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Absolute state,
80
8:16

absorption: in
Atma
,
41
4:10; in God/the Divine,
23
2:54,
85
9:13–14,
94
10:19; in Godhead,
45
4:24

action(s),
29
3:9,
151
18:3,
162
18:48,
163
18:56; attachment to
vs.
detachment from,
153–57
18:13–35; components and interactions of,
153–57
18:13–35;
darmic vs. adharmic
,
166
18:66; guidelines for performing,
28
3:7; and inaction,
20
2:47,
28–29
3:4–8,
43
4:18,
156
18:30; necessity of taking,
28–29
3:4–8,
33
3:30,
57
6:1; nonbinding,
29
3:9; as offering(s),
89
9:33–34; as propelled by the Divine,
34
3:30; refraining from taking,
57
6:1; reluctance to take,
48
4:42; renunciation of,
28
3:4–5,
50
5:6–7; Self-knowledge brings fearless,
48
4:42; three kinds of,
155
18:23–25; union with God through,
19
2:40.
See also karma

adharma
,
154
18:13–15,
166
18:66

adhi
,
76
8:4

adhibhuta
,
74
7:30,
75–76
8:1–4

adhidaiva(s)
,
74
7:30,
75–76
8:1–4

adhiyajna
,
74
7:30,
75–76
8:1–4

adhyatma
,
74
7:30

ahamkara
,
117–18
13:5–6; principle of individuation,
117–18
13:5–6.
See also
ego; self

ahimsa
(nonharm),
137
16:1–3

alienation,
48
4:40

alms-giving.
See
charity

altruism.
See
sacrifice

Ananta
,
96
10:29

ananya bhakti
(single-minded love),
106
11:54

anger, xxii,
24
2:62–63,
127
14:7,
128
14:16–17,
140
16:21; desire and,
36
3:37,
54
5:23; war against,
36–37
3:36–43

Arjuna: army,
4–7
1
:2–28; becomes disciple,
12–15
2:7–24; empathy for his opponents,
8
1
:38–39; family,
3–4
1
:1; loss of resolve,
7–9
1
:20–47,
11–12
2:2–6; overwhelmed, seeks forgiveness,
105
11:39–46; pacifism,
8
1
:33–35.
See also specific topics

Aryama,
96 10:42529

Asat
,
150
17:28.
See also
faith

asceticism
(sanyasi/
austerity),
35
3:35,
92
10:4–5,
146–48
17:14–19.
See also
purification

Ashvatta
tree (fig tree/tree of life),
95
10:26,
131–33
15:1–6

Atma-knowledge
,
96
10:32

Atma
stage of spiritual development,
110
12:5

Atma
(True Self Within), xxii, xxiv,
13–23
2:12–55,
40–45
4:5–27,
116
13:1–2,
120
13:11,
123
13:28,
130
14:24–25,
133
15:7–11,
135
15:17–18; action and,
154
18:16–17; as all-pervading/omnipresent,
15
2:23–24,
76
8:3; as beyond desire,
37
3:41; as beyond
karma
,
31–33
3:17–27; as beyond worldly matters,
51
5:8–9; bliss flowing from,
158
18:37; Brahman and,
79
8:12–13,
94
10:20,
121
13:17,
122
13:22,
123
13:28,
130
14:27; forgetting,
120
13:9;
gunas
and,
126
14:5;
karma
and,
42
4:14; keeping one’s attention in,
61
6:24–26; living in,
54–55
5:21–26,
112
12:17; as permanent and unchanging,
14–15
2:17–24; persons unaware of,
13
2:13,
40
4:5,
43
4:19,
48
4:40–42,
70–71
7:15,
132
15:5
(see also
ignorance); persons who know/knowing,
28
3:3,
42
4:14,
45–48
4:27–38,
50
5:6–7,
52–54
5:16–25,
58–59
6:8,
61–62
6:27–35,
71
7:16,
73
7:29,
92
10:4–5,
123
13:28,
146
17:14,
153
18:10
(see also
wisdom); pursuit of,
137
16:1–3; responsibility to,
17
2:31–33.
See also adhyatma;
soul

