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Therefore, by means such as these, which are sanctioned by scripture, one should acquire purity of mind. This is the meaning. 304 XXIX. The Eleven Stages of Devotion
The author now proposes to relate, for the sake of
easy comprehension by intelligent persons, the scripturally
sanctioned means according to their distinct stages:
THE MEANS ARE DESCRIBED BY N脗RADA IN THE FIRST
33. THE
BOOK.
289 I SHALL STATE THEM BRIEFLY, TOGETHER WITH
THEIR DIVISION INTO SEPARATE STAGES.
The meaning is clear. He now declares them:
34. FIRST THERE IS SERVICE OF THE GREAT, THEN BEING A
FIT OBJECT OF THEIR COMPASSION. NEXT THERE IS FAITH IN
THEIR DISCIPLINES, AND THEN COMES HEARING OF THE GLORIES
OF HARI.
290 35. THEN THERE IS THE ARISING OF THE SPROUT OF LOVE,
AND NEXT REALIZATION OF THE ESSENTIAL NATURE. THEN
COMES THE INCREASE OF ECSTATIC LOVE FOR THE SUPREME
BLISS, AND AFTER THAT THE DIRECT MANIFESTATION OF HIM.
36. NEXT THERE IS SPONTANEOUS ABSORPTION IN THE
SPIRITUAL DISCILPINES OF THE LORD'S DEVOTEES, AND THEN
COMES POSSESSION OF HIS GLORIOUS QUALITIES IN ONESELF.
FINALLY, THERE ARISES THE SUPREME LIMIT OF ECSTATIC
LOVE. THUS THE STAGES OF DEVOTION HAVE BEEN
291 DECLARED.
37.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED
LORD, ITS MEANS AND ESSENTIAL NATURE, TOGETHER WITH ITS
STAGES HAVE HERE BEEN PROPERLY EXPLAINED TO THE BEST OF
OUR UNDERSTANDING.
Now the first chapter is ended.