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by Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode

2 / Dvitlya-yama Sadhana
Bhajana in the Morning
Sadhu-sange anartha-nivrtti (Removal of Anarthas in Association of Devotees)

There is no question of an auspicious or inauspicious time for chanting the holy names. The holy names are invested with all potencies as described in the Siksastaka (2):
namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah (1)

by Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode

The six kinds of association which nourish bhakti are described in the fourth verse:
dadati pratigrhnati guhyam akhyati prcchati bhurikte bhojayate caiva sad-vidham priti-laksanam (18)

Offering gifts in charity, accepting charitable gifts, revealing one's mind in confidence, inquiring confidentially, accepting food, and offering food are the six symptoms of love shared by one devotee and another.

by Srila Thakur Bhaktivinode

The Srimad Bhagavatam (2.9.35) states:
yatha mahanti bhutani bhutesuccavacesv anu pravistany apravistani tatha tesu na tesv aham (30)

O Brahma, please know that the universal elements enter into the cosmos and at the same time do not enter into the cosmos; similarly, I Myself also exist within everything created, and at the same time I am outside of everything.

Knowledge of the form of Krsna's name is given in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:
nama cintamanih krsnas caitanya-rasa-vigrahah