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Glossary of Sanskrit Words
Adi Narayana - concept denoting lord of the universe; equivalent to "Adonai" in Hebraic Kabbalah atma - soul Buddha - refers to the divine nature in all humans; same as Christ Principle which everyone has; often referring to Siddhartha Gautama (5000 B.C.) who attained illumination or "Buddhahood" through maditation; Jesus the Christ, is known in the East as the Buddha Maitreya or the Buddha of Limitless Compassion. chakra - energy points in the body; there are at least seven chakras in the body the physical counterpart of which are the glands (e.g. pineal, pituitary, thyroid, thymus, adrenal, etc.) chela - student/practitioner of the mystical arts; one who meditates dhyana - meditation dharana - concentration karma - destiny; the consequences of one's act and thought whether good or bad kundalini - divine force, coiled like a serpent on the muladhara chakra (coccyx), which is present in all humans either in latent or awakened state; the awakening of this force lets a person attain samadhi and develops such powers as clairvoyance, telekenesis, astral projection, and mastery over the elements of fire, water, earth, and air mantra - power words which have efficacy not because of the meaning but because of the sound vibrations inherent and produced thereby; divine names of God (e.g. "Aum," "Amen," "Eheieh," "Adonai," etc.) Naga - a mystic; initiate of the ancient mysteries Naga Brahma - an illuminated mystic nirguna - impersonal aspect of the Absolute God nirvana - heaven; literally, "annihilation of desire." According to the Buddha, desire is ultimately the cause of suffering, hence, to attain nirvana or samadhi one must meditate and forsake all cravings and attachment Om - one of the highly esteemed mantra known in India, Equivalent to the YHVH [Tetragrammaton] of the Kabbalists, which is the primordial sound in the creation of the universe. prakriti - conscious divine energy prana - ultra molecular Life - force that pervades the entire universe and is present in all matter sadhana - meditation/spiritual practice saguna - personal aspect of God samadhi - a state of supreme ecstacy; full realization of reality and comprehension of God attained through meditation samsara - mental impressions or tendencies embedded in one's subconscious accumulated through countless numbers of birth and rebirth Siddha - a highly-evolved, Self-realized being yoga - system of meditation aimed at attaining samadhi or illumination; literally, "union with God" yogi - practitioner of yoga
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