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1 (Part 1) Sāmmukhyatā Identified As the Essence of Abhidheya-tattva

1 (Part 2) Sāmmukhyatā Identified As the Essence of Abhidheya-tattva

1 (Part 3) Sāmmukhyatā Identified As the Essence of Abhidheya-tattva

1 (Part 4) Sāmmukhyatā Identified As the Essence of Abhidheya-tattva

2 (Part 1) Sāmmukhyatā in the Form of Bhajana Is the Abhidheya

2 (Part 2) Sāmmukhyatā in the Form of Bhajana Is the Abhidheya

3.1 (Part 1) All Forms of Sāmmukhyatā Culminate in Bhakti

3.1 (Part 2) All Forms of Sāmmukhyatā Culminate in Bhakti

3.2 (Part 1) Bhakti to Bhagavān Is Para-dharma

3.2 (Part 2) Question Answers

3.2 (Part 3) Bhakti to Bhagavān Is Para-dharma

4 Bhakti Bestows Jñāna and Vairāgya

5 (Part 1) The Futility of Dharma Not Culminating in Bhakti

5 (Part 2) The Futility of Dharma Not Culminating in Bhakti

5 (Part 3) The Futility of Dharma Not Culminating in Bhakti

6 (Part 1) The Real Purpose of Dharma Is Apavarga — Meaning Bhakti

6 (Part 2) The Real Purpose of Dharma Is Apavarga — Meaning Bhakti

6 (Part 3) The Real Purpose of Dharma Is Apavarga — Meaning Bhakti

7 (Part 1) Absolute Reality Is Disclosed Only by Bhakti

7 (Part 2) Absolute Reality Is Disclosed Only by Bhakti

8 Dharma Culminates in the Pleasure of Bhagavān Hari

9 (Part 1) Sūta Recommends Direct Engagement in Bhakti

9 (Part 2) - Sūta Recommends Direct Engagement in Bhakti

9 (Part 3) - Sūta Recommends Direct Engagement in

10 A Taste for Hearing — The First Step in Bhakti

11 Mahat-sevā Leads to a Taste for Hearing

12 Service in the Form of Hearing Purifies the Heart

13 Establishment in the State of Resolute Bhakti

14 Absorption of the Mind in Śuddha-sattva

15 Bhakti Grants Direct Experience of Bhagavān

16 Concomitant Effects of the Immediate Vision of Bhagavān

17 Enlightened Sages Continuously Engage in Bhakti

18 (Part 1) Worship Is Intended Only for Sākṣāt-parabrahma Viṣṇu

18 (Part 2) Worship Is Intended Only for Sākṣāt-parabrahma Viṣṇu

19 Nārāyaṇa Alone Is Worshiped by Those Who Aspire for Mukti

20 Worship in the Guṇas Is Influenced by Acquired Nature

21 The Import of All Scriptures and Practices Is in Vāsudeva Alone

22 The Consistent Reconciliation of All Scriptures Is in Vāsudeva

121 (Part 1) Bhakti Bestows Auspiciousness and Dispels Obstacles

121 (Part 2) Bhakti Bestows Auspiciousness and Dispels Obstacles

121 (Part 3) Bhakti Bestows Auspiciousness and Dispels Obstacles

122 Bhakti Is Unobstructed

123 Bhakti Dispels All Fear

124 Bhakti Is Unobstructed by Misery

125 Bhakti Destroys Aprārabdha-karma

126 (Part 1) Bhakti Destroys Sins

126 (Part 2) Bhakti Destroys Sins

127 (Part 1) Bhakti Is beyond All Atonement

127 (Part 2) Bhakti Is beyond All Atonement

