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Body, material (continued)
living standard according to, 130–131 as Lord's residence, 185, 186–187 Lord supplies, 117–118, 130–131 as machine, 118, 131, 185–186 as misery, 154 via modes of nature, 110 nature's laws award, 120, 154 occupants of, two listed, 135 as perverted reflection, 66 as punishment, 112  sannyāsī  callous to, 87 satisfaction for, 28 sex life needed by, 156 sinful activities produce, 112 as soul's vehicle, 243 soul vs., 84, 116, 135, 161 time controls, 90–91 transcendentalist renounces, 78–80
Bombay, people work like asses in, 145
Brahmā, Lord
as calf, 13 day of, calculated, 281  dvijas  approved by, 35 intelligence sacrificed to, 82 Kṛṣṇa bewilders, 290 as Nārada's father, 25, 285 as Nārada's spiritual master, 26 Pāṇḍavas luckier than, 2, 4–5 Prahlāda adored by, 23 as  prajāpati , 25 Śiva above, 6 Śiva honored by, 18 Supersoul above, 187
Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā
quoted, 238 verse quoted, 146, 235–236, 251
Brahmacārī(s)
brāhmaṇa  as, 68 conduct for, 59, 60, 62–64, 69 dress for, 60–61 duties for, 59–64, 157 incorrigible, condemned, 240 pure parent as, 35 residence for, 59
Brahmacārī(s)
spiritual master's relationship with, 59–62, 70 women avoided by, 62, 63
Brahmacārī guru-kule
quoted, 240  Brahmacarya  (student life)  āśrama  choices beyond, 70, 71 defined, 63 sex life forbidden in, 141 in  varṇāśrama-dharma , 24, 35
Brahmādi-sthāvarānteṣu
verse quoted, 187 Brahman (impersonal Absolute), 71 as all-pervading, 74  brāhmaṇa  knows, 192 Lord as basis of, 3 merging with, 79, 113
Brahman, Supreme
devotees serve, 192 Māyāvādis aspire to, 113 realization of, symptoms of, 146, 251 sacrifice for, 262
See also:  Supreme Lord
Brāhmaṇa(s)  (intellectuals)
body of, as advanced, 102 as  brahmacārī , 68 Brahman known by, 192 charity to, 156, 187, 199 cited on occupational duties, 52 as dear to Kṛṣṇa, 165, 193 demigods represented by, 167 as desireless, 124 devotees above, 200
Europeans as, 40
gṛhasthas  as, 156  guru-kula  for, 70
Hare Kṛṣṇa movement members as, 42
Hare Kṛṣṇa movement protested by, 40
Lord represented by, 192
Lord worshiped via, 187
material activities renounced by, 260
Nārada as, 26
occupational duties for, 35, 36–37, 39, 40, 42, 156, 167–168