how to achieve freedom from bodily needs?
The Transformative Power of Harinama Harinama, being Poornavastu Caitanya—the complete conscious entity—bestows poornata (wholeness) upon the chanter. As one absorbs the divine name, their inner state transforms, gradually becoming complete in itself. With increasing poornata, external dependencies naturally diminish. The bodily needs—hunger, sleep, desires—become ksheena (attenuated), leading to the stage of parama vairagya, the highest renunciation, where the Name alone sustains the seeker. The Nama is not a symbol but svarupa shakti—divine energy personified. The Padma Purana declares: "nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ / pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-mukto’bhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ" “The Holy Name of Krishna is transcendental, full of spiritual nectar, complete, pure, and eternally liberated; being non-different from the Lord Himself.” By continuous chanting, the Nama unveils its potency, leading one beyond material demands into divine sufficiency. Harinama becomes both t...