128 (Part 1) Bhakti Destroys Prārabdha-karma

128 (Part 2) Bhakti Destroys Prārabdha-karma

128 (Part 3) Bhakti Destroys Prārabdha-karma

129 (Part 1) Bhakti Destroys Vāsanās

129 (Part 2) Bhakti Destroys Vāsanās

130 Bhakti Destroys Ignorance

131 Bhakti Is the Source of Fulfillment for All Beings

132 Bhakti Bestows Virtue and Bliss

133 Karma Is Saguṇa

134 (Part 1) Knowledge Pertaining to Parameśvara Is Nirguṇa

134 (Part 2) Knowledge Pertaining to Parameśvara Is Nirguṇa

134 (Part 3) Knowledge Pertaining to Parameśvara Is Nirguṇa

134 (Part 4) Knowledge Pertaining to Parameśvara Is Nirguṇa

134 (Part 5) Knowledge Pertaining to Parameśvara Is Nirguṇa

134 (Part 6) Knowledge Pertaining to Parameśvara Is Nirguṇa

134 (Part 7) Knowledge Pertaining to Parameśvara Is Nirguṇa

135 The Temple of Bhagavān Is Nirguṇa

136 Action Related to Bhagavān Is Nirguṇa

137 Faith in the Service of Bhagavān Is Nirguṇa

138 Bhāgavata-dharma Is Nirguṇa

139 Bhakti Is Self-revealing

140 Bhakti Is Inherently Blissful

141 Bhakti Bestows Love for Bhagavān

142 (Part 1) Bhakti Bestows Bliss Even on Bhagavān Himself

142 (Part 2) Bhakti Bestows Bliss Even on Bhagavān Himself

143 Bhakti Magnifies Bhagavān’s Intrinsic Bliss

144 Bhagavān Is the Sole Cause of Bhakti

145 Bhagavān Is Realized Only through Bhakti

146 (Part 1) Bhagavān Is Attained by Bhakti

146 (Part 2) Bhagavān Is Attained by Bhakti

147 (Part 1) Bhakti Subjugates Bhagavān

147 (Part 2) Bhakti Subjugates Bhagavān

148 (Part 1) The Purifying Power of a Single Act of Bhakti

148 (Part 2) The Purifying Power of a Single Act of Bhakti

148 (Part 3) The Purifying Power of a Single Act of Bhakti

149 One Name of Bhagavān Removes All Sins

150 The Name Liberates Even a Low-born Person

151 (Part 1) The Power Even of Indirect Bhakti

151 (Part 2) The Power Even of Indirect Bhakti

151 (Part 3) The Power Even of Indirect Bhakti

151 (Part 4) The Power Even of Indirect Bhakti

152 Bhakti-ābhāsa Also Destroys Sins

153.1 (Part 1) The Power Even of Bhakti-ābhāsa in the Form of an Offense - The Glories of Bhakti Are Not Artha-vāda

153.1 (Part 2) The Power Even of Bhakti-ābhāsa in the Form of an Offense - The Glories of Bhakti Are Not Artha-vāda

153.1 (Part 3) The Power Even of Bhakti-ābhāsa in the Form of an Offense - The Glories of Bhakti Are Not Artha-vāda

153.1 (Part 4) The Power Even of Bhakti-ābhāsa in the Form of an Offense - The Glories of Bhakti Are Not Artha-vāda

153.1 (Part 5) The Power Even of Bhakti-ābhāsa in the Form of an Offense - The Glories of Bhakti Are Not Artha-vāda

153.2 (Part 1) The Power Even of Bhakti-ābhāsa in the Form of an Offense - Five Primary Effects of Aparādha

153.2 (Part 2) The Power Even of Bhakti-ābhāsa in the Form of an Offense - Five Primary Effects of Aparādha

