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GLOSSARY

ABHAYAM: Fearless.

ABHIMANA: Egoism, identification with the body.

ABHYASA: Spiritual practice.ADHIKARI: A qualified person.

ADHISHTHANA: Substratum, support.

ADHYASA: Superimposition or false attribution of

properties of one thing on another thing.ADHYATMIC: Spiritual.

ADHYAYANA: Study.

ADVAITA: Non-duality.AGRAHYA: Unknowable.

AHANKARA: Egoism.

AHIMSA: Non-injury in thought, word and deed.Click herefor a more detailed explanation.

AISVARYA: Divine powers.

AJARAM: Without old age.

ALABDHABHUMIKATVA: The feeling that it is

impossible to see reality.ALASYA: Laziness.

AMARA: Immortal.AMARA-PURUSHA: Immortal being.

AMRITAM: Immortal.

ANADI: Beginningless.ANAHATA: Mystic sound heard byYogis.

ANANDA: Bliss, happiness, joy.

ANANDA-GHANA: Cloud of bliss.ANANDA-SVARUPA: Of the form of bliss.

ANANDAMAYA: Full of great happiness.

ANTAHKARANA: Internal instrument such as mind,intellect, ego and the subconscious mind.ANANTAM: Infinity.

ANTARATMAN: Inner Self.

ANTARYAMIN: Inner witness.ANUBHAVA: Experience.

APTA: Realized.

ARHATA: A perfected Soul.ASAMPRAJNATA: Highest superconscious state

where the mind is completely annihilated and Reality

experienced.

ASANA: A bodily pose or posture.ASHRAM: A hermitage; monastery.

ASHTANGA: Eight limbs. Click herefor a discourse

on Raja Yoga / Ashtanga Yoga.ASURIC: Demoniacal.

ATMA-JNANA: Knowledge of the Self.

ATMA-SVARUP: The essential nature of the Self.ATMAN: The Self.

AVADHUTA: A naked sage.

AVARANA: Veil of ignorance.

AVIDYA: Ignorance.

AYURVEDA: The ancient Indian science of medicin

BENARES: A holy pilgrimage centre of Hindus, now

called Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India.

BHAGAVAD-GITA: A scripture containing LordKrishna's teachings.Click here to view an online

version.

BHAGAVATA: Name of a Purana (sacred work

dealing with the doctrines of creation, etc.)BHAJAN: Devotional song

BHAKTA: Devotee of God

BHAKTI: Devotion.BHARATAVARSHA: India.

BHAVA(NA): Feeling; mental attitude.

BHAYANAKA-SABDA: A fear inducing sound.BHOGI: Enjoyer.

BHUMA: The Unconditioned, the Great Infinite,

Brahman.

BHUTA-SIDDHI: A psychic power by which master

is gained over the elements.BODHISATTVA: A being who, having developed th

Awakening Mind (a mind infused with the aspirationto attain the state ofBuddhahood), devotes his life to

the task of achieving Buddhahood for the sake of all

sentient beings.BRAHMA-CHINTANA: Constant thinking of

Brahman.

BRAHMA-JNANA: Direct Knowledge ofBrahman.BRAHMA-NISHTHA: One who is established in the

Knowledge ofBrahman.

BRAHMA-SROTRI: One who has knowledge of theVedas and theUpanishads.BRAHMA-SUTRAS: Classical Vedantic scripture.

BRAHMA-TEJAS: Spiritual halo.

BRAHMA-VIDYA: The science of Brahman,knowledge of Brahman, learning pertaining to

Brahman or the Absolute Reality. Click here for an

essay on Brahma Vidya.BRAHMACHARYA: Practice of celibacy. Purity in

thought, word and deed. Click here for a discourse on

Brahmacharya.

BRAHMAMUHURTA: Period from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m.BRAHMAN: The Absolute Reality; God.

BRIHADARANYAKA: Name of anUpanishad.

BUDDHA: One who is totally purified from alldefilements and who has realized all that can be

known.

