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hierarchy: The Nectar of Devotion
CHAPTER SEVEN
Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles ACCEPTING THE SHELTER OF A BONA FIDE SPIRITUAL MASTER In the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, third …
CHAPTER EIGHT
Offenses to Be Avoided In the supplementary Vedic literature, there is the following list of thirty-two offenses in the matter …
CHAPTER NINE
Further Consideration of Devotional Principles BLASPHEMY One should not tolerate blasphemy of the Lord or His devotees. In this connection, …
CHAPTER TEN
Techniques of Hearing and Remembering HEARING The beginning of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and devotional service is hearing, in Sanskrit called śravaṇam. …
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Aspects of Transcendental Service SERVITORSHIP In the opinion of the karmīs (fruitive workers), offering the results of karma is called …
CHAPTER TWELVE
Further Aspects of Transcendental Service HEARING THE REVEALED SCRIPTURES According to Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, any book that gives enlightenment in …
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Five Potent Forms of Devotional Service Rūpa Gosvāmī has stated that five kinds of devotional activities – namely, residing in …
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Devotional Qualifications Some scholars recommend that knowledge and renunciation are important factors for elevating oneself to devotional service. But actually …
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Spontaneous Devotional Service Examples of spontaneous devotional service can easily be seen in Kṛṣṇa’s direct associates in Vṛndāvana. The spontaneous …
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Spontaneous Devotion Further Described RELATIONSHIP In the attitude of the denizens of Vṛndāvana, such as Nanda Mahārāja and mother Yaśodā, …
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Ecstatic Love By the process of executing regulated devotional service, one is actually elevated to the transcendental stage, beyond the …
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Character of One In Ecstatic Love Rūpa Gosvāmī next describes the characteristics of a person who has actually developed his …