154 (Part 1) Pretentiousness Impedes the Reception of Grace

154 (Part 2) Pretentiousness Impedes the Reception of Grace

155 (Part 1) Faithlessness Is Symptomatic of Aparādha

155 (Part 2) Faithlessness Is Symptomatic of Aparādha

156 Difficulties Faced Should Not Lead to Faithlessness

157 Absorption in Objects Unrelated to Bhakti

158 (Part 1) Bhagavān Intensifies the Devotee’s Prārabdha-karma

158 (Part 2) Bhagavān Intensifies the Devotee’s Prārabdha-karma

159.1 The Fourth and Fifth Primary Effects of Aparādha - Slackening of Devotion

159.2 (Part 1) The Fourth and Fifth Primary Effects of Aparādha - Pride

159.2 (Part 2) The Fourth and Fifth Primary Effects of Aparādha - Pride

160 An Offenseless Person Can Chant the Name at Death

161 Remembering Bhagavān at the Time of Death

162 (Part 1) Ajāmila’s Sins Destroyed from His First Utterance of the Name

162 (Part 2) Ajāmila’s Sins Destroyed from His First Utterance of the Name

162 (Part 3) Ajāmila’s Sins Destroyed from His First Utterance of the Name

163 The Results of Bhakti Manifest to a Qualified Bhakta

164 The Results of Bhakti Manifest to a Devotee in Prema

165 (Part 1) Pure Bhakti Is Ananyā, Akiñcanā, Akāmā, and Ekāntitā

165 (Part 2) Pure Bhakti Is Ananyā, Akiñcanā, Akāmā, and Ekāntitā

165 (Part 3) Pure Bhakti Is Ananyā, Akiñcanā, Akāmā, and Ekāntitā

165 (Part 4) Pure Bhakti Is Ananyā, Akiñcanā, Akāmā, and Ekāntitā

166 Both the Bhakta and Bhagavān Are Desireless

167 The Self Is Fulfilled Only by Serving Bhagavān

168 (Part 1) Bhakti Tainted with Desire Is Only a Show

168 (Part 2) Bhakti Tainted with Desire Is Only a Show

168 (Part 3) Bhakti Tainted with Desire Is Only a Show

169 Pure Bhakti Is the Essence of All Śāstra

170 Three Paths of Sāmmukhya

171 Eligibility for Karma, Jñāna, and Bhakti

172.1 (Part 1) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - Bhakti Begins from and Yet Is Independent of Śraddhā

172.1 (Part 2) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - Bhakti Begins from and Yet Is Independent of Śraddhā

172.1 (Part 3) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - Bhakti Begins from and Yet Is Independent of Śraddhā

172.1 (Part 4) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - Bhakti Begins from and Yet Is Independent of Śraddhā

172.1 (Part 5) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - Bhakti Begins from and Yet Is Independent of Śraddhā

172.1 (Part 6) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - Bhakti Begins from and Yet Is Independent of Śraddhā

172.2 (Part 1) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - How Beginning Bhajana Should Be Conducted

172.2 (Part 2) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - How Beginning Bhajana Should Be Conducted

172.2 (Part 3) The Criterion of Eligibility for Ananyā-bhakti - How Beginning Bhajana Should Be Conducted

173.1 (Part 1) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Eligibility to Abandon Karma

173.1 (Part 2) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Eligibility to Abandon Karma

173.1 (Part 3) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Eligibility to Abandon Karma

173.1 (Part 4) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Eligibility to Abandon Karma

173.2 (Part 1) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Symptoms of Faith in Bhakti

173.2 (Part 2) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Symptoms of Faith in Bhakti

173.2 (Part 3) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Symptoms of Faith in Bhakti

173.2 (Part 4) A Devotee Should Give Up Karma - Symptoms of Faith in Bhakti

174 Karma — The Doorway to Either Jñāna or Bhakti

175 To Act According to One’s Eligibility Is a Virtue

176 (Part 1) Bhakti Is the Real Means of Sāmmukhya

176 (Part 2) Bhakti Is the Real Means of Sāmmukhya

176 (Part 3) Bhakti Is the Real Means of Sāmmukhya

177 (Part 1) Bhakti Born of Natural Attraction Transcends Virtue and Vice

177 (Part 2) Bhakti Born of Natural Attraction Transcends Virtue and Vice

177 (Part 3) Bhakti Born of Natural Attraction Transcends Virtue and Vice

177 (Part 4) Bhakti Born of Natural Attraction Transcends Virtue and Vice

177 (Part 5) Bhakti Born of Natural Attraction Transcends Virtue and Vice

177 (Part 6) Bhakti Born of Natural Attraction Transcends Virtue and Vice

177 (Part 7) Bhakti Born of Natural Attraction Transcends Virtue and Vice

178 (Part 1) Only Akiñcanā Bhakti Is the Abhidheya

178 (Part 2) Only Akiñcanā Bhakti Is the Abhidheya

179 (Part 1) Devotional Regard Is Born of Sat-saṅga

179 (Part 2) Devotional Regard Is Born of Sat-saṅga

179 (Part 3) Devotional Regard Is Born of Sat-saṅga

180.1 (Part 1) Vimukhyatā Is Removed by Sat-saṅga - Sāmmukhyatā Is Made Possible Only by Sat-saṅga

180.1 (Part 2) Vimukhyatā Is Removed by Sat-saṅga - Sāmmukhyatā Is Made Possible Only by Sat-saṅga

180.2 (Part 1) Vimukhyatā Is Removed by Sat-saṅga - Bhagavān Does Not Offer Grace Directly

