Preface

1. For who is Nectar of Devotion specifically presented?

For persons who are now engaged in Krishna consciousness movement
2. Give the English meaning of the words: rüpänugas, rasa, capala-sukha, bhoga-tyäga and
amåta.
rüpänugas: followers in the footsteps of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda
rasa: a kind of mellow (relationship) whose taste is very sweet
capala-sukha: flickering happiness
bhoga-tyäga: a position of alternating sense enjoyment and renunciation
amåta: that which does not die but exists eternally
3. What is Lord Caitanya’s universal principle?
Anyone who knows the science of Kṛṣṇa and is engaged in the service of the Lord is
accepted as being in a higher position than a person born in the family of a
brāhmaṇa.
4. What is the example Çréla Rüpa Goswämé set for devotees and for humanity in general?
Fifty percent of his accumulated wealth was distributed to the Kṛṣṇa conscious
persons, namely, the brāhmaṇas and the Vaiṣṇavas; twenty-five percent was
distributed to relatives; and twenty-five percent was kept against emergency
expenditures and personal difficulties.
5. Where did Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé first meet Lord Caitanya?
Prayāga, at Daśāśvamedha bathing ghāṭa

Introduction
6. List the twelve rasas in Sanskrit or English.
Neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parenthood, conjugal love, comedy, compassion,
fear, chivalry, ghastliness, wonder and devastation
7. Give the English meaning of the terms pravåtti and nirvåtti.
Positive and negative action
8. Give the English meaning of the word anuçélana.
Cultivation by following the predecessor teachers (ācāryas)
9. What does the term jïäna-karmädi refer to?
Activities, like mental speculation, fruitive work etc., that are unable to help one
attain to pure devotional service

Chapter 1
10. List, in Sanskrit or English, the six characteristics of pure devotional service.
1. Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material
distress.
2. Pure devotional service is the beginning of all auspiciousness.
3. Pure devotional service automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.
4. Pure devotional service is rarely achieved.
5. Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.
6. Pure devotional service is the only means to attract Kṛṣṇa.
11. List, in Sanskrit or English, the four effects that are due to sinful activities.
1. the effect that is not yet fructified
2. the effect that is lying as seed
3. the effect that is already mature
4. the effect that is almost mature
12. List four examples Prabhupäda gives of ‘mature’ sinful reactions.
chronic disease, legal implication, born in a low and degraded family, one is
uneducated or very ugly
13. What does the comparison between mystic perfections and modern scientific
improvements indicate?
After comparing all these mystic yoga-siddhis to materialistic perfections, we find
that the materialistic scientists try for the same perfections. So actually there is no
difference between mystic perfection and materialistic perfection.
14. Why does Kåñëa rarely agree to offer a soul devotional service?
Because by devotional service the Lord Himself becomes purchased by the devotee.
15. List the three sources of happiness according to the analysis of Çréla Rüpa Goswämé.
1. happiness derived from material enjoyment,
2. happiness derived by identifying oneself with the Supreme Brahman
3. happiness derived from Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
16. What is the meaning of the words madana-mohana-mohiné.
The attractor of the attractor of Cupid

Chapter 2
17. Name the three main categories of devotional service.
Devotional service in practice, devotional service in ecstasy and devotional service
in pure love of Godhead.
18. List the two types of sädhana-bhakti in both English and Sanskrit.
vaidhī sādhana-bhakti: Service according to regulative principles
rāgānugā sādhana-bhakti: by following the regulative principles, one becomes a
little more attached to Kṛṣṇa and executes of devotional service out of natural love
19. What is the most basic of all regulative principles?
Somehow or other always think of Viṣṇu, without forgetting Him under any
circumstances.
20. What is the benefit of feeding one who preaches the message of the Bhagavad-gétä?
By feeding him one feeds the Supreme Lord directly.

Chapter 3
21. List the four examples given of the neophyte devotees who begin devotional service
for relief in the matter of their respective self-satisfaction.
those who are distressed, those who are in need of money, those who are inquisitive
and those who are wise
22. Without being elevated to what position can one stick to the principle of worshiping
the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
To the position of a jïānī, or a wise man

Chapter 4
23. List, in Sanskrit or English, the five kinds of liberation.
1. to become one with the Lord,
2. to live on the same planet as the Lord,
3. to obtain the same bodily features as the Lord,
4. to have the same opulences as the Lord and
5. to have constant association with the Lord.
24. Liberated persons who have achieved these four stages of liberation may also be
promoted where?
To the Goloka Vṛndāvana planet in the spiritual sky

Chapter 5
25. What is the mystery of the Vaiñëava (devotional) cult?
One simply has to execute the rules and regulations for discharging devotional
service, and this is sufficient for his reinstatement.
Chapter 6
26. List the first 10 of the 64 items of sädhana in English or Sanskrit.
1. accepting the shelter of the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master,
2. becoming initiated by the spiritual master and learning how to discharge
devotional service from him,
3. obeying the orders of the spiritual master with faith and devotion,
4. following in the footsteps of great ācāryas (teachers) under the direction of the
spiritual master,
5. inquiring from the spiritual master how to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
6. being prepared to give up anything material for the satisfaction of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa (this means that when we are engaged in the
devotional service of Kṛṣṇa, we must be prepared to give up something that we may
not like to give up, and also we have to accept something that we may not like to
accept),
7. residing in a sacred place of pilgrimage like Dvārakā or Vṛndāvana,
8. accepting only what is necessary, or dealing with the material world only as far
as necessary,
9. observing the fasting day on Ekādaśī and
10. worshiping sacred trees like the banyan tree.
27. Out of the first 20 items of sädhana, which are considered the most important?
The first three – namely, accepting the shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, taking
initiation from him and serving him with respect and reverence
28. List the five most potent items of sädhana.
worshiping the Deity, hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, associating among the devotees,
saṅkīrtana, and living in Mathurā

