General Index
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Soma
presents Māriṣā to the Pracetās,  204–205
So 'py asti yat-prapada-sīmny avicintya-tattve , verse quoted, 211
Soul, conditioned
devotee's efforts concerning, 113
God not perceived by,  210–211
plight of, 245–246
Supersoul not understood by,  212–213
See also:  Living entity
Soul, the
as element, seventeenth,  69, 70
ignored by materialists, 269
perfection in knowing, 49
philosophers ignorant of, 227
situation of, 46
Supersoul with, 60
transmigration of.  See:  Transmigration of the soul
understanding of,  213–214
See also:  Living entity: Soul, conditioned
Speculative knowledge
Absolute Truth viewed by,  229–231
as ignorance, 18, 158
Kṛṣṇa is beyond, 23
purifying effects of,  18–19
as Śukadeva proposed, 17
useless for knowing Supreme Lord,  157–158, 163, 215, 236, 252
Speculators.  See:  Philosophers
Speculators.  See:  Philosophers
Spirit.  See:  Soul, the; Soul, conditioned:
Spiritual world: Supreme Lord
Spiritual body, 76
Spiritual life
direct process of, 116
easiest process for, 101, 103
See also:  Devotional service to the Lord;
Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Spiritual master
association with, 6
brāhmaṇas  initiated by, 285
duty of, 287
faith in, 68
Lord pleased through, 290
Spiritual master
as Nārada's representative, 290
Spiritual world
from Brahmaloka to,  3–5
destination of devotees, 132–134
the Haryaśvas' understanding of,  271–272
living entities in, 55
returning to, 57, 223,  272–273
yogī's  path to, 4
Śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ ,
verse quoted, 131
Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ dhyānaṁ ,
verse quoted, 170
Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ
as beginning of devotional service, 36, 136,  166, 219
See also:  Chanting the Lord's holy name:
Hearing of Kṛṣṇa
Śreyaḥ-sṛtiṁ bhaktiṁ udasya te vibho ,
verse quoted, 22
Śridhara Svāmī , quotations from
on Ajāmila's  bhakti , 42
on liberation by chanting, 169, 170
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , quotations from
on Absolute Truth in three phases, 252,  279
on austerities, 257
on  bhāgavata-dharma , 166
on  bhakti's  power, 24–25, 108
on chanting, 136
on debts and surrendering to Kṛṣṇa, 307
on devotee's accepting Kṛṣṇa's mercy, 28
on devotee's good qualities, 29
on devotional service as supreme, 116
on  dharma  and  adharma , 56, 250
on false liberation, 18–19
on hearing as purifying, 103, 219
on knowledge
on liberation, 77
on knowledge and detachment, 312
on liberation, 77
on the Lord's mysteriousness, 157
on the Lord's protecting devotees, 162
on  mahātmā 's association, 27