Topics covered:
SB 8.15: Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets
- Description of Indrapuri, capital of heavenly planets.
- The door to self-realization: Pleasing the guru.
SB 8.16: Executing the Payo-vrata Process of Worship
- Transcendental household life.
- The Supreme controller favor his devotees.
- The spirit soul is completely different from the body.
- The necessity of accepting a spiritual master.
- The payo vrata devotional practice explained.
- Why the many path, same result philosophy is false.
SB 8.17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son
- The Supreme Lord appears before Aditi.
- Surmounting the Illusory energy.
- Life is not product of two secretions.
- The waves of eternal time factor.
SB 8.18: Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation
- Transcendental birth of Lord Vamanadeva.
- Vedic astronomy: the truth about moon.
- Millions of incarnations emanate from Krishna.
- Bali Maharaj personally greets the Lord.
SB 8.19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja
- The Lord praises Balis magnanimity.
- The God is death concoction.
- Lord Sri Krishna, omnipotent landholder.
- How to receive another temporary body.
- Krishnas devotees are not escapists.
- The body: Making the best use of a bad bargain.
- The eternal solution to poverty.
SB 8.20: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders the Universe
- Bali Maharaja rejects his false guru.
- Untruthfulness overburden the earth.
- Transcendental charity, life’s rarest opportunity.
- Bali Maharajas false guru curses him.
- The Lord expands his body, enveloping the universe.
- The Lord s stride pierces the covering of the universe.
.SB 8.21: Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord
- Lord Vamanadeva resumes his original form
- Balis demoniac followers attack the Lord
- Balis tolerance a lesson for the universe
- Devotees are transcendental to any material conditions
SB 8.22: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life
- Balis head the place for Lords final footstep.
- Wasting ones valuable lifetime.
- Prahlada Maharaja, the most dear devotee, arrives.
- World mismanagment: Defying Supreme Proprietor.
- The human form of life is rarely obtained.
- Bali Maharaja receives the Lords eternal benediction.
SB 8.23: The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Planets
- Why the devotees enjoy and the nondevotees suffer.
- Chanting the Hare Krishna mantra.
- Defying the Supreme wastes time, energy and money.