BUDDHI: Intellect.

CHAITANYA: Pure Consciousness.CHAKRAS: Centres of energy in the human system.
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CHANDOGYA: Name of an Upanishad.

CHELA: Disciple.CHIRANJIVI: One who has gained eternal life.

CHITTA: Subconscious mind.

DAIVIC: Divine.DAMA: Control of senses.

DARSHAN: Vision.

DAYA: Mercy.

DEHA: Body.DEVAS: Celestial beings.

DHARANA: Concentration.

DHARMA: Righteous way of living as enjoined bythe sacred scriptures, virtue.

DHYANA: Meditation.

DIVYA-DRISHTI: Divine perception.DVESHA: Repulsion; hatred; dislike.

EKADASI: Eleventh day of the Hindu lunar fortnight.

Click herefor a discourse on the significance of

Ekadasi.

GANDHA: Smell.GANGA: River Ganges.

GAYATRI: One of the most sacred Vedic Mantras;

goddess.GITA: Renowned sacred text"Bhagavad-Gita". Click

hereto view an online version.

GUNA: Quality born of nature.GURU: Teacher; preceptor.Click here for a more

detailed explanation.

HAVAN: Sacred oblations.

HIRANYAGARBHA: Cosmic intelligence; thesupreme lord of the universe; cosmic mind.

INDRA: The Lord of gods; the ruler of heaven.

INDRIYAS: Senses.

ISHVARA: Lord; God.

JADA: Insentient.

JAPA: Repetition of the Lord's Name.

JIVA: Individual Soul.JIVANMUKTA: One who is liberated in this life.JNANA: Knowledge; wisdom.

JNANA-INDRIYAS: Organs of knowledge or

perception.JNANI: (Pronounced Nyani) A wise person.

KAIVALYA: Emancipation; state of absolute

independence.

KARMA: Actions operating through the law of cause

and effect. Click here for a discourse on Karma Yoga

KARMA-INDRIYAS: Organs of action - tongue,hands, feet, genital organ and anus.

KARMA-KANDI: One who observes strictly the

duties ordained in the scriptures.KARMASRAYA: Receptacle of actions.

KARUNA: Compassion

KASHAYA: Hidden desires.KIRTAN: Singing devotional songs.

KRIYA: A type of of exercise in Hatha Yoga.KSHAMA: Forgiveness.KUNDALINI: The primordial cosmic energy located

in the individual.

KUTIR: A small cottage; hut.

LAYA: Merging; dissolution.LINGA-SARIRA: The subtle body, the astral body.

LOBHA: Greed.

MAHA: Great.

MAHABHARATA: A Hindu epic.MAHANT: Great sage

MAHAPURUSHA: A great soul.

MAHARISHI: Great sageMAHASAMADHI: The departure of a Self-realized

saint from his mortal coil.

MAHATMA: Great soul

MAITRI: Friendship.MANAS: Mind.

MANONASA: Destruction of mind.

MANTRA: Sacred syllable or word, or set of words

through the repetition and reflection of which oneattains perfection.

MAYA: The illusive power of God. Click here for amore thorough explanation.

MOHA: Infatuation.

MOKSHA: Liberation.

MOUNA: Vow of silence.MOUNI: One who observes silence.

MUKTI: Liberation.

MUMUKSHU: One who aspires after moksha orliberation.

MUNI: An ascetic.MURTI: Idol.

NADA: Mystic sound.NIRODHA: Control or restraint.

NIRVANA: Liberation; final emancipation.

NIRVIKALPA-SAMADHI: Superconscious statewhere there is no modification of the mind orTriputi

NITYA-SIDDHA: A liberated soul of marvellous

powers who is ever present on the astral plane.
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NIVRITTI: Renunciation.

NIYAMA: The second step inRaja Yoga; observance- purity, contentment, austerities, etc.

OJAS: Spiritual energy.

OM: The sacred monosyllable which symbolizesBrahman.

