# Religion(s) [[cc/adi/1/91#purport|Ādi 1.91]], [[cc/adi/5/41#purport|Ādi 5.41]], [[cc/madhya/4/95#purport|Madhya 4.95]], [[cc/madhya/6/167#purport|Madhya 6.167]], [[cc/madhya/11/99#purport|Madhya 11.99]], [[cc/madhya/17/184#purport|Madhya 17.184]], [[cc/madhya/19/146#purport|Madhya 19.146]], [[cc/madhya/20/275#purport|Madhya 20.275]], [[cc/madhya/20/352#purport|Madhya 20.352]], [[cc/madhya/22/21#purport|Madhya 22.21]], [[cc/madhya/24/64#purport|Madhya 24.64]], [[cc/madhya/25/20#purport|Madhya 25.20]], [[cc/madhya/25/121#purport|Madhya 25.121]] * *Bhagavad-gītā* * as last word on, [[bg/18/78|Bg. 18.78]] (3) * explains, [[bg/4/7|Bg. 4.7]] * & philosophy, necessity of both, [[bg/3/3|Bg. 3.3]] * abandoned for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, [[bg/18/66|Bg. 18.66]] * according to modes of nature, [[bg/17/4|Bg. 17.4]] * ages prominent in, [[bg/8/17|Bg. 8.17]] * animal sacrifice in name of, [[sb/1/5/15#purport|SB 1.5.15]] * animal sacrifice in, [[sb/6/16/42#purport|SB 6.16.42]] * animal slaughter in, [[sb/7/15/10#purport|SB 7.15.10]] * animal-killing in, [[sb/4/26/1-3#purport|SB 4.26.1-3]], [[sb/4/27/11-11#purport|SB 4.27.11-11]], [[sb/4/28/26#purport|SB 4.28.26]] * Arhat concocts new system of, [[sb/5/6/9#purport|SB 5.6.9]] * as brahminical quality, [[bg/18/42|Bg. 18.42]] * as changeable, 18 * as demigods’quality, [[sb/5/18/12#purport|SB 5.18.12]] * as devotional service, [[sb/2/8/18#purport|SB 2.8.18]] * as following Kṛṣṇa, [[sb/8/1/16#purport|SB 8.1.16]] * as God’s law, [[sb/7/11/7#purport|SB 7.11.7]] * as harmony with Lord’s laws, [[sb/3/15/33#purport|SB 3.15.33]] * as Lord’s heart, [[sb/8/7/28#purport|SB 8.7.28]] * as Lord’s laws, [[sb/3/21/16-16#purport|SB 3.21.16-16]], [[sb/4/21/30#purport|SB 4.21.30]] * as Lord’s potency, [[sb/7/10/65-66#purport|SB 7.10.65-66]] * as love for Lord, [[sb/8/8/21#purport|SB 8.8.21]] * as necessary, [[sb/7/14/10#purport|SB 7.14.10]] * as protection for women, [[bg/1/40|Bg. 1.40]] * as surrender to Lord, [[sb/3/21/16#purport|SB 3.21.16]], [[sb/4/8/41#purport|SB 4.8.41]] * as surrender to Lord, N102-3 * as truthfulness, [[sb/1/17/33#purport|SB 1.17.33]], [[sb/1/17/41#purport|SB 1.17.41]] * as worshiping Lord, [[sb/4/14/15#purport|SB 4.14.15]] * atheist’s opinion of, [[sb/4/21/30#purport|SB 4.21.30]] * authorities for, [[sb/1/2/25#purport|SB 1.2.25]] * basis of, [[sb/7/11/7-7#purport|SB 7.11.7-7]] * bhāgavata-dharma as supreme, [[sb/6/16/40-43#purport|SB 6.16.40-43]] * Bhāgavatam religion urges, [[sb/1/17/32#purport|SB 1.17.32]] * bogus, compared with bona fide, [[sb/8/8/21#purport|SB 8.8.21]] * books of, [[bg/10/32|Bg. 10.32]] * bull personifies, [[sb/1/16/18#purport|SB 1.16.18]], [[sb/1/16/25#purport|SB 1.16.25]], [[sb/1/17/2#purport|SB 1.17.2]], [[sb/1/17/22#purport|SB 1.17.22]] * cheating-type, [[sb/4/23/10#purport|SB 4.23.10]] * codes of, by Parāśara Muni, [[bg/2/32|Bg. 2.32]] * compared * to mathematics, [[bg/4/7|Bg. 4.7]] * with *sanātana-dharma,* 17 * compared with aim of religion, [[sb/1/17/32#purport|SB 1.17.32]] * defects of, [[sb/4/29/56#purport|SB 4.29.56]] * deficient kinds of, [[sb/6/16/41-43#purport|SB 6.16.41-43]] * defined, [[sb/3/9/10#purport|SB 3.9.10]], [[sb/1/1/23#purport|SB 1.1.23]], [[sb/1/3/43#purport|SB 1.3.43]], [[sb/1/8/4#purport|SB 1.8.4]], [[sb/1/13/42#purport|SB 1.13.42]], [[sb/4/28/48#purport|SB 4.28.48]], [[sb/6/16/41#purport|SB 6.16.41]] * degrees of knowledge about, [[bg/4/7|Bg. 4.7]] * demigod of, [[sb/8/1/25#purport|SB 8.1.25]] * demigod worship perversity of, [[sb/1/2/27#purport|SB 1.2.27]] * demigods worshiped in many, [[sb/5/5/10-13#purport|SB 5.5.10-13]] * demons scorn, [[sb/7/8/13#purport|SB 7.8.13]] * descends during decline of, [[sb/5/3/20#purport|SB 5.3.20]] * devotee encourages followers of, [[sb/4/22/24#purport|SB 4.22.24]] * devotional service essence of, [[sb/3/9/10#purport|SB 3.9.10]] * devotional service transcends, [[sb/7/6/26#purport|SB 7.6.26]] * devotional service via, [[sb/1/10/28#purport|SB 1.10.28]] * dictates, [[sb/7/7/30-31#purport|SB 7.7.30-31]] * divisions of, four, [[sb/1/1/2#purport|SB 1.1.2]] * economics replaces, [[sb/1/1/2#purport|SB 1.1.2]] * enforcement of, [[sb/3/16/24#purport|SB 3.16.24]] * enunciator of, [[sb/5/3/20#purport|SB 5.3.20]] * envy absent in real, [[sb/7/15/8#purport|SB 7.15.8]], [[sb/7/15/11#purport|SB 7.15.11]] * envy in, [[sb/6/16/41-42#purport|SB 6.16.41-42]] * established by God, [[sb/1/1/23#purport|SB 1.1.23]], [[sb/1/2/25#purport|SB 1.2.25]], [[sb/1/3/43#purport|SB 1.3.43]] * eternal nature of, [[sb/6/1/40#purport|SB 6.1.40]] * eternal, 16 * Kṛṣṇa as maintainer of, [[bg/11/18|Bg. 11.18]] * faith compared with, [[sb/1/17/32#purport|SB 1.17.32]] * false varieties of, [[sb/6/16/41-42#purport|SB 6.16.41-42]] * false, [[sb/3/24/37#purport|SB 3.24.37]], [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (7), [[bg/16/1|Bg. 16.1]] (11), [[sb/4/29/14#purport|SB 4.29.14]] * of demons, [[bg/16/10|Bg. 16.10]], [[bg/16/17–18|Bg. 16.17–18]] * father of, [[bg/1/1|Bg. 1.1]] * fighting as regulated by, [[sb/1/7/36#purport|SB 1.7.36]] * for animal eaters, [[sb/1/13/47#purport|SB 1.13.47]] * for cleanliness, [[sb/1/19/13#purport|SB 1.19.13]] * for humans, [[sb/3/12/25#purport|SB 3.12.25]] * for liberation, [[sb/4/22/34-35#purport|SB 4.22.34-35]] * four, [[sb/1/17/24#purport|SB 1.17.24]], [[sb/1/17/24-25#purport|SB 1.17.24-25]], [[sb/1/17/45#purport|SB 1.17.45]] * from Lord’s universal form, [[sb/8/5/40#purport|SB 8.5.40]] * goal of, [[sb/2/2/34#purport|SB 2.2.34]], [[sb/3/7/35#purport|SB 3.7.35]], [[sb/1/17/33#purport|SB 1.17.33]] * goal of, as devotional service, [[bg/9/2|Bg. 9.2]] (8) * government threatens, [[sb/4/14/6#purport|SB 4.14.6]] * government’s duty regarding, [[sb/6/2/2-6#purport|SB 6.2.2-6]] * happiness via, [[sb/1/16/25#purport|SB 1.16.25]] * highest form of, [[sb/2/2/33#purport|SB 2.2.33]] * highest principle of, [[bg/4/7|Bg. 4.7]] * human life