The ten offenses
Padma PuranaBrahma Khanda 25.15–18Ten offenses to the Holy Name
(1)satam ninda namnah paramam aparadham vitanuteyatah khyatim yatam katham u sahate tad-vigarham
To blaspheme devotees who have dedicated their lives to chanting the holy name of the Lord. The holy name, who is identical with Krsna, will never tolerate such blasphemous activities.
(2)sivasya sri-visnor ya iha guna-namadi-sakalamdhiya bhinnam pasyet sa khalu hari-namahita-karah
To consider the names of Lord Siva or Lord Brahma to be on an equal level with the holy name of Lord Visnu.
(3)guror avajna
To disobey the orders of the spiritual master or to consider him an ordinary person.
(4)sruti-sastra-nindanam
To blaspheme the Vedic literatures or literatures in pursuance of the Vedic version.
(5)artha-vadah
To give some interpretation on the holy name of the Lord.
(6)hari-namni kalpanam
To consider the glories of the holy name of the Lord as imagination.
(7)namno balad yasya hi papa-buddhirna vidyate tasya yamair hi suddhih
To think that the Hare Krsna mantra can counteract all sinful reactions and one may therefore go on with his sinful activities and at the same time chant the Hare Krsna mantra to neutralize them is the greatest offense at the lotus feet of Hari-nama.
(8)dharma-vrata-tyaga-hutadi-sarva-subha-kriya-samyam api pramadah
To consider the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra to be one of the auspicious ritualistic mantras mentioned in the Vedas as fruitive activity.
(9)asraddadhane vimukhe ’py asrnvatiyas copadesah siva-namaparadhah
It is an offense to preach the glories of the holy name of the Lord to the faithless.
(10)srute ’pi nama-mahatmyeyah priti-rahito narahaham-mamadi-paramonamni so ’py aparadha-krt
If one has heard the glories of the transcendental holy name of the Lord but nevertheless continues in a materialistic concept of life, thinking “I am this body and everything belonging to this body is mine [aham mameti],” and does not show respect and love for the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, that is an offense.
api pramadah
It is also an offense to be inattentive while chanting.
