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falldown in or from, 5.7, 9.2 (10)–9.3, 9.22, 9.30–31, 15.20
in full, 9.13, 14.26, 18.58
See also: Pure devotional service
of glorifying Lord. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
gradual process of, 4.10, 4.15, 4.24, 5.29, 10.10
of hearing. See: Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
as higher taste, 3.42, 6.4, 6.13 (1)
as highest
activity, 6.47, 8.16
realization, 12.1, 14.27
spiritual process, 7.30, 15.19, 18.78 (3)
yoga, 6.47, 9.2 (11), 10.10, 12.5 (1, 4)
in householder life, 6.13 (1)
See also: Family (Family life)
impetuses for, 7.16–18
incomplete, 2.40–41, 3.4
intelligence in, Introduction, Introduction, 8.7
jñāna-yoga vs., 12.5 (1, 4)
karma-yoga as, 2.51
kinds of, 3.13, 8.14, 12.2
five, 8.14
of kīrtana. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
in knowledge, 7.17–19
knowledge about Kṛṣṇa results in, 10.7–8, 10.42, 15.18
knowledge related to. See: Knowledge
Kṛṣṇa
known only via, 7.3–4, 7.24–25, 9.2 (11), 10.2–3, 11.52–53, 11.54 (1), 13.16 18.55, 18.67
object of, 9.34
requests of us, 9.33–34
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 18.57–58
as Kṛṣṇa’s association, 12.8
to Kṛṣṇa’s form, 12.1, 12.2
for Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure, 2.64
liberation via. See: Liberation
as living in Kṛṣṇa, 12.8
with love, 9.2 (9), 9.26, 10.10, 11.49
with material desire, 7.16, 7.20, 7.22, 7.29, 9.2 (10)–9.3
matter spiritualized by, 4.24
meaning of, 14.26
means Lord, devotee, & exchange of love, 14.26
of meditation. See: Meditation; Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
motives for, highest, 7.17–18
via occupational work, 18.45–48
of offering
food to Lord, 9.2 (9), 9.26–27, 12.9, 17.10, 18.7
obeisances to Lord, 9.34
oneness in, 5.11, 15.20
as only way to Kṛṣṇa, 9.26
of pāda-sevanam. See: Worship
of pious & saintly persons, 7.28
by pious men, four kinds of, 7.16–17
of preaching. See: Preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness
from present position, 3.33
processes of, 2.61, 6.18, 7.1, 11.55 (3), 12.5 (3), 12.9, 12.9, 12.12, 12.20, 18.55
Kṛṣṇa explains, 12.2–19
nine named, 2.61, 9.1, 9.22, 11.55 (3)
See also: specific processes
pure. See: Pure devotional service
as qualification for confidential knowledge, 18.67
as qualification for devotee. 10.10–11
qualifications unneeded for, 9.2 (6–8)
regulated, 12.9–10, 12.12
regulations of, 9.14, 12.9, 13.8 (5)
inability to follow, 12.10
relationships with Lord in. See: Kṛṣṇa, relationship(s) with
as religion’s goal, 9.2 (8)
of remembering. See: Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
renunciation &, 5.1–13, 10.3, 13.8 (7), 18.7–11
sacrifice in, 3.10, 3.13–14, 9.26–27, 12.6 (2)
of sakhyam. See: Kṛṣṇa, relationship(s) with
Sāṅkhya &, 2.39–25, 5.4–5
sāṅkhya-yoga as, 2.39 (3–5)
senses used in, Introduction, 2.58, 2.64, 5.8–11, 6.18, 6.26, 8.8, 12.9, 13.8 (7)
of smaraṇam. See: Meditation;
Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
spiritual master &. See: Spiritual master(s)
spontaneous, 8.28
of śravaṇam. See: Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
stages of, 4.10, 10.9, 18.55
as superior to renunciation, 5.2
to Supersoul, 6.31
supreme destination for anyone in, 9.32
surrender in. See: Surrender to Lord
as transcendental
to auspicious & inauspicious activities, 10.3
to birth situation, 9.32
to fruitive activities, 2.52–53
to prescribed duties, 3.4
to sacrifice, 9.16
to sinful reactions, 2.38
to Vedic knowledge, 9.2 (8)
to Vedic rituals, 2.52–53
unalloyed. See: Pure devotional service
