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on Lord, 9.6 15.14
on miser vs. brāhmaṇa, 2.7
on overcoming reactions, 4.37
on real ego, 13.8 (8)
on Vedas’ origin, 3.15
Bṛhad-viṣṇu-smṛti quoted on offenders to Lord, 9.12
Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa quoted on chanting, 6.12
Bṛhaspati, 10.24
Bṛhat-sāma hymn, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.35
Buddha, Lord, mission of, 4.7
Buddhi defined, 10.10
Buddhism, 2.26, 2.72
Buddhi-yoga, 2.39 (3–5), 2.49, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1, 10.10
Business & vaiśyas, 18.44
C
Caitanya, Lord, Introduction, Disciplic Succession, 2.15, 2.46, 4.8, 6.1, 6.44, 7.15 (2, 10), 8.14, 10.11, 16.1 (5)
chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa promoted by, 2.46, 8.11, 10.11, 16.24
cited. See: Caitanya cited
devotional services recommended by, 16.24, 18.54
ecstasy of, 2.46
hearing recommended by, 13.26
as incarnation for Kali-yuga, 4.8
mercy of, 11.54 (1), 18.54
philosophy of, 7.8, 18.78 (6)
quoted. See: Caitanya quoted
Caitanya-caritāmṛta
cited
on bona fide spiritual master, 2.8
on devotional service, 7.22, 10.9
on faith, 9.3
commentary on, 9.34
quoted
on devotional service, faith in, 2.41
on Kṛṣṇa as supreme, 7.20, 11.44
on pure devotee, 9.28
on Supreme Lord, incarnations of, 4.8
on Vedas given to forgetful souls, 26
Caitanya cited
See also: Caitanya quoted
on bona fide spiritual master, 2.8
on devotee, 10.4 (10)
on fame, 10.4 (10)
on God realization in this age, 13.26
on impersonalists’ commentaries, 2.12
on soul’s constitutional position, Introduction
Caitanya quoted
See also: Caitanya cited
on bona fide spiritual master, 2.8
on chanting, Introduction
on cleansing heart, 6.23
on detachment & desire for devotional service, 6.1
on tolerance, 8.5
Cāṇakya Paṇḍita cited on women, 1.40
Caṇḍālas, 2.46, 9.32
Candra, Lord, 3.14, 8.16, 9.18, 17.4
Capital punishment, 14.16
Caste system, Vedic. See: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Cāturmāsya, 2.42, 4.28
Causal ocean (cosmic ocean), 10.20, 11.54 (4)
Causes, five immediate & remote, 5.8
Causes for procreation, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.28
Cekitāna, 1.5
Celibacy, 6.13 (1), 8.11, 8.11, 17.14–15
See also: Brahmacarya; Renunciation; Sannyāsa
Chāndogya Upaniṣad cited
on death, two ways of, 8.26
on sacrifice, 8.3, 8.16
Chāndogya Upaniṣad quoted
on life as center of ability & activity, 7.19
on sat, 17.23
on Supreme Lord, 9.7, 15.18
on tat, 17.23
Chant, transcendental, Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.46, 2.61, 3.1, 4.8, 4.26, 4.39, 6.17, 6.34, 6.44, 7.24 (3), 8.5–8, 8.11–13, 8.14, 9.20, 9.27, 9.30, 10.9, 10.25, 10.35, 12.6 (2), 13.8 (10), 14.27
advantages of, 6.34, 7.24 (3), 8.8, 8.11, 8.14, 8.19, 9.2 (6), 9.14, 9.31, 10.11, 13.8 (6, 10), 16.7, 17.13
on beads (japa), 9.27
Caitanya taught, 2.46, 3.10, 3.12, 4.8, 10.11, 16.24
at death, 8.2, 8.13
as easy process, 12.6 (2, 4)
faith via, 4.39
by Haridāsa Ṭhākura, 6.17
& hearing. 8.8, 9.2 (6), 9.2 (7), 9.14, 10.9, 10.19, 12.20, 13.8 (6, 10), 14.27
Kṛṣṇa consciousness via, Introduction, 8.5–8, 8.11–13, 8.14, 12.8
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.25
mahā-mantra &, 4.39, 6.34, 7.24 (3), 8.5–8, 8.11–13, 8.14
for present age, 4.8, 6.12, 8.13, 9.27
purification via, 9.31, 10.11, 13.8 (6)
return to Godhead via, 8.8
in saṅkīrtana, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 4.8
Charity, 4.28, 4.28, 5.6, 8.28, 10.4, 10.4 (9), 11.48, 11.53, 11.54 (1), 12.11, 16.1, 16.1 (7), 17.8, 17.20–22, 17.23, 17.24, 17.26–28, 18.3, 18.4–7
