General Index
325
Spiritual life
enjoying, by knowing the Lord, 267 
  as liberation, 265 
  possessions hinder, 161 
  via Sāṅkhya philosophy, 265 
  spiritual master needed for, 2 
 See also:  Devotional service to the Supreme Lord; Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Self-realization
Spiritual master ( guru )
Arjuna as, 269 
 Bhagavad-gītā  via, 268 
  body of, 88 
  bogus vs. bona fide, 95–96, 263–265, 268–269 
  conditioned souls helped by, 257, 258 
  disqualification for, 261 
  duty of, 95 
  false, 262, 265, 268 
  life's goal via, 269 
  Lord as, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 268 
  as Lord's representative, 257–258, 261, 264 
  mercy of, 98 
  mission of, 261 
  as necessity, 2 
  in  paramparā , 268 
  Prahlāda as, 55 
  qualification of, 55, 261 
  truth via, 269 
  Vyāsa as, 261 
  worship toward, 258
Spiritual world
anxiety-free, 266 
  Ganges water from, 127–128 
  by knowing Kṛṣṇa, 29 
  as land of no return, 63 
  material world vs., 219 
  via offerings to the Lord, 180–181
Śrāddhadeva, 233
Śravaṇa-dvādaśī
Lord appeared on, 32 
  time of, 32
Śrīdhara Svāmī, cited on annihilation of universe, 250
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, quotations from
on association of devotees, 193 
  on austerity, 75 
  on devotees, 114, 151, 159, 160 
  on duty's perfection, 209 
  on  guru , 95 
  on happiness, 74 
  on liars in Kali-yuga, 99 
  on Lord's mercy, 80–81, 172 
  on madmen, 219 
  on material life, 165, 168 
  on  saṅkirtana-yajna , 211 
  on sense gratification, 71 
  on worshiping the Lord, 208, 245
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, speaker of, 261
Śrīvatsa marked the Lord, 30, 126
Śruti-mantras.  See: Vedas; names of specific Vedic literatures
Stars
disposition of, at Lord's appearance, 32 
  in Lord's universal form, 120
Strī
defined, 165
See also:  Women
Subtle body.  See:  Ego, false; Mind; Intelligence
Success.  See:  Perfection
Śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ  gehe  
  quoted, 63
Sudāmā Vipra
Lord respected, 228 
  Lord's mercy on, 188
Sudarśana  cakra  weapon, 124
Suffering
of Bali, 181, 187 
  body as, 71, 168 
  of conditioned soul, 20–21 
  demons cause, 178 
  of devotee as Lord's test, 186, 187–188 
  extravagance causes, 67 
  false  guru  perpetuates, 265 
  by fruitive activities, 259 
  Lord relieves, 8, 12, 80, 257 
  material life as, 166 
  in modes of nature, 20–21