The Bhagavad Gita (28 page)
Authors: Jack Hawley
separateness, illusion of,
123
13:28
serenity.
See
equanimity; peace
Servers
(Sudras)
,
160–61
18:44
Shiva,
94
10:23
sin,
46
4:30,
54
5:25,
88
9:30–31; defined,
30
3:13.
See also
demonic
Skanda,
95
10:24
snakes,
96
10:28–29
sorrow/pain,
17
2:30,
22
2:51,
23
2:56; end of,
15
2:23–24,
25
2:64–65,
29
3:10,
60–61
6:16–23,
110
12:6–7,
158–59
18:36–40; grace through,
94
10:23
soul,
133
14:9; paths for the individual,
81
8:23–25; universal
(see
God).
See
also Atma; buddhi; jiva
spirit (life consciousness),
69
, 7:6
Spirit
(Purusha/Knower
of the field),
115
13:1,
135
15:16; union between nature/matter and,
123
13:26–27,
126
14:4
spirits, worshipping elemental,
88
9:25
spiritual awareness.
See
awareness
spiritual growth: basis of all,
58
6:2.
See
also specific topics
spiritual knowledge.
See
knowledge spiritual practices (three),
149–50
17:23–28.
See also specific practices
sraddha. See faith
Sthithaprajna. See
Illuminated One subtle (body),
37
3:42,
68
7:4–5,
78
8:9; water as steam,
124
13:32
Sudras
(Servers),
160–61
18:44
suffering (pain/sorrow),
13–15
2:15–24,
81
8:26,
88
9:27,
128
14:16–17
sukha
(joy/happiness),
158
18:36–39
surrender,
12–13
2:7–10,
89
9:33–34,
112
12:20,
133
15:11.
See also
detachment
surrendering one’s life to an ideal,
17
2:34
sva-dharma
(personal
dharma/Atma-dharma)
,
17
2:31–33
tamas
,
121
13:19,
126–29
14:5–18,
157
18:35
tamasic
austerities,
148
17:19
tamasic
charities,
148
17:22
tamasic
doers,
156
18:28
tamasic
faith,
143
17:2–13
tamasic
firmness of mind,
157
18:35
tamasic
happiness,
158
18:39
tamasic
intellect,
157
18:32
tamasic
mentality and behavior,
128–29
14:14–20
tamasic
persons,
122
13:21,
126
14:5,
144–46
17:4–13,
152
18:7,
155
18:22,
157
18:35
tapas
(pennance/refinement),
92
10:4–5,
137
16:1–3,
144
177,
146
17:14.
See also
discipline
Tat
(“It”/God),
149–50
17:23–27
Thing-in-Itself,
80–81
8:20–21
three worlds, the,
135
15:17–18
Time,
103
11:32
time,
15
2:23–24,
68
7:3, 9610:30; beyond,
80
8:20
transcendent state,
22
2:51 transmuting one’s own nature,
33–37
3:27–43
True Self Within.
See Atma
Truth,
73
7:26,
135
15:19,
163
18:53; living by
vs.
violating one’s inner,
35
3:35.
See also
conscience;
dharma
truth-based life.
See dharma
truthfulness,
146
17:15
truth(s): highest,
165–68
18:63–78; seeing the,
12
2:2–3
tyaga
(giving up/relinquishing), in 12:12,
151–52
18:1–4.
See also
detachment; renunciation
union: with God/Divinity,
19–24
2:44–61,
26
2:72,
32
3:19,
73
7:27,
74
7:30,
77
8:5–6,
85
9:13–14,
89
9:32; of nature and spirit,
6c
, 7:6.
See also yoga
unity,
61
6:29,
95
10:26; with all,
48
4:40; with God (yoga),
53
5:19,
81
8:22,
123
13:28
unmanifested,
16
2:25–28,
84
9:4–7,
117
13:5–6
Usana,
97
10:37
vairagya. See
detachment
Vaishyas
(Providers),
160–61
18:44
Varuna
,
96
10:29
Vasuki
,
96
10:28
vibhutis
(Divine manifestations/God’s glories),
98
10:40–41
vichara
,
62
6:35
vijnana
(wisdom),
67–68
7:2–3 virtues, Divine human,
138
16:1–3.
See
also
Divine traits
Vyasa
,
97
10:37
“Walkthrough” metaphor,
xix
war, xxiv,
27
3:1–2,
168
18:78,
169–70
; as highest duty,
17
2:31–34.
See also
battle
warrior (man of honor),
14
2:18,
48
4:42; duty,
164
18:58–59; personal
karma
,
17–18
2:31–38
will,
62
6:35.
See also
ego
wisdom
(jnana)
,
37
3:42,
92
10:4–5; of Divinity,
67–68
7:2–3; as highest goal,
48
4:39; light of,
52–53
5:16–19; persons of,
33
3:28–29,
52–54
5:17–25,
71
7:16–18
(see also
Illuminated One;
jnanis; yogi (s))
women,
89
9:32.
See also
“female” qualities
work (action/
karma
): with attachment, 333:29.
See also
action(s)
workers.
See
Servers
worship,
61
6:31,
72
7:23,
88
9:25,
109–11
12:1–10; sacrifice as,
29
3:11; various attitudes of,
44–47
4:24–35
yajna. See
sacrifice
Yakshas
,
94–95
10:23
Yama
,
96
10:29
yoga
, as pathway,
130
14:26;
bhakti yoga
(path of devotion),
123
13:24,
130
14:26;
dhyanayoga
(path of meditation),
122–23
iy
:
24; jhana yoga
(path of knowledge),
123
13:24,
130
14:26.
See also karma yoga;
path(s)
yoga
, as unity,
21
2:48,
58
6:4,
60
6:18–19.
See also
union
yogi
(
s
),
22
2:5l,
58–64
6:15–47,
81–82
8:27–28,
120
13:10,
133
14:10,
161–62
18:46–50,
165
18:61; action, inaction, and,
43
4:18,
52
5:13; contribute to purity of world by giving, IJ2 18:6; highest of all,
62
6:32; imperfect,
63
6:37–39; wisdom and devotion,
74
7:30,
92–93
10:8–9
(see alsojnanis). See also
self-controlled persons
yugas
(earthly cycles),
80
8:17–19
Jack Hawley, Ph.D.lives, studies, and lectures half of each year in an ashram in rural southern India, where the values of the
Gita
are very much alive. When not in India, he brings these ancient yet current ideas to leaders and organizations in the West. His books include the classic
Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners
;
Essential Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita
; and
Reawakening the Spirit in Work: the Power of Dharmic Management
.
His website is
www.GitaWalkthrough.com.
