Visual Philosophy of the Nectar of Instructions

This study guide is mainly intended for followers of Śrīla Prabhupāda who have completed introductory Vaishnava education courses. It will be useful for those studying in the Bhakti-shāstra course, as well as for the instructors of this course. However, the "Visual Philosophy of the Nectar of Instructions" will be of interest to anyone who wants to study the "Nectar of Instructions", as it allows readers to see this great book as a holistic work through accessible images, understanding its structure and logic. In preparing this guide, I relied entirely on the commentaries of Śrīla Prabhupāda. My main task was to help readers better understand how he reveals the instructions of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī in relation to our lives. In his introduction, Śrīla Prabhupāda writes: "Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī wrote many other books, including 'Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu', 'Vidagdha-Mādhava', and 'Lalitā-Mādhava', and the very first instructions addressed to neophyte devotees are contained in the 'Upadeśāmṛta'. We must strictly follow these instructions, and then it will be easier for us to make our lives successful." In the "Visual Philosophy of the Nectar of Instructions", there are 12 illustrations. The first illustration is a brief overview and description of the entire book 'Nectar of Instructions'. The others are illustrations corresponding to the texts with commentaries. Unlike previous editions from the "Visual Philosophy" series, we did not use a disc with audio files here. Instead, we added a brief description of the meaning of each illustration. To grasp the essence of Śrīla Prabhupāda's commentaries, a brief overview is provided for each of them.