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of society, varṇāśrama for, 1.40, 1.42
from soul outward to senses, 3.42
stages of, 16.22
by Supersoul, 2.61
via varṇāśrama, 16.22
via Vedic rituals, 3.26
See also: Austerity; Devotional service; Self-realization
Purifiers, Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.31
Purity
activities in, as bhakti, Introduction
as brahminical quality, 18.42
of consciousness defined, Introduction
required for speaking on transcendental matters, 11
for sannyāsī, 16.1 (5)
Purujit, 1.5
Puruṣa, 15.1
defined, Introduction
soul as, 13.20
Puruṣa-avatāras, 10.20
Puruṣa-bodhinī Upaniṣad quoted on Lord’s forms, 4.9
Puruṣārtha defined, 6.20
Puruṣottama, Introduction, Disciplic Succession, 8.22
Kṛṣṇa as, 8.1, 10.15, 11.3, 15.18–19
Puruṣottama-yoga, 15.20
Q
Questions by Arjuna. See: Arjuna, questions by
R
Rādhārāṇī, Introduction, Introduction
Raghu dynasty, 4.1 (4)
Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Disciplic Succession
Rahūgaṇa (King) & Jaḍa Bharata, 6.43
Rain via sacrifice, 3.14
Rāja-yoga, 6.47
Rājendra, Disciplic Succession
Rakṣas, 9.25
See also: Demon(s)
Rāmacandra, Lord, 1.20, 4.13, 6.47, 8.14, 14.26, 15.7, 18.65
consort of, 1.20
dynasty of, 4.1 (4)
father-in-law of, 3.20
Hanumān &, 3.37
as incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, 4.5
Lord known as, 5.22
vs. Rāvaṇa, 1.20, 1.36
as righteous king, 10.27
See also: Supreme Lord
Rāmānujācārya, Introduction, 2.12, 7.24 (1)
cited on sanātana-dharma, Introduction
as surrendered to Lord, 7.15 (2)
Rāma-rājya, 1.36
Rasas
in devotional service, five, 8.14
See also: Kṛṣṇa, relationship(s) with; Supreme Lord, relationship(s) with
Rāvaṇa, 4.8, 7.15 (4), 16.20
vs. Hanumān, 3.37
Rāma vs., 1.20, 1.36
staircase of, 16.16
Realization. See: God realization; Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Self-realization
Reflection, theory of, 2.13
Regulative principles, 18.78 (4)
destroyed by irresponsible work, 18.25
necessity of, 16.22, 16.23–24
as “principles of freedom,” 2.64
purification via, 16.22
See also: Scripture(s), regulations of
Reincarnation. See: Birth-death cycle; Transmigration of soul(s)
Religion(s)
abandoned for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, 18.66
according to modes of nature, 17.4
ages prominent in, 8.17
of all
service as, Introduction
See also: Sanātana-dharma
in banyan analogy, 15.1
Bhagavad-gītā
explains, 4.7
as last word on, 18.78 (3)
books of, 10.32
as brahminical quality, 18.42
as changeable, Introduction
codes of, by Parāśara Muni, 2.32
compared
to mathematics, 4.7
with sanātana-dharma, Introduction
degrees of knowledge about, 4.7
of demons, 16.4
eternal, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa as maintainer of, 11.18
false, 7.15 (7), 16.1 (11)
of demons, 16.10, 16.17–18
in family life, loss of, 1.39–43
father of, 1.1
goal of, as devotional service, 9.2 (8)
highest principle of, 4.7
vs. irreligion, 18.32
Kṛṣṇa descends to protect, 4.7–8
Kṛṣṇa’s example regarding, 3.22–24
Lord authority on, 4.7
material, 2.26, 13.8 (2)
compared with spiritual, 17.11
in passion mode, 18.34
materialistic teachings of, 17.7
moral codes of, 3.16
perfection of, spiritual knowledge as, 9.2, 9.2 (8)
& philosophy, necessity of both, 3.3
in present age, 7.15 (12)
principle(s) of
for animal sacrifice, 2.31
begin with varṇāśrama, 4.7
for cleanliness, 2.14
duties according to, 2.31–32
elders responsible for, 1.39
for elevation, 2.14
