“Regarding your first question, ‘Is it offensive to think of Krsna's pastimes while chanting?’ I think you should know that it is not offensive but rather it is required. One must try for the point when he simply hears Krsna and immediately all of Krsna, His pastimes, His form, His qualities, are in his thoughts. So to always be immersed in thoughts of Krsna this is our process. When we are full in Krsna then where can be any chance for maya in us?
So this is our duty, to remember Krsna's pastimes. One who cannot remember Krsna, let him always hear Hare Krsna and then when he has perfected this art, then always he will remember Krsna, His activities, His qualities, etc.”
(SPL to Sivananda, 4th December, 1968)