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Chanting (Hare Kṛṣṇa) ( continued )  
  sinning after, 105 
 See also:  Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  
  Chariot &amp; body, analogy of, 19 
  Cheaters &amp; cheated, 47, 72–73, 96 
  Cheating in “Kṛṣṇa consciousness,” 105 
  Child 
  at  kirtana , 79, 93 
  mother telling, to sit still, example of, 7 
  restless, example of, 64 
  seeing shoe of, example of, 83 
  sex for begetting, 47 
  Christ, Jesus, 35, 70, 117 
  Christians, 101, 117–18 
 Cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa  
  verse quoted, 127 
 Cit  defined, 29 
  City, the, 38 
  Civilization, modern, 135 
 See also:  Kali-yuga (present Age); 
  Society, human 
  Cloud &amp;  mahat-tattva , analogy of, 140 
  Comparisons.  See:  Analogies 
  Concentration.  See:  Meditation 
  Conditioned souls 
  on bodily platform, 88 
  contaminated desire of, 37 
  devotee compassionate to, 70 
  fear in, 46 
  Gosvāmīs delivered, 82 
  in illusion, 23–24, 35 
  mind of, 18–19, 21–22 
  in modes of nature, 99 
  promoted to perfection, 117 
 Purāṇas  for, 27 
 See also:  Human life; Living entities; 
  Materialists; Nondevotees 
  Confession, sinning after, 105 
  Consciousness 
  divinization of, 100–103 
  sleeping vs. spiritual, 144 
 See also:  Knowledge; Kṛṣṇa conscious- 
  ness; Soul; Spirit 
  Contamination, material, 103–5 
 See also:  Attachments, material; 
  Desires, material; Sin
Cosmic manifestation.   See:  Creation, the; Material world; Nature, material; Universe(s)
Cows,  surabhi , 127   Creation, the       complete arrangement of, 119       material vs. spiritual, 139       See also:   Material world; Nature, material; Universe(s)   Criminal &amp; fallen living entity, analogy of, 110-11
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Dançing, Krşna conscious, 8–9 Danger, 152   
 
  Daridra-nārāyaṇa, 78   
 
  Darkness   
 
  māyā  compared to, 19, 22–23 passing away in, 150  
 
  See also:  Ignorance  
 
  Death   
 
 body after, 101 going to Krşna at, 81, 128 on higher planets, 122–23 horoscope at, 149 scientists can't stop, 128 soul not subject to, 123 time of, destinies at, 149–51 time of, test at, 121–22 unavoidable, 138 witness to, 143  
 
  See also:  Birth &amp; death, repeated; Transmigration  
 
  Deerskin  yoga-āsana , 46   
 
  Demigods   
 
 Krşna bewilders, 42 universal form feared by, 115 worship to, 108  
 
  See also: specific demigods   
 
  Desire   
 
 Krşna fulfills, 131 to merge with God, 3 polluted vs. purified, 37 of pure devotee, 2–3, 3–4
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Desire   See also:  Love  Desires, material  demigod worship due to, 108 transcendentalist to reject, 36, 37  yogī  free of, 16, 60, 61  See also:  Attachments, material; Bodily concept; Lust; Sex life  Desire trees, 127   Detachment  from material enjoyment, 145–46 of  yogī  from sense activity, 121, 122  See also:  Renunciation  Determination  by celibacy, 46–47, 67 in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 67–68, 68–69, 72, 104 sparrow’s example of, 68  Devotee(s) of Kṛṣṇa ( bhaktas ;  bhakti-yogīs ; Vaiṣṇavas)  associating with, 32, 102 “chance” destiny not for, 149–51 classes of, 71–72 compared to missionary, 78 “compassionate to conditioned souls, 70 “conquer” Kṛṣṇa by hearing of Him, 129, 130 demand nothing from Kṛṣṇa, 109 desire to serve Kṛṣṇa, 4, 114, 148 duality doesn’t affect, 26 higher planets disinterest, 122–23, 124 Kṛṣṇa provides for, 5–6 Kṛṣṇa reveals Himself to, 143 Kṛṣṇa’s relationship with, 83–84 liberation for, 87–88, 149 loves Kṛṣṇa, 83–84, 116 merciful, 70 modes of nature surpassed by, 87 never perishes, 81 paths of passing away known to, 151 as preachers, 70–71, 72, 78 pure devotees, 2–3, 3–4, 35, 134, 148, 151 respectful, 116 see God by love, 29–30, 83–84 sees Kṛṣṇa in everything, 78–79, 82–83
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Devotee(s) of Krṣṇa  
  serves the Lord, 2, 3, 43 
  in Society of Krṣṇa consciousness, 107 
  sympathetic to suffering, 78 
  thinks of Krṣṇa always, 128 
  as topmost  yogī , 78, 87 
  in Vṛṇdāvana always, 11 
 yogī  less compassionate than, 69–70 
  Devotional service to Krṣṇa  
  Ambarīṣa engaged in, 60–61 
  as best service, 69 
  Caitanya desires, 112–13 
  detachment by, 145–46 
  devotee desires, 148 
  forgetting vs. requesting, 113–14 
  Lord known by, 27, 31–32, 33, 34, 44, 131, 112, 143, 146, 147 
  nature’s modes surpassed by, 87 
  preaching as best type of, 72 
  pure devotional service, 2, 3–4, 129, 146, 147, 148 
  in Society of Krṣṇa consciousness, 107 
  unmotivated &amp; uninterrupted, 108–9 
  vs. worship, 108 
 See also: Bhakti-yoga; Krṣṇa, love for; Krṣṇa consciousness  
  Dharma  defined, 108 
 Dhira  defined, 75 
  Dhruva Mahārāja, 16–17 
 Dhūmo rātris tathā krṣṇaḥ  
  verse quoted, 150 
 Dhyāna-yoga , 124 
 Dik-kālādy-anavacchinne  
  verse quoted, 88 
  Disciple &amp; spiritual master, 118–19 
  Disease  
  by eating wrongly, 50–51 
  the material, 49, 54, 113–14 
  Diseased man, doctor restricting, example of, 146 
  Doctor  
  advanced devotee compared to, 35 
  restricting diseased man, example of, 146 
  Doctor’s prescription &amp; Vedic literature, analogy of, 28