OORDHVARETA: A Yogi who has stored up the

seminal energy in the brain after sublimating the same

into spiritual energy.

PARIVRAJAKA: Wandering monk.

PARAM-DHAMA: Supreme abode.

PARAMAHAMSA: The highest class ofSannyasins.

PASU-SVABHAVA: Animal nature; bestial nature.PATANJALI: The author of Yoga-Sutras. Click here

for a discourse on Patanjali's Raja Yoga / Ashtanga

Yoga.PRAKRITI: Mother Nature, causal matter.

PRANA: Vital energy; life-breath.

PRANAVA: The sacred monosyllableOm.PRANAYAMA: Practice of breath-control.

PRATYAHARA: Abstraction of senses; fifth step in

Raja Yoga.PREMA: Divine Love.

PRITHVI: Earth.

PURANA: Hindu myths and legends.

PURNA-JNANI: A full-blown sage.PURNA-YOGI: A full-blown yogi.

PURUSHA: The Supreme Being.

RAGA: Attachment.RAJA: King.RAJAS: One of the three qualities ofPrakriti which

generates passion and restlessness.

RAJA-YOGA: A system of Yoga generally taken to bethe one propounded by Patanjali Maharishi, i.e.,

Ashtanga Yoga. Click here for a discourse on Raja

Yoga/Ashtanga Yoga.RAJASUYA-YAJNA: A sacrifice performed by a

monarch as a mark of his subduing all other kings.

RAMAYANA: A holy narative of Lord Rama.

RASA: Taste.RASASVADA: Tasting the bliss of lowerSamadhi.

RISHI: Sage.

RISHIKESH: A sacred place in the Himalayas.RUPA: Form.

SADHAKA: Spiritual aspirant.

SADHANA: Spiritual practice. Click here for a

discourse on Sadhana.SADHU: Pious man; Sannyasin.

SAGARA: Ocean.

SAHASRANAMA: The thousand Names of the LordSAKSHI: Witness.

SAKTI: Power; the feminine aspect of Divinity.

SAKTI-SANCHAR: Transference of power by adeveloped Yogi.

SAMA: Serenity; control of mind.

SAMADHI: The state of superconsciousness whereAbsoluteness is experienced attended with all-

knowledge and joy. Oneness.SAMSARA: The process of worldly life.SAMSKARAS: Impressions in the subconscious

mind.

SAMYAMA: Perfect restraint, an all-complete

condition of balance and repose, concentration,meditation andSamadhi.

SANKARA: The well known teacher ofVedanta

philosophy. Click here for a biography.SANKIRTAN: Singing of divine songs.

SANNYASINS: Those who have embraced the life o

complete renunciation.SATCHIDANANDA: Existence absolute(Sat),

Knowledge absolute(Chid), Bliss absolute(Ananda).

SATSANG: Association with the wise.

SATTVA: Purity-one of the three qualities of nature.SATYA-YUGA: the Age of Truth, the first of the fou

Hindu time-cycles.

SHABDA: Sound.SIDDHI: Psychic power.

SIVA: Lord Siva - bestower of auspiciousness on His

devotees.

SLOKA: Verse.SPARSA: Touch.

SRADDHA: Faith.SRI: Auspiciousness-a name is qualified by putting

"Sri" before it as a mark of courtesy and

auspiciousness.

STOTRA: Hymn.SUDDHA: Pure.

SUKHA: Happiness.

SUSHUMNA: The chief among astral tubes in thehuman body running inside the spinal column.

SUTRA: Aphorism.SVADHYAYA: Study of scriptures.SVARUPA: Essential nature; Reality.

TAMAS: One of the three qualities of nature which

generates inertia, laziness, dullness and infatuation.

TANMATRA: Subtle, undifferentiated root elementsof matter.

TAPAS: Austerity.

TAPASCHARYA: Practice of austerity.
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TATTVA: Essence; principle.

TEHSILDAR: Revenue officer.TRIPUTI: The triad-seer, sight and seen.

