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thousands of names, of which the name  Kṛṣṇa  is the chief, and there are no hard and fast rules for chanting. It is not that one must chant at a certain time. No. At any time one may chant. Furthermore,  Kṛṣṇa 's name is identical with  Kṛṣṇa  Himself. Therefore the holy name of  Kṛṣṇa   is   Kṛṣṇa .
We should not think that  Kṛṣṇa  is living in His abode, Goloka  Vṛndāvana , and that His name is different from Him. In the material world, of course, in the material conception, a name is different from the fact it represents. But in the absolute world there are no such differences. The name is as potent as  Kṛṣṇa  is. We have a tongue, and if we use this tongue to chant Hare  Kṛṣṇa , we shall immediately come directly in touch with  Kṛṣṇa , because the name  Kṛṣṇa  and the person  Kṛṣṇa  are not different. We may think that  Kṛṣṇa  is far, far away, but in fact  Kṛṣṇa  is within us. He is far away, but at the same time He is the nearest. But even if we think that  Kṛṣṇa  is far, far away, His name is present. We can chant Hare  Kṛṣṇa , and  Kṛṣṇa  will immediately become available.  Kṛṣṇa  is available in this easy way, for which there are no hard and fast rules. We can chant at any time and immediately get  Kṛṣṇa . Just see the mercy of  Kṛṣṇa !
Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says,  etādṛśī tava kṛpā bhagavan mamāpi durdaivam īdṛśam ihājani nānurāgaḥ : "My dear Lord, You have given me such generous facilities by which to contact You, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attachment for these things. I have attachment for so many other things, but I have no attachment for chanting Hare  Kṛṣṇa . This is my misfortune."  Kṛṣṇa  is so magnanimous that He is present before us by the transcendental vibration of His name, which has all the potencies of  Kṛṣṇa  Himself, and if we remain in contact with that name we shall get all the benefits of  Kṛṣṇa 's benedictions. But still we are not inclined to chant the Hare  Kṛṣṇa mantra . This is our misfortune.
A devotee, however, is never disturbed by dangers, reverses, or calamities. Rather, he welcomes them. Because he is a surrendered soul, he knows that both dangers and festivals are but different demonstrations of  Kṛṣṇa , who is absolute. In the  śāstra , the Vedic literature, it is said that religion and irreligion, which are complete opposites, are merely the front portion and the back portion of God. But is there any difference between God's front and God's back? God is absolute, and therefore a devotee, either in opulence or in danger, is undisturbed, knowing that both of these are  Kṛṣṇa .
When a devotee is in danger, he thinks, "Now  Kṛṣṇa  has appeared before me as danger." In His form of  Nṛsiṁhadeva , the Lord was dangerous to the demon  Hiraṇyakaśipu , but the same  Nṛsiṁhadeva  was