Index
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Vedas
author of, 72 
  as authority, 202–203 
  Buddha rejected, 106 
  chanting authorized by, references given, 
  94–95 
  cited on  oṁkāra , 94 
  defined, 203 
  discipline succession for, 72 
  Kṛṣṇa as goal of, 89, 95, 98 
  Kṛṣṇa as source &amp; goal of ( Sanskrit only ), 203
See also:  Vedic literature
Veda-vāda-rata  defined, 99–99n
Veda-vid , Kṛṣṇa as, 99
Vede rāmāyaṇe caiva hariḥ sarvatra gīyate  
  quoted, 98
Vedic culture
vs. Buddhism, 106 
  divisions of life in.  See:   Varṇāśrama  system
Vedic literature
as authorized, 135–136 
  a benefit for modern society, 50 
  compared to law references, 135–136 
  translated into Russian, 195
See also:   Bhagavad-gītā ;  Bhagavat-gītā As It Is:   Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ;  Vedānta-sūtra ;  Vedas ; and others by name
Vegetarianism, 116–117
of Kṛṣṇa &amp; His devotees, 163
See also:  Food, for human beings; Meat eating
Veṇuṁ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣaṁ  
  verse quoted, 175
Vidyā  defined, 100
Vidyāṁ cāvidyāṁ ca yas  
  verse quoted, 99
Vidyā-vinaya-sampanne  
  verse quoted, 15, 234, 294
Vikarṇa, 87
Vīrya  defined, 246
Viṣṇu
See also:  Supreme Lord 
  as Kṛṣṇa, 89 
  symbols of, four, 134
Viṣṇu Purāṇa
quoted on opulences of Lord, 19 
  quoted on  varṇāśrama  system, 197
Viṣṇu-yaśā, 136
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, quotations 
  from, on spiritual master -
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, quotations 
  from, on spiritual master
as confidential to Lord, 59 
  honored as much as Lord, 58, 59, 70 
  Kṛṣṇa's benediction by mercy of, 58 
  on raincloud-mercy of, 266
Viśva-vaiṣṇava Rāja-sabhā, 70
Vraja-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī  
  quoted, 292
Vraja-vāsīs  defined, 292
Vṛndāvana
Kṛṣṇa saved, 293 
  residents of, 292–293, 301
Vyāsadeva
authored Vedic literatures, 40–41, 56, 72, 
  225
in discipline succession, 56, 72
father of, 19
with Parikṣīt Mahārāja, 40 
  prayer to, 82
spiritual master of, 41
spiritual master represents, 72
surrender to, required, 73
Vyāsa-pūjā to Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī, 70–80
Vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ
verse quoted, 107, 169
W
War, 242
Water, Kṛṣṇa as taste of, 239, 302
Water filtering &amp; cleansing consciousness, 
  analogy of, 13
Watering root &amp; devotional service to the 
  Supreme Lord, analogy of, 3
Wealth
Kṛṣṇa sanctions, 297–298
of Lord, 19
of spiritual master, 66
as spiritual obstacle possibly, 169
unimportant in spiritual life, 66
See also:  Materialism
Wheeler, Howard, 205
Women, 15
attractive force in, as soul, 21
illusory beauty of, 37–38
“Women’s liberation,” 15
Work
life meant for more than, 4