Holy Name and Krishna's form...

Verse 1.3.36: In the Bhagavad-gita, Krishna says: His birth and activities are transcendental. It is absolutely true, even Srimad Bhagavatam explains the same thing here. SB also explains how to cut the cycle of birth and death. It is very easy, just by listening and understand the activities, birth, pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Holy name is the root for all these things. What we are doing is we are chanting the Holy Name. When we keep on chanting with a focused mind, when Krishna understands that we are sincere, slowly Krishna's form will come, the form becomes steady. Then when we keep on chanting, next stage is guna. We will meditate on the qualities of Krishna (compassion, loving etc).
Then we meditate on His lila: how Krishna subdues Kaliya, how Krishna is sleeping on the banks of Yamuna. These pastimes manifest in the heart of the devotee who chants.

This will happen to any sincere devotee. That's why we have to avoid the 10 offenses. Specially the last one of inattentiveness. And along with it, we should have the service attitude, of being a servant of servant of servant.