180.2 (Part 2) Vimukhyatā Is Removed by Sat-saṅga - Bhagavān Does Not Offer Grace Directly

180.2 (Part 3) Vimukhyatā Is Removed by Sat-saṅga - Bhagavān Does Not Offer Grace Directly

181 Devotees Bestow Grace by Their Own Free Will

182 The Independent Will of the Devotees

183 The Grace of a Devotee Is Not Dependent on Anything

184 Sat-saṅga Is Supremely Purifying

185 Sāmmukhyatā toward Bhagavān Is Impossible without Sat-saṅga

186 (Part 1) Two Types of Highly Realized Beings among the Sat

186 (Part 2) Two Types of Highly Realized Beings among the Sat

187.1 (Part 1) Bhakti-siddhas - Three Categories of Perfected Devotees

187.1 (Part 2) Bhakti-siddhas - Three Categories of Perfected Devotees

187.1 (Part 3) Bhakti-siddhas - Three Categories of Perfected Devotees

187.2 Bhakti-siddhas - Nimi Inquires about the Characteristics of Devotees

188 (Part 1) The Characteristics of an Uttama-bhāgavata

188 (Part 2) The Characteristics of an Uttama-bhāgavata

189 (Part 1) The Characteristics of a Madhyama-bhāgavata

189 (Part 2) The Characteristics of a Madhyama-bhāgavata

190 The Characteristics of a Neophyte Devotee

191 How the Uttama-bhāgavata Engages with the World

192 The Uttama-bhāgavata Is Unperturbed by Worldly Existence

193 The Uttama-bhāgavata Is Free of All Material Desires

194 (Part 1) The Uttama-bhāgavata Is Devoid of Material Ego

194 (Part 2) The Uttama-bhāgavata Is Devoid of Material Ego

195 The Uttama-bhāgavata Is Established in the Vision of Nonduality

196 The Uttama-bhāgavata’s Unflinching Remembrance of Bhagavān

197 The Uttama-bhāgavata Is beyond Worldly Desire

198.1 Gradations of Uttama-bhāgavatas - The Uttama-bhāgavata Binds Bhagavān through Love

198.2 (Part 1) Gradations of Uttama-bhāgavatas - The Mahā-bhāgavata on the Path of Worship

198.2 (Part 2) Gradations of Uttama-bhāgavatas - The Mahā-bhāgavata on the Path of Worship

199 Lower-order Practitioners Engage in Mixed Bhakti

200 Intermediate Level Practitioners Engage in Direct Bhakti

201 (Part 1) The Ananya-bhakta Is Superior to the Jñāni-bhakta

201 (Part 2) The Ananya-bhakta Is Superior to the Jñāni-bhakta

202.1 The Correspondence between Bhakti and Sat-saṅga - Definitions of a Vaiṣṇava according to Other Paths

202.2 The Correspondence between Bhakti and Sat-saṅga - Association Determines the Essential Nature of the Bhakti Received

202.3 The Correspondence between Bhakti and Sat-saṅga - The Paths of Deliberation and Taste

202.4 The Correspondence between Bhakti and Sat-saṅga - The Role of the Guru in Bhakti’s Unfolding

203 Teachers with and without Attachment

204.1 Śraddhā As Occasioned by Śravaṇa and Manana - Śravaṇa on the Paths of Taste and Deliberation

204.2 Śraddhā As Occasioned by Śravaṇa and Manana - The Development of Faith on the Path of Deliberation

