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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 15]
God, but if one thinks that he is therefore at liberty to commit all kinds of sinful acts, that is a symptom of offense. The eighth offense is to equalize the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa with other spiritual activities, such as meditation, austerity, penance or sacrifice. They cannot be equalized at any level. The ninth offense is to specifically glorify the importance of the holy name before persons who have no interest. The tenth offense is to be attached to the misconception of possessing something, or to accept the body as one's self, while executing the process of spiritual cultivation.
When one is free from all ten of these offenses in chanting the holy name of God, he develops the ecstatic bodily features which are called  pulakāśru .  Pulaka  means symptoms of happiness, and  aśru  means tears in the eyes. The symptoms of happiness and tears in the eyes must appear in a person who has chanted the holy name offenselessly. Here in this verse it is stated that those who have actually developed the symptoms of happiness and tears in the eyes by chanting the glories of the Lord are eligible to enter the kingdom of God. In the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  it is said that if one does not develop these symptoms while chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, it is to be understood that he is still offensive.  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  suggests a nice remedy in this connection. There it is said, in verse 31, Chapter Eight, of  Ādi-līlā , that if anyone takes shelter of Lord Caitanya and just chants the holy name of the Lord, Hare Kṛṣṇa, he becomes freed from all offenses.
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तद्विधगुर्वधिकृतं भुवनैकत्रन्द्यं
दिव्यं विचित्रविबुधाग्न्यविमानशोचिः।
आपुः परां मुदमपूर्वमुपेत्य योग-
मायाबलेन मुनयस्तदथो विकुण्ठम् ॥२६॥
tad viśva-gurv-adhikṛtam bhuvanaika-vandyam divyam vicitra-vibudhāgrya-vimāna-śociḥ āpuḥ parām mudam apūrvam upetya yoga- māyā-balena munayas tad atho vikuṇṭham
tat —then;  viśva-guru —by the teacher of the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  adhikṛtam —predominated;  bhuvana —of the planets;  eka —alone;  vandyam —worthy to be worshiped;  divyam —spiritual;  vicitra —highly decorated;  vibudha-agrya —of the devotees (who are the best of the learned);  vimāna —of the airplanes;  śociḥ —illuminated;  āpuḥ —attained;  parām —the highest;  mudam —happiness;  apūrvam —unprecedented;  upetya —having attained;  yoga-māyā —by spiritual potency;  balena —by the