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renunciation &, 4.26, 6.13 (1), 13.8 (10), 16.1 (7–9)
See also: Detachment; Renunciation
sacrifice &, 4.26, 8.28, 16.1 (9)
sex life in, 3.34, 6.13, 7.11, 16.1 (8)
spiritual, 4.26, 6.42–43
traditions in, 1.37–43
varṇāśrama &, 7.15 (8)
welfare activities by, 1.42
women in, 1.40, 16.7
Farmer(s), 18.44
See also: Vaiśya(s)
Fasting, 6.16, 8.28, 9.14, 11.54 (1), 17.5
in different modes, 10.4 (8)
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 6.16, 10.4 (8), 14.27
for material reasons, 10.4 (8), 17.5
Faultfinding, 16.1, 16.1 (15), 18.28
See also: Offense(s)
Fear, 1.29, 1.30, 2.35, 2.56, 10.4 (5), 18.30, 18.35
origin of, Kṛṣṇa as, 10.4
of surrendering to Lord, 18.66
Fearlessness, 2.56, 6.13 (2), 16.1
via devotional service, 12.15
origin of, Kṛṣṇa as, 10.4
of sannyāsī, 16.1 (4)
via surrender, 1.19, 4.10
via yoga, 5.27
field of activities, 13.1–7
& knower of field, 13.19, 13.27, 14.3
knowers of. See: Conditioned soul(s); Living entity (entities); Supersoul
See also: Body (bodies), material
fighter(s). See: Armies; Kṣatriya(s); names of specific fighters
Fire, 2.24, 7.4, 15.12
of digestion, 7.9, 15.14
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.23
sacrifice for householders, 6.1, 8.3, 16.1 (9)
in universal form, 11.19, 11.25, 11.28–29
See also: Element(s), material
fish
eating, forbidden, 9.26
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.31
method of rearing young by, 5.26
Food, Introduction, 1.41, 3.14, 3.14, 7.9, 7.15 (6), 9.26, 15.13–14, 17.10, 17.10, 18.7
acceptable to Lord, 9.26
animal. See: Animal slaughter; Meat-eating
categories of
four, 15.15
by quality & mode, 17.7–10
disease & distress from, 17.10
health effects of, 17.7–10
killing for. See: Animal slaughter; Meat-eating
meat used as, 4.26, 6.16, 14.16, 16.1 (13)
See also: Meat-eating
milk products as, 17.10
offered to Kṛṣṇa. See: Prasādam
purifying, 17.8–10
remnants of, 17.10
from Lord or devotees. See: Prasādam
via sacrifice, 3.13–14
for sacrifice, Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
sinful, 9.26
spiritual. See: Prasādam
vegetarian, 17.10
See also: Eating; Prasādam
Foolishness, 3.6, 4.8, 4.12, 7.15, 7.15 (5), 7.25, 9.11, 11.48, 11.52, 14.16, 14.17
Forefathers. See: Ancestor(s)
Forgetfulness. See: Illusion; Māyā
Forgiveness, 1.32–36, 16.1, 16.1 (16)
origin of, Kṛṣṇa as, 10.4
See also: Compassion; Mercy; Offense(s)
Fortitude, 16.1
Fortune, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.34
Fragrance, original, 7.9
Freedom from material world & desires. See: Detachment; Liberation
Free will & independence, 3.37, 4.14, 5.15, 7.21, 13.23, 15.7, 15.8, 18.63, 18.78 (7)
Friendship(s)
of Kṛṣṇa & Arjuna. See: Arjuna, & Kṛṣṇa, relationship with
transcendental, compared with material, 4
Fruitive activity, 2.39, 2.41, 2.42, 2.47–49, 2.51, 3.1, 3.9, 3.19, 3.25–26, 3.29, 4.12, 4.20, 4.33, 5.2, 5.13–14, 7.15 (5–6), 14.7, 15.1, 15.2
as action for body, 8.3