in family life, 1.39–43
fighting on grounds of, 2.31–33
forgiveness as, 1.36
Religion(s)
government according to, 2.32
insufficient without Kṛṣṇa, 2.8
killing according to, 2.19, 2.21
knowledge via, 2.14
Kṛṣṇa advents to reestablish, 3.23, 4.7, 10.12
for kṣatriyas, 1.31, 2.14
in Manu-smṛti, 7.15 (8)
necessity of, 7.15 (7–8)
neglect of, 7.15 (7)
obligation to follow, 1.37
offerings to ancestors as, 1.41
in Parāśara-smṛti, 2.32
recommended, 2.18
relative importance of, 2.11
sex life according to, 7.11
source of, 4.16
varṇāśrama supports, 1.39, 1.40
violence &, 2.21, 2.31–33
as protection for women, 1.40
purpose of, 7.15 (7)
sectarian, Introduction
seen as irreligion & vice versa in ignorance mode, 18.32
spiritual, compared with material, 17.11
surrender to Kṛṣṇa as beyond, 18.66
Vedas authority on, 4.7
yugas’, differences in, 8.17
See also: Devotional service; Dharma; Duty (duties); Kṛṣṇa consciousness; Sanātana-dharma
Religious principles. See: Religion(s), principles of
Remembering in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.48, 6.3, 6.10, 6.19, 6.31, 7.28, 8.5–10
advantages of, Introduction, Introduction, 1.24, 2.52, 10.12
alongside prescribed duties, 8.7
always, process for, Introduction
Ambarīṣa Mahārāja’s example of, 6.18
as Bhagavad-gītā’s teaching, Introduction
via chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Introduction, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.11, 8.13, 8.14, 9.27
constantly, 8.14
at death, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction, 8.2, 8.5–6
discipline of, 8.8
form of Kṛṣṇa, Introduction, 18.65
importance of, Introduction, 8.5–6, 8.8, 18.64
Kṛṣṇa advises & teaches, Introduction, 12.8, 18.65
Kṛṣṇa attained via, Introduction, Introduction, 8.5–8
liberation via, Introduction, Introduction, 5.26, 8.8, 8.10, 8.13, 10.12
Lord in heart, 6.13
with love, Introduction, 9.34
by Mādhavendra Purī, 2.52
& meditation, 2.61
with motive for liberation, 7.29
process of, 8.5–7, 8.9, 18.65
return to Godhead via, 8.8, 8.10, 8.13
in samādhi, 2.53, 6.10
See also: Meditation
Remembrance & forgetfulness
Lord & Supersoul as source of, 15.15
See also: Knowledge
Renounced order of life. See: Brahmacarya; Sannyāsa; Vānaprastha
Renunciant(s)
next life for, 1.31
See also: Sannyāsī(s)
Renunciation, 16.1
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br /> of accepting only one’s quota, Introduction
according to modes of nature, 18.5
advantages of, 1.31, 5.13
as alternative to regulated devotional service, 12.11
Arjuna desires, 1.31, 2.5–6
artificial, 2.59, 2.62, 2.63, 2.64, 2.71, 3.4–6, 3.6–8, 3.33, 6.18
to be avoided, 3.33
compared with real renunciation, 6.1
as inadvisable, 4.15
of bad association, 11.55 (4)
benefit of, birth on sun as, 1.31
by brāhmaṇas, 10.4 (9)
by Caitanya, 2.15
complete, compared with incomplete, 5.2, 6.10
cultivation of knowledge as alternative to, 12.12
“danger” of, 6.38, 6.40
of desire for sense gratification, 6.2
by devotees, 3.28, 5.12, 6.16, 6.17
compared with impersonalist’s, 2.63
devotional service &, 5.6, 18.10–11
of duties, 3.43
as forbidden, 18.7–9, 18.47–48
for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, 2.38, 2.40
not required, 8.7
in eating, 2.63, 4.29, 4.29, 6.16–17
See also: Fasting
falldown following, result of, 2.40
false, 3.6
of family life, 2.15, 13.8 (10)
in family life, of sex, 6.13 (1)
of fruitive activities, 3.4
as insufficient for purification, 5.2
opinions on, 18.3
