Satchidananda Sutras Flashcards
(246 cards)
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abhiniveśa
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clinging to bodily life
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ābhyantara vṛtti
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internal retention of breath
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abhyāsa
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spiritual practice
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Adiśeṣa
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the thousand-headed cobra upon which world the rests according to Hindu mythology
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āgami karma
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karma being performed in the present
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Agni
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fire; the deva (god) or ruling power of fire
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aham
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I
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ahaṁkāra
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ego feeling
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ahiṁsā
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non-injury (one of the yamas)
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ajapa
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unrepeated
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akartā
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non-doer
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ākāśa
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the ether
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amṛta
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nectar; immortality
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anāgata
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not yet come (refers to the silence beyond the OM vibration, the unpronounced praṇava); the heart cakra
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ānanda
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bliss
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ānapānasati
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(Pali) Buddhist meditation technique involving watching the incoming and outgoing breath
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antaraṅga
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internal part
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aṇu
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atom
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anuśāsanam
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exposition, instruction
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apāna
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energy descending from the navel pit within the human body
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aparigrahā
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non-greed, non-hoarding, non-acceptance of gifts (one of the yamas)
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apuṇya
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non-virtuous; wicked
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artha
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meaning; wealth
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asaṁprajñata
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undistinguished samādhi (see Book One, sūtra 18)
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āsana
pose (the 3rd of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga); seat
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āsana siddhi
accomplishment of an āsana
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asmita
egoity, ego sense, egoism, I-ness
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āśrama
a spiritual community where seekers practice and study under the guidance of a spiritual master; every stage of life, such as brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, and sannyāsa
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aṣṭāṅga
eight-limbed
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Aṣṭāṅga Yoga
the Yoga of eight limbs; another name for Rāja Yoga (see Book Two, sūtra 29)
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asteya
non-stealing (one of the yamas)
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Ātma, Ātman
the Self
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avyakta
unmanifested
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āyu
life
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Āyurveda
(lit. scripture of life) one of the Indian systems of medicine
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bāhya
external
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bāhya vṛtti
external retention of breath
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bandha
bondage; lock
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Bhagavad Gītā
Hindu scripture in which Lord Kṛṣṇa instructs his disciple Arjuna in the various aspects of Yoga
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bhāvana
thought, feeling; attitude
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bhoga
enjoyment
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bhuvana
universe
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bījam
seed
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brahmacarya
(lit. relating to Brahman) continence, sense control, celibacy (one of the yamas); the stage in life of the celibate student
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brahmamuhūrta
two-hour period before sunrise (between four and six a.m.), especially conducive to meditation
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Brahman
the unmanifest supreme consciousness or God;
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buddhi
intellect; discriminative faculty of mind
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cakra
(lit. wheel) one of the subtle nerve centers alone the spine which, when concentrated upon, yields experiences of various levels of consciousness
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cit
the principle of universal intelligence or consciousness
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citta-nāśa
(lit. death of the mind) dissolution of mind in meditation
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cittam
mind-stuff
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Dakṣiṇāmūrti
(lit. south-faced deity) an aspect of Lord Śiva in which he instructs through silence
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darśana
vision or experience of a divine form or being
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deśa
space; place of concentration during Yoga practice
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deva
celestial being; controller of an aspect of nature
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deva loka
the plane where the gods abide
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dhāraṇā
concentration (the sixth of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)
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dharma
duty, righteousness, moral
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dharmamegha samādhi
"cloud of virtue" samādhi (see Book Four, sūtra 29)
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dhyāna
meditation (the 7th of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)
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divya
divine
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duḥka
suffering
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dveṣa
dislike
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ekāgrata pariṇāma
mental modification of one-pointedness
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gṛhastha
householder stage of life
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guṇa
one of the qualities of nature (sattva, rajas and tamas or balance, activity and inertia)
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guru
(lit. remover of darkness) spiritual guide, teacher
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hāna
removal
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hāno-pāya
method for removal of sorrow
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hatha
(lit. ha -- sun; tha -- moon)
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Hatha Yoga
the physical aspect of Yoga practice, including postures (āsanas), breathing techniques (prāṇāyāma), seals (mudras), locks (bandhas) and cleansing practices (kriyas)
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hiṁsā
injury or pain; violence
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Indra
the king of the gods or ruling powers of nature
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indriya
sense organ
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Iṣta devatā
one's chosen deity
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Īśvara