attachment to, 3.26, 5.12, 7.15 (5–6), 14.7, 18.27
compared
with devotional service, 2.38, 2.39 (5), 2.40, 2.52–53, 3.27–28, 8.28
with intelligence, 3.1–2
detachment from, 2.1, 3.19, 3.25–26, 4.19–22, 5.12
See also: Detachment
devotee transcendental to, 5.7–14
for elevation to heavenly planets, 2.42, 8.25
ignorant persons attached to, 2.42, 3.25–26
Kṛṣṇa consciousness transcends, 2.41, 2.53, 3.19
Kṛṣṇa transcendental to, 4.14
from passion mode, 14.12
reactions to, 3.9, 4.14, 4.37, 9.2 (4)
freedom from, via devotional service, 2.38–38, 3.31, 4.37
renunciation of, 3.4, 6.3–4, 18.3
results of, 2.39, 2.70, 3.4, 4.11, 4.14, 4.41, 5.12, 6.3–4, 9.28, 12.16, 18.3
attachment to, 3.9, 5.12, 6.40, 7.15 (5–6), 18.34
devotees detached from, 12.16
sacrifice of, 12.11
sacrifice as, 4.33
suffering accompanies, 7.15 (5–6)
Vedas recommend, 2.42, 2.45–46
yoga’s beginning stages &, 6.3
See also: Karma; Karma-kāṇḍa; Material life
Fruitive worker(s)
compared to swine, 7.15 (6)
See also: Materialist(s); Worker(s); Śūdra(s)
G
Gambling, 1.11, 1.37–38
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.36
Gandharva(s)
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.26
in universal form, 11.22
Gāṇḍīva bow, 1.29
Ganges River, Introduction, 6.12
compared to Bhagavad-gītā, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.31
Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra, 16.1 (2)
Garbhodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu, 7.4, 9.8, 11.15, 11.37, 15.3
Garuḍa, 6.24, 10.30, 12.6 (4)
Gaurakiśora dāsa Bābājī, Disciplic Succession
Gāyatrī, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.35
Gem, vaidūrya, 4.5
Generals, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.24
Generating principle, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.34
Generosity, 18.43
Gentleness, 16.1
Ghost & spirit worship, 9.25, 17.4
Ghosts. See: Body (bodies), material, subtle
Gītā. See: Bhagavad-gītā; Bhagavad-gītā As It Is
Gītā-māhātmya
cited on hearing Bhagavad-gītā, 1.1
quoted on hearing Bhagavad-gītā, Introduction
as summary of Bhagavad-gītā, 1.1
Gītopaniṣad, Introduction
See also: Bhagavad-gītā; Bhagavad-gītā As It Is
Goal of life, 3.7, 3.12
attainment of, via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 3.19
demons’, 16.11
devotional service as, 18.1
Kṛṣṇa as, 3.26, 6.13
love of God as, 9.26
self-realization as, 5.5
God
universal, Kṛṣṇa as, Introduction
See also: Absolute Truth; Kṛṣṇa, Lord; Supreme Lord
Go-dāsa defined, 6.26
God consciousness. See: God realization; Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Goddesses of fortune, 8.21
Goddess of fortune, 1.14, 1.15, 1.20, 1.36
Godhead, returning to, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 2.24, 3.7, 3.10, 3.15, 4.30, 5.24–26, 7.23, 8.16, 8.21, 9.25, 11.33, 13.18, 15.6, 15.6, 15.7, 15.15, 15.19, 16.1 (5), 18.55
activity for sake of, 17.24–25
via buddhi-yoga, 10.10
via chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, 8.13, 8.19