with attachment to results, 17.21
defined, 10.4 (9), 16.1 (7)
with detachment, 17.20, 17.25
in goodness mode, 17.20
in ignorance mode, 17.22
Kṛṣṇa conscious, 5.25, 8.28, 9.27, 11.48, 11.54 (1), 16.1 (7), 17.23
in mode of passion, 14.9, 17.21
to poor persons, 17.20
purpose of, 17.25
Chastity, 1.40
Cheaters & cheated, 1.42
Cheating, 18.28
Cheats, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.36
Children, 2.20, 3.38, 7.11, 7.15 (8), 16.1 (2, 8)
duty toward, 7.11, 7.15 (8)
unborn, 3.38, 7.15 (7)
unwanted (varṇa-saṅkara), 1.40–41, 3.24
Choṭa Haridāsa, 16.1 (5)
Cinema, 13.8 (12)
Citi-śakti defined, 6.23
Citraratha, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.26
Civilization. See: Society
Cleanliness, 2.14, 16.1, 16.1 (17), 16.7, 16.10, 17.14, 18.27
defined, 13.8 (6), 16.1 (17), 16.7
kinds of, 13.8 (6), 16.7
Comparisons. See: Analogies
Compassion, 16.1
Arjuna’s, 1.28, 1.32–35, 1.45, 2.1–2, 2.36
Compound words, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.33
Conchshells sounded at Kurukṣetra, 1.13–18
Conditioned soul(s), Introduction, 1.30, 1.31, 2.17, 2.22, 2.39 (1), 3.5, 3.10, 3.34, 3.40, 3.42, 4.15, 4.24, 6.18, 6.35, 6.37, 7.6, 7.14, 12.5, 12.9, 13.31, 18.36, 18.59, 18.78 (5)
Bhagavad-gītā meant for, 11.55 (1)
bound by modes of nature, 3.33
characteristics of, Introduction
classes of, divine & demoniac, 16.6
compared
to bird in tree, 2.22
Conditioned soul(s)
to bound man, 7.14
to caterpillar, 8.8
to drowning man, 2.1
with liberated soul, 5.13–14, 5.19
to passenger, 6.34
to spark, extinguished, 2.23
with Supersoul, 5.18, 6.29
controlled, Introduction
by illusory energy, 3.5
creation benefits, 3.10
defects of, Introduction, 2.12, 16.24
duties required of, 3.35
elevation of, 3.15, 4.24
falldown of, 2.62–63, 13.20
stages of, 2.62–63
false ego of, 3.40
as fearful, 6.13 (2)
forced to act, 3.5
as ignorant, 7.26, 18.58
illusions of. See: Illusion
independence of, misused, 15.7
as individual always, 2.12
as “knower of the field,” 13.1–3, 13.5
vs. liberated soul, 5.13–14, 5.19
liberation for. See: Liberation
Lord’s form accompanying. See: Supersoul
material body &, 7.6
material desires of. See: Desire(s), material
pervades body by consciousness, 2.17
purification for. See: Purification
rebellious against Lord, 13.20
suffers from transmigration, 15.10
See also: Suffering
Supersoul
accompanies, 13.23
as witness of activities of, 8.4
surrender by. See: Surrender to Lord
as transcendental to b
ody, 13.32–34
transmigration of. See: Transmigration of soul(s)
See also: Living entity (entities)
Confidential knowledge. See: Devotional service; Knowledge, spiritual
Consciousness, Introduction, 2.17, 2.20, 2.25, 2.59, 2.62–63, 3.30, 3.38, 13.34, 15.8, 18.21
animal’s, 2.20, 3.38, 15.8, 18.22
birth according to, 15.8–10
in body from soul, 2.17, 13.34–35
contamination of, 3.38–40, 15.9
defined, Introduction
individual, compared with supreme consciousness, 13.34
by knower of Absolute Truth, 3.27–28
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.22
as living symptom, 13.6
Lord’s compared with living entity’s, Introduction, 2.20, 13.34
material, two divisions of, Introduction
original nature of, 15.9
pure
lust covers, 3.39
as transcendental, 2.55–61, 2.64–66, 2.68–72, 3.17
See also: Pure devotee(s); Kṛṣṇa consciousness
satisfied, 2.65
spiritual. See: Kṛṣṇa consciousness
as spiritual & eternal, 10.22
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Living entity (entities)
Constitutional position of surrender, 7.5
See also: Surrender to Lord
Contraception, 16.1 (8)
Courage in battle, 18.43
Covetousness, freedom from, 16.1
