Here are the ten offenses against the Holy Names that should not be committed.

Blaspheming a devotee of the Lord.

Equating the Lord with celestial beings, or believing in the existence of many gods.

Disregarding the orders of the spiritual master.

Minimizing the authority of the Vedas, the original holy scriptures.

Interpreting the Holy Name of the Lord.

Knowingly committing reprehensible acts, relying on the chanting of the Holy Name to nullify the consequences.

Telling unbelievers about the glories of the Lord's Name.

Comparing the chanting of the Holy Name to material piety.

Being inattentive while chanting the Holy Names.

Remaining attached to material things despite chanting the Holy Name and having heard so many instructions.

At such gatherings, scholars and illiterates, rich and poor, Hindus, Christians, Jews, and Muslims, Europeans, Americans, Africans, Asians, the homeless or the destitute, and spiritual guides and priests will all be able to listen to the spiritual vibrations of the chanting of the Holy Names, and thus remove from the heart all the defilement that contact with matter has left there.

Responding to the Lord's mission, all people will then accept His Holy Name as the commonplace of the universal religion. We will then be delivered from the dangers of this dark age. By chanting or reciting the Hare Krishna hymn, we will be delivered from all the difficulties of this material world.

Such is the essence of truth.