16.1 (4)
Caitanya-caritāmṛta defines, 2.8
devotee directed by, 18.58
direction by, 3.35, 18.63
necessity of, 3.35, 10.3, 11.54 (1), 12.5 (3), 17.28
obedience to, 18.59
as prime duty, 18.57
disciple &
relationship between, 2.7, 2.10, 2.11, 4.34
as serious relationship, 2.7, 2.10
See also: Disciple(s)
in disciplic succession, 11.43, 18.75
disciplic succession of. See: Disciplic succession(s)
elevation via association with & obedience to, 17.2
faith in, necessity of, 6.47
faith in Lord via direction of, 17.28
as grave, 2.10
guidance from, 4.10, 9.14, 17.5
hearing from, 4.34, 4.35, 16.1 (14)
importance of, 13.8 (1)
initiation by, 4.10
oṁ tat sat at, 17.26
instructions of, 16.1 (6)
as spiritual duties, 3.35
Kṛṣṇa
as, 2.7, 11.43, 11.54 (5)
heard directly through, 18.75
sends, 4.7
Kṛṣṇa directs via, 10.3
as Kṛṣṇa’s representative, 2.20
Lord
as, Introduction
represented by, 10.3
satisfied by satisfaction of, 2.41
sends, Introduction
understood via, 11.34
as master in science of Kṛṣṇa, 2.8
mercy of, 13.8 (5)
for knowledge about Lord, 18.75
not
conditioned soul, 2.12
contradictory to saintly persons & scriptures, 10.3
as one hundred percent Kṛṣṇa conscious, 2.8
original, 2.7, 4.34
Kṛṣṇa as, 11.43
pure devotee &, 12.13, 18.56
qualifications & qualities of, 2.8, 2.41, 4.34, 4.42, 5.16, 18.75
rules of, 8.28
sannyāsī, 16.1 (1, 3)
satisfaction of, required, 4.34
as self-realized, 4.34
service meant for, 4.34
surrender to. See: Surrender to pure devotees
talks with, as serious, 2.7
as transcendental to castes & orders, 2.8
as transparent medium, 18.75
unqualified, rejection of, 2.5
worship to, 17.14
See also: specific spiritual masters
Spiritual planets. See: Spiritual world, planets in
Spiritual science
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.32
See also: Devotional service; Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Yoga
Spiritual sky. See: Spiritual world
Spiritual world, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 2.51, 2.72, 8.22, 9.11 (8), 10.8, 10.19, 11.45, 14.2, 14.2, 15.1 (3–4), 15.3, 15.3, 15.6, 15.6, 15.7, 15.16
as abode of Lord, 18.62
annihilation doesn’t touch, 8.20
attaining to. See: Godhead, returning to; Liberation
brahma-jyotir from, 15.6
characteristics of, 14.2
compared
with higher planets, 9.21
with material world, Introduction, Introduction, 9.33, 13.18, 13.21, 15.6, 15.16
to upright tree, Introduction
covered, as “material” world, 4.24
described, Introduction
devotional life & activity in, 14.2
elevation to
devotee trusts Kṛṣṇa for, 12.6 (3)
See also: Godhead, returning to
as eternal, Introduction
form in, 14.2
as goal of Vedas, 15.1
Goloka Vṛndāvana in, 8.28
illumination in, Introduction
individuality maintained in, 14.2
Kṛṣṇa origin of, 10.8
Kṛṣṇa’s abode in. See: Kṛṣṇa, abode(s) of
material world as reflection of, 15.1 (3–4), 15.3
opulences of, 15.6
Paramātmā &, 7.4
planet(s) in, Introduction, Introduction, 8.13
characteristics of, 6.15
effulgence of, 15.6
Goloka Vṛndāvana as, Introduction, Introduction, 8.15
illumination of, 13.18, 15.6
Kṛṣṇaloka as, 8.15
liberation to, 9.25
nature of, 2.51
Spiritual world
number of, Introduction
predominating Deities of, 8.22
qualification for entering, 2.51
as self-illuminated, 6.15
Vaikuṇṭha as, 2.51, 8.13, 11.45, 15.6
relationships with Kṛṣṇa in, 4.11
no return from, 8.15–16, 8.21, 15.6
as self-illumined, 2.16
size of, Introduction
transmigration to, 15.8
Vaikuṇṭha part of, 2.51, 8.13, 11.45, 15.6
See also: Kṛṣṇaloka; Vṛndāvana; Vṛndāvana, Goloka; Vaikuṇṭha(s)
Splendor, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.36
