Setting the Scene 

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Part-1: “This Book is the Result of Controversy.  In writing it We Were Advised to Downplay the Controversial Aspect”      

Part-2: “This Issue Will be Settled, if At All, in the Marketplace of Ideas”

Part-3: “The Above Letter Sets the Stage.  We Want Our Readers to Note Some of the Salient Features of This Letter”

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Introduction

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Chapter One: “The Origin of the Jiva According to Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura”   

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Part-1: “In ISKCON, the Question of the Origin of the Jiva Has Come up Again and Again From the Very Beginning”  

Part-2: “When We Study the Writings of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, We Find That Whereas Other Acaryas Previously Explained Anadi in Philosophical Terms he Explained it in a Novel Way”    

Part-3: “The Essence is That There are Three Types of Jivas”

Part-4: “A Class of “Weak” Jivas Exist to Enable the Lord, Who is Lilamaya, to Have the Full Range of Lila”     

Part-5: “If the Jiva had not Been Given Independence, What Would Have Been the Loss?”

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Chapter Two: “More from the Teachings of Bhaktivinoda Thakura”

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Part-1      Part-2    Part-3 

Chapter Three: “The Origin of the Jiva According to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada”

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Chapter Four: “The Origin of the Jiva According to Srila Prabhupada”

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Part-4    Part-5    Part-6