— Dedicated to —

His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

This book is dedicated to His Divine Grace Jagadguru A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI SRILA PRABHUPADA who lead me out of the darkest ignorance and gave me and the world Krsna Consciousness out of his causeless mercy.

Table of Contents

— Introduction —

A Biographical Sketch of
Srila HaridasaThakura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi

— GBC Approval —

From Srila Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

— A Short Note —

On Transliterated Sanskrit Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

— Chapter One —

The Glories of the Holy Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Most of us—whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, civilized or uncivilized—are struggling to enjoy our senses. This is due to false identification with the body.
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Pious activities leading to devotional service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
A secondary process for the karmi and jnani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Religion has deteriorated in Kali-yuga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The prime process: chanting the holy name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

— Chapter Two —

Chanting the Holy Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Unflinching devotion is superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Symptoms of different Vaisnavas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11