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
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, 18.38
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
repeatedly, 2.26
self-realization via, 9.1–2 (11)
soul understood via, 2.25
from spiritual master, 16.1 (14)
taste for, 4.10
unmotivated, 1.1
worship to Lord inspired by, 13.26
Heart
Lord in. See: Supersoul
See also: Body (bodies), material, heart of
Heat
of digestion, 7.9
Kṛṣṇa as, 7.9
See also: Fire
Heavenly planet(s), 2.31, 2.42, 8.17, 10.24, 11.55 (3), 18.71
compared with spiritual world, 9.21
demoniac attempt to reach, 16.16
devotees elevated through, 8.16
devotional service on, 8.16
elevation from, 8.16
elevation to, 2.8, 2.31, 2.42, 7.23, 9.20, 9.25, 14.14, 14.18
for Arjuna, 3.37
charity for, 17.21
for kṣatriyas, 2.31, 2.32, 2.37
sacrifice for, 8.16
examples of, 9.20
falldown from, 8.16, 8.19, 9.21
via hearing Bhagavad-gītā, 18.71
Kṛṣṇa consciousness on, 8.16
sacrifice for reaching, 2.42, 8.3, 18.71
sense gratification on, 2.42, 9.20, 9.21
soma-rasa on, 2.42, 9.20
suffering also on, 8.16, 8.17
temporary residence on, 7.23, 8.16, 8.19, 9.21
transmigration to, 8.17, 9.20
in universal form, 4.3
Vedic study for reaching, 9.20–21
Hellish planet(s), 1.43, 16.10, 16.16, 16.21–22
degradation to, 1.43
demons bound for, 16.16
falldown to, 14.18
protection from, 1.43
Heroism, 18.43
Hiḍimba, 1.15
Himālayas, 6.47
compared with Mount Meru, 10.25
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.25
Hiraṇyakaśipu, 4.8, 7.15 (4), 16.20, 17.19
Historical literature. See: Bhagavad-gītā; Purāṇa(s); Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
History, Introduction
Hitler, 17.4
Holy days, 18.75
Holy place(s), 1.1, 2.61, 3.40, 6.12, 8.14, 17.20
Kurukṣetra as, 1.1
Honesty, 4.22, 18.42, 18.78 (1)
See also: Truth
Honor, 14.22, 16.1, 16.1 (15), 17.18
Arjuna’s, 2.2–3, 2.33–36
Horses, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.27
Householder life. See: Family (Family life)
Hṛṣīkeśa, Kṛṣṇa as, 1.15, 1.21–22, 1.24–25, 3.27, 6.26, 11.36, 13.3, 18.1, 18.46
Hṛṣīkeśa (place), 6.12
Human being(s), Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 2.20, 2.54, 3.20–21, 3.27, 7.10, 7.11, 7.15 (2, 7, 11), 7.16–16, 7.21, 8.17, 9.7, 9.8, 9.32, 11.48, 11.55 (5), 13.21, 15.2, 18.5, 18.63
ability in, Kṛṣṇa as, 7.8
act per their own nature, 3.33
animallike, 4.40, 7.3, 14.17
Arjuna questions Lord on behalf of, 10.16–17
attachments of. See: Attachment
birth as, 2.40, 14.15
See also: Birth
classes of, 4.3, 4.15, 7.13, 9.32–33, 16.6
See also: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
compared
with animals, Introduction
to fire covered by smoke, 3.38
to moths, 11.29–30
creation of, 9.8
death for. See: Death
demigods &, cooperation between, 3.11, 3.24
demoniac. See: Demon(s)
dependent upon Lord, 15.13
detached. See: Detachment; Renunciation
devoured by universal form, 11.26–30, 11.32
direction & knowledge for, 18.59–61, 18.64–66
distinguishing characteristics of, 7.15 (7)
distressed, 7.16
divine, 16.5–6
See also: Devotee(s); Transcendentalist(s); Yogī(s)
duty for. See: Duty (duties)
education for. See: Education; Knowledge
elevation for, 4.28
evolution of. See: Evolution; Transmigration of soul(s)
falldown of, 16.1 (1), 16.24
to demoniac species, 16.19–20
via faithlessness, 4.40
to hellish life, 14.18, 16.21
from Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.40–41, 2.67, 3.5, 4.29, 5.7, 8.22, 9.3, 9.30–31, 15.20
through material desire, 6.5
via materialistic association, 7.28
to material life, 6.23, 6.26, 9.3
via offending Lord, 9.12
foods forbidden & suitable for, 9.26
See also: Eating; Food; Prasādam
foolish, 7.15, 7.15 (5–7)
good qualities in, 10.4 (11)
See also: Virtue(s)
Government for. See: Government(s)
grossly foolish, 7.15, 7.15 (5–7)
happiness for. See: Happiness
impious, who never surrender to Kṛṣṇa, 7.15, 9.31
insane, 14.8, 14.13
kinds of, two, 6.40
king among, Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.27
See also: Kṣatriya(s)
knowledge for
Kṛṣṇa’s arrangement for, Introduction
See also: Knowledge