at death, via remembering Lord, 7.30, 8.5, 8.8, 8.10, 8.13
via detachment & surrender, 15.3–6
for devotees, 8.23, 18.56
via devotional service, 2.51, 7.23, 7.24 (3), 7.29, 8.22, 10.9–10 11.55 (1, 3), 18.55
Godhead, returning to
exclusively, 8.22, 8.28, 11.55
Kṛṣṇa encourages, 9.33�
�34
via hearing about Lord, 13.26
via knowing Kṛṣṇa, 4.9–10, 11.43, 18.55
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.39 (2), 2.72, 4.10, 4.24, 4.29, 5.26, 6.15, 8.13, 8.14, 8.28, 9.25, 9.26, 9.28, 9.32, 9.34, 10.4 (5), 11.55, 11.55 (5), 15.8, 17.23, 18.65
via Lord’s mercy, or grace, 18.62
original spiritual body revived at, 15.7
via preaching Bhagavad-gītā, 18.68
pure devotee eligible for, 9.26
via remembering Kṛṣṇa at death, 7.30, 8.5, 8.10, 8.13
no return to this world after, 4.9, 8.15, 8.16, 8.21, 11.43, 15.6
via surrender to Lord, 9.28, 11.55, 11.55 (5), 15.3–5, 15.6, 18.62
for yogī in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 6.15, 8.8, 8.10, 8.13, 8.14
God realization, Introduction, Introduction, 2.2 (2), 2.45, 4.11, 7.1, 7.26, 9.32, 10.15, 10.17, 12.12, 13.25, 13.26, 14.27, 15.15, 18.54
all types of. See: God realization, stages of
ānanda-maya phase of, 13.5
anna-maya phase of, 13.5
Bhagavān phase of, 2.2 (1–2), 13.8 (14)
brahma-bhūta stage, 18.54, 18.63
Brahman realization &, Introduction, 2.2 (1–2), 5.20, 6.10, 7.3, 7.26, 10.15, 13.5, 13.31–33, 14.27, 18.51, 18.54, 18.78 (5–6)
See also: God realization, impersonal stage of
Caitanya’s recommendation for,
via chanting, 8.11, 10.35
complete, compared with partial, 4.11
via devotional service, 12.5 (3), 14.26
direct, compared with indirect, 12.12
equanimity in,
features of Lord realized via. See: God realization, stages of
happiness from, 18.54
highest, 7.24 (1–2), 7.26, 13.8 (14), 14.27, 18.78 (4)
See also: God realization, Bhagavān phase of; Kṛṣṇa consciousness
humility necessary in, 13.8 (15), 15.5
impersonal stage of, Introduction, 4.11, 4.13, 7.1, 7.3, 7.8, 7.13, 10.2, 12.5 (1–4), 18.54
See also: Impersonalism
jñāna-maya, 13.5
kinds of. See: God realization, stages of
Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, 2.52, 7.26
personal, compared with impersonal, 7.3, 7.8, 9.11 (6–8), 10.2, 12.1–7
prāṇa-maya phase of, 2.29, 10.12, 12.3, 13.5
process of. See: Devotional service; Yoga
stages of, Introduction, 4.11, 4.13, 5.17, 6.10, 6.15, 7.1, 7.17, 7.19, 7.24 (2), 7.26, 10.15, 13.5, 13.8 (15), 14.27, 15.15, 18.78 (5)
compared to staircase, 13.8 (15)
Supersoul realization &, 6.31, 12.3, 13.28–29
vijñāna-maya phase of, 13.5
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Gods. See: Demigod(s)
Goloka Vṛndāvana. See: Vṛndāvana, Goloka
Good as victorious always, 6.40
Goodness, mode of, Introduction, Introduction, 3.12, 3.37, 6.6, 6.17, 9.32, 10.4 (8), 10.35, 14.6, 14.6, 14.9, 14.11, 14.14, 14.16, 14.17, 14.17, 14.18, 15.7, 16.1 (1, 7), 6.16, 6.17, 16.24, 17.8, 17.10, 17.20, 17.23, 18.9–10, 18.23, 18.30, 18.33, 18.47
attachment to, 3.19, 14.6
