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fore, that one must read  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  regularly and with scrutiny to gradually become attached to the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra .
The holy name and the Lord are identical. One who is completely free from the clutches of  māyā  can understand this fact. This knowledge, which is achieved by the mercy of the spiritual master, places one on the supreme transcendental platform. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented Himself as a fool because prior to accepting the shelter of a spiritual master He could not understand that simply by chanting one can be relieved from all material conditions. But as soon as He became a faithful servant of His spiritual master and followed his instructions, He very easily saw the path of liberation. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  must be understood to be devoid of all offenses. The ten offenses against the holy name are as follows: (1) to blaspheme a devotee of the Lord, (2) to consider the Lord and the demigods to be on the same level or to think that there are many gods, (3) to neglect the orders of the spiritual master, (4) to minimize the authority of scriptures ( Vedas ), (5) to interpret the holy name of God, (6) to commit sins on the strength of chanting, (7) to instruct the glories of the Lord's name to the unfaithful, (8) to compare the chanting of the holy name with material piety, (9) to be inattentive while chanting the holy name, and (10) to be attached to material things in spite of chanting the holy name.
TEXT 74
नाम विष्णु कलिकाले नाहि आर धर्म । 
    सर्वमञ्जसार नाम, - अहे शास्त्रमर्म ॥ 98 ॥
nāma vinu kali-kāle nāhi āra dharma  
 sarva-mantra-sāra nāma, ei śāstra-marma
SYNONYMS
nāma —the holy name;  vinu —without;  kali-kāle —in this age of Kali;  nāhi —there is none;  āra —or any alternative;  dharma —religious principle;  sarva —all;  mantra —hymns;  sāra —essence;  nāma —the holy name;  ei —this is;  śāstra —revealed scriptures;  marma —purport.
TRANSLATION
“‘In this age of Kali there is no other religious principle than the chanting of the holy name, which is the essence of all Vedic hymns. This is the purport of all scriptures.’
PURPORT
The principles of the  paramparā  system were strictly honored in the ages  Satya-yuga ,  Tretā-yuga  and  Dvāpara-yuga , but in the present age,  Kali-yuga ,