General Index 325
Spiritual life Srimad-Bhégavatam, quotations from
enjoying, by knowing the Lord, 267 on association of devotees, 193
as liberation, 265 on austerity, 75
possessions hinder, 161 on devotees, 114, 151, 159, 160
via Sankhya philosophy, 265 on duty’s perfection, 209
spiritual master needed for, 2 on guru, 95
See also: Devotional service to the Supreme on happiness, 74
Lord; Krsna consciousness; Self- on liars in Kali-yuga, 99
realization on Lord’s mercy, 80-81, 172
Spiritual master (guru) on madmen, 219
Arjuna as, 269 on material life, 165, 168
Bhagavad-gita via, 268 on sankirtana-yajna, 211
body of , 88 on sense gratification, 71
bogus vs. bona fide, 95-96, 263-265, __ on worshiping the Lord, 208, 245
268-269 Srimad-Bhégavatam, speaker of, 261
conditioned souls helped by, 257, 258 Srivatsa marked the Lord, 30, 126
disqualification for, 261 Sruti-mantras. See: Vedas; names of
duty of , 95 specific Vedic literatures
false, 262, 265, 268 Stars
life’s goal via, 269 disposition of, at Lord’s appearance, 32
Lord as, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 268 in Lord’s universal form, 120
as Lord’s representative, 257-258, 261, Stri
264 defined, 165
mercy of, 98 See also: Women
mission of, 261 Subtle body. See: Ego, false; Mind; Intelli-
as necessity, 2 gence
in parampara, 268 Success. See: Perfection
Prahlada as, 55 Sucindm srimatam ge he
qualification of, 55, 261 quoted, 63
truth via, 269 Sudama Vipra
Vyasa as, 261 Lord respected, 228
worship toward, 258 Lord’s mercy on, 188
Spiritual world Sudargana cakra weapon, 124
anxiety-free, 266 Suffering
Ganges water from, 127-128 of Bali, 181, 187
by knowing Krsna, 29 body as, 71, 168
as land of no return, 63 of conditioned soul, 20-21
material world vs., 219 demons cause, 178
_ via offerings to the Lord, 180-181 of devotee as Lord’s test, 186, 187-188
Sraddhadeva, 233 extravagance causes, 67
Sravana-dvadasi false guru perpetuates, 265
Lord appeared on, 32 by fruitive activities, 259
time of, 32 Lord relieves, 8, 12, 80, 257
Sridhara Svami, cited on annihilation of uni- material life as, 166
verse, 250 in modes of nature, 20-21
