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guna
-qualities of nature,
121–22
13:19–21.
See also specific qualities

gunas
(forces/strands of nature),
19–20
2:45,
122
13:21; Godhead and,
120
13:13–15,
126–27
14:5–13,
129–30
14:19–26,
131
15:2,
154
18:18–19,
158–59
18:36–41;
maya
and the,
70–71
7:12–15; transcending,
20
2:45,
129–30
14:21–27

gurus
,
146
17:14

H

happiness,
15
2:23–24; types of,
158
18:36–39.
See also
pleasure; sorrow/pain, end of

hate.
See
malice

Hawley, Jack,
xv

heart(s),
22
2:50,
23
2:55,
93
10:10–11

heaven,
17–19
2:32–43,
80
8:16,
82
8:28,
87
9:22

hell,
80
8:16,
140
16:21

Himalayas, Krishna as,
95
10:25

honor
vs.
dishonor.
See
warrior

I

“I,”
33
3:28, in 12:13–14.
See also Atma;
ego; Godhead; “me”

ignorance (not knowing the True Self),
15
2:23–24,
32
3:20,
81
8:23–25,
85
9:11–12,
93
10:10–11.
See also Atma
, persons unaware of

ignorant persons,
33
3:26–27,
48
4:40,
81
8:23–25.
See also Atma
, persons unaware of

Illuminated One
(Sthithaprajna)
,
43
4:18; description,
23–26
2:55–72

illusion.
See
delusion; ignorance; maya

immortality/imperishability,
14–15
2:15–24,
76
8:3,
78
8:11,
80–82
8:20–28,
85
9:11,
86
9:18–19,
101
11:18,
112
12:20,
135
15:16–18

individuality, sense of,
73
7:27.
See also ahamkara;
ego

individuation,
117–18
13:5–6

Indra,
94
10:22

indriyas.
See
sense organs

Indweller.
See Atma

integration.
See
union; unity; yoga

intellect/understanding,
22
2:52,
37
3:40,
92
10:4–5,
117
5–6
,
156–57
18:29–32.
See also buddhi

intelligence,
78
8:9,
116
13:1; as power to interpret,
118
13:5–6

J

Janaka (king, ancient
karma-yogi)
,
32
3:20

japa
(repetition),
95
10:25

jealousy,
3
1
:1

jiva
(individual soul),
122
13:21,
127
14:6,
133
15:7–10; enlightenment,
132–33
15:6

jivanmukti
,
122
13:22

jivatma
(individual soul),
133
14:9

jnana. See
awareness; knowledge; wisdom

jnana yoga
(path of knowledge),
50
5:5

jnanis
(wise
yogis)
,
43
4:18–19,
129–30
14:21–25

joy.
See
happiness

judgment,
20
2:45,
59
6:9

K

kalpa
,
84
9:7

kama. See
desire(s)

Kapila,
95
10:26

karma yoga
(path of selfless action),
18–19
2:39–41,
49–50
5:1–5,
57–58
6:1–2,
123
13:24,
130
14:26.
See also
selfless action

karma-yogi
,
32
3:20,
50–51
5:6–12,
58
6:1

karma(s)
, xxiv,
122
13:23,
140
16:19,
164
18:60; as action/works,
43
4:16–18,
154
18:17;
vs. akarma
,
156
18:30; as consequence of action,
21
2:50,
33
3:27,
34
3:31,
42–43
4:14–18,
52
5:15,
86
9:17,
88
9:28,
153
18:12; freedom from wheel of,
34
3:31,
42–44
4:14–23,
47–48
4:37–41,
122
13:23,
154
18:17,
162
18:49; law of,
63
6:41–43,
164
18:60.
See also
action(s); desire(s)

killing,
104
11:34;
vs.
being killed,
15
2:19

Knower of the Field
(Purusha)
,
68
7:4–5,
101–2
11:18,
115–16
13:1–3,
119–20
13:7–11; union of field and,
121–24
13:19–34.
See also
Consciousness, Cosmic

knowing,
37
3:44; the knower,
120–21
13:12–18

knowledge
(jnana)
,
47
4:33–36,
c
,
6
10:32,
165
18:63; and action,
27–28
3:1–7,
83
9:3, in 12:12; of Divinity,
67–68
7:2–3,
73
7:29,
83
9:3; zenith of all,
14
2:16; self-realization and,
37
3:43.
See also specific topics

