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THE PATH OF PERFECTION
Vişınu Purāna , quoted on mind as binder or liberator, 22
Vişınur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo  verse quoted, 84-85
Viśvāmitra Yogī, 3
Viśva-rūpa  form, 115-16
Void, the, 51-52, 95-96, 145
See also: Brahmajyoti; Nirvāṇa
Voidists, 3
See also: Buddhists; Impersonalists
Vṛndāvana (on Earth), 117, 128, 134
Vṛndāvana (Goloka), 11, 53, 106, 110, 117, 134, 136
See also: Kṛṣṇa , abode of; Kṛṣṇaloka
Vulture &amp; sense enjoyer, analogy of, 56
Vyakta  defined, 140
Vyāsadeva, 23
W
Wartime in Calcutta (1942), 116
Water, 80-81
Water, oil in, &amp; spirit in matter, analogy of, 4
Wealth.  See: Money; Possessions
Wind, mind compared to, 8
Wisdom.  See: Absolute Truth; Knowledge
Work
Kṛṣṇa free of, 10
&amp; pleasure, 9-10
in renunciation, 2
for satisfying Kṛṣṇa, 5
senses for doing, 144
spiritual world free of, 9
transmigration according to, 32, 101-2
in  yoga  system, 14
See also: Activity
World.  See: Earth planet; Material world
Worship, 108
See also: Devotional service; Love for God
Y
Yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu
verse quoted, 15
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Yatroparamate cittam
verse quoted, 63-64
Yat satyatayā mithyā
quoted, 141
Yayā sammohito jīva
verse quoted, 23
Ye bhajanti tu mām bhaktyā
verse quoted, 66
Ye 'nye 'ravindākṣa vimukta-māninas
verse quoted, 126
Yeṣām tv anta-gatam pāpam
verse quoted, 104
Yoga
artificial attempts at, 73
attainment of, 14-16
in  Bhagavad-gītā , 1
as cleansing off contamination, 103
compared to ladder, 18
compared to staircase, 111
defined, 13, 15, 16, 121
as detachment from sensual activities, 121, 122
eight stages of, 14
failure in, 99-100
first instruction in, 55
God as goal of, 18, 36
in Kali-yuga, 92-94
Kṛṣṇa consciousness perfection of, 1, 18, 24, 54, 88, 96, 107
Kṛṣṇa describes, 45
Kṛṣṇa objective of, 50
love for God perfects, 109
material desire absent in, 60, 61
material existence ended by, 50
mind controlled in, 19-20, 23, 25, 60, 63-64, 73, 74, 75, 95
moderation in, 54
neophyte &amp; perfectional stages of, 14
perfection of, 3-4, 14-15, 17, 19, 24, 47, 54, 60-61, 63-64, 76, 94, 95, 97-98, 106-7, 111
in previous life &amp; present practice, 102
purpose of, 36, 45, 54, 94, 97-98, 124
renunciation as, 13
as self-realization, 73
for sense control, 14, 20
sex forbidden in, 14
sitting place for, 37-38
Yoga
“societies” for, 38, 45-46, 50, 93, 95, 96, 98
stages of, 111
true &amp; false, 45-47
Viṣṇu aim of, 94
yogī  attaining, 60
See also: Kṛṣṇa  consciousness; Meditation; Transcendence;  specific types of yoga
Yogāc calita-mānasaḥ
quoted, 99
Yoga indriya-samyamaḥ
quoted, 20
Yogārūdhasya tasyaiva
verse quoted, 14
Yogī(s)
detached from sensual activities, 121, 122
determination required for, 68-69
devotee best among, 78, 87
devotee more compassionate than, 69-70
false, 14
fearlessness required for, 46
greatness of, 106-7
happiness of, 77
in India, 38, 46, 72
leaving material world forever, 133
liberation demanded by, 113
Lord's abode reached by, 53
material desires absent in, 16
meditates on Supersoul, 84, 86, 87
on mental plane, 131
mind to be controlled by, 74
oneness with Supreme wanted by, 3
passing away &amp; returning, 150
perfect example of, 1, 3, 88-89
planetary transfer by, 122, 124, 125
powers of, 3
practicing to perfection, 102
renounces sense gratification, 13-14, 15, 18
sees Kṛṣṇa everywhere, 78, 79-80
sees Lord within himself, 84
selfish desires of, 3
self-satisfied, 69-70
sex forbidden for, 45-47, 67