Contents
Preface ix
Introduction xvii
PART ONE
1 Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service 1
2 The First Stages of Devotion 18
3 Eligibility of the Candidate for Accepting Devotional Service 28
4 Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation 35
5 Purity of Devotional Service 46
6 Howto Discharge Devotional Service 53
7 Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles 58
8 Offenses to be Avoided 68
9 Further Consideration of Devotional Principles 73
10 Techniques of Hearing and Memorizing 89
11 Aspects of Transcendental Service 96
12 Revealed Scriptures 102
13 The Maha-mantra 108
14 Devotional Qualifications 114
15 Spontaneous Devotional Service 121
16 Varieties of Love for Krsna 127
17 Ecstatic Love 133
18 Character of One in Ecstatic Love 138
19 Devotional Service in Love of God 147
PART TWO
20 Transcendental Mellow 152
21 Qualities of Sri Krsna 156
22 Qualities of Krsna Further Explained 178
23 Krsna’s Personality 200