of vandanam. See: Prayer(s)
varieties of, 12.2
varṇāśrama’s rituals transcended by, 8.28, 8.28 (3)
work in, 5.1, 12.6 (2)
of worship. See: Worship
as yoga, highest, Introduction
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Love for Lord
Dhanañjaya, Arjuna as, 1.15, 2.49, 7.7, 10.37
Dharma, Introduction
See also: Duty (duties); Occupation(s); Sanātana-dharma; Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Dharma-kṣetra defined, 1.1 (3)
Dharma-śālā, 4.28
Dhīra, knowledge of, 2.13
Dhṛṣṭadyumna, 1.3–4, 1.16–18,
Dhṛṣṭaketu, 1.5
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, 1.1–2, 1.16–53, 1.36, 2.9, 11.12
Sañjaya
discourages, 18.78
encourages, 1.2
glorifies Kṛṣṇa & Arjuna to, 18.74–78
questioned by, 1.1, 18.74
warns, 1.16–18, 18.78
sons of, 1.1, 1.16–20, 2.39 (1), 11.26
See also: Duryodhana; Kurus; specific sons
Dhruvaloka, 18.71
Dhruva Mahārāja, 18.71
Dhyāna-yoga, 6.1–47, 7.3
Digestion, 7.9, 7.15 (6), 15.14
Diplomacy, 18.47
See also: Politics
Disciple(s), 2.41, 4.34, 18.75
See also: Disciplic succession(s); Spiritual master(s); specific disciples
Disciplic succession(s), Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Disciplic Succession, 4.2, 4.15, 4.16, 7.2, 7.24 (1), 7.26, 11.43, 18.75
Arjuna in, 10.14, 11.8
Bhagavad-gītā &, 1.1, 4.1–5, 4.42, 7.15 (13), 10.12, 10.14, 11.43
Kṛṣṇa
in, Disciplic Succession
reinstated, Introduction, 4.2, 4.7
listed, Disciplic Succession
“mystery of,” 18.75
necessity of, 4.15–16, 4.34, 11.43, 18.75
See also: Spiritual master(s); specific members of succession
Disease, 1.40, 13.8 (9)
Dispensers of law, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.29
Dissolution. See: Annihilation of universe(s)
Distress. See: Suffering
Diti
Prahlāda Mahārāja &, 10.30
sons of, 10.30
Divyam defined, Introduction
Doubt(s)
Arjuna’s, 8.2
& delusion, freedom from, 10.4
See also: Arjuna, questions by
Draupadī, 1.11, 11.49
sons of, 1.6, 1.16–20
Dṛḍha-vrata, 7.30
Dreaming, 6.16, 18.35
Droṇācārya, 1.3–4, 1.8, 1.8, 1.11–12, 1.25, 1.26, 2.4, 2.5, 2.13, 2.30, 11.26–27, 11.34, 11.49, 18.78 (1)
Arjuna &, 2.26, 2.30, 16.5
Duryodhana addresses, 1.2–11
in universal form, 11.26
Drupada, 1.4, 1.16–18
Dual compound, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.33
Dualities, 7.27
Arjuna urged to transcend, 2.45
detachment from, 12.17
devotee transcendental to, 12.18
freedom from, 2.57, 15.5
Kṛṣṇa consciousness transcendental to, 2.41
Duplicity, 17.16
Durvāsā Muni, 2.60, 2.61
Duryodhana, 1.2–1.11, 1.12, 1.21–23, 1.26, 1.37–38, 2.35, 11.47, 18.78 (2)
armies’ strengths compared by, 1.10
army instructed by, 1.11
Bhīṣma &, 1.10, 1.12, 2.5
“evil-minded,” 1.23
Kṛṣṇa &, 11.47
quoted on his Kuru army, 1.3–10
Duṣkṛtinaḥ
classes of, 7.15
defined, 4.8, 7.15 (3)
qualities of, 4.9
Duty (duties), 2.30–32, 2.38, 2.41, 2.52, 3.9, 3.17–19, 3.35, 3.43, 7.15 (6), 8.28, 9.28, 18.26, 18.47, 18.48, 18.57
acceptance of, 18.9–11
for Arjuna, Introduction, 2.2 (6), 2.7, 2.26–27, 2.31–38, 2.47–48, 3.8
scripture as authority on, 16.6, 16.23–24
for self-realized soul, 3.17–19
spiritual, not subject to renunciation, 18.2, 18.3–9
spiritual & material, 2.2 (6), 2.31, 2.38, 3.35
types of, three, 2.47
in varṇāśrama, 2.31, 3.35, 8.28, 18.23, 18.47, 18.66
of work without attachment, 3.19
to worship Lord, 17.11, 18.46
yajña born of, 3.14
See also: Dharma; Occupation(s); Sanātana-dharma
Dvāpara-yuga, 4.1 (5), 4.7, 8.17
E
Earth element. See: Element(s), material
Earth planet, Introduction, 1.16–18, 4.1 (2–5), 6.43, 9.21, 15.2, 18.78 (2)
attainment of, via passion mode, 14.18
names of, 6.43
