of self-realization
See also: Self-realization
sense gratification &, 4.26–27
See also: Sense gratification
stages of, in Vedic civilization. See: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
suffering in. See: Suffering
thoughts during, result of, 8.6
transmigration to, 2.40–41, 14.15
See also: Transmigration of soul(s)
varṇāśrama &. See: Varṇāśrama-dharma system
See also: Human being(s); Society
Human society, 1.40, 1.42, 2.21, 3.19–21, 14.16
See also: Human life; Society; Varṇāśrama-dharma system
Humility, 8.28, 10.34, 13.8, 13.8 (15), 16.1 (6), 18.57
defined, 13.8 (2)
necessity of, 13.8 (15)
of sannyāsī, 16.1 (6)
vision of one in, 5.18
See also: Modesty
Hunting, 16.19
See also: Animal slaughter
Hymns in Sāma Veda, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.35
Ignorance, Introduction, Introduction, 1.24, 2.1, 2.23, 2.32, 2.50, 2.54, 2.61, 4.14, 5.4, 7.4, 7.15 (15), 7.20–23, 7.24, 9.2 (2), 9.11, 9.12, 9.15, 9.23–24, 9.26, 11.33, 13.23, 14.16, 16.7, 15.20, 18.58
about actions, proper & improper, 16.7
about animal-killing, 14.16
bewilderment via, 5.15
bodily identification due to, 3.29
compared
to darkness, 10.11
to nighttime, 5.16
about constitutional position of living entity, 2.50
defined, 13.8, 13.8 (1)
of demons, 16.4, 16.7–8, 16.11, 16.18
about devotional progress, Lord rectifies, 10.10
about devotional service, 5.4
devotional service removes, 15.20
in disobedience to Lord, 3.32
& doubts removed by knowledge, 4.42
about factors of action, 18.16
of faithless persons, 4.40
fruitive work due to, 2.42, 3.25–26
hearing from authorities counters, 13.26
about identity. See: Ignorance, about soul
about Kṛṣṇa, Introduction, 2.22, 2.51, 4.3–4, 4.9, 4.10, 4.14, 4.35, 7.3, 7.4, 7.8, 7.13, 7.15 (15–16), 7.24–26, 7.27, 8.9, 9.1, 9.11–12, 9.18, 9.21, 9.26, 9.34, 10.3, 10.8, 10.14–15, 11.6, 11.43, 11.51, 11.52–54, 13.23, 18.67
Kṛṣṇa arranged for Arjuna’s, Introduction
about Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.63, 10.10
of “learned” men, 7.15, 7.15 (11–13)
about life’s purpose, Introduction, 7.15
about living entities’ identity & purpose, 4.35, 5.2
See also: Ignorance, about soul
about Lord. See: Ignorance, about Kṛṣṇa
lust &, 3.39–41
of materialists, 3.29, 4.12
about Kṛṣṇa, 7.4, 7.24, 9.11–12, 9.26, 10.14–15, 18.67
& pseudo transcendentalists, 15.11
about material world’s miseries & dangers, 2.51
mode of. See: Ignorance, mode of
of nondevotees about Lord, 7.23–24
about past, present, & future, 7.26
reincarnation &, 2.22, 2.51
about religion, 4.16
of Sāṅkhya philosophers, 7.4
about sāṅkhya-yoga, 2.39 (3–4)
of scientists, 2.23, 11.33, 13.33
sleep as, 1.24
about soul, 2.19, 2.20, 2.23, 2.26, 2.29, 3.32, 4.35, 5.2, 9.2 (3), 13.23, 13.33, 18.21
classes of persons doomed to, 13.25
about spiritual existence, 4.10
suffering because of, 5.14, 13.8 (3)
about transmigration of soul, 15.10
about wealth’s utility, 2.49
without disciplic succession, 18.75
See also: Ignorance, mode of; Illusion
Ignorance, mode of, Introduction
action in, 14.15–16, 18.25
anger in, 3.37
birth resulting from, 14.15, 14.16, 14.18
charity in, 16.1 (7), 17.22, 17.23
compared with
goodness mode, 14.8
other modes, 14.6–18
passion mode, 14.8
conditioning by, 14.5, 14.8–9
demons in, 16.24
determination in, 18.35
dreaming &, 18.35
duty renounced out of, 18.7
eating in, 6.16, 17.8, 17.10
effects & manifestations of, on living entity, 6.16, 14.5, 14.8–10, 14.13, 14.16, 14.17–18, 18.28, 18.39, 18.40
faith in, 17.2–4
fasting in, 10.4 (8)
faults of, 14.8, 14.13, 14.18
