Sraddha or faith

Sraddha or faith , by Haripada Dasa BrahmachariBy the mercy of Srila Prabhupada understand and agree that sraddha or faith means having complete conviction that by chanting the holy name of Krishna automatically perform all the duties and complete all pious activities . As Jesus said faith can move mountains .Srila Prabhupada presented Krishna consciousness as a spiritual culture as a spiritual scientist, and to reach the goal of life is prema pumartho mahan or have pure love for God or Krishna must practice nine processes : 1st Faith , 2nd sadhu sanga , or association with devotees , 3rd spiritual initiation , 4th anartha nivritti , by chanting daily 16 rounds of the maha -mantra Hare Krishna and follow the four regulative principles is a cleansing of the heart of all the negative things or impure , 5th nistha each clean things dirty heart is fixed in his service to Srila Prabhupada , 6th ruci or taste, at this stage one likes to chant Hare Krishna , likes to be with the devotees , he likes to read books of Srila Prabhupada , we like to go to the holy places as Mayapur , Vrindavana , Jagannatha Puri etc , 7th asakty or attachment , one clings to what she likes , the materialists like women and money why they are attached to women and money , the devotee likes spiritual life and sticks to it and understand and agree that all this attachment is pure mercy of Srila Prabhupada , 8th bhava , is the preliminary stage of love of God , bhava means that by practicing devotional activities are feelings ecstatic , and bristling hair , tears in his eyes , etc, and 9th prema or pure love of God or Krishna , in this state you can not live without God even for a moment , as the fish can not live without water.When Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu began to chant Hare Krishna , began to mourn , his hair was bristling , etc. . and thought he was crazy , then went to consult with his Gurudeva Gurudeva Isvara Puri and told him that I am very pleased and happy to see you have awakened your love for God or Krishna , in the same way as us by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada awaken our love for God or Krishna , Srila Prabhupada will be very happy.