The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

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guru, 74, 84
Hastinapura, 73
hatha yoga, 85, 133
hell, 236
Hinduism: dharma and karma in, 31;
multiple gods in, 23; multiplicity of
names for aspects of God, 22–23;
and path of knowledge, 203; and
path of moderation, 136; proclaims
one God, 22; Shiva and Shakti in, 213
holy name, see mantram
Hume, David, 26
Huxley, Aldous, 17
Indra, 23, 180
Ishvara, 229
Janaka, 103
Jesus Christ, 56, 203
jiva, 84
jnana, 147, 148
jnana yoga, 48, 50, 101–2
John of the Cross, St., 64, 126, 135, 205
kala, 193
kama, 86
Kama Sutra, 136
Kapila, 37
karma: about, 33–34; in Bhagavad Gita,
100–101; and consequences of
shraddha, 65; defined, 24; and hell,
236; and process of death, 163; and
rebirth, 170; and selfish attachment,
101, 252; in Upanishads, 24
karma phala, 53, 125, 252
karma yoga: and Bhagavad Gita, 49, 50,
51–52; defined, 49; goal of, 114; as
selfless action, 99–103, 124–25, 134
Katha Upanishad, 230
Kauravas, 72
Kempis, Thomas à, 62
knower of field, 38, 211, 213, 214, 229
knowledge: of Brahman, 125; as fruit of
doing, 114; of Self, 60, 124–25; see
also jnana yoga
Krishna: and Arjuna, 15, 19, 21–22,
71–72, 84, 171, 191–93; as Atman,
180, 229; in Bhagavad Gita, 19,
149, 169; as Creator, 148–49; deep
revelation of his divine being, 179–
82; divine nature, 112–13, 191–93;
exalted nature, 169–72, 230; home
of, 164, 230–31; as Lord, 21; as name
for aspect of God, 23; need for
devotion to, 171–72; and prakriti
and Purusha, 148–49; as prana
of body, 231; and rebirth, 111–12;
remembering at hour of death, 158–
59; and renunciation, 55–56; reveals
divine powers and attributes,
179–82; role in Bhagavad Gita, 15,
19, 71–72; royal secret, 172; as Self,
22, 58, 180, 181, 229; transcends
Atman, 229; “two natures” of, 148; as
Vishnu, 192; and yoga in Bhagavad
Gita, 49, 50
kundalini, 136
Kuru dynasty, 13, 71, 72–73
Kurukshetra, 13, 14–15
lila, 149
lotus, 125, 149
love: of God, 204–6; selfless, 170
madbhavam, 158
Madhusudana, 237
Mahabharata: basis in actual events,
15; defined, 13; and human good
and evil, 237; Krishna in, 113;
and Kurukshetra, 13, 14–15; as
metaphor, 21; and morality of war,
75; relationship of Bhagavad Gita to,
14, 18–20
Mallory, George Leigh, 8
manas, 39
mantram: Krishna as, 181; Om as, 161,
181, 245; Om Tat Sat as, 245
maya: about, 28–30; in Bhagavad Gita,
150; defined, 28, 150; and Krishna,
112, 150; in Rig Veda, 151; in Sankhya
philosophy, 150; in Vedanta, 150;
and wheel of time, 254
meditation: consciousness in, 26;
evidence in Indus Valley, 16; final
stage, 26, 192; finding place for,
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