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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Madhya-lilā, Ch. 1]
ordinary devotee, the symptoms of philosophical speculation, the symptoms of self-worship, or  ahaṅgrahopāsanā , the symptoms of devotional service, the symptoms of imaginary perfection, the acceptance of regulative principles, service to the spiritual master, the  mahā-bhāgavata  (liberated devotee) and service to him, service to Vaiṣṇavas in general, the principles of hearing, chanting, remembering and serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offenses in worship, offensive effects, prayers, engaging oneself as an eternal servant of the Lord, making friendships with the Lord and surrendering everything for His pleasure. There is also a discussion of  rāgānugā-bhakti  (spontaneous love of Godhead), of the specific purpose of becoming a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and a comparative study of other perfectional stages.
The sixth  sandarbha  is called  Prīti-sandarbha , a thesis on love of Godhead. Here it is stated that through love of Godhead, one becomes perfectly liberated and attains the highest goal of life. A distinction is made between the liberated condition of a personalist and that of an impersonalist, and there is a discussion of liberation during one's lifetime as distinguished from liberation from material bondage. Of all kinds of liberation, liberation in loving service to the Lord is described as the most exalted, and meeting the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face is shown to be the highest perfection of life. Immediate liberation is contrasted with liberation by a gradual process. Both realization of Brahman and meeting with the Supreme Personality of Godhead are described as liberation within one's lifetime, but meeting with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, both internally and externally, is shown to be superexcellent, above the transcendental realization of the Brahman effulgence. There is a comparative study of liberation as  sālokya ,  sāmīpya  and  sārūpya .  Sāmīpya  is better than  sālokya . Devotional service is considered to be liberation with greater facilities, and there is a discussion of how to obtain it. There are also discussions of the transcendental state one achieves after attaining the devotional platform, which is the exact position of love of Godhead; the marginal symptoms of transcendental love, and how it is awakened; the distinction between so-called love and transcendental love on the platform of love of Godhead; and different types of humors and mellows enjoyed in relishing the lusty affairs of the  gopīs , which are different from mundane affairs, which in turn are symbolical representations of pure love for Kṛṣṇa. There are also discussions of  bhakti  mixed with philosophical speculation, the superexcellence of the love of the  gopīs , the difference between opulent devotional service and loving devotional service, the exalted position of the residents of Gokula, the progressively exalted position of the friends of Kṛṣṇa, the  gopas  and the  gopīs  in parental love with Kṛṣṇa, and finally the superexcellence of the love of the  gopīs  and that of Śrīmatī