qualified by, [[sb/1/1/2#purport|SB 1.1.2]] * human society requires, [[sb/4/22/36#purport|SB 4.22.36]] * humans manufacture, [[sb/5/3/20#purport|SB 5.3.20]] * ignorance of, [[sb/1/3/43#purport|SB 1.3.43]] * in banyan analogy, [[bg/15/1|Bg. 15.1]] * in distress, [[sb/2/8/18#purport|SB 2.8.18]] * in family life, loss of, [[bg/1/39–43|Bg. 1.39–43]] * in Kali-yuga absent, [[sb/4/22/36#purport|SB 4.22.36]] * in Kali-yuga, [[sb/1/1/10#purport|SB 1.1.10]], [[sb/1/3/43#purport|SB 1.3.43]], [[sb/1/16/20#purport|SB 1.16.20]], [[sb/1/17/2#purport|SB 1.17.2]], [[sb/1/17/10-11#purport|SB 1.17.10-11]], [[sb/1/17/25#purport|SB 1.17.25]], [[sb/1/17/32#purport|SB 1.17.32]], [[sb/5/3/17#purport|SB 5.3.17]], [[sb/5/6/9-10#purport|SB 5.6.9-10]] * in liquid form, [[sb/1/17/3#purport|SB 1.17.3]] * in Lord’s universal form, [[sb/8/20/25-29#purport|SB 8.20.25-29]] * in modes of ignorance & passion, [[sb/4/27/11#purport|SB 4.27.11]] * in present age, [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (12) * in Satya-yuga, [[sb/3/11/21#purport|SB 3.11.21]], [[sb/1/17/24#purport|SB 1.17.24]] * in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, [[sb/1/17/32#purport|SB 1.17.32]] * in yugas, [[sb/1/16/25#purport|SB 1.16.25]] * inferior to serving Lord, [[sb/1/2/7#purport|SB 1.2.7]] * instructions of, as, [[sb/5/1/15#purport|SB 5.1.15]] * irreligion compared with, [[sb/4/27/11#purport|SB 4.27.11]] * irreligion counteracts, [[sb/1/17/38#purport|SB 1.17.38]] * knowledge via, [[sb/1/17/45#purport|SB 1.17.45]] * Kṛṣṇa as, [[sb/1/2/28-29#purport|SB 1.2.28-29]], [[sb/1/2/28-29#purport|SB 1.2.28-29]] * Kṛṣṇa consciousness perfection of, [[sb/4/31/9#purport|SB 4.31.9]] * Kṛṣṇa descends to protect, [[bg/4/7–8|Bg. 4.7–8]] * Kṛṣṇa’s example regarding, [[bg/3/22–24|Bg. 3.22–24]] * Kṛṣṇa’s instructions on, [[sb/4/26/1-3#purport|SB 4.26.1-3]] * liberation aim of, [[sb/1/2/25#purport|SB 1.2.25]] * living entity becomes attached to, [[sb/5/13/1#purport|SB 5.13.1]] * Lord * Lord authority on, [[bg/4/7|Bg. 4.7]] * Lord dictates, [[sb/1/8/35#purport|SB 1.8.35]] * Lord establishes, [[sb/1/13/42#purport|SB 1.13.42]], [[sb/1/16/25#purport|SB 1.16.25]], [[sb/1/16/34#purport|SB 1.16.34]], [[sb/4/20/34#purport|SB 4.20.34]], [[sb/4/22/42#purport|SB 4.22.42]], [[sb/4/24/42#purport|SB 4.24.42]] * Lord followed, [[sb/1/10/36#purport|SB 1.10.36]] * Lord upholds, [[sb/10/5/13#purport|SB 10.5.13]] * Lord’s presence enhanced, [[sb/1/14/2#purport|SB 1.14.2]] * love for Kṛṣṇa beyond, [[sb/2/4/3-4#purport|SB 2.4.3-4]] * man-made laws compared with, [[sb/1/13/42#purport|SB 1.13.42]] * man-made, as cheating, [[sb/5/3/20#purport|SB 5.3.20]] * material, [[bg/2/26|Bg. 2.26]], [[bg/13/8|Bg. 13.8]] (2), [[sb/4/25/39#purport|SB 4.25.39]], [[sb/4/26/1-3#purport|SB 4.26.1-3]], [[sb/4/28/51#purport|SB 4.28.51]], [[sb/4/31/11#purport|SB 4.31.11]] * compared with spiritual, [[bg/17/11|Bg. 17.11]] * in passion mode, [[bg/18/34|Bg. 18.34]] * materialistic