General Index
321
Brahmā, Lord
Hiraṇyakaśipu a “devotee” of, 145, 151, 154–156, 165–167
Hiraṇyakaśipu benedicted by, 170–172
Hiraṇyakaśipu’s body restored by, 149–150
Hiraṇyakaśipu’s death foretold by, 148
Hiraṇyakaśipu served by all except, 178, 179
Krṣṇa saved, from demons, 140
qualifications for, 136, 167
quoted on Hiraṇyakaśipu, 145–148
as “supreme,” 155–156, 157, 158–165
under Krṣṇa, 155–158
universe engineered by, 155–156
waterpot of, 149
Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
quoted, 241
Brahmacārya, society required, 222–223
Brahmajyoti. See: Brahman effulgence
Brahman (impersonal Absolute)
as all-pervasive, 163
Krṣṇa causes, 26
realization of, 207
Brahman, Supreme, Krṣṇa as, 25–26
Brāhmaṇas (intellectuals)
bogus, 237–238, 239
bona fide, 217, 237–239
duties of, 68–69
envier of, is vanquished, 192
killer of, reaction for, 264
Kumāras as, 185
qualities of, in Prahlāda, 199
scarcity of, in Kali-yuga, 72
society must protect, 140–141
Vaiṣṇavas, 197
as Vedic ritual performers, 159
Brahmāṇḍa defined, 162
Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa
cited on Deity worship, 259
quoted on Hari as ultimate cause, 72–73
Brahman effulgence (brahmajyoti)
impersonalists fall from, 47–48
See also: Māyāvādis, sāyujya-mukti attained by
Brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham, quoted, 47
Brahmaṇyaḥ śila-sampannaḥ quoted, 199
Brahma-saṁhitā, quotations from
on Krṣṇa seen by devotee, 203
on Krṣṇa’s transcendental nature, 19
on Lord as one in many, 161
Brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā
quoted, 19
Brahma-tarka, quoted on demigod worship vs.
Viṣṇu worship, 153
Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa
cited on Deity worship within mind, 260
quoted on duty of understanding soul,
125
Brahmins. See: Brāhmaṇas
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Caitanya-caritāmṛta, cited on Brahmā subordinate to Krṣṇa, 157
Caitanya-caritāmṛta, quotations from
on desires, spiritual vs. material, 43
on devotee’s humility, 37
on devotee’s vision, 203
Caitanya Mahāprabhu
acintya-bhedābheda-tattva taught by, 106
cited on humility and tolerance, 277
cited on offense to devotee, 193
saṅkīrtana-yajña taught by, 70
Caitanya Mahāprabhu, quotations from
on chanting Lord’s holy names, 72,
251–252
on duty, 229, 233, 288
on ecstatic symptoms, 208
on hearing and chanting, 7
on separation of devotee from Krṣṇa, 206
Cāṇakya Paṇḍita
cited on undercover preaching, 226
quoted on association of devotees, 277
Cāraṇas, 174
Catur-mukha, 157
Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ
quoted, 68
Cause, ultimate, as personal, 156, 158
Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam
quoted, 250