Cow(s), Introduction, 10.28, 10.28
importance of, 14.16
killing of, as punishable, 14.16
See also: Animal slaughter
Kṛṣṇa &, 1.15, 14.16
protection of, 14.16, 18.44
Cowherd boys, Introduction, 11.8
Creation, Introduction, 2.28, 2.39 (1), 3.10, 4.1 (1), 7.4, 7.14, 8.17, 9.4–10, 9.11 (5), 10.6, 10.6, 10.8, 10.20, 10.32, 10.33, 11.3, 11.37, 13.20, 14.3, 16.8, 18.62, 18.78 (5)
& annihilation, 8.17–19, 9.7–8
cause of, 7.6–12
components of, 7.4–5
cycles of, 8.17–19, 9.7–8
evolution &, 9.8
frequency of, 9.7
via glance of Lord, 9.10
Kṛṣṇa &, 7.6–12, 9.4–10, 10.3, 11.2
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.18
of life, Kṛṣṇa as cause of, 7.9–10
of living entities, 3.15, 9.8, 9.10, 13.20, 14.3–4
Lord’s desire for, 10.8
origin of, 7.6–12, 9.4–10, 9.18, 10.3, 11.2
purpose of, 3.10, 3.37, 9.8
stages of, 10.32
Supersoul &, 7.6, 10.20
Viṣṇus for, 7.4, 10.20, 10.32
See also: Annihilation of universe(s); Evolution
Creation, the. See: Material world; Universe(s)
Creations, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.32
Creator(s)
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.33
See also: Brahmā, Lord; Kṛṣṇa
Cremation for tigers, 2.31
Criminal activity, 1.36
Cruelty of the demoniac, 16.9
D
Daityas. See: Demon(s)
Dama. See: Self-control
Dāmodara, 8.22
Darkness, mode of. See: Ignorance, mode of
Darśa-paurṇamāsa, 9.25
Dayānidhi, Disciplic Succession
Death, Introduction, 1.10, 1.16–8, 1.36, 1.39, 1.43, 2.21, 2.22, 2.26, 2.30, 6.23, 8.2, 8.6, 8.16, 8.17, 9.7, 10.4, 14.8, 14.16, 16.1 (13)
attachments at. See: Attachment
birth follows, 2.20, 2.27
from birth on, 10.34
as bodily transformation, 2.20
body alone affected by, 2.18–21
cycle of. See: Birth-death cycle;
Transmigration of soul(s)
destination at, Introduction
for devotees, 8.23–24, 8.27, 12.6 (3)
elevation at, Introduction, 1.31, 2.8, 2.22, 2.31, 2.40, 6.41, 6.42–43, 7.30, 8.2, 8.5–7, 8.10, 8.13, 14.14
mode of nature prominent at, 14.14–15
knowing Kṛṣṇa at time of, 7.30
Kṛṣṇa as, 10.34
at Kurukṣetra preordained, 1.9, 1.16–18, 1.32–35
lamentation unnecessary at, 2.1, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.18, 2.25–30
liberation from. See: Liberation
personified, Kṛṣṇa as, 9.19
reactions accrue after, 18.12
remembering Lord at, Introduction, Introduction, 7.30, 8.2, 8.5–7, 8.10, 8.13
return to Godhead after. See: Godhead, returning to
suffering at, 8.2, 13.8 (9)
control of, 8.23–24
detachment from, 8.27
thoughts at, future determined by, Introduction, 8.6–7
time of, 8.2, 8.6, 16.11
astrological considerations for, 8.24–26
chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa at, 8.2, 8.13
consciousness at, birth according to, 2.72, 8.6–7, 15.8–9
significance of, 8.5–7, 8.23–26, 8.27
soul at, 2.17, 2.20, 2.39 (1), 13.31
transcended by devotional service, 8.27
transmigration at. See: Transmigration of soul(s)
ways of, two, 8.26
yoga practice at, 8.10
for yogīs, 8.23–26
See also: Animal slaughter; Killing;
Transmigration of soul(s)
Debate, terms in, 10.32
Deity form(s) of Supreme Lord, 11.54 (1)
compared to mailbox, 12.5 (2)
philosophy & logic behind, 12.5 (1–3)
Deity worship, 6.18, 7.29, 9.11 (7–8), 9.26, 9.34, 11.54 (1), 11.55 (2), 12.5 (1–3), 12.9, 13.8 (10), 14.27, 17.11
Delusion. See: Illusion
Demigod(s), Introduction, 1.1, 1.14, 1.28, 2.33, 2.52, 3.11–12, 3.14, 3.24, 3.24, 4.12, 4.25, 7.20–23, 8.2, 8.4, 8.25, 9.23, 9.25, 10.2, 10.3, 10.7, 10.26, 10.28, 10.29, 10.42, 11.36, 11.37, 11.48, 15.2, 15.8, 17.4, 17.13, 18.40
compared
with demons, 10.30, 17.1
with humans, 3.24
with Kṛṣṇa, 2.2 (3), 3.22, 4.12
to limbs of body, 3.14