known by specific symptoms, 2.54
Kṛṣṇa
appears as, Introduction, 9.11
form of, like, 9.11, 11.51
manifestations of, unknown by, 11.6
representation of, among, 10.27
as well-wisher of, 3.24, 14.16
leaders among
followed, 3.21
irresponsible, 1.42
See also: Government(s); Kṣatriya(s)
learned, definition of, 7.15 (9)
life span of, 7.9, 17.8, 17.10
lowest of, 7.15, 7.15 (5–7), 16.19
mad (insane), 14.8, 14.13
married. See: Family (Family life)
materialistic. See: Attachment; Materialist(s)
miscreant, 7.15, 9.31
See also: Demon(s); Materialist(s)
miserly, 2.7
modes of nature &, 18.19–41
See also: Modes of nature
necessities of, 3.9–12, 3.14, 3.34, 4.21–22, 6.23, 12.20, 18.66
opulence of, cause for, 16.13–16
perfection for, 4.26, 7.3, 18.45
See also: Pure devotee(s); Liberated soul(s); Perfected being(s); Perfection
pious, who approach Kṛṣṇa, 7.16–17, 7.30, 8.14
powerful, Kṛṣṇa source of prowess of, 7.10
principles for. See: Human being(s), regulation for
problems of, Gītā meant to solve, 7
protection for, 4.1 (1)
purificatory processes &, 18.5–6
qualities & characteristics of
per modes of nature, 18.19–41
per symptoms, 2.54
regulation for, 2.64, 3.15, 6.40, 16.1 (1–18), 16.7, 16.22, 16.23–24, 17.5, 18.25, 18.78 (3)
See also: Regulative principles
rulers of, governmental. See: Government(s)
scriptural regulations for. See: Regulative principles
self-knowledge for, Introduction
See also: Self-realization
senses of. See: Senses
sinful, 1.11, 1.36–1.44
See also: Demon(s); Materialist(s)
society of, 1.42, 2.4, 2.21, 3.20–21, 14.16
See also: Human life; Society
species of
demoniac, 16.19–20
speech of, importance of, 2.54
strength of, 7.11
Kṛṣṇa as, 7.11, 10.36
sufferings of. See: Suffering
types of. See: Human being(s), classes of
unborn, 7.15 (7)
unwanted population among, 1.40–42, 3.24
violence by. See: Animal slaughter; Murder; Violence; War
violence inevitable among, 2.27
virtues of. See: Virtue(s); specific virtues
wealth for. See: Wealth
working in modes of nature, 18.26–28
See also: Devotional service; Worship
See also: Human life; Living entity (entities); Society
Human life, Introduction, Introduction, 2.7, 2.31, 3.12, 3.16, 3.35, 3.42, 6.23, 7.15 (7), 11.34
advantages & opportunity of, 2.7, 3.38, 4.31, 7.30, 14.15
arranged for remembering Kṛṣṇa, 18.64–65
austerity required in, 16.1 (11)
beginning of, Introduction
meant for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 3.41
civilized, purpose of, 7.15 (7)
compared with animal & plant life, 3.38
conditions of, devotional service independent of, 9.2 (6–9), 9.14, 9.32
divisions in
according to modes, 4.13
varṇāśrama. See: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
duration of, 7.9, 8.17–19, 17.8, 17.10
duty in. See: Duty (duties)
elevation to, 14.15
See also: Transmigration of soul(s)
end of, devotional service at, Introduction, 7.30, 8.2, 8.5–7, 8.10, 8.13
goal of. See: Human life, purpose of
happiness in. See: Happiness
Kṛṣṇa to be remembered in, 18.64–65
See also: Human life, purpose of
morality in, 2.40
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Purification; Religion(s); Virtue(s)
necessities in, 3.9–12, 3.14, 3.34, 4.21–22, 6.23, 12.20, 18.66
origin of, 10.6
perfection of, Introduction, 2.15, 8.15
disobedience to Lord destroys chance of, 3.32
disobedience to scripture destroys chance of, 16.22
as Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 11.34
rarely tried for, 7.3
via spiritual orders of varṇāśrama, 8.28
See also: Perfection
purification of, 9.2 (4–11), 18.5–6
See also: Purification
purpose of, Introduction, Introduction, 2.2 (6), 2.7, 3.12, 3.38, 4.26, 7.15 (7), 9.27, 10.4 (6, 9), 14.15, 16.23–24, 18.1
devotional service as, 18.1
ignorance about, 7.15
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.18, 10.10
Kṛṣṇa consciousness as, 3.27, 3.28, 4.1 (1), 11.34, 16.23, 18.65–66
Lord in heart as, 6.13
materialists lack, 3.12
self-realization as, 3.16
varṇāśrama for reaching, 4.26
regulation in, 6.16–17, 16.6, 16.22, 16.23–24
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