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"Ramakrishna- The Nectar of Eternal Bliss" text used in the class can be found at the online bookstore.

1. Introduction- pps 1 to 14
2. Chapter 1: The Master & Mahendranath Gupta- pps 15 to 28
3. Chapter 1: The Master & Mahendranath Gupta [con't]- pps 28 to 39
4. Chapter 2: The Master & Devotees at Dakshineswar- pps 40 to 50
5. Chapter 2[con't]- The Master & Devotees at Dakshineswar- pps 50 to 64
6. Chapter 3- Shivanath, & Devotees in Calcutta- pps 64 to 80
7. Chapter 3[end] & 4- The Master with Devotees- pps 80 to 95
8. Chapter 4- Vijay Goswami- pps 95 to 110
9. Chapter 5 & 6- Talk with close devotees. pps 111 to 130
10. Chapter 7- Narendra- pps 131 to 144
11. Chapter 8- Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta. pps 145-158
12. Chapter 9- Master at Keshab Chandra Sen's house. pps 158-169
13. Chapter 10- Master at Surendra's house with devotees. pps 170-188
14. Ch 10[con't] & Ch 11- Master at Ishan's house with devotees- pps 188 to 206
15. Ch 11[con't] & Ch 12- At Ishan's house. Discussion w/Brahmo Devotees- pps 206 to 224
16. Ch 12[con't]- Festival at Beni Pal's house. Discussion w/Brahmo Devotees- pps 224 to 244
17. Ch 12[end] & Ch 13- At Dakshineswar with Devotees- pps 244 to 262
18. Ch 13[end]- At Dakshineswar with Devotees- pps 263 to 280
19. Ch 14- At Balaram's house with Devotees- pps 280 to 294
20. Chapter 14[end] & 15- At Girish's house with devotees- pps 294 to 313
21. Chapter 15[end]- At Dr. Sarkar's house with devotees- pps 313 to 336
22. Chapter 16- At Shyampukur with devotees- pps 336 to 354
23. Chapter 17- At Shyampukur with Dr. Sarkar & devotees- pps 354 to 372
24. Chapter 17[end] & 18- Narendra sings- pps 372 to 386
25. Chapter 18[end]- Ramakrishna with devotees- pps 387 to 399

Question:
In the Skanda Puranas , Lord Siva speaking to Skanda states, "In this mortal world, if anyone does not worship Shalagram Sila, I do not at all accept any of their worship and obeisances." Will Lord Shiva only accept my obeisance or all other worship of him only if I worship the Shalagram? Has all my previous worship been for nought because I did not worship the Shalagram. I am confused and perturbed about this.

Swamiji says:
NO, that is not the meaning.

The Shalagram is the symbol of Lord Vishnu. The shloka means that those who honor Shiva, but not Vishnu, are not pure devotees in Shiva's perception. There is only One God. Those who discriminate as to what this One God is called are not devotees of the One God.