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Soul
body as vehicle for, 243 
  body vs., 84, 116, 135, 161 
  as happy, 115, 116 
  identification with, 79, 135, 146 
  living entity as, 66, 83–84 
  satisfaction for, 28 
  scientists misunderstand, 116 
  Supersoul above, 135, 186–187 
  See also: Living entity
Souls, conditioned
duality afflicts, 66 
  happiness eludes, 116, 117 
  in ignorance, 116 
  under modes of nature, 110, 247 
  nature controls, 91, 117–118 
  suffering of, 115, 117–119 
  surrender frees, 91, 118 
  under time, 90–91 
  transmigration plagues, 90–91 
  See also: Living entities; Soul
Species of life
as diseased conditions, 110 
  lower, as punishment, 118, 147 
  by modes of nature, 110 
  number of, 150, 162 
  origin of, 150
Spirit. See: Soul; Spiritual world; Supreme Lord
Spiritualists. See: Devotees of the Supreme Lord;  Jñānīs ;  Māyāvādīs ; Transcendentalists;  Yogīs
Spiritual life
āśramas  in, four listed, 124–125, 138 
  fattiness hampers, 101 
  forest for, 176 
  greed ruins, 218 
  Hare Kṛṣṇa movement advances, 175, 177, 180 
  India advances, 177 
 kaniṣṭha-adhikārīs  in, 176–177 
  marriage in, 111–112 
  material life vs., 113–114 
  mealtime for, 101 
  as necessary, 180 
  sacred places advance, 180
Spiritual life
society has abandoned, 40 
  spiritual master governs, 68 
 varṇāśrama-dharma  advances, 47 
  whimsical action ruins, 68 
  women's association restricted in, 63 
  See also: Devotional service to the Supreme Lord; Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Spiritual master ( Guru )
Absolute Truth present in, 225 
  bee as, 126–128 
 brahmacārī 's relationship to, 59–62, 70 
  as captain of the ship, 250 
  devotional service via, 248 
  disciple remunerates, 70 
  as good as Kṛṣṇa, 192, 223–224 
 gṛhastha  governed by, 141 
  knowledge via, 227, 249, 265 
  Lord as, 3, 4
Lord's mercy via, 68, 223, 224, 250, 252
Lord within and without, 72
material conception of, as doom, 224, 225–226
Nārada as, 26
as necessary, 249, 250, 252, 265
Prahlāda as, 137
python as, 126, 128
service to, conquers nature's modes, 222, 223
sex sanctioned by, 68
spiritual life governed by, 68
superexcellent status of, 192
wife of, as  brahmacārī 's mother, 64
Spiritual world
as marriage's goal, 50 
  material world vs., 272–273 
  temple as, 176
Śrāddha ceremony
devotees needed at, 202 
  on Ekādaśī forbidden, 171 
  food prescriptions for, 205 
  opulence restricted for, 202 
  performance time for, 169–170 
  worship at, 202
Śraddhāvān  bhajate yo māri  
  verse quoted, 11, 233