teachings of, [[bg/17/7|Bg. 17.7]] * materialistic, [[sb/7/5/18#purport|SB 7.5.18]], [[sb/7/5/53#purport|SB 7.5.53]], [[sb/7/5/55#purport|SB 7.5.55]] * materialistic, as condemned, [[sb/1/2/9#purport|SB 1.2.9]], [[sb/1/2/27#purport|SB 1.2.27]], [[sb/1/5/15#purport|SB 1.5.15]], [[sb/1/5/15#purport|SB 1.5.15]] * modern, condemned, [[sb/7/11/7#purport|SB 7.11.7]] * modes of nature &, [[sb/4/22/24#purport|SB 4.22.24]] * money object of, [[sb/4/4/15#purport|SB 4.4.15]] * moral codes of, [[bg/3/16|Bg. 3.16]] * morality in, [[sb/2/7/37#purport|SB 2.7.37]], [[sb/2/9/40#purport|SB 2.9.40]] * nondevotee’s show of, [[sb/6/3/26#purport|SB 6.3.26]] * of all * *See also: Sanātana-dharma* * service as, 17–18 * of demons, [[bg/16/4|Bg. 16.4]] * of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam’s recommendation, [[sb/4/26/1-3#purport|SB 4.26.1-3]] * Parīkṣit upheld, [[sb/1/12/26#purport|SB 1.12.26]], [[sb/1/12/26#purport|SB 1.12.26]] * perfection of, [[sb/7/7/30-31#purport|SB 7.7.30-31]], [[sb/1/12/25#purport|SB 1.12.25]] * perfection of, spiritual knowledge as, [[bg/9/2|Bg. 9.2]], [[bg/9/2|Bg. 9.2]] (8) * personified * Prahlāda instructed on, [[sb/7/5/52-52#purport|SB 7.5.52-52]] * preaching, for time & place, [[sb/1/9/9#purport|SB 1.9.9]] * principles of. See: Religious principles * *See also:* Regulative principles; Virtue * *varṇāśrama *supports, [[bg/1/39|Bg. 1.39]], [[bg/1/40|Bg. 1.40]] * begin with *varṇāśrama,*, 4.7 * duties according to, [[bg/2/31–32|Bg. 2.31–32]] * elders responsible for, [[bg/1/39|Bg. 1.39]] * fighting on grounds of, [[bg/2/31–33|Bg. 2.31–33]] * for *kṣatriyas,*, 1.31, [[bg/2/14|Bg. 2.14]] * for animal sacrifice, [[bg/2/31|Bg. 2.31]] * for cleanliness, [[bg/2/14|Bg. 2.14]] * for elevation, [[bg/2/14|Bg. 2.14]] * forgiveness as, [[bg/1/36|Bg. 1.36]] * government according to, [[bg/2/32|Bg. 2.32]] * in *Manu-smṛti,*, 7.15 (8) * in *Parāśara-smṛti, *, 2.32 * in family life, [[bg/1/39–43|Bg. 1.39–43]] * insufficient without Kṛṣṇa, [[bg/2/8|Bg. 2.8]] * killing according to, [[bg/2/19|Bg. 2.19]], [[bg/2/21|Bg. 2.21]] * knowledge via, [[bg/2/14|Bg. 2.14]] * Kṛṣṇa advents to reestablish, [[bg/3/23|Bg. 3.23]], [[bg/4/7|Bg. 4.7]], [[bg/10/12|Bg. 10.12]] * necessity of, [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (7–8) * neglect of, [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (7) * obligation to follow, [[bg/1/37|Bg. 1.37]] * offerings to ancestors as, [[bg/1/41|Bg. 1.41]] * recommended, [[bg/2/18|Bg. 2.18]] * relative importance of, [[bg/2/11|Bg. 2.11]] * sex life according to, [[bg/7/11|Bg. 7.11]] * source of, [[bg/4/16|Bg. 4.16]] * violence &, [[bg/2/21|Bg. 2.21]], [[bg/2/31–33|Bg. 2.31–33]] * processes of, three named, [[sb/4/27/1#purport|SB 4.27.1]] * protector of, [[sb/5/14/45#purport|SB 5.14.45]] * pure & impure, [[sb/7/7/15#purport|SB 7.7.15]] * purpose of, [[sb/2/3/8#purport|SB 2.3.8]], [[sb/2/4/15#purport|SB 2.4.15]], [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (7), [[sb/1/2/25#purport|SB 