Sports, 13.8 (12)
Spring, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.35
Śraddhā, 17.3
See also: Faith in Lord
Śravaṇam. See: Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Śrīdhara, 8.22
Śrīdhara Svāmī quoted on devotees’ elevation at universal devastation, 8.16
Śrī Īśopaniṣad. See: Īśopaniṣad
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Introduction, 4.8
See also: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam cited; Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, quoted
as dear to devotees, 10.9
hearing of, recommended, 12.9
incarnations of Lord listed in, 11.54 (7)
Kapila’s (Lord) Sāṅkhya philosophy &, 2.39 (1)
Lord known via, 10.2
as science of Kṛṣṇa, 2.8
as transcendental narration, 10.9
& Vedānta-sūtra, 15.15
as Vedānta-sūtra commentary, Introduction
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam cited
See also: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam quoted
on devotees’ association, 17.26
on devotee’s qualities, 2.55
on Kṛṣṇa as God at birth, 4.6
on Kṛṣṇa’s householder life, 3.23
on liberation & nirvāṇa, 6.20
on tattva-vit, 3.28
on transmigration to moon, 8.25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam quoted
See also: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam cited
on Absolute Truth, three phases of, 2.2 (1)
on Absolute Truth’s features, 10.15
on Ambarīṣa Mahārāja, 2.61, 6.18
on Bhāgavatam as dear to devotees, 10.9
on bodily conception of life, 3.40
on chanting as highest realization, 2.46
on constitutional position of living entity, 6.20, 7.18
on cowherd boyfriends of Kṛṣṇa, 11.8
on detachment via devotional service, 5.26
on devotees & Lord, relationship between, 7.18
on devotee’s perception of suffering, 12.13
on devotional service, Introduction, 2.40, 2.61, 5.2, 5.26, 6.18, 6.27, 6.34, 6.44, 6.47, 7.1, 7.20, 9.2 (8), 9.3, 13.8 (1)
on devotional service, nine processes of, Introduction
on devotional service vs. fruitive activity, 2.40
on duty
devotional service as, 6.47
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 3.5
on fearfulness, 1.30
on fearlessness via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 6.13 (2)
on fear’s cause, 10.4 (5)
on following Lord compared with imitating Lord, 3.24
on freedom from obligations, 2.38
on fruitive work, 5.2
on God realization, stages of, 10.15, 13.8 (14)
on hearing about Lord, 10.18
on hearing from Lord, 9.1
on incarnations of Lord, 2.2 (4)
source of, 2.2 (4)
on knowledge
confidential, of self & Supreme, 3.41
about Kṛṣṇa via hearing, 7.1
on Kṛṣṇa, 7.25, 9.11 (6), 11.8, 11.54 (7)
on Kṛṣṇa consciousness
duties &, 3.5
fearlessness via, 6.13 (2)
no loss from, 6.40
working in, 6.15
on Kṛṣṇa’s
human pastimes, 9.11 (6)
presence in everyone, 9.11 (6)
on liberation, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 4.35
via Kṛṣṇa’s shelter, 2.51
via service to devotees, 7.28
on living entities & Lord, 7.5
on Lord
knowledge about, via His mercy, 7.24 (3)
& living entities, 7.5
opulences of, 3.10
on materialistic association, 7.28
on mind
absorbed in Kṛṣṇa, 6.15
devotional service &, 6.27
engaged in Kṛṣṇa, 6.34
on Nārada Muni, 9.2 (7)
on nondevotees vs. devotees, 1.28
on obligations fulfilled via devotional service, 1.41
on religion
devotional service &, 9.2 (8)
source of, 4.7, 4.16, 4.34
on saṅkīrtana-yajña, 3.10
on sense control via devotional service, 5.26
on sense gratification, 5.26
on spiritual pleasures, 5.22
on spiritual world attained via devotional service, 2.51
on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, 10.9