205 Faith in Bhajana Occasioned by Deliberation

206 The Śravaṇa-guru and Śikṣā-guru Are Generally the Same Person

207 The Dīkṣā-guru Is Only One

208 Knowledge of Scriptural Truth Is Received Only from the Śravaṇa-guru

209 The Bhajana-śikṣā-guru Is Also Necessary

210 The Mantra-guru Is Also Compulsory

211 Even a Vyavahārika-guru Should Be Respected

212 The Pāramārthika-guru Is Directly Bhagavān

213 The Guru Is Most Dear to Bhagavān

214 Saviśeṣa and Nirviśeṣa-sāmmukhya— Jñāna Defined

215 Sādhana on the Path of Jñāna

216.1 The Nirviśeṣa-sāmmukhya of Jñāna As Indicated in the Gītā

216.2 Saviśeṣa-sāmmukhya— Ahaṅgrahopāsanā

216.3 (Part 1) Saviśeṣa-sāmmukhya— Bhakti Defined

216.3 (Part 2) Saviśeṣa-sāmmukhya— Bhakti Defined

217.1 (Part 1) Āropa-siddhā, Saṅga-siddhā, and Svarūpa-siddhā-bhakti

217.1 (Part 2) Āropa-siddhā, Saṅga-siddhā, and Svarūpa-siddhā-bhakti

217.2 How Worldly Actions Partake of Bhāgavata-dharma

218 The Benefit of Offering Vedic Karma

219-221 Karma Offered to Bhagavān Destroys Karma

222 (Part 1) The Fruit of Karma Is Sheltered in Bhagavān

222 (Part 2) The Fruit of Karma Is Sheltered in Bhagavān

223 The Offering of Karma Can Lead to Bhakti

224 Three Motives behind the Offering of Karma

225 (Part 1) Three Divisions of Saṅga-siddhā-bhakti

225 (Part 2) Three Divisions of Saṅga-siddhā-bhakti

226 Karma-jñāna-miśrā Saṅga-siddhā-bhakti — Kaivalya-kāmā

227 Jñāna-miśrā Saṅga-siddhā-bhakti — Kaivalya-kāmā

228 Karma-miśrā Saṅga-siddhā-bhakti — Bhakti-mātra-kāmā

229 Karma-jñāna-miśrā Saṅga-siddhā-bhakti — Bhakti-mātra-kāmā

230 Jñāna-miśrā Saṅga-siddhā-bhakti — Bhakti-mātra-kāmā

231 Svarūpa-siddhā Sakāmā Tāmasī-bhakti

232 Svarūpa-siddhā Sakāmā Rājasī-bhakti

233 Svarūpa-siddhā Kaivalya-kāmā Sāttvikī-bhakti

234 (Part 1) Svarūpa-siddhā Nirguṇā-bhakti

234 (Part 2) Svarūpa-siddhā Nirguṇā-bhakti

235 (Part 1) Vaidhī-bhakti Impelled by Two Types of Injunctions

235 (Part 2) Vaidhī-bhakti Impelled by Two Types of Injunctions

236 (Part 1) The Sixfold Divisions of Śaraṇāpatti

236 (Part 2) The Sixfold Divisions of Śaraṇāpatti

237 (Part 1) Guru-sevā Is Essential To Obtain Bhagavān’s Grace

237 (Part 2) Guru-sevā Is Essential To Obtain Bhagavān’s Grace

238.1 Guidelines for Associating with Vaiṣṇavas

238.2 Two Kinds of Service to Mahā-bhāgavatas

238.3 Sādhu-sevā’s Apparent Reliance on Other Means

238.4 (Part 1) Sat-saṅga’s Independent Power Does Not Negate the Need for Ekādaśī

238.4 (Part 2) Sat-saṅga’s Independent Power Does Not Negate the Need for Ekādaśī

