The Bhagavad Gita (27 page)
Authors: Jack Hawley
object (of senses),
118
13:5–6
Om
(Aum)
,
69
7:8,
79
8:12–13,
86
9:17,
95
10:25,
149
17:24
Om Tat Sat
,
149–50
17:23–27
omnipresence,
15
2:23–24,
88
9:29,
93
10:12–15,
101
11:16–17,
133
15:15
oneness.
See
union; unity
opposites, pairs of
(raga-dve-sha
/dualities),
44
4:22,
130
14:24–25
pain.
See
sorrow/pain; suffering
path(s)/pathway(s),
18–19
2:39,
49–50
5:1–5,
122–23
13:24–25,
130
14:26; for the individual soul,
81
8:23–25.
See also
knowledge
(jnana)
, and action;
yoga
patience,
92
10:4–5
peace, inner,
13–14
2:15,
20–21
2:47,
25
2:64–66,
26
2:71,
48
4:39,
49
5:2,
51
5:12,
58
6:8,
61
6:24–28,
92
10:4–5,
153
18:9; follow the giving up of expectations,
111
12:12.
See also
meditation;
sattva
perfect, how one becomes,
162–65
18:50–62
perfection/perfect human,
42
4:13,
68
7:3,
111–12
12:13–20,
125
14:1
pleasure,
30
3:13,
127
14:6; renunciation of,
23–24
2:56–60.
See also
bliss; desire(s); happiness
possessions,
59
6:10
Prahlada,
96
10:30
prakriti
(nature/matter),
116
13:5–6,
121
13:19,
125–26
14:1–4,
154
18:17,
159
18:40.
See also
field; matter; nature
prana
(primordial energy/vitality/breath),
46
4:29–30,
134
15:13–14,
157
18:33.
See also
life force
prarabdha
,
154
18:13–15
prasad
(gift),
174–76
.
See also
grace
Prasad Zone
,
174–76
prayer,
42
4:12,
71
7:16,
87
9:22–24,
146–47
17:13–15
princely class.
See Kshatriyas;
warrior
Providers
(Vaishyas)
,
160–61
18:44
purification,
48
4:38,
51–53
5:11–17,
73
7:28,
92
10:4–5,
146–48
17:14–19.
See also
asceticism;
tapas
purifying knowledge,
83
9:1–2
purity,
51–53
5:11–17,
88
9:30–31,
119
12:7,
153
18:9
purpose, of existence.
See under
life
Purusha. See
Consciousness, Cosmic; Knowerofthe Field; Self
Purushottama
(Supreme Absolute Highest Self),
135
15:19
raga-dvesha. See
attraction-aversion; opposites
rajasic
,
122
13:21,
126–29
14:5–20,
143–46
17:2–12,
148
17:21,
152
18:8
rajasic
doers,
156
18:28
rajasic
firmness of mind,
157
18:34
rajasic
happiness,
158
18:38
rajasic
intellect,
156
18:31
rajasic
knowledge, persons of,
155
18:21
rajasic
work/action,
155
18:21–24
Rakshasas
,
94–95
10:23
Rama,
96
10:31
Real (eternal/never-changing/ceaseless),
14
2:16,
70
7:13;
vs.
non-Real,
48
4:38,
70
7:15,
72
7:22,
92–93
10:4–11,
117
13:5–6,
151
18:3
Reality,
14
2:17,
135
15:19; defined,
14
2:16; three aspects of
(see gunas)
rebirth (reincarnation): moment of death and,
77
8:7,
79
8:14.
See also
death-rebirth wheel/cycle
relinquishment
(tyaga). See
detachment
renunciation
(sanyasa)
,
35
3:35,
49–50
5:1–4,
57–58
6:1–2,
151–53
18:1–11; path of,
88
9:28.
See also
asceticism; detachment;
tyaga
respect,
18
2:36
results/reward (fruit of actions),
51
5:10,
72
7:22–23,
86–88
9:17–31,
124
13:32; attachment to
vs.
detachment from,
20–22
2:47–51,
28–29
3:4–9,
32
3:19,
33
3:30,
43
4:19,
48
4:41,
57
6:1–2,
84
9:9,
88
9:28,
145
17:11,
153
18:9–10,
155–56
18:24–26,
161
18:46
ritual,
146
17:13
role models, great persons as,
32
3:21
Rudra,
94
10:23
sacrifice
(yajna)
,
76
8:4,
137
16:1–3,
144
17:7; law of,
29–31
3:9–16; offering up/worshipping,
29
3:10–11,
44
4:23; of one’s life, for a cause,
17
2:34; types and efficacy of spiritual,
145–46
17:11–13; wheel of,
29
3:8,
31
3:16.
See also
charity
sages.
See
Seers/sages
Saguna
Brahman,
109
12:1–2
saguna
(visible/with form),
109
12:1–2.
See also
manifested
Sama Veda
,
94
10:22
Sanjaya
,
3–9
1
:1–47, " 2:2,
100
11:9–11
sanyasa/sanyasi. See
renunciation
Sat. See
existence
sattva
,
41
4:7–8,
97
10:36,
121
13:19,
126–29
14:5–23,
159
18:42
sattvic
,
122
13:21,
126–29
14:5–20,
143–45
17:2–8,
148
17:20,
153
18:9–10
sattvic
actions/work,
155
18:23
sattvic
doers,
155–56
18:26
sattvic
firmness of mind,
157
18:33
sattvic
happiness,
158
18:38
sattvic
intellect.
See buddhi
sattvic
knowledge, persons of,
154–55
18:20
sattvic
nature, persons of,
159
18:42
scripture(s),
19
2:45,
81–82
8:28,
155
18:23,
171
; function,
141
16:23–24
Seers
(Brahmins/priestly
class),
159–60
18:42
seers
(kavis)
,
97
10:37
seers
(rishis)
,
95
10:25
seers/sages,
39
4:2–3,
43
4:16–17,
92
10:6,
151
18:3,
152
18:6; of truth,
123–24
13:28–29
self, individual,
37
3:44,
58
6:5–6; lower,
73
7:28
(see also
Divine, lower and higher self); using one’s Self to control one’s,
37
3:44.
See also ahamkara;
ego
self-controlled persons,
52
5:13,
78
8:11.
See also yogi(s)
Self (cosmic),
17
2:33,
135
15:19; knowing the Divinity of,
154
18:20; and non-Self
120
13:11; realization of,
28
3:4–5; wisdom of,
53
5:18.
See also Atma
self-discipline.
See tapas
Self-knowlege/Self-knowing,
45
4:26; power of,
47–48
4:36–42
self-realization,
37
3:42,
60
6:15,
71
7:16
self-restraint,
92
10:4–5
Self-sufficiency,
31
3:18
self-surrender,
166
18:66.
See also
ego
selfish desires,
19
2:41–44,
51
5:12; freedom from/abandonment of,
23
2:55,
55
5:26,
58
6:2,
61
6:24–26; spiritual growth and,
58
6:2.
See also
egoism; ignorant persons
selfish sacrifice,
145–46
17:12
selfless action,
21
2:47,
29–31
3:9–15,
34
3:31,
152
18:6; secret of,
18–19
2:39–41.
See also karma yoga;
sacrifice
selfless souls,
81
8:23–25
sense control,
24
2:59–61,
45
4:26–27,
48
4:39,
55
5:27–28,
59
6:10
sense objects,
24
2:62–63,
118
13:5–6.
See also
attraction (sensory)
sense organs (ten),
94
10:22,
118
13:5–6; organs of action and perception,
118
13:5–6
