Index

Index 5

Introduction 9

Biography of Srila Jiva Gosvami Prabhupada 13

General notes 13

The six Gosvamis of Vrindavana 14

Early life 16

Arrival in Vrindavana 19

Criticism of Jiva Gosvami 21

His fame spreads 23

The temple of Radha-Damodara 23

The writings 24

Analysis of the writings 25

First Theme: Invoking and delimiting the main topic 29

Second Theme: The Master of Devotion, Caitanya Mahaprabhu 32

Third Theme: Sri Jiva Gosvami remembers his gurus 38

Fourth Theme: Jiva Gosvami takes up and perfects the work of Sri Gopala Bhatta 39

Fifth Theme: The gravity of the manipulation of sacred texts 41

Sixth Theme: Entering Tattva Sandarbha 42

Seventh Theme: The Three Aspects of Absolute Truth 43

Eighth Theme: The best tools to achieve knowledge 50

Ninth Theme: The Puranas are Vedic writings and are therefore the highest authorities 57

Tenth Theme: Srimad-Bhagavatam is the supreme of all the Puranas 63

Eleventh Theme: The Spiritual Master 77

Twelfth Theme: Liberated Souls Also Study Bhagavatam 81

Thirteenth Theme: Material Nature and Individual Souls 86

Fourteenth Theme: Material Nature Has the Function of Educating Souls 90

Fifteenth Theme: Neither matter nor jivas are one with the Supreme 93

Sixteenth Theme: Bhakti-yoga, devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead 105

Seventeenth Theme: The Disciplines of Sadhana-bhakti 114

Eighteenth Theme: Further Comparison Between What Is Supreme and What Is Not 116

Nineteenth Theme: The Themes of Srimad-Bhagavatam 125

Twentieth Theme: The Characteristics of the Sacred Puranas 131

Conclusion 137

Glossary 138

Kadacha Editions 147

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