Table of Contents
Preface   ix     Introduction   xiii
CHAPTER ONE
The History of the Life of Ajāmila    1         The Path Beyond the Highest Planet  3        Devotees Want to Save Their Fellow Men  10        Proper Atonement Counteracts Impious Deeds  11        Atonement is Compared to the Bathing of an Elephant  15        A Cure for the Material Disease  18        How One Can Uproot Sinful Desires  22         Bhakti: The Best Thing in This World   29        Devotees Never Even Dream of Death  31        The Story of the Fallen Ajāmila  35        Ajāmila's Tenth and Special Son  39        Ajāmila Chants at the Time of Death  44        The Servants of Death Surprised  46        God's Messengers Intervene  53        Real Religion Exists Eternally  56        How the Supreme Lord Controls the Universe  58        Nature and God Witness Our Activities  60         Karma  in Past and Future Lives  63        Yamarāja, the Lord of Death  66        The Lonely Struggle for Existence  69        The Living Entity Traps Himself  73        The Roots of Reincarnation  75        A Prostitute Corrupts Ajāmila  80        Servants of Death Give Their Verdict  87
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