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The Lord and the Living Being Are Both Spirit 
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 Self-realization Means Seeing the Lord 
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 He is Unknowable by Mental Speculation 
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  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  Is the Cream of Histories 
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 The Mode of Its Reception 
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  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  Is the Representation of Lord Kṛṣṇa 
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  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and Its Incompatibilities 
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CHAPTER FOUR
Appearance of Śrī Nārada
Paramahaṁsa  Śukadeva Gosvāmī 
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 The Ideal King, Mahārāja Parīkṣit 
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 Birthdate of Vyāsadeva 
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 His Activities in Preparing Transcendental Works 
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  Vedas  Entrusted to Different Scholars 
 210 
 
 
  Vedas  Made Easy for the Less Intelligent Class 
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 Mercy of Vyāsadeva 
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 Unworthy Sons of the Higher Castes 
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 Dissatisfaction of Vyāsadeva and Its Cause 
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CHAPTER FIVE
Nārada's Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for Vyāsadeva
The Mind and the Body 
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 Identification of Self with the Body or Mind Is the Cause of Despondency 
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 The Cause Explained 
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 Flowery Language Without Divinity Is Condemned 
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 Need of Preaching  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  
 234 
 
 
 Nothing is Good without God 
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 Be Fixed Upon the Complete Whole 
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