food in, 17.10, 17.23
happiness in, 18.39
ignorance about Kṛṣṇa as, 4.9
illusion in, 18.32, 18.35, 18.39
intelligence in, 13.6, 18.32
intoxication in, 14.17
knowledge in, 18.22
laziness &, 14.8, 14.13
Lord Śiva &, 7.14
material energies in, Introduction
mind in, 15.7
passion mode vs., 14.10
penance in, 17.19, 17.23
prominence of, 14.10
renunciation in, 18.7
ruler of, 10.23
sacrifice in, 17.13, 17.23
sleep in, 6.16, 10.20, 14.8
understanding in, 18.32
varṇāśrama division in, 9.32
worker in, 18.28
See also: Ignorance; Modes of nature
Ikṣvāku, Introduction, 4.1, 4.1 (4), 4.16
Ilāvṛta-varṣa, 6.43
Illicit sex. See: Sex, illicit
Illusion, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 2.1–2, 2.13, 2.30, 3.1, 3.40, 4.10, 4.12, 4.24, 4.35, 6.8, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.15 (5, 11–13), 7.21, 8.3, 10.42, 14.8, 14.8, 14.13, 15.1, 18.32, 18.73
action in, 18.25
via anger, 2.63, 3.37
as apart from Kṛṣṇa, 4.35
of Arjuna, Introduction, 11.1, 18.72–73
of atheistic opinions about God, 7.15 (15)
of atheists, 9.12
birth into, 7.27
of bodily concept of life. See: Bodily concept of life
of bodily designations, Introduction, Introduction, 2.1, 2.12, 2.26, 2.30, 2.71, 3.29, 3.40, 5.2, 5.13–14, 5.19, 5.20, 7.5, 8.3, 13.1, 13.8 (8), 13.31–32, 16.8, 18.21
cause(s) of, 1.30, 3.40, 7.5
of demons, 9.12, 16.10–18
devotees’ association removes, 7.28
of disobeying Lord, 3.32, 18.60
of dualities of life, 5.12, 7.27–28
of false ego. See: False ego
of false proprietorship, Introduction, 2.48, 2.71, 3.30, 4.21, 5.2, 10.3, 12.13, 15.5, 18.51
of familial identification, 3.29, 15.5
of forgetfulness, Introduction
of identity & purpose, 4.35, 7.5
of Kṛṣṇa 2.22, 3.27, 4.35, 6.32, 7.15 (7)
of Kṛṣṇa’s proprietorship, 5.29
of Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy, 5.25
of past, 7.26
of relationship with Lord, Introduction, 4.35
of spiritual life, 2.69
of suffering, 7.15 (7)
happiness from, 18.39
of happiness in material world, 1.30–31, 2.14, 2.51, 5.22
ignorance about Kṛṣṇa from, 7.8, 7.27, 10.8
ignorance mode &, 14.8, 18.32, 18.35, 18.39
impersonalism as, 2.63, 7.24, 7.27
intelligence freed from, 2.52
knowledge removes, 4.35, 5.16
knowledge stolen by, 7.15, 7.15 (11–13)
Kṛṣṇa consciousness removes, 4.24, 4.35
Kṛṣṇa dispels for Arjuna, 11.1
about Kṛṣṇa’s form, 7.24
about Kṛṣṇa’s position, 4.4, 9.11–12, 10.8, 10.42
liberation from. See: Liberation
of living entity
as creator & enjoyer, Introduction
as doer, 3.27, 18.16, 18.17
as God, 2.17, 2.39 (1), 5.16, 9.12, 9.15, 13.8 (15), 13.14, 16.16, 18.73
as master, 5.14, 13.22, 18.73
as material, Introduction, 7.5
Illusion
as proprietor, 5.14, 5.29, 7.27
as supreme, Introduction
living entity causes his own, 5.15
of material designations, 3.29
of material progress, 9.18
by material world or energy, 2.2 (6), 2.29, 8.19
by modes of nature, 7.13–14
of pretension to spiritual life, 3.6
via sense gratification, 2.44, 3.27, 15.10
about soul, 2.29
for soul outside Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 3.5
stages of development of, 2.63
surrender blocked by, 15.5
Vedic knowledge free from, Introduction
See also: Atheist(s); False ego; Impersonalism; Māyā
Immortality
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.19
See also: Living entity (entities), as eternal
Immovable things, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.25
Impersonalism, Introduction, 3.4, 5.2, 6.15, 7.27, 7.28, 12.3
arguments against, 2.12, 2.13, 5.3, 5.16, 7.24, 7.26, 9.11 (6–8)
