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Bhakti-yoga
See also:  Devotional service to the Supreme
Lord
defined, 132, 287
Lord known only by, 13
senses controlled in, 132
Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti
quoted, 13
Bhāmati , quoted on  śruti &amp; smṛti , 97, 98, 99
Bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra
verse quoted, 169
Bharata Mahārāja, 154, 206
Parīkṣit Mahārāja as descendant of, 45
Bhārata-varṣa, 154, 206
See also:  India
Bhava-mahādāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam
quoted, 153
Bhavan's Journal &amp; Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda, conversation between, 173–181
Bhīṣma, 86
Bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānām
verse quoted, 107, 169
Bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ
verse quoted, 76, 218
Bhuñjate te tv aghaṁ pāpā
verse quoted, 117
Bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate
quoted, 237
Bible
commandments of, as not followed, 11, 114–116
killing forbidden by, 122, 123
Bigelow, Dr. Wildred G.
letter to, by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 49–50
soul-questions of, news article on, 47–48
Bird in cage, analogy of, 76
Birds, two, in tree, analogy of, 95
Birth
body depends on soul for, 49–50
in  brāhmaṇa  family, 137, 198
debts at, 145
desires &amp; activities determine, 141
desires determine, 137, 140
as tree, 141
See also:  Body, material; Transmigration
Blind man &amp; materialist, analogy of, 43
Bliss, Lord's opulences a source of, 44
Boatman and spiritual master, analogy of, 5
Bodily conception of life, 25–26, 27–29, 30–33, 66–67, 76, 162–163, 212–213, 218, 234–238, 260, 267, 274–275
See also:  Illusion; Materialism
Bodily parts &amp; classes of society, analogy of, 109–110, 188, 197, 198
Body, living, and dead body, example of, 33
Body, material
birth of.  See:  Birth; Transmigration
cause of varieties of, desire as, 137, 140, 225 compared to boat, 5–6
compared to cage of bird, 76
compared to car, 30–32, 159
compared to clothing, 30–31, 66–67, 124, 234 dead, as unattractive, 37
as dead although live-appearing, 21
development of, phases of, detailed, 237
elements of, three named, 76
gross body, transmigration role of, 28–29 as illusory, 21
illusory beauty of, 37–38
liberation from.  See:  Liberation
life of, soul as, 33, 49
living, vs. dead, 25, 47, 235
living entity different from, 25–26, 27–29, 30–33, 37–38, 66–67, 76, 158–159, 162–163, 212–213, 218, 234–238, 260, 267, 274–275
as sinful reaction, 137
soul of.  See:  Soul
subtle, transmigration role of, 28–29
well-being of, from Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 31–32
Body, spiritual
development of, 239, 301–302
Kṛṣṇa consciousness prepares, 253
See also:  Soul
Body and unattached finger, analogy of, 278
Body's parts and living entities, analogy of, 2
Bombay lecture by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 70–80
Bose, Jagadish Chandra, 124
Boy asking mother about father, analogy of, 23
Boy's and girl's attraction, analogy of, 11
Brahmā, 88
in discipline succession, 72
life-span of, 223
quotations from.  See:   Brahma-saṁhitā
Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
quoted, 157