Eating, 1.15, 2.63, 3.13–14, 4.28, 6.16, 6.17, 7.15 (5–6), 8.28, 9.2 (7), 9.26–27, 9.32, 17.8
of animals. See: Animal slaughter; Meat-eating
austerity in, 4.28
dependent upon Lord, 15.14
detachment from, 18.51
excessive, 6.16–17
fasting from, 6.16, 8.28, 9.14, 10.4 (8), 11.54 (1), 14.27, 17.5
foods offered to Lord, 9.26
foods permitted & forbidden, 9.26
in goodness mode, 6.16, 17.8, 17.10
in ignorance mode, 17.7, 17.10, 17.10
killing for, 14.16
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.63, 6.16
meat. See: Meat-eating
in passion mode, 17.7, 17.9, 17.10
prasādam. See: Prasādam
purification of, 3.11
regulation of, 6.16–17
renunciation in, 2.63, 4.29, 6.16
sacrifice in, 4.29
sacrifice of foodstuffs for, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14
sin in, 3.13–14, 6.16, 9.26
spiritual, vs. material eating, 2.63
vegetarian diet &, 6.16–17
yoga &, 6.16–17
See also: Food; Prasādam
Economic development: See: Occupation(s); Wealth
Ecstatic symptoms, 1.29
Education, 6.13 (1), 7.21, 8.11, 8.28, 9.2 (2, 7–8), 10.11, 10.32, 13.26, 16.1 (11), 17.15
in goodness mode, 14.17
gurukula &, 6.13 (1)
from Kṛṣṇa or His representative, 2.20
material, 10.4 (2)
Kṛṣṇa not known via, 11.53, 11.54 (3), 18.55
real, 7.15 (9)
spiritual, 13.26, 14.17
teacher of, qualification for, 11.43
from spiritual master, 2.20, 6.13 (1), 8.28
in Vedas, 8.28, 10.32
See also: Knowledge
Ego, 13.8 (8)
false. See: False ego
Ekādaśī, 9.14, 11.54 (1)
Elders. See: Family (Family life)
Electricity, from Kṛṣṇa, 15.12
Element(s), material, 2.23, 2.24, 2.28, 7.4, 9.16, 13.6, 13.25, 15.1
as creations, 7.4
as inferior energy, 7.5
as Kṛṣṇa’s material energies, 7.4
life from. See: Life, origin of, material philosophy of
listed, 7.4, 7.5
material nature comprised of, 2.28, 13.6
origin of, 2.28, 7.4, 10.32
subtle, 7.4, 13.6
weapons of each,
See also: Material nature; specific elements
Elephants, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.27
Energy (energies), 2.22, 2.28, 7.14, 9.10, 9.11 (5), 9.13, 10.20, 15.13
external. See: Energy (energies), material
in ignorance mode, Introduction
illusory, 7.14
See also: Illusion; Māyā
inferior, 6.29, 9.4, 15.1, 18.46
compared with superior energy, Introduction, Introduction, 7.5–6, 8.20
material nature as, 7.14, 9.8, 14.27
See also: Energy (energies), material
of Lord, 7.4, 7.14, 7.24–25, 8.22, 9.4–11, 9.16, 9.19, 10.17, 10.19, 10.40, 15.13, 15.20, 18.46
categories of, three, Introduction, 4.13, 7.4
for creation, 9.4–10, 13.20
living entities as, 5.14, 7.5, 9.17, 18.78 (5)
as Lord indirectly, 9.4–10, 9.18
material nature as, Introduction, 9.9
modes as, 7.14
worshiped with Lord, 18.46
mahat-tattva, 10.20
marginal, living entities as, 6.2, 6.29, 8.3, 9.13, 9.17, 13.23, 18.78 (7)
material, 3.42, 7.4, 7.6, 9.4, 18.78 (5)
controlled by Kṛṣṇa, 9.5–10, 9.11 (5)
listed, 7.4
spiritual energy compared with, Introduction, 7.4, 7.5–6, 8.20, 10.22
spiritualized via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 4.24
See also: Material nature
separated, material nature as, Introduction, 7.4
of soul, 2.17, 2.22
compared to sunlight, 2.18
spiritual, Introduction, 4.24, 7.6, 9.4, 9.13
compared with material energy, Introduction, Introduction, 7.4, 7.5–6, 8.20, 10.22
living entities as, Introduction, 6.29, 7.5–6, 7.14, 14.27, 18.78 (7)
as superior, 9.4
See also: Māyā; Material nature
Enjoyment. See: Happiness; Sense gratification
Enlightenment. See: Devotional service, advantages of; God realization; Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Purification; Self-realization
Enviousness of demons, 16.18–19
Envy to Kṛṣṇa, 18.67
