The Nectar of Devotion
The Complete Science of Bhakti-yoga
A summary study of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu
Dedication
TO THE SIX GOSVĀMĪS OF VṚNDĀVANA
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE
Characteristics of Pure Devotional Service
CHAPTER TWO
The First Stages of Devotion
CHAPTER THREE
Eligibility of the Candidate for Accepting Devotional Service
CHAPTER FOUR
Devotional Service Surpasses All Liberation
CHAPTER FIVE
The Purity of Devotional Service
CHAPTER SIX
How to Discharge Devotional Service
CHAPTER SEVEN
Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles
CHAPTER EIGHT
Offenses to Be Avoided
CHAPTER NINE
Further Consideration of Devotional Principles
CHAPTER TEN
Techniques of Hearing and Remembering
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Aspects of Transcendental Service
CHAPTER TWELVE
Further Aspects of Transcendental Service
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Five Potent Forms of Devotional Service
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Devotional Qualifications
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Spontaneous Devotional Service
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Spontaneous Devotion Further Described
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Ecstatic Love
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Character of One In Ecstatic Love
CHAPTER NINETEEN
Devotional Service In Pure Love of God
CHAPTER TWENTY
Transcendental Mellow
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Qualities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Qualities of Kṛṣṇa Further Explained
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Kṛṣṇa’s Personality
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
Further Traits of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Devotees of Kṛṣṇa
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Stimulation for Ecstatic Love
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
Symptoms of Ecstatic Love
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Existential Ecstatic Love
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
Expressions of Love for Kṛṣṇa
CHAPTER THIRTY
Further Features of Ecstatic Love for Kṛṣṇa
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
Additional Symptoms
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Symptoms of Continuous Ecstasy
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
Indirect Expressions of Ecstatic Love
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
The Nectar of Devotion
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Neutral Love of God
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Transcendental Affection (Servitude)
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
Impetuses for Kṛṣṇa’s Service
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
Indifference and Separation
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
Ways of Meeting Kṛṣṇa
CHAPTER FORTY
Reverential Devotion of Sons and Other Subordinates
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
Fraternal Devotion
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
Fraternal Loving Affairs
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
Parenthood
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
Devotional Service In Conjugal Love
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
Laughing Ecstasy
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
Astonishment and Chivalry
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
Compassion and Anger
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Dread and Ghastliness
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
Mixing of Rasas
CHAPTER FIFTY
Further Analysis of Mixed Rasas
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
Perverted Expression of Mellows
Concluding Words