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Index
Mahābhārata
gives history of earth, 48-49
Mahāmantra
propagated by Caitanya
Mahāprabhu, 9, 13, 43, 88 purifies senses, 38 to escape ocean of illusion, 16
Mahātmās  (great souls)
knowledge by way of, 35-46
not under control of material nature, 41-42 under protection of divine nature, 35
See also  Devotees, Spiritual master
Material world
acts under guidance of Kṛṣṇa, 26-27
as inferior energy, 63
compared to prison, 105
deterioration of, 69-70
happiness temporary in, 40-41
many grades of education in, 7-8
purest knowledge in, 82
temporary, 34
Nārada Muni
and the cobbler and  brāhmaṇa , 24-26
on natural resources, 90-91
Nārāyaṇa
See  Kṛṣṇa
Pastimes of Kṛṣṇa
cannot be imitated, 24
Religion
goal of is God consciousness, 15-16, 18-19
Sanātana Gosvāmī
inquired about real education, 8
Soul
as imperishable, 62
can travel wherever he likes, 80-81
covered by different dresses, 106
See also  Living beings
Spiritual master
ignites fire of knowledge, 79
importance of hearing from, 43-46
knowledge as faith in, 71-92
knows science of Kṛṣṇa, 87-88
Kṛṣṇa as original, 73-74
never claims to be God, 45
See also  Devotees,  Mahātmās
Śrī Iśopaniṣad
on proprietorship of Kṛṣṇa, 2-3, 90
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
describes people in this age, 12-13
recognized by Indian sages, 3
seed for spiritual communism in, 90
Surrender
to Kṛṣṇa, as knowledge, 4-5, 71-92
Transmigration
liberation from bondage of, 79-80
nondevotees subject to, 18
present on all planets, 104
Vedānta-sūtra
beginning injunction of, 76