See also: Atheism; Impersonalism
Equanimity, 10.4, 10.4 (7), 12.9–19
of impersonalists, 12.3
meaning of, 10.4 (7)
via transcending modes of nature, 14.22
as virtue, 12.13–19
Everest, Mount, 6.47
Evolution
of soul. See: Transmigration of soul(s)
through species, 14.15, 16.1 (6)
theory of, 9.8
See also: Transmigration of soul(s)
Example, necessity for, 3.20–26
Existence, Kṛṣṇa as cause of, 10.39, 10.42
Expansions of Lord: See: Kṛṣṇa, expansion(s) of; Supreme Lord, expansions of; Supreme Lord, incarnation(s) of
F
Faith, Introduction, 3.31, 4.33, 4.40, 4.41, 17.2, 17.3, 17.13
in Bhagavad-gītā, 4.40
defined, 2.41, 4.39
in devotional service, importance of, 9.3
in hearing from spiritual authorities, 13.26
in Kṛṣṇa as Supreme Lord, 18.68
in Kṛṣṇa’s promise, Introduction
material, 17.3
misplaced, 17.1
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, detailed, 17.1–4
religion. See: Religion(s)
in spiritual master, 6.47, 11.54 (1)
transcendental, 17.17
in yoga practice, 6.24
See also: Faith in Lord; Religion(s)
Faith in Lord, Introduction, Introduction, 1.19, 1.28, 2.29, 3.31, 4.4, 4.9, 4.41, 6.24, 6.47, 7.30, 8.23, 8.28, 9.3, 9.11 (5), 9.12, 12.2, 13.24, 16.1 (4), 17.17, 18.66
of Arjuna, Introductio
n, Introduction, 2.6, 4.4
via chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, 4.39–42
via devotees’ association, 9.2 (6)–9.3
devotees classified via, 9.3
divisions of, three, 9.3
gradually attained, 7.30
hearing Bhagavad-gītā with, 18.68, 18.71
lack of, 4.4, 4.4, 9.3, 9.12, 16.11, 16.18, 17.13
in Bhagavad-gītā commentators, 3.31, 18.67
results of, 4.40, 17.28
matures into love of God, 17.28
meaning of, 9.3
necessity of, 4.33–40, 9.3, 10.14, 17.28
pure devotional service results from, 10.7
spiritual master &, 11.54 (1), 17.28
Falldown, 1.37–43, 2.64, 5.7, 7.14, 9.3, 9.22, 9.25, 9.30–31, 13.24, 15.20,
Arjuna’s questions about, 6.37–39
cause of, 15.20
reasons for, 13.20
from spiritual world, Introduction, 8.15, 8.21, 15.6
stages of, 2.62–63
False ego, Introduction, 2.31, 3.40, 6.5, 7.4, 16.18, 17.5, 17.5
absence of, 2.31, 2.48, 2.71, 5.11, 5.20, 12.8, 12.13, 13.3, 13.8, 18.17, 18.26, 18.51
cause of, 3.40
compared with ego (real), 13.8 (8)
defined, Introduction, 13.8 (8)
element of, 13.6
primal stage of, 13.6
work in, 18.24, 18.58
See also: Attachment; Bodily concept of life; Body (bodies), material, subtle
Fame, 2.2 (3, 6), 5.15, 7.3, 7.13, 10.1
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.34
meaning of, 10.4 (10)
origin of, Kṛṣṇa as, 10.4
Family (Family life), 1.31, 1.36, 1.37–43, 2.4, 2.7, 3.7, 3.23, 3.34, 4.26, 4.31, 7.21, 8.28, 9.17, 10.4 (9), 13.8 (10), 16.1 (7), 16.7, 16.13–16, 17.13–14
ancestors (departed) in. See: Ancestor(s)
Arjuna &, 1.28–2.9, 3.8, 13.8 (10)
attachment to, 2.7, 3.29, 13.8 (10), 7.27, 14.7, 18.27
bhakti-yoga in, 6.13 (1)
children in. See: Children
Deity worship in, 13.8 (10)
detachment from, 3.7, 6.23, 12.16, 13.8, 13.8 (10)
in devotional service, 6.42
duties in, devotional service satisfies, 1.41
favorable, compared with unfavorable, 13.8 (10)
forefathers &. See: Ancestor(s)
illusion of, 3.29
See also: Illusion
income of, 16.1 (7)
in charity to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 16.1 (7)
killing in, as sinful, 1.44
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 3.7, 7.11, 13.8 (10), 16.1 (2)
marriage &, 4.26, 18.5, 18.7
See also: Marriage
material, 12.11
parents in, 7.15 (8), 11.43, 16.7
as Kṛṣṇa, 9.17
principles for, 16.1 (7–9)
reformatory ceremonies in, 7.15 (8)
regulation in, 3.7, 3.23, 4.26, 4.31, 6.13 (1)
with religious principles lost, 1.37–43