Concept Encyclopedia

Union — and the path to it. Any systematic practice that connects you to your deepest self...

Do your work completely, without craving the reward — this is the fast path to freedom for...

Love for God — not fear, not transaction, but pure devotion that transforms every action i...

A complete life lived in devotion — where every action, thought, and breath is an offering...

True knowledge — not information, but the living insight that you are the deathless Self, ...

The path of the philosopher — seek the truth of what you are through inquiry, discriminati...

Your true self — not your body or thoughts, but the unchanging witness behind them.

The infinite, formless reality that underlies everything — what all of existence is made o...

The cosmic veil that makes the world appear separate from God — what is real but not the u...

The witness — the aware presence that watches nature's activity without being changed by i...

Your duty — what you are meant to do given who you are and where you stand.

Action and its consequences — you are bound by actions done for gain, freed by actions don...

Your personal duty — what is yours to do, given who you are.

The qualities of a free, good person — the 26 traits that lead toward liberation.

The qualities that bind and destroy — ego, cruelty, arrogance, and denial of any higher re...

Meditation — training the mind to rest in one place, free from distraction, until it touch...

Faith — the deep conviction that shapes everything you do, consciously or not.

Do the work completely, but release the result — act without craving what comes from the a...

Offering — giving your actions, energy, or resources for the good of the whole, not just y...

True renunciation — not giving up action, but giving up the ego that claims to be the doer...

Detachment — seeing clearly without being pulled by desire or pushed by fear.

Balance — the steady inner state that doesn't swing with circumstances.

Self-mastery — you control your senses; your senses do not control you.

The three forces in all of nature and in you — clarity (Sattva), passion (Rajas), and iner...

Nature — everything that changes, moves, and acts. Your body, mind, and thoughts are all P...

The endless cycle — being born, acting, dying, and being reborn — until liberation ends it...

God taking a form in the world — appearing as Krishna to restore the cosmic order.

The Supreme — beyond matter, beyond even the impersonal infinite, the fullness that contai...

Complete freedom — from fear, from rebirth, from suffering — the final goal of all spiritu...

The ideal person — completely steady inside, unmoved by pleasure or pain, always at rest i...