239 (Part 1) Primary and Secondary Control of Bhagavān through Sat-saṅga

239 (Part 2) Primary and Secondary Control of Bhagavān through Sat-saṅga

239 (Part 3) Primary and Secondary Control of Bhagavān through Sat-saṅga

239 (Part 4) Primary and Secondary Control of Bhagavān through Sat-saṅga

240 Sat-saṅga Is Independent of Other Means

241 Primary Control of Kṛṣṇa Is Possible Only by Sat-saṅga

242 Love for Kṛṣṇa Is Attained Only by Sat-saṅga

243 Sat-saṅga Is Effective Even without Proper Awareness

244 Service in the Form of Paricaryā

245 Paricaryā Established by Vyatireka

246 Characteristics of One Perfected through Service to a Devotee

247 (Part 1) Honor Should Be Extended to All Vaiṣṇavas

247 (Part 2) Honor Should Be Extended to All Vaiṣṇavas

248 Hearing Bhagavān’s Name

249 Hearing of Bhagavān’s Form

250 Hearing of Bhagavān’s Qualities

251 Hearing of Bhagavān’s Qualities Purifies Even the Desire for Liberation

252 The Importance of Hearing Established through Vyatireka

253 Hearing Bhagavān’s Līlā

254 Two Types of Līlās

255 The Effect of Hearing the Narrations of the Līlā-avatāras

256 The Sequence and Exalted Status of Hearing

257 Hearing Sacred Works Brought Forth or Sung by a Mahat

258-259 Two Qualities of Hearing Hari-kathā Sung by a Mahat

260 The Preeminence of the Words of Śrīmad Bhāgavata

261 Śrīmad Bhāgavata Abounds with Rasa

262.1 The Hierarchy of Importance in regard to Hearing

262.2 - Kīrtanam Is the Best Form of Atonement

263 - The Primary Result of Nāma-kīrtanam

264 The Importance of Nāma-kīrtanam

265.1 Nāma-kīrtanam Is the Ultimate Good for Sādhakas and Siddhas

265.2 The Ten Aparādhas to the Name

265.3 Offenses to the Devotee

265.4 To Regard the Names and Qualities of Śiva As Independent of Viṣṇu

265.5 Offenses Four to Six

265.6 Committing Sins on the Strength of the Holy Name

265.7 The Name Is Not To Be Equated with Pious Works

265.8 Offenses of the Instructor and the Instructed

266 Rūpa-kīrtanam

267 Guṇa-kīrtanam

268 Līlā-kīrtanam

269 The Glories of Līlā-kīrtanam

270 The Importance of Kīrtanam in Kaliyuga

271 Kaliyuga Is Glorious Because of Kīrtanam

272 Why the Glory of Kīrtanam Is Not Disclosed in Other Yugas

273 The Universality of Kīrtanam

274 Kīrtanam Should Be Performed without Offenses

275 Smaraṇam Requires Purity of Heart

276 Nāma-smaraṇam and Rūpa-smaraṇam

277 The Glory of Remembrance

278 (Part 1) The Five Stages of Smaraṇam

278 (Part 2) The Five Stages of Smaraṇam

279 Two Types of Devotional Samādhi

280 Pāda-sevanam— Service to Bhagavān

281 Sevā Is Perfect in Itself

282 Pure Devotees Desire Only Service

283.1 (Part 1) Residing in Holy Places As an Extension of Pāda-sevanam

283.1 (Part 2) Residing in Holy Places As an Extension of Pāda-sevanam

283.2 Service to Tulasī As an Extension of Sat-sevā

283.3 (Part 1) Arcanam— Deity Worship

283.3 (Part 2) Arcanam— Deity Worship

283.4 The Necessity of Dīkṣā on the Path of Arcanam

284 The Difference between Mantras and the Holy Name

285 (Part 1) Two Ways of Performing Karma As Worship

285 (Part 2) Two Ways of Performing Karma As Worship

286.1 (Part 1) Worship of Bhagavān’s Yoga-pīṭha

286.1 (Part 2) Worship of Bhagavān’s Yoga-pīṭha

286.2 Bhūta-śuddhi

286.3 Loci of Worship

286.4 Gradations of Eligibility for Receiving Worship

287 Worship of Kṛṣṇa Is Worship of All

288 Paramātmā Is the Source of Life

289 Honorability Accords with the Degree of Awareness of Bhagavān

290 The Deity Is Superior to Human Beings As an Object of Worship

291 Worship of the Deity Should Be Performed without Malice for Other Beings

292 A Brāhmaṇa Is Most Honorable among Human Beings

293 The Brāhmaṇas Are Honorable Even for Bhagavān

294 The Deity Is the Supreme Object of Worship

295 Existential Seats of the Worship of Bhagavān

296 Appropriate Adjustment of the Rules of Worship