austerity in, 17.14–17, 17.23
body in, 14.11
conditioning by, 14.6, 14.9
detachment from results of work as, 18.9
effects & manifestations of, on living entity, 14.6, 14.9–11, 14.14, 14.16, 14.17–18
faith in, 17.2–4
happiness in, 18.37
knowledge
in, 18.20, 18.22
result of, 14.6, 14.11, 14.17
material reactions &, 2.38
vs. mode of ignorance or passion, 14.8, 14.10
pure, 7.1, 14.10, 17.3, 17.4
sacrifice in, 17.11, 17.23
work in, 2.47, 18.26
See also: Modes of nature
Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad quoted
on devotional service, 6.47–62
on Kṛṣṇa, 6.31, 8.22, 10.8, 11.54 (5)
form of, 9.11 (3)
on Vedic knowledge, 10.8
Gopīs, Introduction, Introduction
Gosvāmī(s)
defined, 6.26
families of, 6.42
qualifications for, 5.23
Six, listed, Introduction
See also: names of individual gosvāmīs
See also: Sannyāsī(s)
Govardhana Hill, 3.24
Government(s), Introduction, 4.1–2, 2.32, 4.12, 6.43, 10.4 (6), 10.27, 14.16, 17.5
under king, righteous, 10.27
of Kṛṣṇa, demigods in, 9.23
law &, 2.21, 2.27, 16.7, 18.17
leader(s), 1.36, 1.42
duty of, 3.20–21, 4.1 (1)
surrender by, 7.15 (1–2)
protection by, 2.31, 2.32
punishment by. See: Punishment
Rāmacandra’s, 1.36
violence by, 2.27
See also: War
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Govinda, Lord, Introduction, 6.30
Kṛṣṇa as, 1.15, 1.32, 2.2 (3), 2.9, 4.5, 7.3, 8.21
as Lord, original person, 4.5
Gravity as austerity of mind, 17.16
Greed, 1.37, 1.44, 14.12, 14.17, 16.21, 16.22
See also: Attachment; Desire(s), material
Gṛhamedhīs. See: Family (Family life); Materialist(s)
Gṛhasthas. See: Family (Family life); Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Guḍākeśa, Arjuna as, 1.24, 10.20
Guṇas. See: Modes of nature
Guru. See: Spiritual master(s)
Gurukula, 6.13 (1)
Gurv-aṣṭaka quoted on satisfying Lord & spiritual master, 2.41
H
Hanumān, 3.37
flag bearing insignia of, 1.20
Happiness, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 1.36, 2.51, 2.55, 2.69, 3.39, 4.40, 5.6, 5.6, 5.22, 5.24, 6.32, 8.25, 9.2, 9.20, 13.8 (10), 14.20, 17.8, 18.38, 18.39, 18.77
apart from Lord not possible, Introduction
Arjuna’s concern with, Introduction, 2.39 (1)
in brahma-bhūta stage, 18.54, 18.63
of Brahman platform, 14.27
compared
to nectar or poison, 18.37–38
to season, 2.14
creation provides for, 3.10
via detachment, 6.7
detachment from, 2.15, 2.38
via devotional service, 7.30, 9.2 (9)
compared to satisfaction from eating, 6.35
See also: Happiness, spiritual; Happiness, via Kṛṣṇa consciousness
via following Arjuna’s footsteps, 18.74
gates of body &, 14.11
via God-realization, 18.54
in goodness mode, 14.17, 18.37
as poison first, then nectar, 18.37
via goodness mode, 14.6
highest, 4.31, 6.20, 6.27
in ignorance mode, 18.39
kinds of, three, according to modes of nature, 18.36
via knowledge about Kṛṣṇa, 6.32
Kṛṣṇa
needed for, 3.30
origin of, 10.4
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Introduction, 3.13, 3.17, 4.18, 4.31, 5.13, 5.21–24, 6.20 (5–6), 6.23, 6.26, 6.27–28, 6.32, 8.28, 9.26, 9.33, 10.9, 10.19, 14.26–27, 18.49, 18.76
