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Vedas Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, quotations
author of, 72 from, on spiritual master
as authority, 202-203 as confidential to Lord, 59
Buddha rejected, 106 honored as much as Lord, 58, 59, 70
chanting authorized by, references given, Krsna’s benediction by mercy of, 58
94-95 on raincloud-mercy of, 266
cited on omkdra, 94 Visva-vaisnava Raja-sabha, 70
defined, 203 Vraja-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhari
disciplic succession for, 72 quoted, 292
Krsna as goal of, 89, 95, 98 Vraja-vasis defined, 292 :
Krsna as source & goal of (Sanskrit only) ,203 Vindavana
See also: Vedic literature Krsna saved, 293
Veda-vada-rata defined, 99-99n residents of, 292-293, 301
Veda-vid, Krsna as, 99 Vyasadeva
Vede ramayane caiva harih sarvatra giyate authored Vedic literatures, 40-41, 56, 72,
quoted, 98 225
Vedic culture in disciplic succession, 56, 72
vs. Buddhism, 106 father of, 19 ,
divisions of life in. See: Varndsrama system with Pariksit Maharaja, 40
Vedic literature prayer to, 82
as authorized, 135-136 spiritual master of, 41
a benefit for modern society, 50 spiritual master represents, 72
compared to law references, 135-136 surrender to, required, 73
translated into Russian, 195 Vyasa-ptijd to Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, 70-80
See also: Bhagavad-gita; Bhagavat-gita As It Vyavasayatmika buddhih
Is; Srimad-Bhdgavatam; Vedanta- verse quoted, 107, 169 ~
sutra; Vedas; and others by name
Vegetarianism, 116-117
of Krsna & His devotees, 163 WwW
See also: Food, for human beings; Meat
eating War, 242
Venum kvanantam aravinda-dalayataksam Water, Krsna as taste of, 239, 302
verse quoted, 175 Water filtering & cleansing consciousness,
Vidya defined, 100 analogy of, 13
Vidyam cavidyam ca yas Watering root & devotional service to the
verse quoted, 99 Supreme Lord, analogy of, 3
Vidyd-vinaya-sampanne Wealth
verse quoted, 15, 234, 294 Krsna sanctions, 297-298
Vikarna, 87 of Lord, 19
Virya defined, 246 of spiritual master, 66
Visnu as spiritual obstacle possibly, 169
See also: Supreme Lord unimportant in spiritual life, 66
as Krsna, 89 See also: Materialism
symbols of, four, 134 Wheeler, Howard, 205
Visnu Purana Women, 15
quoted on opulences of Lord, 19 attractive force in, as soul, 21
quoted on varndsrama system, 197 illusory beauty of, 37-38
Visnu-yasa, 136 ‘‘Women’s liberation,” 15
Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, quotations Work
from, on spiritual master ~ life meant for more than, 4
