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The young and inexperienced speaker makes several mistakes. He speaks as if he had reached those states. From a liberated state, comparing the sweetness of the Holy Name is correct to try to explain by comparing with a material flavor. In our conditioned state we do not have the experience of Nama as transcendental, but it is easy to fall into the Sahajism of because we take 2 years coming to mangala arotika and initiated by a famous guru, we are special and the pot of cake. The devoted suggests that we preach because we enjoy and want to share that pleasure, when the correct motivation is to obey the guru and please Krishna, not our own taste. After establishing that everything is subtly directed to our enjoyment, call the Harinama "medicine" in this context, reduces it to a useful tool, when it is
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