Cotton Prayer Shawl adorned with chants of Hare Rama Hare Krishna with Ganesha

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As long as we have not developed Bhakti towards God, we have to pass through the repeated cycles of birth and death. However, when we develop Bhakti (loving devotion) towards God, we go beyond the law of karma and experience the law of grace instead. In fact, developing an interest in the Divine Name is but a manifestation of God's grace, because only when He showers us with extreme grace do we develop affection for His sacred Name. With it comes the realization that the purpose of life is not just to create more good karmas, but to terminate karmas once and for all by transcending the entire karmic process. The Name of the Lord operates in both ways - it activates a release from karma as well as the result of karma.

The scriptures clearly state that in this Kaliyuga, there is no hope for salvation other than chanting the glorious Names of the Supreme Lord, because this is the only way to rid oneself of sins. It is easy to perform good deeds, but extremely difficult to stop performing sins. The surest, easiest way to stop these sins from clinging to us is by continuously clinging to the Divine Name, since we cannot even for a moment remain without doing karma, and no karma, whatever its nature, can be totally stainless and free of sin.

Sinning (because of its inevitability) is an ordinary offence, but not realizing and accepting it is a much greater offence. By taking the shelter of the Divine Name, we not only acknowledge this not so positive, inevitable and continuous part of our existence, but also, most importantly, become eligible for Divine Grace and are immediately saved from its (karmas) unhappy effects.