the supreme cosmic soul; God
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Īśvara praṇidhāna
worship of God or self-surrender (one of the yamas) [mws: typo in the glossary of the book, this is a niyama]
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japa
repetition of a mantra
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Japa Yoga
science of mantra repetition
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jaya
victory, mastery
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jīva(tman)
individual soul
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jīvanmukta
liberated living soul
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jñāna
wisdom of the Self; knowledge, idea
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Jñāna Yoga
Yoga of Self-inquiry
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jyotiḥ
illumination, effulgence, light
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kaivalya
experience of absoluteness; non-qualified experience
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kāla
time
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karma
action and reaction
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Karma Yoga
performing actions as selfless service without attachment to the results
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karmāśaya
womb, or bag, or karmas
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karunā
mercy, compassion
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kāya-kalpa
a tonic for physical rejuvenation
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kevala
without qualities or conditions
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kevala kuṁbhaka
natural, automatic breath retention during deep meditation
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kleśa
obstruction or obstacle
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kriyā
action, practice; (Hatha Yoga) cleansing practice
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Kriyā Yoga
according to Patañjali: the three preliminary steps in Yoga (tapas, svadhyaya and Īśvara praṇidhāna or austerity, study and self-surrender)
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kuṁbhaka
breath retention
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kuṇḍalinī
(lit. coiled energy) the energy stored at the base of every individual's spine
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loka
a world of names and forms
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mahaṛṣi
great sage
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mahat
great
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mahāvrata
(lit great vows) refers to the yamas
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maitrī
friendliness
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manas
the desiring faculty of the mind-stuff
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Māṇḍukya Upaniṣad
the Upanishadic treatise of OM, considered the crest jewel of all the Upaniṣads
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mano-nāśa
death or dissolution of the mind
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mantra
(lit. that makes the mind steady) a sound formula for meditation
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mara
(Tamil) tree
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māyā
illusion
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mayūrāsana
(Hatha Yoga) the peacock pose
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mokṣa
liberation
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mudrā
sign, seal or symbol
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mukta
set free, released, liberated
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mukti
liberation, freedom
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musu-musu-kkai
(Tamil) herb used for Ayurvedic healing; it also means "hand of monkey" and "monkey"
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nāḍī suddhi
(Hatha Yoga) nerve-cleansing prāṇāyāma in which one breathes alternately through left and right nostrils
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Nārada
a sage and celestial singer of divine names
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nauli
(Hatha Yoga) stomach kriyā where one isolates and then churns the abdominal recti muscles
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Nāyanārs
the sixty-three Saivite saints of South India
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nirbīja
without seed, seedless
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nirodha
cessation, restraint
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nirodha parināma
the moment of conjunction of a thought and one's effort to restrain it
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nirvāna
(lit. nakedness) in the Buddhist teachings, the state of liberation
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nirvicāra
without reflection (see Book One, sūtra 44)
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nirvikalpa
without thought or imagination
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nirvitarka
without reasoning (see Book One, sūtra 43)
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nitya
eternal, permanent
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niyama
observance (the second of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga; see Book Two, sūtra 32)
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ojas
the subtle energy resulting from the preservation of sexual energy
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OM
the cosmic sound vibration which includes all other sounds and vibrations, the basic mantra, the absolute Brahman as sound
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pāda
portion
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pādārtha
a thing; the substance and its meaning
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pāñca indriya
the five senses
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Pāñca Tantra
(lit.) five attitudes or approaches
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Parabrahman
the supreme unmanifest consciousness or God
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parama
highest, supreme
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paścimotanāsana
(Hatha Yoga) the full-forward bending pose
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Patañjali Mahārṣi
Yogi and sage who compiled the Yoga Sūtras; considered to be the "Father of Yoga"
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phalam
fruit; effect
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prakāśa
illumination; sattva
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Prakṛti
the Nature
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prāṇa
the vital energy
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prāṇa-apāna
the ascending and descending energy within the human body
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prāṇava
OM, the basic hum of the universe
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prāṇāyāma
the practice of controlling the vital force, usually through control of the breath (the fourth of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)
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praṇidhāna
total dedication
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prārabdha karma
the karma which has caused one's present birth
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prasādam
consecrated food offering; grace
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pratipakṣa bhāvana
practice of substituting opposite thought forms in the mind
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pratyāhāra
sense control; withdrawal of the senses from their objects (the 5th of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)
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pūjā
worship service
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puṇya
virtuous
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Puruṣa
the divine Self which abides in all beings
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rāga
liking, desire; tune
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rājā
king
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Rāja Yoga
the "Royal Yoga;" the system of concentration and meditation based on ethical discipline
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rajas
activity; restlessness (one of the three guṇas)
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Rām(a)
a name of God; a powerful seed mantra
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Ramakrishma Paramahamsa
(1836-1886) -- saint of India; Guru of Swami Vivekananda
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Rāmana Maharṣi
(1879-1950) sage of Thiruvannamalai; jñāni of India
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Rāmāyana
epic telling the story of Lord Rāma as a dutiful son, brother, husband, warrior and king
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ṛtaṁbharā prajñā
absolute true conscionsness
