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See also:  Birth; Death
Tree, living and dead, analogy of, 213–214
Trees
birth as, 141
sun's energy stored by, 220
varieties of, 222
Tretā-yuga, 142
Tri-kālādau  defined, 199
Trinity, Christian, 112–113
Truth
relative, "liquid beauty" example of, 37–38
relative, material literature as, 38
vs. untruth, 36
See also:  Absolute Truth; Knowledge
"Truth and Beauty," story of, 36–37
Tūrṇaṁ yateta na pated anumṛtyu yāvan
verse quoted, 76–77
Tuṣṭe ca tatra kim alabhyam ananta ādye
quoted, 183
Tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
verse quoted, 29, 253, 261
U
United Animals, analogy of, 174
United States of America.  See:  America, United States of
University, 6, 219, 224–225
University of California at Berkeley, 90
University of Moscow, 194
University of Nairobi, address by Bhakti-vedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 234–242
Upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
verse quoted, 59, 73
Upaniṣads , 84, 88, 89
quoted on God's kingdom, nature of, 8
Uttiṣṭhata jāgrata
verse quoted, 74
V
Vācaspati Miśra, quoted on  śruti &amp; smṛti , 97, 98, 99
Vadanti tat tattva-vidas
verse quoted, 114
Vaikuṇṭha.  See:  Spiritual world
Vairāgya  defined, 20
Vaiṣṇavas.  See:  Devotees of the Supreme Lord; Pure devotees
Vaiśyas  defined, 196, 197
See also:   Varṇāśrama  system
Vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau
quoted, 295
Varṇa-saṅkara  defined, 109
Varṇas  defined, 105
Varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān
quoted, 197
Varṇāśrama  system, 186–189, 191
vs. caste system of today, 106, 109–110 compared to organization of bodily parts, 188, 197, 198
created by Lord, 14, 196–197, 206
details &amp; history of, 105, 196–199, 205–206
divisions in history, 107–119
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement to establish, 106
perversion of, 106
Purāṇas  describe, 105
by quality, not birth, 206
value of, 109–110
Varuṇa, 88, 145
Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya
verse quoted, 235
Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
verse quoted, 100, 207, 256
Vasudeva-nandana  defined, 18
Vasudeva's son, Kṛṣṇa as, 18, 85
Vāyu  defined, 218
Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
quoted, 98
verse quoted, 203
Vedānta  as difficult to understand, 153
Vedānta-kṛt , Kṛṣṇa as, 99
Vedānta-śravaṇaṁ praṇava-japaś ca
quoted, 97, 99
Vedānta-sūtra
author of, 41
beginning verse of, 41
commentary on,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  as, 40–41
quoted on Absolute Truth, inquiry on, 156
quoted on inquiring about Brahman, 39, 41, 42
quoted on scriptures, 97
quoted on sound, spiritual, 95
as  Śārīraka-sūtras , 40–41