Krishna: promise,
xx
,
6
1
:14–15,
63–64
6:37–47; becomes Divine Teacher,
12–15
2:7–24; declaration,
40–42
4:6–13; essence of his teachings,
79
8:14; final message,
176
; reveals his wondrous cosmic form,
100–102
11:8–22; reveals the battle’s cosmic inevitability,
102–4
11:23–38

Kshatriyas
(Leaders),
160
18:43

kshetra. See
field

kshetrajna. See
Knower of the Field

Kubera,
95
10:23

kundalini
(coiled energy),
96
10:29

L

Leaders.
See
Kshatriyas

liberation
(moksha)
,
49
5:2,
68
7:3

life: ideal attitude in which to live,
21
2:49; as inner battle/struggle,
xxii
; purpose/goal of, xxiii,
21–26
2:50–72,
29
3:9,
107
11:55,
131
15:1,
132
15:3–4,
152
18:5.
See also
death-rebirth wheel/cycle

life force (energy),
13
2:12–13,
68
7:4–5,
79
8:12–13.
See also Atma; prana

light,
132
15:6

loka
(worlds/planes of existence),
79–80
16
–19

Lord,
41
4:11,
45
4:25,
60
6:21–22

love
(bhakti/ devotion)
,
81
8:22,
85
9:13–14,
88
9:26,
106
11:54,
109
12:1,
163
18:54–55; Divine,
82
8:28,
106
11:47–48,
123
13:24
(see also
devotees, most loved)

lust
(kama)
,
139
16:8–11.
See also
desire(s)

M

mahat
(“great cause”),
117
13:5–6

mahatmas
(“great souls”),
85
9:13–14

malice,
107
11:55

manas. See
mind

manifested
vs.
unmanifested,
80
8:17–19,
93
10:12–15,
109–10
12:1–4

mantras
(chanted hymns/prayers),
146–47
17:13–15

Manu,
39
4:1

manus
,
92
10:6

Margasirsha
,
97
10:35

matter, inert,
68
7:4–6,
118–19
13:5–6.
See also prakriti

maya
(illusion),
40
4:6,
70
7:13–14,
73
7:26,
123
13:28.
See also
delusion

“me” and “mine” (ego/doership),
26
2:71, in 12:13–14,
149
17:25,
163
18:53

medhanadhi
(new sense),
60
6:11

meditation
(dhyana
/spiritual discipline),
25
2:66,
59
6:10,
62
6:35,
72
7:19, in 12:12,
122–23
13:24; on the Divine,
53–54
5:21,
78
8:8; method,
59–60
6:10–22; path of
(dhyana yoga)
,
122–23
13:24

merger.
See
union

mind
(manas)
,
37
3:40,
68
7:4–5,
118
13:5–6; higher
(see buddhi;
intellect); steadiness/firmness of,
19–20
2:41–45,
157
18:33–35

moksha. See
liberation

mother-infant relationship,
87
9:22

N

natural world,
68
7:4–5

nature,
68–69
7:4–6,
82
8:28; elements/components of,
95
10:23,
117–19
5
–6
(see also
gunas); four purifiers in,
96
10:30; proximity to Divinity,
84
9:8.
See also
body; creation; field; matter;
prakriti

Nirguna
Brahman,
110
12:3–4

nirguna
(invisible/formless),
109–10
12:1–4.
See also
unmanifested

nonattachment.
See
detachment

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