| Dhyana
|
: |
Contemplation,
higher concentration-a state of content meditation/awareness |
| Diksha |
: |
Initiation |
| Divya
bhawa |
: |
Divine
state |
| Drashta
|
: |
Seer,
awareness experience of the Self. Culmination of meditation |
| Gayatri |
: |
A
powerful vedic mantra ,Shakti mantra of 24 syllables |
| Gita |
: |
Part
of the Mahabharata containing Krishnas teachings to Arjuna. A
spiritual speech. |
| Gnana
(gyan) |
: |
Knowledge
of self |
| Gnani
(gyani) |
: |
One
who has realized/understood his self and Self |
| Granthi |
: |
Psychic
knot |
| Gunas |
: |
The
three aspect of nature-sattwa, rajas and tamas |
| Guru |
: |
Teacher |
| Hamsa |
: |
Stage
of renunciation |
| Hath
Yoga |
: |
A
system of yoga for perfecting the body through postures |
| Hawan |
: |
Fire
ceremony/prayers |
| Ishwara |
: |
Eternal
Self /God |
| Ista
devata |
: |
Personal
god |
| Jagrit |
: |
Conscious
mind |
| Japa
|
: |
Repetition
of the name of god |
| Jiv |
: |
Individual
identity |
| Jivan
Mukti |
: |
Freedom
while still alive |
| Kalyuga |
: |
Age
of Kali |
| Kama |
: |
Emotional
need |
| Karma
yoga |
: |
Path
of desire less action |
| Karma |
: |
Action,
Results of action, destiny |
| Karmasanyas |
: |
Second
stage of initiation into sanyas for householders |
| Karta |
: |
The
doer |
| Kriya
Yog |
: |
Practice
of kundalini yoga |
| Kriya |
: |
Effective
practice |
| Kundalini |
: |
Yogic
power, spiritual energy centred in the chakras |
| Leela |
: |
Play
of god |
| Mahad |
: |
Ego |
| Mahakavya |
: |
The
4 upanishad's on the reality of the self |
| Maithun |
: |
Sexual
desire |
| Mahamritunjaya |
: |
Universal
Shiv Mantra |
| Mala |
: |
String
of 108 beads Tulsi, Rudras, Sandlewood, coral , |
| Mantra |
: |
Sounds
used for liberating consciousness from the limitations of ordinary
awareness |
| Maya |
: |
Illusion
of the world |
| Moksha |
: |
Liberation,
freedom |
| Mooldhara
|
: |
First
pranic centre or chakra located at bottom of the spine. |
| Mukti |
: |
Freedom,
liberation |
| Nada
|
: |
Internal
sound |
| Nidra
|
: |
Deep
sleep of body and or mind, heart, soul |
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