Krishna consciousness is more than a physical culture or a sociological movement; it is a culture of absorption. The entire point of Krishna consciousness is to absorb the mind.

The more one knows about the personality of the Lord, the better one can absorb one’s mind in chanting His holy name.

The bhakti-rasayana verses are a way to increase our knowledge about Krishna, His holy abode, His associates, and His pastimes in Vrindavan.

While meditating on them and simultaneously continuing to chant the holy name, our minds and hearts can be completely immersed in the nectarean ocean of prema-rasa.

The Nectarean Ocean of the Holy Name offers a comprehensive and lucid approach to the philosophy and practice of the chanting process.

Based on the Harinama Cintamani of Bhaktivinoda Thakura, it serves similarly as entry, reference, and source of absorption. Numerous quotes from the Vedic scriptures complete the detailed philosophical and practical instructions.

Sacinandana Swami, who has been practicing the chanting of the holy names of Krishna for more than twenty-five years, renders valuable advice from his own experience.

Thus, the reader will find the book a great source of inspiration for tasting the nectarean ocean of the holy name.

Printed on environmental healthy, thick paper, this book presents a thorough analysis of the deeper dimensions and understandings of the diksha-mantra called the Gayatri mantra.

Subjects such as diksha, bhagavata-marga, and pancaratrika-vidhi, the five samskaras, sadhana, sambandha, abhideya, and prayojana are also thoroughly researched.

A detailed question and answer section, an appendix with different mula-mantras, various Gayatri mantras for the servants and expansions of Krishna, and a full index makes this book a great reference.

Spiritual cultures the world over have always tried to assist humankind’s inner development. At the heart of this development is the transformation of character.

Even modern psychology and secular personality-development movements have become aware of the tremendous potency encapsulated in traditional spiritual processes.

This small book attempts to present the essence of the philosophy and practical techniques used in inner transformation gleaned from the Vedic—and especially Vaishnava—viewpoint, as it has been presented by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

This beautiful book Nama Rahasya has been written to help sincere practitioners obtain access to the world of divine mercy and to empower them to chant the holy name in perfection.

From the preface by Sacinandana Swami:

While recovering high in the mountains of Bosnia from a traumatic surgery, I read Sri Caitanya Siksamrta by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. There, in the sixth chapter, which he poetically calls the "sixth rainfall", the Thakura explains in a little more than thirty pages the complete secret of chanting the holy name. As I read on and on, I felt his presence in my heart and was reminded of those few precious moments that every chanter knows - those moments when from the depths of the soul a little spiritual insight bursts forth and prevades one's entire being. After such moments we scratch our head and ask, "What was that?" Searching the universe of our experience we find nothing with which to compare it. At that time we feel, "Oh, if I could just experience more of the holy name's mercy my life would be perfect and I would need nothing else."