The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

╭ Index
action, see selfless action
adharma, 267
advaita, 26
Agni, 23
ahamkara, 39, 211, 223
ahimsa, 32
ajnana, 147
akasha, 214
Ananta, 181
anger, 87, 102, 103, 126, 221
Aquinas, St. Thomas, 18, 37
Arjuna: background, 15; becomes
seeker after truth, 179; concern
over how to act, 99; doubting heart,
114–15; family tragedy, 72, 111; and
Krishna, 15, 19, 21–22, 71–72, 84, 171,
191–93; as man of action, 21, 83, 102;
portrayal in Bhagavad Gita, 71–72;
real Self, 83–84
Aryan tribes, 16, 23
asat, 245
ashrams, 17
ashvattha, 229
Ashvatthama, 74
asuras, 181, 237
Atman: at climax of meditation, 26;
defined, 24; Krishna as, 180, 229;
play on word, 135; relationship
to Brahman, 26; as Self, 30;
transcended by Krishna, 229; in
Upanishads, 24, 203; see also Self
attachment, 54–55, 61, 87, 101, 114, 123,
153
Augustine, St., 18, 37, 60
avatara, 112
avyakta, 164
avyayam padam, 230
Bede, St., 7
Bhagavad Gita: about, 9–10, 14, 113;
as an Upanishad, 18–19; as book
of choices, 66; chapter-ending
formula, 19; contrast with rest of
Mahabharata, 19–20; essence,
48–59; heart of message, 20–21;
and issue of self-mastery, 15, 21; and
Kurukshetra, 14–15; multiple gods
in, 23; setting, 15–22; as shruti, 18; as
spiritual instruction, 21–22; types
of yoga in, 48–50; way of love in,
204–6
Bhagavan, 71, 179
bhakti, 171
bhakti yoga, 49
Bhima, 72
Bhishma, 15, 73, 74
Brahma, 149, 163–64
Brahman: about, 24; defined, 24, 213;
knowledge of, 125; and Om, 245; and
process of death, 160; relationship
to Atman, 26; and still mind, 137;
union with, 254; in Upanishads, 24,
179, 203–4; and world-tree, 229
brahmarandhra, 160, 161
brahmavidya, 17
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, 162
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