in Buddhism, 2.72
compared with devotional service, 2.12, 7.3, 7.24–27, 9.11 (7–8), 9.29, 12.1–6, 12.20
disadvantages of, 4.10, 4.11, 12.1, 12.5 (1–4), 12.20
God realization &, 7.1
Kṛṣṇa & Brahman as perceived in, 11.51
Lord unknowable via, 7.28
in neophyte stage of spiritual life, 7.19
philosophy of, 2.12, 2.13, 2.23, 2.24, 15.1
practitioners of. See: Impersonalist(s)
rejected, 2.12, 2.13, 2.61, 2.72, 4.35, 5.3, 7.24
sense control &, 12.3
as spiritual suicide, 4.11
See also: Brahman; Brahma-jyotir; Impersonalist(s)
Impersonalist(s), 2.7, 2.12, 2.63, 4.12, 4.25, 5.6, 6.23, 7.3, 7.15, 7.24 (2), 10.16, 11.48, 12.1, 17.4
Absolute Truth thought impersonal by, 11.52
arguments of, 7.7, 9.11 (6–8)
attainment of Kṛṣṇa by, 12.3
Brahman &, 17.4
commentaries by, 5.6, 12.1
compared
with devotees, 4.18, 5.6–7, 7.24 (1–5), 9.11 (6–8), 9.14–15, 12.1–7
with sannyāsīs, 5.2, 5.6
danger of hearing from, 2.12
devotees forbidden to hear from, 2.12
falldown for, 4.11, 5.6, 9.25
God realization for, 4.11, 4.13, 18.54
happiness &, 6.23
ignorance of, 4.10, 7.3, 7.24, 9.26, 10.20, 13.23
not intelligent, 7.24
as Kṛṣṇa conscious indirectly, 6.10
Kṛṣṇa derided by, 11.51, 11.52
liberation for, 3.19, 4.9, 6.23, 9.2 (10), 9.12, 18.54
as Māyāvādīs, 7.24 (3)
monists as, 13.25
oṁ-kāra &, 8.11
philosophy of, 1.15, 2.7, 2.12, 3.19, 6.23, 9.11 (7), 9.33, 11.52
Śaṅkarācārya as, 4.12
Supreme as liberation for, 3.19
as transcendentalists, Introduction, Introduction
Vedānta-sūtra misunderstood by, 18.1
worship by, 9.15
See also: Brahman; Brahma-jyotir; Impersonalism
Impious men, four kinds of, 7.15
Incarnations. See: Kṛṣṇa, incarnation(s) of; specific incarnations
Income. See: Wealth
India, 3.20
charity in, 4.28
families of transcendentalists in, 6.42
land in, 11.55 (5)
Manu-saṁhitā &, 16.7
pilgrimages in, 6.12
present-day, 6.42, 8.21
spiritual paths in, 16.24
temples in, 9.34, 11.54 (1)
Vedic authorities of, Introduction
Vṛndāvana in, 8.21
Individuality, 2.12–13, 2.23–24, 4.11, 4.35, 5.3, 7.24 (4–5), 13.23
Indra, Lord, Introduction, 3.14, 7.23, 8.2, 17.4
Arjuna &, 2.33
Bṛhaspati &, 10.24
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.22
origin of, 10.8
planet of, 8.16, 9.18, 9.20
Infamy, Kṛṣṇa origin of, 10.4
Inquiry, proper, Introduction
Intelligence, 10.4
carried away, 2.67
compared
to boat, 2.67
with fruitive work, 3.1
to medicine, 6.34
demons’ lack of, 16.9
for directing mind, 6.34
freed from delusion, 2.52
in goodness mode, 18.30
in ignorance mode, 13.6, 18.32
of irresolute, 2.41
Kṛṣṇa
as, 7.10
as origin of, 10.4
represented by, 10.34
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 3.43, 8.7
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.65, 2.68, 10.10
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.34
loss of, progression leading to, 2.62–63
lust &, 3.40, 3.42–43
many-branched, 2.41
material, compared with spiritual, 2.69
materialists’ lack of, 16.9
meaning of, 10.4 (2), 10.34
mind strengthened by, 3.42
in modes of nature, 13.6, 18.29–32
next to spirit soul, 3.40
origin of, 10.4
in passion mode, 18.31
purification via, 18.51
soul superior to, 3.42
spiritual, 2.69, 3.42, 3.43
steady, 2.52–58, 2.61, 2.65, 2.68
as subtle element, 7.4
as superior to mind, 3.42
transcendental, 2.66
worship of Kṛṣṇa via, 18.70
See also: Body (bodies), material, subtle; Knowledge; Understanding
International Society for Krishna Consciousness. See: ISKCON; Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
Intoxication, 3.24, 4.10, 4.26, 14.8, 14.17, 17.22
ISKCON, 18.11
