# The conditioned soul *The conditioned soul (baddha-jīva) is a spiritual being entrapped in material existence due to forgetting Krishna. Bound by the three modes of nature and controlled by time, the conditioned soul transmigrates through 8,400,000 species seeking happiness but finding only suffering. Only by reviving their original Krishna consciousness can souls escape this bondage.* ## Bound by the Modes of Nature ![[bg/3/33]] ![[bg/7/14]] ## The Four Defects ![[sb/1/3/24]] ![[sb/3/24/12]] ## Controlled by Time and Nature ![[sb/7/13/6]] ![[sb/7/7/22]] ## Forgets Its Real Identity ![[sb/1/2/6]] ![[sb/2/10/6]] ## Devotional Service Frees the Conditioned Soul ![[sb/7/7/40]] ![[sb/7/9/21]] ## The Lord Comes to Deliver Fallen Souls ![[sb/3/16/24]] ![[sb/1/7/5]] ## From the Index - [[index/entries/conditioned-soul|Conditioned Soul]] — The bound living entity - [[index/entries/liberated-soul|Liberated Soul]] — One who is freed - [[index/entries/living-entities|Living Entities]] — The jīvas - [[index/entries/material-life|Material Life]] — Life in bondage