# Living beings
*40 references in Caitanya-caritāmṛta*
* all are individual
* as samples of the Substance, *[[cc/adi/1/91#purport|Ādi 1.91]]*
* beyond limits of birth and death, *[[cc/adi/5/41#purport|Ādi 5.41]]*
* compared to birds in trees, *[[cc/adi/2/18#purport|Ādi 2.18]]*, [[cc/adi/2/19|Ādi 2.19]]
* compared to sparks of fire, *[[cc/adi/5/61#purport|Ādi 5.61]]*, **[[cc/adi/7/116#translation|Ādi 7.116]]**
* have four defects, *[[cc/adi/5/41#purport|Ādi 5.41]]*
* have pleasure-seeking potency
* inactive in association of matter, *[[cc/adi/5/41#purport|Ādi 5.41]]*
* prone to fall into material nature
* Saṅkarṣaṇa as reservoir of all, *[[cc/adi/5/41#purport|Ādi 5.41]]*
* as eternally true, *[[cc/adi/7/121#purport|Ādi 7.121]]*, [[cc/adi/7/122|Ādi 7.122]]
* as eternal servants of God, **[[cc/adi/7/9#translation|Ādi 7.9]]**, [[cc/adi/7/10|Ādi 7.10]], *[[cc/adi/7/106#purport|Ādi 7.106]]*, [[cc/adi/7/107|Ādi 7.107]]
* as transformations of Lord's energy, *[[cc/adi/7/121#purport|Ādi 7.121]]*, *[[cc/adi/7/116#purport|Ādi 7.116]]*, [[cc/adi/None/117|Ādi None.117]], *[[cc/adi/None/117#purport|Ādi None.117]]*, [[cc/adi/7/118|Ādi 7.118]]
* conditioned by material body, *[[cc/adi/7/46#purport|Ādi 7.46]]*, [[cc/adi/7/47|Ādi 7.47]]
* Lord displays pleasure potency as, *[[cc/adi/7/116#purport|Ādi 7.116]]*, [[cc/adi/None/117|Ādi None.117]]
* Kṛṣṇa's qualities minutely present in, [[cc/adi/8/57|Ādi 8.57]]
* should perform welfare activities, [[cc/adi/9/42|Ādi 9.42]], *[[cc/adi/9/42#purport|Ādi 9.42]]*
* subject to bewilderment, [[cc/adi/7/119|Ādi 7.119]]
* sustain universe, **[[cc/adi/7/116#translation|Ādi 7.116]]**, *[[cc/adi/None/117#purport|Ādi None.117]]*, [[cc/adi/7/118|Ādi 7.118]]
* taken as Lord by Māyāvādīs, *[[cc/adi/7/119#purport|Ādi 7.119]]*, [[cc/adi/7/120|Ādi 7.120]], *[[cc/adi/7/120#purport|Ādi 7.120]]*
* transmigration of, **[[cc/adi/9/35#translation|Ādi 9.35]]**, [[cc/adi/9/36|Ādi 9.36]]
* very minute in quantity, **[[cc/adi/7/9#translation|Ādi 7.9]]**, [[cc/adi/7/10|Ādi 7.10]]
* as eternal servants of Supreme, *[[cc/adi/12/73#purport|Ādi 12.73]]*
* full of enjoying spirit, **[[cc/adi/14/30#translation|Ādi 14.30]]**
*See also:* Soul