on Supreme Brahman as origin of all, 3.37
on Vāsudeva worshiped from pure goodness, 17.4
on Vedas’ goal as chanting Lord’s name, 2.46
on Vedic rituals surpassed by chanters of holy names, 6.44
on worshiping Lord from any condition, 4.11
Śruti. See: Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Vedic literature
Stars
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.21
light of, source of, 13.18
nature of, 10.21
See also: Planet(s)
Steadfastness, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.34
Steadiness defined, 13.8 (7)
Sterilization by fire, 2.24
Sthita-dhīr muni, 2.56
Stotra-ratna quoted
on Lord, knowledge about, 7.24 (1)
on muni, 2.56
Straightforwardness, 13.8 (5), 16.1 (12)
Strength
demons proud of, 16.18
detachment from, 18.51
foods for, 17.8
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.36
as opulence of Kṛṣṇa, 2.2 (3), 5.15, 7.3, 7.13, 10.1
Strong men
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.36
See also: Kṣatriya(s); specific men
Subala Upaniṣad quoted on Lord as Supersoul of universes, 10.20
Subduers, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.30
Subhadrā, son of, 1.6, 1.16–19
Subtle body. See: Body (bodies), material, subtle
Śūdra(s), 4.13, 9.3, 16.1 (17)
eligible for supreme destination, 9.32
Kṛṣṇa attainable by, Introduction
mode of nature for, 7.13
principles for, 16.1 (17)
qualities of, 2.1, 18.44
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system; Worker(s)
Suffering, Introduction, Introduction, 1.41, 1.41, 2.8, 2.13, 2.14, 2.21, 2.22, 2.56, 2.66, 3.28, 7.15 (5–6, 7), 10.4, 10.29, 13.8 (9), 13.21, 13.21, 14.16, 18.61, 15.10, 16.24
of animals, 14.16
See also: Animal slaughter
annihilation as, 8.19
anxiety
all experience, Introduction
of Arjuna at Kurukṣetra, 1.28–2.1
of demons, 16.11, 16.16
Bhagavad-gītā
explains relief from, Introduction
mitigates, Introduction
birth, death, old age, & disease as, 13.8, 13.8 (9)
bodily concept causes, 5.14
on Brahmā’s planet also, 8.17
cause(s) of, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 1.30, 1.40, 2.7, 2.8, 2.70, 5.22, 5.25, 6.32, 10.4, 11.55 (5), 13.8 (3, 9), 13.21, 13.21, 14.16, 14.17, 15.10, 17.9, 17.10, 18.38, 18.39
of child in womb, 7.15 (7)
at death, 13.8 (9)
detachment from, 6.20
See also: Detachment
devotees, 5.26, 5.27, 11.55 (5), 12.13
for devotees, minimized, 2.56
from disease, 1.40, 13.8 (9)
fear &, 1.29, 2.56, 10.4, 10.4 (5)
freedom from, via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.65
frustration as, 1.30, 3.37, 4.10
on higher as well as lower planets, 8.16, 8.17
as impetus in spiritual life, 13.8 (9)
as karmic reactions, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa consciousness &, 2.66, 10.4 (4)
lamentation &, 2.11
as Lord’s mercy, 2.56
material world filled with, 2.51, 8.15, 9.33, 11.43
miseries of birth, old age, disease, & death as, Introduction, 2.51, 13.8, 13.8 (9)
mode of ignorance as, 18.39
pain &, 2.17
in passion mode, 14.16, 14.17
protection from, 1.19
punishments as, 10.29
relief from, 1.41, 2.8, 2.22, 5.29, 6.17, 6.20, 15.10, 18.36, 18.54, 18.62
Bhagavad-gītā explains, Introduction
devotee preaches to give, 11.55 (5)
via devotional service, 1.41, 9.33, 11.55 (4)
via hearing about Lord, 9.1
Lord approached for, 7.16
Suffering
via spiritual knowledge, 9.1
via transcending modes, 14.20
self-realization seeming to be, 18.37
from sense gratification, 5.22, 18.38
sinful reactions as. See: Sinful reaction(s)
struggle for existence as, 2.45
as temporary, 2.14, 2.69
tolerance of, 2.14–15, 2.45
