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The Science of God

Table of contents

1. The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
2. Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons
3. Hiraṇyakaśipu’s Plan to Become Immortal
4. Hiraṇyakaśipu Terrorizes the Universe
5. Prahlāda Mahārāja, the Saintly Son of Hiraṇyakaśipu
6. Prahlāda Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates
7. What Prahlāda Learned in the Womb
8. Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva Slays the King of the Demons
9. Prahlāda Pacifies Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva with Prayers
10. Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees
11. The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes
12. The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes
13. The Behavior of a Perfect Person
14. Ideal Family Life
15. Instructions for Civilized Human Beings

CHAPTER ONE

The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone

• Visnu Is Extremely Dear to Everyone
• Topics of the Lord Counteract Material Miseries
• An Expert Thinker Can Perceive the Lord’s Presence
• Living Entities Act Within the Limits of Time
• Sisupala Merged into the Body of the Lord
• The Conditioned Soul Is Subjected to Dualities
• Thinking of the Lord Frees One from Sin
• Atheists Cannot Attain Salvation
• Jaya and Vijaya Are Cursed by the Sages

CHAPTER TWO

Hiranyakasipu, King of the Demons

• Hiranyakasipu Laments His Brother’s Death
• Hiranyakasipu Vows to Kill Lord Visnu
• The Assembled Demons Are Instructed by Hiranyakasipu
• The Demons Engage in Disastrous Activities
• The Demigods Wander the Earth Unseen
• Hiranyakasipu Pacifies His Nephews
• The Soul Is Eternal and Inexhaustible
• The History of King Suyajna
• Yamaraja Advised the King’s Widows
• The Material Creation Is the Plaything of the Lord
• The Encaged Living Entity Is Separate from the Body
• Yamaraja Tells the Story of the Two Kulinga Birds
• Hiranyaksa’s Wife and Mother Forget Their Grief

CHAPTER THREE

Hiranyakasipu’s Plan to Become Immortal

• Hiranyakasipu Begins His Severe Austerities
• The Demigods Inform Brahma of Hiranyakasipu’s Intentions
• Brahma, Struck with Wonder, Addresses Hiranyakasipu
• Hiranyakasipu’s Body Is Revitalized by Brahma
• Hiranyakasipu Prays in a Humble Mood
• The Benediction Asked by Hiranyakasipu

CHAPTER FOUR

Hiranyakasipu Terrorizes the Universe

• Brahma Benedicts Hiranyakasipu
• Hiranyakasipu Conquers the Entire Universe
• The Opulence of Indra’s Residence
• Hiranykasipu Is Worshiped by Everyone
• Hiranyakasipu Remains a Servant of His Senses
• The Universal Rulers Surrender to Visnu
• The Voice of the Lord Drives Away All Fear
• The Glorious Qualities of Prahlada Maharaja
• Ecstatic Symptoms Manifest by Prahlada
• Hiranyakasipu Torments His Own Son

CHAPTER FIVE

Prahlada Maharaja, the Saintly Son of Hiranyakasipu

• The Demons Accept Sukracarya as Their Priest
• Prahlada Instructs the King of the Demons
• Prahlada Is Faithful to His Father’s Enemies
• The Priests of the Demons Pacify Prahlada
• Prahlada Is Chastised by His Teachers
• Visnu Is the Axe for Cutting Down Demons
• The Nine Processes of Devotional Service
• Hiranyakasipu Becomes Angry at His Son
• Materialists Repeatedly Chew the Chewed
• Hiranyakasipu Orders the Death of Prahlada
• The Demons Begin to Torture Prahlada
• Prahlada Is Unaffected by the Treacheries of His Father
• Prahlada Instructs His Class Friends

CHAPTER SIX

Prahlada Instructs His Demoniac Schoolmates

• Teach Every Child Krsna Consciousness
• Bodily Pleasure Is Available in Any Species of Life
• Economic Development Is Worthless
• How to Waste Your Life
• The Ropes of Family Affection
• Money Is Sweeter than Honey
• The Almighty Tongue and Genitals
• Educated Cats and Dogs
• Dancing Dogs in the Hands of Women
• To the Atheist the Lord Appears Nonexistent
• Nothing Is Unobtainable for Devotees
• Surrendering to Krsna Is Transcendental
• Transcendental Knowledge Is Difficult to Understand