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rūpa
appearance; form
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sa-ānanda
samādhi on the sattvic mind (see Book One, sūtra 17)
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sa-asmita
samādhi on the egoity alone (see Book One, sūtra 17)
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śabda
sound, word or name
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sabīja
with seed
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sādhana
spiritual practice
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sadhu
a spiritual person, often a wandering mendicant
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sahasrāra (cakra)
thousand-petaled lotus; the subtle center at the crown of the head, where the consciousness and energy go in the higher samādhis
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Śaiva Siddhānta
a philosophy which leads to the worship of the Absolute as Lord Śiva
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Śaivism
sect of Hinduism which worships the Absolute as Lord Śiva
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sākṣi
witness
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śakti, Śakti
energy; the Divine Mother
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samādhi
contemplation, superconscious state, absorption (the eighth and final limb or culmination of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga)
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samādhi pariṇāma
development in samādhi
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saṁkyā
count in prāṇāyāma
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saṁprajñāta
distinguished samādhi (see Book One, sūtra 17)
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saṁsāra
round of births and deaths; family
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saṁskāra
mental impression
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saṁtoṣa
contentment
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saṁyama
practice of dhārāṇa, dhyāna and samādhi upon one object, usually for the attainment of a particular power
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saṁyoga
perfect union
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sanjita karma
karma awaiting another lifetime to bear fruit
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sannyāsa
renunciation
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sannyāsi
a renunciate; member of the Holy Order of Sannyās, having taken formal initiation from another sannyāsi
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śānti
peace
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saptadhā bhūmi
the seven planes of understanding
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Sat
existence or Truth
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Sat-cid-ānanda
existence-knowledge-bliss absolute
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sattva
purity, balanced state (one of the three guṇas)
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satya
truth; truthfulness (one of the yamas)
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śauca
purity (one of the niyamas)
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savāsana
(Hatha Yoga) the corpse pose
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savicāra
samādhi with reflection (see Book One, sūtra 17)
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savikalpa
samādhi with thought or imagination
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savitarka
samādhi with reasoning (see Book One, sūtra 17 & 42)
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siddha
an accomplished one, often with supernatural powers
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siddhi
accomplishment
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Śiva
God as asupiciousness
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Śivananda, Swami
(1887-1963) -- sage of the Himalayas, founder of the Divine Life Society; Guru of Swami Satchidananda
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smṛti
memory; code of law
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śraddhā
faith
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Śri
Goddess of Divine Wealth; eminent or illustrious; used in names to show respect or reverence
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staṁbha vṛtti
breath retention
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sthala siddhi
mastery over staying in one place (usually for at least twelve years)
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sthiti
inertia; tamas
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sukha
happiness
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sukha pūrvaka
(lit. easy, comfortable breathing) alternate nostril breathing with retention
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sūtra
(lit. thread) aphorism
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svādhyāya
spiritual study (one of the niyamas)
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svarūpa
essential nature
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swāmī
renunciate; member of the Holy Order of Sannyās
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tamas
inertia, dullness (one of the three guṇas)
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tanmātram
subtle element
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Tantra Yoga
a practice using yantra and mantra to experience the union of Śiva and Śakti (or the masculine and feminine, positive and negative forces) within the individual
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tapas(yā)
(lit. to burn) spiritual austerity; accepting but not causing pain (one of the niyamas)
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Tat
That; the unlimited, unmanifested Absolute
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tattva
principle
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tejas
illumination; the aura of a brahmacari
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Thirumūlar
Tamil saint of South India
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trādaka
gazing, concentration practice
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tyāga
dedication
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uḍḍyana bandha
(Hatha Yoga) stomach lift
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Upaniṣads
the final portion of each of the Vedas which gives the non-dualistic Vedānta philosophy
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vairāgyam
dispassion, detachment or non-attachment
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Vālmīki
legendary Indian sage and poet who wrote the Rāmāyana, the epic story of the life of Śri Rāma
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vānaprastha
recluse or pilgrim who has finished family responsibilities and taken to the spiritual life; the stage prior to sannyāsa or formal renunciation
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Varuṇa
the deva (god) or ruling power of water
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vāsanā
(lit. smell) the impression of actions that remains unconsciously in the mind and induces a person to repeat the action (example: the smell of perfume is the vāsanā of perfume)
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Vedānta
final experience of the study of the Vedas
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Vedas
the wisdom scriptures of Hinduism (Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva)
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vibhūti
blessing or power
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videha
bodiless
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vidyā
knowledge, learning
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vikalpa
thought or imagination; verbal delusion
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viparyaya
misconception
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vīrya
vital energy, strength; semen
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viveka
discrimination of the real from the unreal
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Vivekānanda, Swami
(1862-1902) -- a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and one of the founders of the Ramakrishna Order
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vṛtti
modification
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yama
abstinence (the 1st of the eight limbs of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga; see Book Two, sūtra 30)
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yantra
a sacred geometrical figure representing a particular aspect of the Divine
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Yoga
(lit union) union of the individual with the Absolute; any course that makes for such union; unruffled state of mind under all conditions
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Yoga mudrā
(Hatha Yoga) the symbol of Yoga; a posture which awakens the spiritual force within the individual
