General Index
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Material world, annihilation of, 254 controlled by Krṣṇa, 153–154 as creation of the Lord, 8–9 false happiness in, 220 freedom from, 135–136 living entities in, 6, 55 living entity's struggle in, 245–246 the Lord creates but transcends, 221–222 the Lord understood through, 249–250 purpose of, 245–246 renunciation of, advised by scriptures, 284 transcendental cause of, 221–225
Materialism freedom from, 284 rejection of, taught by  guru , 287  śāstras  against, 284 Western influence of, 281
Materialists oppose Krṣṇa consciousness, 285–286  See also:  Atheists; Karmīs; Nondevotees
Mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya , verse quoted, 21
Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat , quoted, 32, 153, 238
Māyā  baffles true understanding, 269 bodies created by, 47 compared to ocean, 74 compared to river, 277 liberation from, by association of  mahātmās , 27 understanding of, is necessary, 277–278  See also:  Material world: Nature, material
Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ  quoted, 154, 277 verse quoted, 250
Māyāpur , Krṣṇa conscious center in, 129
Māyāvādīs  Absolute Truth, views on, 229–231  bhakti  misunderstood by, 29 chanting discounted by, 169 faulty ideas and arguments of, 237 form of God imagined by, 235–236
Māyayāpahṛta-jñānā , quoted, 17, 54
Mayi sañjāyate bhaktiḥ , verse quoted, 171
Meat-eating.  See:  Animal slaughter Meditation
highest form of, 130–131 useless for knowing the Lord, 252 useless without  bhakti , 135–136
Mental speculation.  See:  Speculative knowledge
Mercy of the Lord in appearing as He is, 232–234 and  guru , 6, 122, 125 as sole means of knowing God, 236
Mercy of Vaiṣṇava, 4, 6, 122, 125 ( Miche )  māyāra vaśe ,  yāccha bhese ', verse quoted, 74
Mind
controlling, by austerity, 20 as element, sixteenth, 69 purified in God realization, 214–215  See also:  Subtle body
Misery.  See:  Suffering
Modes of nature
bodies according to, 68 control cosmic manifestation, 58, 59 inclinations due to, 5–6 sin inevitable in, 62 strength of, 73 subtle body as effect of, 71–72 and time, 65 transcending, 203–204 varieties of life due to, 64 work in, 73–74
Mohitaṁ nābhijānāti , verse quoted, 59
Money, 84–86
Monism
faulty idea and argument of, 237  See also:  Māyāvādīs
Moon
vegetation grows by light of, 196 as witness, 60
Mukti .  See:  Liberation
Muktir hitvānyathā rūpaṁ , quoted, 77