Sri Harinama Cintamani - Table of Contents
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Inaitentiveness is negligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
One must chant attentively to develop aruraga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
The process of careful chanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
The symptoms of laziness or jadya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Distraction (viksepa) and the antidote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Enthusiasm for chanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Procedure for overcoming distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
The necessity of developing enthusiasm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

— ChapterThirteen —

Maintaining Material Attachments of "I" and "Mine" . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
The worst offense against the holy name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The necessity of surrender to the holy name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
What occurs without surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
How to rid oneself of this offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Symptoms of one who is free from namaparadhas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Bhava attained quickly by offenseless chanting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Offensive chanting impedes pure devotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
The severity of namaparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
The process of renouncing namaparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91


In reality, the glossy picture of the "happy rich person" that most people hold in their minds is simply an illusion. Money can buy sense gratification, but not actual happiness or satisfaction.
Science of Identity Foundation - Jagad Guru Chris Butler


— ChapterFourteen —

Offenses in Devotional Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Srila Haridasa Thakura is namacarya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Varieties of sevaparadha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Thirty-two sevaparadhas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
More offenses listed in other scriptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sevaparadha is to be a voided by the servitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
In the stage of bhava-seva, sevaparadha is almost nonexistent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Meditators on the holy name perform bhava-seva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

— Chapter Fifteen —

The Bhajana of Confidential Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Science of the holy name revealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
The concept of rasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
The cit potency reveals the supreme object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
What is maya-sakti? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Two types jiva-sakti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Rasa and its different aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
The bhakti-sakti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rasa and the bhavas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Elevation via the Hare Krsna maha-mantra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Three kinds of introspective jivas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Advancement in hearing, chanting, and remembering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
The svarsiki process of worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
When material coverings are removed, the spiritual goal is achieved . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Five stages of consciousness in bhava-sadhana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Bhajana from sravana-dasa to smarana-dasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
A digression on the subject of ruci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
The conjugal rasa is completely transcendental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
The transition from smarana-dasa to apana-dasa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Two methods of sadhana: vaidhi and raganuga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
To the stage of apana-dasa via vaidhi-sadhana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
To the stage of apana-dasa via raganuga-sadhana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
The Lord's special favor upon Haridasa Thakura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

— Bibliography —

Readings in Gaudiya Vaisnavism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

— Glossary —

Sanskrit Terms Used in the Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119