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Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
verse quoted, 260–261
Brahma-bhūta  stage, 237
Brahmacārīs , 68–69, 187
Brahmacarya  defined, 128
Brahman
devotee achieves, 60
features of, three described, 114
illumination as Kṛṣṇa's effulgence, 8
liberation, 86
realization, happiness from, 237–238
spiritual & eternal existence in, 7
spiritual master knows, 62
Supreme, Supreme Personality of Godhead as, 44
as transcendental light & heat, 91
Vedānta-sūtra  begins by inquiring about, 39, 41, 42
Brāhmaṇas
atonement prescribed by, 251
birth in family of, 137
“by birth” unacceptable, 14, 106, 198
Cāṇakya Paṇḍita, 199
compared to brain of body, 109
defined, 109, 196, 197
education for, 14, 186
government role of, 189, 191, 198–199
need of, 109, 205
Parīkṣit Mahārāja cursed by, 39–40
qualified, vs. hereditary, 106
salary not taken by, 199
See also: Varṇāśrama  system
Brahma-saṁhitā
cited on Kṛṣṇa's absolute & spiritual nature, 85
quoted on desire trees in spiritual world, 244
quoted on Kṛṣṇa as controller, & with spiri- tual form, 292
quoted on Kṛṣṇa's description, 175
quoted on Kṛṣṇa's spiritual form & Kṛṣṇa as origin of all, 79
quoted on speculating on Absolute Truth, 280
Brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā
quoted, 86
Brahma-yāmala , quoted on  śruti  &  smṛti , etc., 203
Brahmeti paramātmeti
verse quoted, 114
Brahmins.  See: Brāhmaṇas
Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa
cited on chanting as only way, 94
Bṛhan-nāradīya Purāṇa
quoted on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa as only way, 139, 141, 154–155, 273
Buddha, 154
appearance of, 136
as incarnation of Lord, 106
philosophy of, 86
Buddhism
as a personal religion, 91
vs. Vedic culture, 106
Buddhists
Śaṅkarācārya followed by, 86
spiritual world not understood by, 86
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Caitanya-caritāmṛta
quoted on Caitanya Mahāprabhu giving love of God, 150
quoted on Indian's Kṛṣṇa conscious duty, 169
quoted on  kṛṣṇa-prema  awakened by  śra- vaṇam , 10
quoted on spiritual master, 205
Caitanya Mahāprabhu, 56, 57, 65, 197
See also:  Caitanya Mahāprabhu, quotations from
appearance of, 103, 133
& associates of, worshiped together, 134
as authorized incarnation by  Śrīmad- Bhāgavatam , 133
in Bengal preaching, 145
birth of.  See:  Caitanya Mahāprabhu, ap- pearance of
chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa advocated by, 133–134, 139, 141–144
chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa authorized by, 98
cited on spiritual master, 63
conjugal relationship with Lord revealed by, 283–284
in discipline succession, 72
as golden, 133, 150
history & teachings of, 133–145
as incarnation of Lord, evidence for, 133–136
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement authorized by, 103
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement preached by, 145