Kṛṣṇa’s, 1.21–22
as Kṛṣṇa’s mercy, 2.55
for kṣatriya, 2.32
lack of. See: Suffering
material, 1.36, 2.13, 2.39 (1), 2.69, 3.39, 3.40, 5.22, 14.15, 14.16, 18.36
Arjuna’s concern about, 1.31–36
cause of, 1.30–31, 2.35, 10.4, 13.21
compared with spiritual happiness, 5.22, 5.24, 6.38
detachment from, 5.20–22, 12.13–19, 13.8 (10–11)
on heavenly planets, 2.42
material desires stop, 2.70
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, 18.36–39
in passion mode, 1
8.38
peace required for, 2.66
of pure devotee, 18.54
regulations needed for, 16.23–24
via renunciation, 5.13
via sacrifice, 3.10–12, 4.30–31
in samādhi, 6.20
via self-realization, 5.21–24, 6.20
from self-realization process, as poison then nectar, 18.37
via sense control, 5.23
sensual. See: Sense gratification
via sex life, 18.38
via sleep & laziness, 18.39
spiritual, 10.4 (4)
compared with material happiness, 5.22, 5.24, 6.38
via devotional service, Introduction, 3.13, 3.17, 4.18, 4.31, 5.13, 5.21–24, 6.20 (6), 6.26, 6.27–28, 6.32, 6.35, 8.28, 9.2 (6), 9.26, 9.33, 10.9, 10.18–19, 11.36, 13.22, 14.26–27, 18.49, 18.76
from hearing Lord’s name, 11.36
perfection of, 6.27
via self-realization, 6.20
standard of, 6.26
as temporary, 2.14
for transcendentalists, 5.22
unlimited, in self-realization, 6.20
wealth &, 2.8
from within, 5.21, 5.24
via yoga, 6.4, 6.20, 6.27–28
See also: Sense gratification; Suffering, relief from
Hardwar, 6.12
Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra quoted, Introduction, Introduction, 4.39, 6.44, 7.24 (3), 8.5, 8.6, 8.11, 8.13, 8.14, 8.19, 9.2 (6), 9.30, 9.31, 10.9, 10.11, 10.25, 12.6 (2), 12.6 (5), 13.8 (6), 13.26, 14.27, 16.1 (9), 16.7, 16.24
See also: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. See: ISKCON; Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
Hari-bhakti-vilāsa quoted
on devotional service, pure, 11.55 (4)
on surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 18.66
Haridāsa, Choṭa, 16.1 (5)
Haridāsa Ṭhākura, 2.62, 6.17, 6.44, 11.55 (5)
Hate, 5.3, 5.19, 7.27, 13.6, 14.22, 18.10, 18.23, 18.51
Haṭha-yoga, 4.29, 6.23, 6.47, 8.14, 8.23, 13.25
purpose of, 2.17
Health
demigod worship for, 7.20, 7.21
food &, 17.8–10, 17.10
Hearing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Introduction, 2.61, 6.35, 7.1, 7.15 (5, 6, 10), 9.1, 9.2 (11), 10.2, 11.52, 12.9, 18.55
advantages of, Introduction, Introduction, 2.22, 6.35, 9.1–23, 13.22, 13.26, 18.76
in association with devotees, 9.1, 3.26
& chanting, 8.8, 9.2 (6, 7), 9.14, 10.9, 10.19, 12.20, 13.8 (10), 14.27
compared
to bathing in Ganges, Introduction
with mundane hearing, 10.18
from devotees, 8.15, 9.2 (11), 12.9
enlightenment via, 2.20, 9.1–2 (11)
Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra &, 13.26
importance of, 7.1, 7.15 (10), 10.1, 13.26
from Kṛṣṇa, 2.20, 2.29, 4.4
pleasure from, 10.9, 10.18
purification via, 7.1, 13.22, 18.55, 18.71