Offenses to be Avoided
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worshiping the Deity. Similarly, there are many other prohibitions, such as one should not cross or step over the flowers offered to the Deities, nor should one take a vow in the name of God. These are all different kinds of offenses in the matter of executing devotional service, and one should be careful to avoid them.
In the  Padma Purāṇa  it is stated that even a person whose life is completely sinful will be completely protected by the Lord if he simply surrenders unto Him. So it is accepted that one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes freed from all sinful reactions. And even when a person becomes an offender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he can still be delivered simply by taking shelter of the holy names of the Lord:  Hare Krṣṇa ,  Hare Krṣṇa ,  Krṣṇa Krṣṇa ,  Hare Hare /  Hare Rāma ,  Hare Rāma ,  Rāma Rāma ,  Hare Hare . In other words, the chanting of  Hare Krṣṇa  is beneficial for eradicating all sins; but if one becomes an offender to the holy names of the Lord, then he has no chance of being delivered.
The offenses against the chanting of the holy name are as follows: 
 
 1) To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the holy name of the Lord. 
 2) To consider the names of demigods like Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā to be equal to, or independent of, the name of Lord Viṣṇu. (Sometimes the atheistic class of men take it that any demigod is as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. But one who is a devotee knows that no demigod, however great he may be, is independently as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore if someone thinks that he can chant  Kālī ,  Kālī ! or  Durgā ,  Durgā ! and it is the same as  Hare Krṣṇa , that is the greatest offense.) 
 3) To disobey the orders of the spiritual master. 
 4) To blaspheme the Vedic literature or literature in pursuance of the Vedic version. 
 5) To consider the glories of chanting  Hare Krṣṇa  as imagination. 
 6) To give some interpretation on the holy name of the Lord. 
 7) To commit sinful activities on the strength of the holy name of the Lord. (Because by chanting the holy name of the Lord one can be freed from all kinds of sinful reactions, it should not be taken that one may continue to act sinfully and after that chant  Hare Krṣṇa  to neutralize his sins. Such a dangerous mentality is very offensive and should be avoided.) 
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