TRISHNA: Sense-hankering.

TURIYA: The state of superconsciousness, the fourthstate transcending the waking, dreaming and deep

sleep states.

TYAGA: Renunciation (of egoism, desires and theworld).

UDDALAKA: A great sage of yore.

UPADESA: Spiritual advice.

UPANISHADS: Revelation; text dealing withUltimate Truth and Its Realization.

VAIRAGYA: Dispassion.

VASANA-KSHYA: Desireless.

VASANAS: Subtle desires.VASTU: Article.

VEDANTA: The school of Hindu thoughts (based

primarily on the Upanishads).VEDANTIN: One who follows the path ofVedanta

VEDAS: The most ancient authentic scripture of the

Hindus, a revealed scripture and therefore free from

imperfections.

VEERYA: Seminal energy.VETTA: Knower.

VICHARA: Enquiry into the nature of the Self, Truth

Absolute, Brahman.VIGRAHA: Attack.

VIKSHEPA: The tossing of mind.

VISHAYA: Sense-objects.VIVEKA: Discrimination.

VRITTI: A wave in the mind-lake.VYAVAHARA: (Worldly) activity.

YAJNAVALKYA: A great sage of yore.YAMA: First step in Raja Yoga; Eternal vows - non-

violence, truthfulness, etc.

YOGA: Union; union with the Supreme Being - anycourse that makes for such union. Click here for a

discourse on Yoga.

YOGI (N): One who practices Yoga; one who is

established in Yoga.

YONI: Source.

ZAMINDAR: A rich landlord.

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QuestionsDate

. When did you get up from bed ?

. How many hours did you sleep ?

. How many Malas of Japa ?

. How long in Kirtan ?

. How many Pranayamas ?

. How long did you perform Asanas ?

. How long did you meditate in one Asana?

. How many Gita Slokas did you read or get by heart ?

. How long in the company of the wise (Satsanga) ?
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0. How many hours did you observe Mouna ?

1. How long in disinterested selfless service ?

2. How much did you give in charity ?

3. How many Mantras you wrote ?

4. How long did you practice physical exercise ?

5. How many lies did you tell and with what self-punishment ?

6. How many times and how long of anger and with what self-unishment ?

7. How many hours you spent in useless company ?

8. How many times you failed in Brahmacharya ?

9. How long in study of religious books ?

0. How many times you failed in the control of evil habits and with

what self-punishment ?

1. How long you concentrated on your Ishta Devata (Saguna orNirguna Dhyana) ?

2. How many days did you observe fast and vigil ?

3. Were you regular in your meditation ?

4. What virtue are you developing ?

5. What evil quality are you trying to eradicate ?

6. What Indriya is troubling you most ?

7. When did you go to bed ?

Key to Bliss

1. Serve. Love. Give. Meditate. Realise.2. Be Good. Do Good.3. Enquire Who am I? Know the Self and be free.

4. Detach. Attach. D.I.N. (Do It Now)

5. Adapt, Adjust and Accommodate.6. Bear insult. Bear injury. Highest Sadhana.

7. Simplify. Purify. Intensify.

8. Seek, Find, Enter and Rest.9. Devote, Dedicate and Dissolve.

10. Examine, Analyse and Know.

11. Enquire, Discover and Recover.

12. Cooperate, Collaborate and Coordinate.13. Devotion, Dedication and Discipline.

14. Discrimination, Dispassion and Determination.

15. Aspiration, Renunciation and Meditation.

16. Service, Sacrifice and Sublimation.

17. Solitude, Seclusion and Silence.18. Purification. Concentration. Reflection.

Meditation.

19. Illumination, Identification, Absorption andSalvation.

20. Energise. Galvanise. Vitalise.

21. Excel in service. Expand in love. Advance inknowledge.

22. Pray. Aspire. Inspire.

Select, O aspirants, any one of these keys, open the

chambers of thy heart and enter the abode of Bliss anrest peacefully for ever. May Lord bless you.

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