Teyt 1081, Sâryabhauma Bhattâcârya Offers Prasada to the Lord
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Of similar importance is  dikṣā , which is explained as follows in  Bhakti-sandarbha  (284):
yadyapi svarūpato nāsti, tathāpi prāyaḥ svabhāvato dehādi-sambandhena kardaya-śīlānāṁ vikṣīpta-cittānāṁ janānāṁ tat-tat-saṅkocī-karaṇāya śrīmad-ṛṣi-prabhṛtibhir atrārcana-mārge kvacit kvacit kācit kācin maryādā ṣthāpitāsti.
Similarly in the Rāmārcana-candrikā it is stated:--
vinaiva dikṣāṁ viprendra puraścaryāṁ vinaiva hi vinaiva nyāsa-vidhinā japa-mātreṇa siddhidā
In other words, the chanting of the Hare Krṣṇa  mahā-mantra  is so powerful that it does not depend on official initiation, but if one is initiated and engages in  pañcarātra-vidhi  (Deity worship), his Krṣṇa consciousness will awaken very soon and his identification with the material world will be vanquished. The more one is freed from material identification, the more one can realize that the spirit soul is qualitatively as good as the Supreme Soul. At such a time, when one is situated on the absolute platform, he can understand that the holy name of the Lord and the Lord Himself are identical. At that stage of realization, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krṣṇa  mantra , cannot be identified with any material sound. If one accepts the Hare Krṣṇa  mahā-mantra  as a material vibration, he falls down. One should worship and chant the holy name of the Lord by accepting it as the Lord Himself. One should therefore be initiated properly according to revealed scriptures under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master. Although chanting the holy name is good for both the conditioned and liberated soul, it is especially beneficial to the conditioned soul because by chanting it one is liberated. When a person who chants the holy name is liberated, he attains the ultimate perfection by returning home, back to Godhead. In the words of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 7.73):
Krışna-mantra haite habe sarısãra-mocana krışna-nãma haite pãbe krışnera carana
“Simply by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa one can obtain freedom from material existence. Indeed, simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  one will be able to see the lotus feet of the Lord.”
The offenseless chanting of the holy name does not depend on the initiation process. Although initiation may depend on  puraścaryā  or  puraścaraṇa , the actual