Nectar of Instruction (NOI) (Revised)

Important verses for Bhakti Shastri from Bhagavad Gita, Sri Ishopanishad, Nectar of Instruction and Nectar of Devotion

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Nectar of Instructions Final Slides

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NOI Practice Questions

This criteria must be completed by all Bhakti Shastri (English) candidates.

Preface and overview of The Nectar of Instruction.

Text 1 part 1: Combating the urges of speech, mind and anger

Text 1 part 2: Combating the urges of tongue, belly and genitals

Text 2 part 1: Avoiding atyahara and prayasa

Text 2 part 2: Avoiding prajalpa and niyamagraha

Text 2 part 3: Avoiding jana-sanga and laulya

Text 3 part 1: Cultivating enthusiasm and determination on the path of bhakti

Text 3 part 2: Cultivating patience and following the regulative principles

Text 3 part 3: Giving up bad association and following in the right footsteps

Text 4 part 1: How giving and receiving gifts and prasad nourishes our bhakti

Text 4 part 2: Having heart-to-heart discussions with devotees

Text 5 part 1: Associating properly with the three levels of devotees

Text 5 part 2: Associating carefully with advanced devotees

Text 6: Avoid seeing devotees with material vision

Text 7: Practice devotional service not for its taste but for its healing potency

Text 8: How Prabhupada through ISKCON has implemented Rupa Goswami's Upadesha-sara

Text 9: Understanding the reality and the glory of the spiritual world with its
transcendental hierarchy

Text 10: The exalted love of Radharani

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