See also: Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
Īśopaniṣad
cited on Supreme Brahman as proprietor, 5.10
quoted
on devotional service, 7.25
on Kṛṣṇa as proprietor, 2.71
on Kṛṣṇa’s form covered by yoga-māyā, 7.25
Īśvara, Introduction, 15.8
Īśvara Purī, Disciplic Succession
Jaḍa Bharata, 6.43
Jagāi & Mādhāi, 7.15 (9)
Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī, Disciplic Succession
Jagatpati, Kṛṣṇa as, 10.15
Jaipur kings, 2.31
Janaka, King, 3.20, 4.16, 7.15 (2)
Janaloka, 9.20, 14.14
Janārdana, Kṛṣṇa as, 1.37, 3.1, 8.22, 10.18, 11.51
Janmāṣṭamī, 11.54 (1)
Japa, 9.27, 10.25
Jayadharma, Disciplic Succession
Jayadratha, 1.9, 11.34
Jaya Tīrtha, Disciplic Succession
Jesus Christ, 11.55 (5)
Jīva, Introduction
See also: Conditioned soul(s); Living entity (entities)
Jīva-bhūtam, defined, Introduction
Jīva Gosvāmī, Disciplic Succession
cited on Kṛṣṇa as Supersoul, 9.11 (7)
Jīvātmā, 8.3
See also: Conditioned soul(s); Living entity (entities)
Jñāna, 3.41, 5.2, 13.3
See also: Knowledge; Yoga, jñāna-
Jñāna-kāṇḍa defined, 4.33
Jñāna-maya, 13.5
Jñānasindhu, Disciplic Succession
Jñānī(s), Introduction, Introduction
Kāla, Introduction
See also: Time
Kālī worship, 3.12
Kali-yuga, Introduction, 2.23, 2.26, 2.31, 4.1 (5), 4.28, 6.12, 6.23, 6.33, 6.42, 7.15 (5), 8.11, 8.17, 8.21, 10.18, 10.35, 13.26, 14.16, 15.11, 16.8
Bhagavad-gītā
especially for, Introduction
versions in, 4.2
Bhagavad-gītā As It Is needed in, Introduction
chanting holy names recommended in, 2.46, 6.12, 8.13, 9.27
characteristics of, 4.1 (5), 6.33, 8.17
devotees in
direction of Lord for, 18.57
See also: Devotee(s)
education in, 10.4 (2)
as materialistic, 9.2 (2)
soul neglected in, 9.2 (2–3)
not spiritual, 13.26
God realization in, via chanting, 8.11
historic position of, 4.1 (5)
ignorance (spiritual) in, 7.15 (9–10), 9.2 (2–3), 14.16
See also: Ignorance; Ignorance, mode of
incarnation of Lord for, 4.8
Kṛṣṇa consciousness needed in, 14.16, 14.17
kṣatriyas in, 2.31
Manu-saṁhitā followed in, 16.7
meditation in, 9.27
monarchy in, 10.27
passion mode in, 14.7
peace in, chance for, 14.17
place of, in universal time, 8.17
prediction of saṅkīrtana for, 4.8
quality of people in, 2.46, 7.15 (7–8)
Rāma’s rule still desired in, 1.36
religious unity for, Introduction
sacrifice for, saṅkīrtana as, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 16.1 (9)
saṅkīrtana in, 2.46, 3.10, 3.14, 4.8, 6.12, 16.1 (9)
science in
cow dung’s purity upheld by, Introduction
limitations of, 7.4
scientists in, 11.33
soul &, 2.17, 2.22
sense gratification in, 17.16
spirituality minimal in, Introduction
sun-god in
Vivasvān as, 4.1 (3)
See also: Vivasvān
Vedic rituals & studies difficult in, 2.46
war danger in, 16.9
women unprotected in, 16.7
yoga pretenders in, 15.11
yogic sense control &, 8.12
Kalki, Lord, 8.17
Kalpa defined, 8.17
Kalpa-sūtras, 11.48
Kāma. See: Attachment; Desire(s), material
Kaṁsa, King, 4.8, 9.34, 11.55 (4), 16.20
Kandarpa (Cupid), Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.28
Kapila (atheist), 2.39 (3), 10.26
Kapila, Lord, 4.16, 7.15 (2)
cited on transmigration, 8.25
compared with atheist Kapila, 2.39 (3), 10.26
Kṛṣṇa represented by, 10.26
& mother, 2.39 (1), 10.26
Sāṅkhya philosophy of, 2.39 (1–5)
Kāraṇodaka-śāyī Viṣṇu, 10.20
Karma
as action for material body, 8.3
advantages from, 16.16
akarma &, 4.16–18, 4.19
birth according to, 2.18, 2.27, 8.3, 13.5, 14.3, 15.8
bondage of, 2.50
change of, via knowledge, Introduction
defined, Introduction, 8.3
devotee sees Lord’s
