Table of Contents
Preface  ix    Introduction  xiii
CHAPTER TEN
Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees (Part II)
Chapter Summary  1    The Absolute Truth Is a Person  3    The Demoniac Genius, Maya Dānava  8    Man Proposes, Kṛṣṇa Disposes  14
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes
Chapter Summary  21    Our Eternal Occupational Duty  24    The Qualifications of a Human Being  32    The Intellectual, Administrative, Mercantile and Worker Classes  36    Chaste Women: A Social Necessity  46    How to Divide Society  55
CHAPTER TWELVE
The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes
Chapter Summary  57    Brahmacārī Life: Living under the Care of a Guru  59    Women Are like Fire, Men Are the Butter  65    Understanding Vedic Knowledge Is Real Education  70    Vānaprastha Life: Preparing to Meet Death  74
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