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29. What is the crucial point for advancement in spiritual life?
To accept a bona fide spiritual master who has controlled all the six urges
30. Why can the followers of Buddha not be accepted as devotees?
Although Lord Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, the followers of such
incarnations are not very advanced in their knowledge of the Vedas. To study the
Vedas means to come to the conclusion of the supremacy of the Personality of
Godhead. Therefore any religious principle that denies the supremacy of the
Personality of Godhead is not accepted and is called atheism.
31. What is the real reason for observing fasting on Ekädaçé?
To minimize the demands of the body and to engage our time in the service of the
Lord by chanting or performing similar service.
32. List the two kinds of non-devotees whose association should be avoided.
One who is against the supremacy of Kṛṣṇa, and another who is too materialistic.

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33. Define seväparädhaù and nämäparädhaù.
Offenses in the matter of executing devotional service and offenses to the holy name
34. How can an offender unto the Lord Himself be delivered?
Simply by taking shelter of the holy names of the Lord: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa,
Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.

Chapter 9
35. What is the result of decorating one’s body with sandalwood pulp?
Is delivered from all sinful reactions, and after his death he goes directly to
Kṛṣṇaloka to live in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
36. Who are the impersonalists who became devotees after smelling the remnants of
flowers and incense in the temple?
Four Kumāras
37. Define laulyam and lälasämayé.
Desire and Great eagerness
38. What is the result of drinking caraëämåta, even for sinful people?
Will become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God if he simply drinks the
caraṇāmṛta

Chapter 10
39. Define däya-bhäk.
A son’s becoming the lawful inheritor of the property of the father.

Chapter 11
40. Which two of the nine types of devotional service are rarely seen?
Devotional service in friendship and devotional service in self-surrender

Chapter 12
41. A person who keeps Vaiñëava literature at home always has what?
Has Lord Nārāyaṇa always residing in his house
42. What is even higher than the worship of the Lord?
Worship of the Lord’s devotees

Chapter 13
43. A small attachment for any one of the five potent items can arouse what, even in a
neophyte?
Ecstasy

Chapter 14
44. List the examples of devotees who achieved perfection by practicing simply one
process of nava-vidhä-bhakti.
Hearing: King Parīkṣit
Chanting: Śukadeva Gosvāmī
Remembering: Prahlāda Mahārāja
 Massaging the lotus feet: Lakṣmī
Worshipping: King Pṛthu
Offering Prayers: Akrūra
Rendering personal service: Hanumān
Being a friend: Arjuna
Offering all of one’s possession: Bali Mahārāja

Chapter 15
45. Where can spontaneous devotional service easily be seen?
Kṛṣṇa’s direct associates in Vṛndāvana
46. What is the meaning rägä?
spontaneous dealings of the residents of Vṛndāvana in relationship with Kṛṣṇa
47. Define rägätmikä-bhakti and rägänuga-bhakti.
rägätmikä-bhakti: Spontaneous attitude of eternal residents of Kṛṣṇa’s direct
associates in Vṛndāvana.
rägänuga-bhakti: spontaneous attraction for something while completely absorbed
in thoughts of it, with an intense desire of love

Chapter 16
48. At what stage is it possible to achieve eagerness to follow in the footsteps of the
denizens of Vraja?
When one is freed from material contamination
49. Define präkåta-sahajiyä.
Pseudosect of so-called Vaiṣṇavas, who show unauthorized external behaviour
manufacturing their own way of devotional service
50. Briefly describe the two categories of conjugal love.
Direct (Keli) and Indirect

Chapter 17
51. What is the first symptom of pure love for the Personality of Godhead?
Ecstasy

Chapter 18
52. List the nine characteristics of a person who has developed ecstatic love for Kåñëa.
1. He is always anxious to utilize his time in the devotional service of the Lord. He
does not like to be idle. He wants service always, twenty-four hours a day, without
deviation.
2. He is always reserved and perseverant.
3. He is always detached from all material attraction.
4. He does not long for any material respect in return for his activities.
5. He is always certain that Kṛṣṇa will bestow His mercy upon him.
6. He is always very eager to serve the Lord faithfully.
7. He is very much attached to the chanting of the holy names of the Lord.
8. He is always eager to describe the transcendental qualities of the Lord.
9. He is very pleased to live in a place where the Lord’s pastimes are performed,
e.g., Mathurā, Vṛndāvana or Dvārakā.
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53. List in Sanskrit or English the two types of prema-bhakti.
Out of ecstasy and out of the causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Himself.
54. List in Sanskrit or English the nine stages from çraddhä to prema.
śraddhā, sādhu-saṅga, bhajana-kriyā, anartha-nivṛttiḥ, niṣṭhā, ruci, āsakti, bhāva,
prema