transcending, 2.56
as unavoidable in material world, Introduction
in womb, 7.15 (7)
Sughoṣa conchshell, 1.16
Śukadeva Gosvāmī as Kṛṣṇa conscious authority, 4.16
Sukham defined, 10.4 (4)
Śukrācārya, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.37
Su-kṛtinaḥ, four kinds of, 7.16
Sun(s), Introduction, 2.24, 4.1 (2–3), 9.6, 10.21, 15.6, 15.12
birth on, Introduction, 1.31
demigod of, worship to, 7.20, 7.21
dependent upon Kṛṣṇa, 10.42
as eye of Lord, 4.1 (2), 9.6
god of, 4.1 (2–3)
See also: Vivasvān
illumination of, from Kṛṣṇa, 15.12
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.21
light of, 7.8, 13.18, 15.12
as origin of other planets, 4.1 (2)
splendor of, 15.12
in universal form, 8.5, 11.19
Sun-god. See: Vivasvān
Supersoul, Introduction, Introduction, 2.20, 2.22, 2.39 (2), 3.36, 4.11, 5.18, 6.6, 6.7, 6.7, 6.31, 6.31, 7.4, 7.21, 8.4, 8.9, 9.8, 9.11 (7), 9.18, 10.20, 13.14, 13.16, 13.18, 13.18, 13.21, 13.23, 13.28–29, 15.18, 16.1 (4), 17.5, 18.61, 18.61, 18.62, 18.63, 18.78 (5–6)
all known by, 7.26
as all-pervading, 13.14
Arjuna understood by, 1.25
as beyond darkness of matter, 13.18
body
dictated to by, 18.61
temple for, 9.11 (8)
with Brahman & Bhagavān, 2.2 (1–2)
as cause of activities, 18.14–15, 18.16
compared
to bird in tree, 2.22
to fire, 2.61
to friend, 2.22
with soul, 2.13, 2.20, 5.18, 6.29, 13.5, 13.13–15, 13.18, 13.20, 13.23, 13.28, 13.34, 15.13
to sun, 13.17, 13.18
to witnessing bird, 16.11
creation &, 7.6
demons envious of, 16.18
desires fulfilled by, 2.22
detailed, 13.13–18
develops all, 13.17
devotees
assisted & enlightened by, 10.10–11
directed by, 18.58
devours all, 13.17
not divided, 13.17
equally present in heart of all, 5.18
as eternal, 13.28
as factor of action, 18.14–15, 18.16
faith in demigods steadied by, 7.21
as friend, 13.23, 13.34, 18.14, 18.16
functions of, 13.23
in heart of all, 2.20, 5.18, 10.20, 13.18, 15.15, 18.61
as knower
of body, 13.3, 13.13
of living entities, 7.26
as knowledge, 13.18
knowledge about, importance of, 13.28–29
Kṛṣṇa
as, 7.21, 8.4, 9.11 (7), 10.20, 10.42, 13.3, 14.27, 15.15, 18.61
fountainhead of, 2.20
as one with, 6.31
superior to, 7.15 (12)
as Kṣīrodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu, 7.4
living entities
accompanied by, 13.21, 13.23, 13.28–29
& body and, 13.1–7
compared with, 2.13
controlled by, 18.61
known by, 7.26
maintained by, 2.12, 6.29, 10.42, 13.15, 13.17, 15.17
supported by, 10.42
as localized although all-pervading, 15.15
as maintainer of all, 2.12, 13.15, 13.17, 15.13–14, 15.17
as master of modes of nature, 13.15
meditation on, 6.13, 6.31
as outside & inside, near & far, 13.16
as overseer & permitter, 13.23
perception of, three means for, 13.25
as pervading everything & everyone, 10.42, 15.13
realization about, Introduction, 6.29–30, 6.31, 10.15, 18.78 (5–6)
as partial Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 6.10
via renunciation, 12.3
requirements for, 12.3
remembrance, knowledge, & forgetfulness from, 15.15, 18.13
as sanctioning agent, 13.23
seen in heart of all, 6.29–30
size of, 8.9
soul &. See: Supersoul, Living entities &. . .
soul & body and, relationship between, 13.1–7
as source
of all light, 13.18
of all senses, 13.15
as supreme controller, 13.18
surrender to, 18.62, 18.63
as transcendental
to body He’s within, 6.29
to modes of nature, 13.15
as transcendental enjoyer, 13.23
Viṣṇu as, 6.31
within everything & everyone, 15.13
as without senses (material), 13.15
as witness, 2.22, 8.4, 13.23, 16.11, 18.61
yoga of meeting, 6.7
as yoga’s aim, 6.13
yogic meditation on,