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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 3]
Even if in the beginning one chants the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  with offenses, one will become free from such offenses by chanting again and again.  Pāpa-kṣayaś ca bhavati smaratāṁ tam ahar-niśam : one becomes free from all sinful reactions if one chants day and night, following the recommendation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. It was Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu who quoted the following verse:
harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā
“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.” If the members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement strictly follow this recommendation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, their position will always be secure.
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प्रायेण वेद तदिदं न महाजनोऽयं देव्या विमोहितमतिर्बत माययालम् । त्रय्यां जडीकृतमतिर्मधुपुष्पितायां वैतानिके महति कर्मणि युज्यमानः ॥२५॥
prāyeṇa veda tad idaṁ na mahājano 'yaṁ devyā vimohita-matir bata māyayālam trayyāṁ jaḍī-kṛta-matir madhu-puṣpitāyāṁ vaitānike mahati karmaṇi yujyamānaḥ
prāyeṇa —almost always;  veda —know;  tat —that;  idam —this;  na —not;  mahājanaḥ —great personalities besides Svayambhū, Śambhu and the other ten;  ayam —this;  devyā —by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  vimohita-matiḥ —whose intelligence is bewildered;  bata —indeed;  māyayā —by the illusory energy;  alam —greatly;  trayyām —in the three  Vedas ;  jaḍī-kṛta-matiḥ —whose intelligence has