as controllers of nature, 3.11, 3.12, 3.24, 4.12, 4.25
devotees as, 11.48
devotional service satisfies obligations to, 1.41
faith in, 7.21–22
not God, 4.12
human beings
compared with, 3.24
cooperate with, 3.11
influence of, on destination after death, 8.24
Kṛṣṇa
form of, desired to be seen by, 11.52
greater than, 11.37, 11.40
as origin of, 10.2, 10.3, 10.42
representation of, among, 10.22
unknown by, Introduction, 10.2–3, 10.14
worshiped by, 4.12, 11.52
necessities of life provided by, 3.11–12, 3.14
obligations to, 2.38, 3.12–13
planets of. See: Planet(s), of demigod(s)
sacrifice to, 3.11–12, 4.25
See also: Demigod worship
of sun. See: Vivasvān
in universal form, 11.6, 11.15, 11.21–23
universal form feared by, 11.20
worshiped in mode of goodness, 17.4
worship to. See: Demigod worship
See also: specific demigods
Demigod worship, 9.16, 9.20, 17.28
according to modes of nature, 3.12
benefit(s) from, Introduction, 3.11–12, 3.16, 4.12, 7.20, 7.20, 7.21–22, 7.23, 7.24 (4), 9.18, 9.20–21, 9.24–25, 17.13
Arjuna questions, 17.1
as temporary, 4.12, 7.23, 9.21, 9.24
compared
to bribing government official, 9.23
with devotional service, 7.20, 7.22–23, 7.29
Darśa-paurṇamāsī, 9.25
fault(s) of
being foolish as, 4.12, 7.20–23, 7.24 (4
), 9.23–25
being ignorant as, 7.20–23, 9.23–24
Kṛṣṇa’s disapproval of, as, Introduction, 9.21, 9.23–25
nonnecessity for, as, Introduction, 9.23–25
temporariness of benefits from, as, 4.12, 9.21, 9.24
Kṛṣṇa strengthens faith for, 7.21–22
for meat-eating. See: Sacrifice, of animals
recommendations for, 7.20, 7.21, 10.42
Viṣṇu worship to accompany, 3.11
vs. worship to Lord, 9.23–25
Demon(s), 2.1, 4.2–3, 10.30, 10.37, 16.4–22, 16.24, 17.5
activities of, 16.7–12, 16.13–20, 16.24, 17.5
birth in family of, 16.19–20, 17.5
characteristics of, 17.5
compared
with Ādityas, 10.30
to fish in net, 16.16
vs. demigods, 17.1
vs. devotees, 4.8
vs. divine persons, 16.6
Kṛṣṇa &, 4.4, 4.8, 10.14, 11.36
qualities of, 16.4–19, 16.21, 16.22, 16.23, 16.24
See also: Materialist(s); specific demons
Departed ancestors, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.29
Descendants of Vṛṣṇi, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.37
Designations, bodily, Introduction
Desire(s), Introduction, 1.32–35, 5.7
to avoid sin, 3.36
Kṛṣṇa fulfills, 2.22, 5.15
material. See: Desire(s), material
spiritual, compared with material, 2.71, 3.25
for spiritual world, Introduction
Desire(s), material, Introduction, 1.37–38, 2.42–43, 2.55, 2.70, 3.8, 3.34, 3.37, 3.43, 4.3, 7.27, 7.27, 9.8, 9.20, 9.24, 9.25, 13.21, 14.17, 14.27, 15.1, 15.20, 16.1, 16.1 (5), 16.21–22, 17.5, 18.27
birth & body according to, 8.6–7, 9.10, 13.21, 13.22, 13.30
compared
to rivers, 2.70, 18.51
with spiritual desire, 2.71, 3.25
consequences of, Introduction, 2.67, 2.70, 3.6, 3.37–41, 3.43, 5.23, 7.27, 8.6, 9.10, 13.21–22, 13.30, 15.5, 15.10, 15.20, 16.1 (8), 16.21–22
control of
necessity for, 5.23
See also: Detachment; Mind, discipline of; Renunciation; Sense control
defined, 2.71
demigods &, Introduction, 7.20, 7.21–22, 7.24 (4)
See also: Demigod worship
of demons. See: Demon(s), qualities of
detachment from. See: Detachment
devotees conquer, 2.55–64, 2.68–71
devotional service &, 7.20, 7.29, 9.3
freedom from, 2.70
See also: Detachment; Renunciation; Sense control
as ignorance, 2.42
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 3.37
Kṛṣṇa worship in spite of, 4.11
Lord only can fulfill, 7.21–22
mode of passion &, 14.7, 14.12, 18.24
for oneness with God, 2.39 (1), 7.5, 7.27, 9.12
purification of, via transformation, 3.37
See also: Purification