So we should be very careful that even in Vrndavana, if we miss the point, if we are attached to something, then we have to accept another life, either as beast or tree. Of course, the chance will be given to become a tree and beast in Vrndavana. That is also profitable, because next life he’s going back to home, back to Godhead. But why should we waste another life in this way?

So krsna-nama rupe-avatara. So we should respect chanting of Hare Krsna mantra with very care, carefulness, cautious so that we may not commit any offense. Then your business is successful. Namnad balad yasya hi papa-buddhih. If somebody thinks that “I am living in Vrndavana. I am chanting Hare Krsna mantra. So if I do something sinful, what it will do…?” Eka nama, krsna-name yata papa kare, papi haya tata papa karite naraya [Prema-vivarta]. “So what sinful I am doing? A little sinful…”

Yes, little sinful will be excused, but if it is done not willingly. But if you commit sinful activities willingly, daily, then you’ll be punished. That is laws of nature. Even if you are bhakta. You’ll be given chance, but you’ll have to be punished.

So therefore we must be very careful. We are chanting Hare Krsna mantra means dealing with Krsna directly. Therefore we must be very careful, cautious, respectful. Then it is nice, it is success.

From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on The Nectar of Devotion — October 31, 1972, Vrndavana