CHAPTER SEVEN

What Prahlada Learned in the Womb

• The Demigods Plunder the Demons
• Narada Saves the Unborn Hero, Prahlada
• Prahlada Hears from Narada While in the Womb
• Both the Lord and We Are Conscious Individuals
• How to Extract the Spirit Soul
• All Sober Persons Should Search for the Soul
• The Chains of Polluted Intelligence
• Accept and Serve the Bona Fide Guru
• Going to Hell Requires Great Endeavor
• Attempts for Happiness Always Yield Distress
• Today’s Actions Create Your Future Body
• Seeing Krsna Everywhere Is the Ultimate Goal

CHAPTER EIGHT

Lord Nrsimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons

• Hiranyakasipu Decides to Kill His Son Prahlada
• Prahlada Preaches to His Father
• If God Is Everywhere, Why Can’t I See Him
• Lord Nrsimhadeva Emerges from a Pillar
• Description of Lord Nrsimhadeva’s Form
• The Lord Tears Hiranyakasipu to Pieces
• The Demigods Offer Prayers to Lord Nrsimhadeva

CHAPTER NINE

Prahlada Pacifies Lord Nrsimhadeva with Prayers

• Prahlada Approaches Lord Nrsimhadeva
• Prahlada’s Prayers to the Lord
• Even a Dog-eater Who Becomes a Devotee Is Exalted
• The Lord Incarnates for His Own Pleasure
• So-called Remedies Are Worse than the Diseases
• Scientists and Politicians Can Never Save Us
• Future Happiness Is Only a Mirage
• Our First Duty Is to Serve the Guru
• The Lord’s Mystic Slumber
• In This Age the Lord Does Not Assert Himself
• The Senses Are like Many Wives
• Help Save the Fools and Rascals
• Meditating in Seclusion Is Condemned
• Tolerate the Sex Itch, Avoid So Much Suffering
• The Lord Gives Up His Anger
• Devotees Refuse Material Benefits

CHAPTER TEN

Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

• Devotees Fear Materialistic Life
• Serving the Lord for Material Profit
• Krsna Is Naturally Our Master
• The Lord Orders Prahlada to Rule the Demons
• Exalted Devotees Purify Entire Nations
• Lord Brahma Prays to Lord Nrsimhadeva
• The Three Births of Jaya and Vijaya
• Attentive Hearers Will Attain the Spiritual World
• The Absolute Truth Is a Person
• The Demoniac Genius, Maya Danava
• Man Proposes, Krsna Disposes

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes

• Our Eternal Occupational Duty
• The Qualifications of a Human Being
• The Intellectual, Administrative, Mercantile and Worker Classes
• Chaste Women: A Social Necessity
• How to Divide Society

CHAPTER TWELVE

The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes

• Brahmacari Life: Living under the Care of a Guru
• Women Are like Fire, Men Are the Butter
• Understanding Vedic Knowledge Is Real Education
• Vanaprastha Life: Preparing to Meet Death

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The Behavior of a Perfect Person

• The Renounced Order of Life
• Avoid Reading Mundane Literature
• Prahlada’s Conversation with a Perfect Sage
• Only Humans Can Choose Their Next Body
• Sense Enjoyment Is Simply Imaginary
• The Threefold Miseries
• The Bee and Python Are Excellent Teachers
• Those Who Know Retire from the Illusion

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Ideal Family Life

• How Householders Can Obtain Liberation
• Plain Living, High Thinking
• Treat Animals like Your Own Children
• The Real Value of the Wife’s Body
• Distributing Prasada, Spiritual Food
• ISKCON Centers Benefit Everyone
• Everything Must Be Given to Krsna

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Instructions for Civilized Human Beings

• Offering Food to the Lord and His Devotees
• Slaughtering Animals for Religion and Food
• The Five Branches of Pseudoreligion
• How to Transcend Economic Endeavor
• Greed: The Merciless Taskmaster
• The Guru Is Life’s Greatest Asset
• The Yoga Process
• Breaking Spiritual Regulations Is Intolerable
• The Mercy of the Spiritual Master
• Why You Cannot Remain in the Heavenly Planets
• What Is Reality?
• The Ultimate Self-interest
• Narada Muni’s Previous Lives
• Krsna Lived with the Pandavas Just like an Ordinary Human Being

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