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The Nectar of Devotion is a unique spiritual text that explains the devotional science of bhakti-yoga, or Krsna consciousness. Astonishingly intimate in its detailed descriptions of the loving relationships between Lord Sri Krsna and His devotees, it is at the same time practical, authoritative and philosophically substantial. It is a summary study of Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, which was written in Sanskrit over 400 years ago by the great philosopher-devotee Srila Rūpa Gosvami Prabhupada, and it contains hundreds of quotes from such important Vedic literatures as Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Upanisads, Mahabharata and the Puranas.

The Nectar of Devotion has been called the "lawbook of Krsna consciousness," for it is the text which guides the devotees of the Hare Krsna movement in the details of their daily lives. It elaborately explains the philosophical background behind the many rules and regulations that devotees of Krsna voluntarily follow, and it probes deeply into the thoughts and emotions that motivate a Krsna conscious devotee.

Most importantly, The Nectar of Devotion goes beyond the limitations of both empty religious sentiment and dry, impersonal philosophy. It brings the reader to a factual understanding of the eternal activities of the spiritual world and offers practical step-by-step instructions which can enable the serious student to actually enter into these pastimes, in a personal, face-to-face loving relationship with Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
A Summary Study of Srila Rūpa Gosvami's
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

ISKCON PRESS
38 North Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02134

To the Six Gosvamis of Vrndavana

nana-sastra-vicaranaika-nipunau sad-dharma-samsthapakau
lokanam hitakarinau tribhuvane manyau saranyakarau
radha-krsna-padaravinda-bhajananandena mattalikau
vande rūpa-sanatanau raghuyugau sri-jiva-gopalakau.

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Gosvamis, namely Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Rūpa Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha Dasa Gosvami, Sri Jiva Gosvami and Sri Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, who are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honored all over the three worlds, and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the gopis and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Radha and Krsna."

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