..even if it's on the tip of their tongue, just one time, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Everyone, say Hare Kṛṣṇa. So, if someone one time says Hare Kṛṣṇa, then you have to say, "Oh, this person—they've already gone through law school and they've graduated," because they've come to this level. They've been able to say Hare Kṛṣṇa even one time, even just a little bit chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.

In the commentary of the verse, our Ācāryas talk about how all reformation takes place by chanting of The Holy Name. There are two points—more than two points, but one is that if somebody's chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, we can understand that they've already made this huge progress. So, like if you go in the court and you see your friend as a judge, then you can understand, "Yeah, he went to law school, he's already been there." And the other point is that if you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, then you'll be elevated to the highest position just by chanting.

So, what we're doing here by taking time to associate, as Bhagavat Āśraya Prabhu so articulately pointed out with our best friend, then we become transformed. We're elevated by the chanting of the holy name. Also, we can appreciate that anybody who has the inkling to do such a thing, or even just to say Hare Kṛṣṇa—like the people last night who were stopping at the Harinām, and they just stop and they go, "Hare Kṛṣṇa"—these people are exalted souls. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that if one time I hear somebody say Hare Kṛṣṇa, then I can understand they're the best out of the whole population.

So, we can reform ourselves. We can rise to a position where we can control our senses, where we can love Kṛṣṇa, where we can taste the nectar of life, just by engaging in heartfelt and regular practice, or even if it's not heartfelt—even if it's just dutiful chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa every day. What do you think? Haribol!

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