378
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Matter.  See:  Energy, material; Nature, material
Mauna , defined, 265
Māyā
defined, 217
as ignorance, 130
material opulence as, 281
as punisher, 123
as suffering, 217
See also:  Illusion; Material world; Nature, material
Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ  quoted, 214
Mayā tatam idam sarvam
quoted, 29
verse quoted, 71, 232, 268
Māyāvādīs  (Impersonalists)
Absolute Truth misunderstood by, 235, 272
devotees vs., 290–291
Lord's form misunderstood by, 246
negation by, 292
self-realization misunderstood by, 242
See also:   Jñānīs
Māyayāpahṛta-jñānā
verse quoted, 198
Meat-eating
hell by, 93
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement forbids, 252
Medinī dictionary, quoted on  yoga , 78
Meditation
demons disturb demigods', 162
Kṛṣṇa consciousness vs., 260–261
on Lord's lotus feet, 82, 238
for mind, 238
for mystic powers, 221
on Supersoul, 90, 94
on Viṣṇu, 320
by  yogīs , 320
Meningitis, Hiraṇyakaśīpu compared to, 156
Mental speculation,  See:  Knowledge, speculative, as futile
Merchants
money dearer than life to, 15
See also:   Vaiśyas
Mercy of the Supreme Lord
on conditioned souls, 123, 205
for everyone, 224
God realization by, 271
happiness by, 210
on Hiraṇyakaśīpu, 179
ignorance dispelled by, 76, 77
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement's success by, 324
living entities dependent on, 126
nature's laws suspended by, 258
Merging with the Supreme.  See:   Jñānīs ; Liberation; Māyāvādīs
Mind
bondage to, 214
devotional service controls, 129
duality created by, 129, 130
as enemy, 128, 130
intelligence and senses vs., 74
Lord controls, 175
Lord powers, 127
meditation for, 238
purification of, 251
sin pollutes, 249
in trance, 191
Misery.  See:  Suffering
Moda
defined, 184
See also:  Illusion
Modes of material nature
Brahman effulgence above, 144
Brahmā under, 211
conditioned souls under, 258
as darkness, 144
devotees surpass, 34, 190, 196, 208, 224
divisions of, 67
freedom from, 78
Lord above, 127, 143–144, 216
Lord manifests, 239
Lord pervades, 29
senses according to, 67
world under, 143, 211–212, 232
See also:  Nature, material;  individual modes (goodness, passion, ignorance)
Moghul Empire, nature's laws foiled, 95