1.2.25]] * quoted on Pāṇḍavas, [[sb/1/17/17#purport|SB 1.17.17]] * real, as mystery, [[sb/6/3/19#purport|SB 6.3.19]] * renunciation of, [[sb/4/25/11#purport|SB 4.25.11]], [[sb/4/26/1-3#purport|SB 4.26.1-3]], [[sb/4/27/11#purport|SB 4.27.11]], [[sb/4/29/57#purport|SB 4.29.57]], [[sb/4/30/16#purport|SB 4.30.16]] * restored by Lord, [[sb/1/1/23#purport|SB 1.1.23]] * rituals not, [[sb/4/8/41#purport|SB 4.8.41]] * sanātana-dharma, [[sb/4/28/61#purport|SB 4.28.61]] * scriptures for, [[sb/4/29/13#purport|SB 4.29.13]] * sectarian, 17 * sectarian, as irrelevant, [[sb/7/11/8-12#purport|SB 7.11.8-12]] * sectarian, condemned, [[sb/8/8/21#purport|SB 8.8.21]] * seen as irreligion & vice versa in ignorance mode, [[bg/18/32|Bg. 18.32]] * sense gratification as goal of, [[sb/1/1/2#purport|SB 1.1.2]] * sense gratification in, [[sb/4/29/57#purport|SB 4.29.57]] * service attitude in, [[sb/3/6/33#purport|SB 3.6.33]] * sex via principles of, [[sb/4/22/53#purport|SB 4.22.53]] * sinlessness required in, [[sb/4/26/10#purport|SB 4.26.10]] * Śiva master of, [[sb/4/4/17-17#purport|SB 4.4.17-17]] * spiritual, [[sb/4/26/1-3#purport|SB 4.26.1-3]], [[sb/4/27/11#purport|SB 4.27.11]], [[sb/4/28/48#purport|SB 4.28.48]], [[sb/4/31/9#purport|SB 4.31.9]] * spiritual, compared with material, [[bg/17/11|Bg. 17.11]] * spiritual, compared with, [[sb/4/26/1-3#purport|SB 4.26.1-3]], [[sb/4/26/10#purport|SB 4.26.10]], [[sb/4/29/56#purport|SB 4.29.56]], [[sb/4/31/9#purport|SB 4.31.9]] * subreligion compared with, [[sb/2/7/37#purport|SB 2.7.37]], [[sb/2/7/37#purport|SB 2.7.37]] * supreme form of, [[sb/6/2/25#purport|SB 6.2.25]], [[sb/6/3/22-22#purport|SB 6.3.22-22]] * surrender as real, [[sb/7/15/12#purport|SB 7.15.12]], [[sb/7/15/13#purport|SB 7.15.13]] * surrender to God as, [[sb/4/19/25#purport|SB 4.19.25]] * surrender to Kṛṣṇa as beyond, [[bg/18/66|Bg. 18.66]] * surrender to Kṛṣṇa as, [[sb/6/1/19#purport|SB 6.1.19]], [[sb/6/1/38#purport|SB 6.1.38]] * surrender to Lord as, [[sb/4/20/33#purport|SB 4.20.33]] * systems of, two listed, [[sb/8/7/25#purport|SB 8.7.25]] * true & false, [[sb/7/11/7#purport|SB 7.11.7]], [[sb/7/15/12-14#purport|SB 7.15.12-14]], [[sb/7/15/14#purport|SB 7.15.14]] * universal, basis of, SB Intro 7, SB Intro 40 * Vedas authority on, [[bg/4/7|Bg. 4.7]] * Vedas source of, [[sb/6/1/40-40#purport|SB 6.1.40-40]] * vs. irreligion, [[bg/18/32|Bg. 18.32]] * women &, [[sb/1/8/20#purport|SB 1.8.20]] * Yudhiṣṭhira established, [[sb/3/1/36#purport|SB 3.1.36]] * yugas’, differences in, [[bg/8/17|Bg. 8.17]] *See also:* Devotional service to Supreme Lord; Devotional service; [Dharma](entries/dharma.md); [Duty](entries/duties.md); Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Sanātana-dharma; [Sacrifice](entries/sacrifice.md); [Worship](entries/worship.md); [Purification](entries/purification.md); Sacrifices; [Yoga](entries/yoga.md); Religious principles; specific religions; Dharma bull