297 Bhagavān Is Attained by Pure Worship

298 Eligibility for Worship

299.1 Janmāṣṭamī

299.2 Kārtika-vrata

299.3 (Part 1) Ekādaśī

299.3 (Part 2) Ekādaśī

299.4 Bathing in the Month of Māgha

300 (Part 1) Offenses in Deity Worship

300 (Part 2) Offenses in Deity Worship

300 (Part 3) Offenses in Deity Worship

301 Offenses to Devotees in the Matter of Worship

302 Disrespect to a Great Devotee Results in Ruination

303.1 The Solution to Offenses

303.2 (Part 1) Vandanam As an Independent Practice

303.2 (Part 2) Vandanam As an Independent Practice

304 The Attitude of Being a Servant

305 Dāsyam Embellishes Every Action

306 (Part 1) Sakhyam Entails Bandhu-bhāva

306 (Part 2) Sakhyam Entails Bandhu-bhāva

307 Sakhyam Brings Bhagavān under Control

308 Bhagavān’s Abode Attained through Sakhyam

309 (Part 1) Varieties of Ātma-nivedanam

309 (Part 2) Varieties of Ātma-nivedanam

310.1 (Part 1) The Meaning of Rāga and Rāgānugā

310.1 (Part 2) The Meaning of Rāga and Rāgānugā

310.1 (Part 3) The Meaning of Rāga and Rāgānugā

310.1 (Part 4) The Meaning of Rāga and Rāgānugā

310.1 (Part 5) The Meaning of Rāga and Rāgānugā

310.1 (Part 6) The Meaning of Rāga and Rāgānugā

310.2 Rāgānugā with the Abhimāna of a Lover— Preyasī

311 Rāgānugā Is Executed Predominantly through Internalized Awareness

312.1 Rāgānugā with the Abhimāna of a Sevaka or Parent

312.2 (Part 1) Rāgānugā Is Independent of Injunctions

312.2 (Part 2) Rāgānugā Is Independent of Injunctions

312.2 (Part 3) Rāgānugā Is Independent of Injunctions

312.3 (Part 1) Rāgānugā Mixed with Vaidhī

312.3 (Part 2) Rāgānugā Mixed with Vaidhī

312.4 The Power of the Path of Bhāva

313 The Secret behind Śiśupāla’s Attainment

314 Śiśupāla’s Envy of Kṛṣṇa

315 (Part 1) Criticism Relates Only to Prakṛti and Its Products

315 (Part 2) Criticism Relates Only to Prakṛti and Its Products

316 Bhagavān Is beyond the Range of Criticism

317 Absorption in Kṛṣṇa by Whatsoever Means Is Purifying

318 Absorption by Enmity Supersedes that of Vaidhī-bhakti

319 The Power of Absorption

320.1 (Part 1) Kāma Is Not Inherently Sinful

320.1 (Part 2) Kāma Is Not Inherently Sinful

320.1 (Part 3) Kāma Is Not Inherently Sinful

320.2 Projecting Libidinous Feelings upon Bhagavān Is Not Inherently Sinful

320.3 Amorous Desire for Bhagavān Is Supported in Scripture

320.4 Even the Vedas Personified Attained the State of Amorous Love

321 (Part 1) Examples of Attaining Bhagavān through the Five Feeling States

321 (Part 2) Examples of Attaining Bhagavān through the Five Feeling States

322 Enmity Is Rejected As a Valid Means

323 Fix the Mind on Kṛṣṇa by Whatsoever Means

324 Bhakti Is Never To Be Found in Enmity

325 (Part 1) Rāgānugā-bhakti Is Directed Primarily to Kṛṣṇa in Gokula

325 (Part 2) Rāgānugā-bhakti Is Directed Primarily to Kṛṣṇa in Gokula

325 (Part 3) Rāgānugā-bhakti Is Directed Primarily to Kṛṣṇa in Gokula

325 (Part 4) Rāgānugā-bhakti Is Directed Primarily to Kṛṣṇa in Gokula

325 (Part 5) Rāgānugā-bhakti Is Directed Primarily to Kṛṣṇa in Gokula

326 Uddhava Accepts Bhakti Alone Devoid of Jñāna-yoga

327 Kṛṣṇa Comes under the Control of His Pure Devotees

328 (Part 1) A Devotee Would Never Abandon One So Gracious As Kṛṣṇa

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331-332 (Part 1) Worship of Kṛṣṇa Is Superior to That of Paramātmā

331-332 (Part 2) Worship of Kṛṣṇa Is Superior to That of Paramātmā

333 The Superiority of Kṛṣṇa Bhajana Shown through Kaimutya

334 Kṛṣṇa Fulfills All the Goals of Pure Devotees

335 A Pure Devotee Desires Only Love for Kṛṣṇa

336 Worship of Kṛṣṇa Is Recommended Even for Mumukṣus

337 Kṛṣṇa’s Supreme Graciousness

338 (Part 1) Worship of Kṛṣṇa along with Rādhā Is Supreme

338 (Part 2) Worship of Kṛṣṇa along with Rādhā Is Supreme

339 The Confidentiality of Spiritual Realization

340 The Sequence of Progress in Bhakti