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fore, that one must read Srimad-Bhagavatam regularly and with scrutiny to gradually
become attached to the chanting of the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.

The holy name and the Lord are identical. One who is completely free from the
clutches of maya can understand this fact. This knowledge, which is achieved by
the mercy of the spiritual master, places one on the supreme transcendental plat-
form. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented Himself as a fool because prior to accept-
ing 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. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s chanting of the Hare Krsna
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

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nama vinu kali-kale nahi ara dharma
sarva-mantra-sara nama, ei Sastra-marma

SYNONYMS

nama—the holy name; vinu—without; kali-kale—in this age of Kali; na@hi—there
is none; ara—or any alternative; dharma—religious principle; sarva—all; mantra—
hymns; sara—essence; nama—the holy name; e/—this is; sastra—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 parampara system were strictly honored in the ages
Satya-yuga, Treta@-yuga and Dvapara-yuga, but in the present age, Kali-yuga,
