Meditation Flashcards

1
Q

What is Karma

A

Action

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2
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What is a memory of an action (karma)?

A

Samskara

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3
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A memory (samskara) leads to a desire…

A

Vasanas (which prompts future actions)

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4
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What is the Software of our soul?

A

The conditioning of our past actions (karma), memories (samskara), and desires (vasanas)

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5
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Mistake of the intellect (separation)

A

Pragya paradh

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6
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Primordial sounds

A

Nature’s most basic sounds or vibrations. The sound/vibration of nature

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7
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How many PSM’s are there?

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  1. Derived from the study of ancient Vedic sages recorded the vibrations of the universe in relation to the position of the moon
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8
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What is a primordial sound mantra?

A

thoughts that have no particular meaning with the purpose to take us from activity to silence. it has no memory or desire to take us inward with no attachment

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9
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How are PSM’s determined?

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By using the person’s birth time, date, and location we use Vedic mathematics to calculate the moon’s position which provides us with the corresponding vibration of the universe

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10
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What is a mantra?

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man-, the root of the Sanskrit word for “mind,” and -tra, the root of the Sanskrit word for “instrument.” A mantra is an instrument of the mind—a powerful sound or vibration that can be used to enter a deep state of meditation.

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