of fruitive desires, 13.25
of fruits of work, 2.39, 4.41, 18.11
by devotee, 5.12
for Kṛṣṇa’s service, 12.10
God realization via, 12.3
in goodness mode, 18.9–11
happiness needs more than, 5.6
happiness via, 5.13
by Haridāsa Ṭhākura, 6.17
in household life, 4.26
in ignorance mode, 18.7
imitation of, 16.17
impersonalist’s, compared with devotee’s, 2.63
incomplete, compared with complete, 6.10
as insufficient for purification, 5.2
judgment on, Kṛṣṇa’s, 18.4–12
by knower of Absolute Truth, 3.28
as knowledge, 13.8
in knowledge, 5.1, 5.3, 6.10
of Kṛṣṇa’s proprietorship of all, 5.2
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.40, 6.2, 6.40, 8.27, 9.28, 18.49
as activity for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, 18.49
Brahman attained via, 18.50
examples of, 18.7–11
via Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 2.55–56, 6.2
Kṛṣṇa recommends, 12.11
Kṛṣṇa’s judgment on, 18.4–12
Kṛṣṇa’s opulence of, 18.78 (1)
for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, 6.40
kṣatriyas &, 2.31
liberation via, 5.2
Lord’s property &, 5.2
Lord to give judgment on, 18.5
of material conception of life, 2.41
of material desires, 6.2
for material gain, 3.6–3.8
meaning of, 13.8 (7), 18.2
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, 18.5, 18.7–10
for neophyte spiritualist, 3.42
opinions vary on, 18.3–4
orders of life devoted to. See: Brahmacarya; Sannyāsa; Vānaprastha
in passion mode, 18.8
perfection &, 3.4–9, 18.49
purification &, 3.8, 12.11
reactions avoided via, 18.12
real, 2.59–60, 2.61–63, 2.64, 2.67–68, 2.70–71, 6.1–2
compared with artificial renunciation, 6.1–2
as detachment from results of work, 18.7–11
devotional service as, 10.3
as renunciation of fruits of work, 18.11
as work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 18.49
repression &, 3.33
of results of work, 2.39, 4.41, 18.11
by Rūpa Gosvāmī, 6.17
Rūpa Gosvāmī advises, 8.27
of sacrifice, charity, & penance, 18.3
rejected by Lord, 18.5–6
& sannyāsa, 2.15, 18.2, 18.7
See also: Sannyāsa
of sense enjoyment, 4.26
of sense gratification, 6.17
of sex, 4.26
for brahmacārī, 6.13 (1)
required for yoga, 6.13 (1)
within household life, 6.13 (1), 16.1 (8)
by yogī, 6.18
of sleep in early morning, 18.8
spiritual activities not subject to, 18.2
of spiritual duties forbidden, 18.5–9
spiritual duties not subject to, 18.2, 18.3–9
spiritual life requires, 13.8 (7)
Supersoul realized via, 12.3
as symptom of transcending modes, 14.22
tapasya &, 16.1 (11)
See also: Austerity
varṇāśrama divisions for, 16.1 (11)
of varṇāśrama duty forbidden, 18.47–48
in varṇāśrama system, 16.1 (11)
of women, 2.15
of work, 3.43
artificially, 3.6–8
compared with devotional service, 5.1–13, 6.1–20
as improper, 3.4–33
in yoga, 6.3
by yogī, of sex life, 6.18
yukta-vairāgya, 8.27, 9.28
See also: Austerity; Detachment; Sacrifice(s); Surrender to Lord
Repetition
appropriateness of, 11.19
in scripture, value of, 2.26
Reputation
of Arjuna, 2.2–3, 2.33–36
of Bhīṣmadeva, 1.12
death better than loss of, 2.34
dishonor &, 2.34
Kṛṣṇa’s, Introduction, Introduction, 1.15, 2.2 (3–5)
loss of, 2.2 (3), 2.33–36
supreme, 2.2 (3–5)
Residence
attachment to, 14.12
detachment from, 12.18, 13.8
Resourcefulness as kṣatriya quality, 18.43
Respect, 9.11 (7)
Responsibility. See: Duty (duties)
Retirement. See: Renunciation; Sannyāsa; Vānaprastha
Revenge, 1.32
Ṛg Veda, 9.17
quoted
on cow-killing, 14.16
on Lord’s abode, 18.62
on Lord Viṣṇu, 17.24
on oṁ, 17.23
