentive Krishna is pleased by that attempt and he blesses us even for that attempt so keeping this in mind we can try to chant attentively as much as possible according to our capacity and have faith that even when we are not able to chant attentively Krishna is still appreciating our endeavours and he will help us to enter deeper into a loving relationship with him thank you