Atmadharma. See sva-dharma

Atmic
Self within,
133
15:10–11

Atmic
wisdom,
25
2:66

attachment(s): to action,
127
14:7; beyond worldly,
20
2:45,
69
7:11; to enjoyment,
87
9:20–21; severing one’s,
132
15:3–5; spiritual growth and surrendering,
58
6:2.
See also
detachment; results

attraction-aversion
(raga-dvesha)
,
25
2:64–68,
112
12:17,
132
15:3–5

attraction (sensory),
25
2:66,
54
5:21,
127
14:7; brooding on,
24
2:62–63.
See also
desire (s); sense objects

Aum. See
Om

austerity.
See
asceticism

Avatar
, xxiv

awareness
(jnana)
,
14
2:16; living in constant state of spiritual,
77–78
8:7.
See also
knowledge; wisdom

B

balance, between giving and getting,
30
3:12

battle: cosmic inevitability of the,
102–4
11:23–38.
See also
war

bhakti. See
devotion; love

bhakti-yoga. See under yoga

Bhishma (field marshall/revered grandfather),
6
1
:11,
12
2:4–5

Bhrigu,
95
10:25

birth,
36
3:37,
126
14:3.
See also
death-rebirth wheel/cycle

bliss,
23
2:55,
60
6:21–22,
115
13:1,
163
18:53; of Godhead (Brahman),
53–55
5:20–29,
61
6:27–28

body,
14
2:18; delusion that one is one’s,
13–14
2:13–16,
33
3:27,
41
4:10; giving up attachment to, no 12:5; identifying with one’s,
13–14
2:13–16,
33
3:27,
122
13:21; as Real
vs.
un-Real,
13–14
2:13–16.
See also
field; nature; subtle (body)

bondage (to worldly),
81
8:23–25

Brahma,
80
8:16–19,
159
18:40; cosmic day of, 849:6.
See also
Creator

Brahma-loka
,
79–80
16
–19

Brahman.
See
Godhead

Brahmin. See
Seers

bravery,
18
2:36

breath.
Seeprana

breath-control,
55
5:27–28

Brihaspati, the Chief Priest,
95
10:24

buddhi
(higher mind),
93
10:10–11,
117
13:5–6,
156–57
18:29–32.
See also
discrimination; intellect

C

calmness.
See
peace

caste,
42
4:13,
159–61
18:41–44

charity (
dana
/alms-giving),
92
10:4–5,
137
16:1–3,
144
177
; types and efficacy of,
148
17:20–22.
See also
sacrifice

Chitraratha,
95
10:26

concentration,
19
2:44,
60
6:15; on the Divine,
79
8:12–13.
See also
meditation

conscience,
3–4
1
:1–2.
See also dharma

Consciousness,
163
18:53; Cosmic,
23
2:53,
74
7:30,
77
8:5–6
(see also
Godhead; Knower of the Field)

consciousness,
117
13:5–6,
133
15:15;

pure,
14
2:16,
69
7:7,
93–94
10:12–22,
129
14:19–20; source of,
68
7:4–5; three states of,
102–11
:20
See also Atma

Cosmic Plan,
168
18:78

cosmos/cosmic,
68
7:4–5,
74
7:30.
See
also
God

creation,
84
9:8–9,
86
9:18,
91–92
10:2–3

Creator,
31
3:16,
97
10:39.
See also
Brahma; God

D

dana. See
charity

death,
86
9:19; as greatest servant of humanity,
15
2:20,
74
7:29; fear of,
73–74
7:29; how to die,
77–79
8:5–15; instant of,
26
2:72,
77
8:5–7

death-rebirth wheel/cycle,
13
2:13,
19
2:40,
30
3:14,
78
8:14–15,
80–81
8:17–25,
87
9:20–21,
122
13:21,
123
13:25–28,
125
14:1–2,
140
16:19–20; release from,
21–22
2:50,
43
4:16–17,
50
5:5,
53
5:17, 747:30,
79–80
8:15–16,
110
12:6–7,
129
14:19–20,
132
15:3–4; ties to,
29
3:9,
83
9:3

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