River(s)
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.31
See also: specific rivers
Rounds, chanting of, 9.27
Rudra(s)
chief of, 10.23
Kṛṣṇa’s representation among, 10.23
origin of, Lord as, 10.8
in universal form, 11.6
Rūpa Gosvāmī
Caitanya &, 11.54 (1)
in disciplic succession, Disciplic Succession
prayer to, Introduction
preaching work of, Introduction
quoted
on detachment & Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 8.27
on devotee as liberated, 6.31
on devotional service, pure, 11.55 (4)
on Kṛṣṇa consciousness as liberation, 6.31
on renunciation in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, 9.28
sleep renounced by, 6.17
S
Śabda-brahma, transcending limit of, 2.52
Sac-cid-ānanda, Introduction, Introduction, Introduction
Kṛṣṇa as, 4.5
Kṛṣṇa’s form as, Introduction, 9.11 (2)
Sacrifice(s), 1.3, 1.15, 2.43, 3.11, 3.12–14, 3.16, 4.24, 4.25–26, 4.27, 4.28, 4.28, 4.29, 4.29, 4.30–35, 8.3, 8.16, 8.25, 9.15, 9.16, 9.16, 9.24, 9.25, 9.26, 11.48, 12.11, 13.14, 16.1, 16.17, 17.12, 17.13, 17.26, 18.2, 18.2, 18.5, 18.71
Agni-hotra, 11.48, 16.1 (9)
of animals, 3.12, 4.7, 10.25
explained, 18.3
Aśvamedha, 18.71
austerity as, 4.28
beneficiary of
Kṛṣṇa as, 3.9, 3.11, 5.29, 9.24
Viṣṇu as, 3.9–10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.15
benefit(s) from, 3.9–15, 4.30–31
best of, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa as, 10.25, 16.1 (9)
via breathing exercises, 4.27, 4.29
of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. See: Chanting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
charity &, 4.28
to demigods, 3.11–12, 4.25
Lord chief beneficiary of, 3.11, 3.12, 9.23–24
demons &, 16.16, 16.17
with detachment, 17.11, 17.25
devotional service
as, 4.23
gives same results as, 8.28
transcendental to, 9.16
in devotional service, 3.10, 3.12–13, 9.26
divisions of
four, 4.28
two, 4.25, 4.42
duty &, 3.14, 17.11
in eating, 4.29
elevation via, 4.30–31
enjoyer of, Kṛṣṇa as, 2.66, 9.24, 9.26
faithless, 17.28
fire for
kinds of, five, 8.3
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
renunciation of, 6.1
foods offered in, 3.13, 3.14, 9.26, 17.10
necessity of eating, 9.26–27
process of offering, 9.26
in goodness mode, 17.11
happiness via, 3.10–12, 4.31
by householders, 4.26, 8.28, 16.1 (9)
in ignorance mode, 17.13
kinds of, 4.25–29, 4.30, 4.42, 8.3
according to faith, 4.33
gradations of, 4.32–33
with knowledge, 4.33
Kṛṣṇa
as, 9.16
as enjoyer of, 2.66, 9.24, 9.26
governing principle of, 7.30
as master of, 9.24
representation of, among, 10.25
to Kṛṣṇa
according to His desire, 9.26
necessity of, 9.26
offerings suitable for, 11.55 (2)
remnants of, as prasādam, 11.55 (2)
Kṛṣṇa consciousness
&, 4.24, 4.25–26, 4.28, 4.29, 4.30, 4.31, 4.33, 4.42, 12.10
transcendental to, 4.28, 8.3
via, 3.10, 3.11
in Kṛṣṇa’s service, 12.6
liberation via, 3.10, 3.11, 4.32
Lord enjoins, 3.9–12
Lord of, 8.2
as adhiyajña, 8.4
per Lord’s desire, 3.9, 3.11, 3.13, 3.14, 9.26, 17.23
Lord situated in, 3.15
with love & devotion, 9.26
material, compared with spiritual, 4.33, 4.42, 17.23, 18.2
in modes of goodness, passion, & ignorance, 3.12, 17.7, 17.11–13, 17.23
necessity of, 3.9–15
to avoid sinful reaction, 3.16
object of, Lord as, 17.26
offerable items for, 9.26
offerings for
kinds of, five, 8.3
Kṛṣṇa as, 9.16
with “oṁ,” 17.24
oṁ tat sat &, 17.23
of possessions, 4.25, 4.28, 4.42
for present age, saṅkīrtana as, 3.10, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14