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Obstacles on the Path of Devotion 
 39 
 
 
 Eight Modes of Prayer by a Pure Devotee 
 40 
 
 
  CHAPTER ONE  
  
 
 
  Questions by the Sages  
  43  
 
 
     Purpose of the  Gāyatrī Mantra  
 44 
 
 
      Parameśvara  the Supreme 
 46 
 
 
     Three Divisions of Vedic Ways 
 53 
 
 
     Exchange of  Rasas  Between Two Equals 
 57 
 
 
     Watering the Root of the Tree 
 60 
 
 
     Symptoms of Men in the Age of Quarrel or Kali 
 67 
 
 
     Scriptures Summarized 
 68 
 
 
     Glories of the Name of the Lord 
 71 
 
 
     Real Remedy for Peace in the World 
 74 
 
 
     Incarnation of Godhead Is Distinguished 
 78 
 
 
  CHAPTER TWO  
  
 
 
  Divinity and Divine Service  
  83  
 
 
     Obeisances unto the Spiritual Master and the Lord 
 84 
 
 
      Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  Summarized 
 86 
 
 
     Scope of Sense Satisfaction 
 98 
 
 
     Definition of the Absolute Truth 
 99 
 
 
     Process of Its Realization 
 100 
 
 
     Duty of All Classes of Human Beings 
 101 
 
 
     Service unto the Devotees 
 106 
 
 
     The Book and the Person  Bhāgavata  
 109 
 
 
     Seeing the Lord 
 111 
 
 
     Forms of the Lord and the Living Beings 
 117 
 
 
     Quality of Worship and the Demigods 
 121 
 
 
     Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, or Vāsudeva, Is All in All 
 125 
 
 
     He is All-Pervading 
 128