Ātman or atman is a Sanskrit word for the Absolute Self or Universal Soul. Ātman is the first principle, the true self of an individual who is beyond identification with the name and form of the body. To attain liberation or Moksha, a human being must acquire self-knowledge (Jnana Atma) by direct experience, and thereby to realize that one's true self (Ātman) is identical with the Transcendental Self, Brahman, or Bhagavān, or Paramātmā, true source of permanent Absolute Bliss.
Avadhuta: (IAST: avadhūta) A spiritually enlightened person who is beyond egoic-consciousness, duality and common worldly concerns and whose behaviour often does not conform to social norms.
Bhagavan (Devanāgarī: भगवान्, IAST: Bhagavān) is an epithet for God, meaning "blissful" or "Blessed". Bhagavān also represents the concept of abstract God without form; it is the Supreme Soul, Absolute Bliss, the home of all the laws of nature, total knowledge, Transcendental Consciousness. As Guru Dev says (p151) “The Veda and the Śāstras are the road map. With their help, you will find Bhagavān. However, just knowing Bhagavān is not sufficient, you must experience him. Experience is essential.” So Maharishi Mahesh Yogi well-known disciple of Guru Dev transmitted the knowledge of making daily experience of Bhagavān through his simple and natural technique of Transcendental Meditation.
Bhagavatam: The Bhāgavata Purāṇa (Devanāgarī: भागवतपुराण; also Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata) is one of the eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas, great histories on Hindu mythology), the Bhagavatam is dedicated to promoting devotion to Lord Krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu, the preserver in the Hindu Trinity.
Brahman Brahman (Devanāgarī: ब्रह्मन्): The term Brahman appears in the oldest vedic text, the Rig-Veda, used to qualifie the Supreme Self, understood as being the origin of all the relative and manifested phase of life.
Devanāgarī or (Devanāgarī: देवनागरी ), is an alphasyllabary alphabet, where a set of signs is used to represent the phonemes of a language. It is used for Sanskrit, but also for the Prakrit, Hindi, Nepali, Marathi and several other Indian languages.
The word hindouism> (devanāgarī : हिन्दू धर्म ; "hindoue religion"), or also named as Sanatana Dharma, (sanskrit IAST : sanātanadharma ; devanāgarī : सनातनधर्म ; "Eternel Natural Law"), is one of the oldest religions still practiced in the world, which has neither a founder nor Church. The term Hinduism appeared in the early nineteenth century.
Jīva is translated as the "individual soul," following common non-dual philosophical (Advaita Vedānta) explanations. Under the influence of ignorance or avidyā, ātman appears as jīva, the individual soul subject to transmigration.
Karma (Devanāgarī: कर्म ) means action, work or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual. “As a man himself sows, so he himself reaps; no man inherits the good or evil act of another man. The fruit is of the same quality as the action.” - Mahabharata, XII.291.22 ; “As you sow, so shall you reap”.
Kripa or IAST: Kṛpā (Devanāgarī: कृपा) is the concept of divine grace, though variously it can mean
"grace", "mercy", or "blessing", it can also connote "kindness," depending upon the context.
Maya ou IAST : māyā (devanāgarī: माया).
This term is usually translated as "illusion". To understand it properly, it should be understood as "Illusion versus truth." The illusion is compared to what is true. The truth is defined as "that which never changes." The illusion thus can be understood as "all that changes", all that is bound to change is then designated by the term Maya.
Moksha or IAST: mokṣa (Devanāgarī: मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti and mukti, is a term which refers to various forms of emancipation, liberation, and release. In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth. In its epistemological and psychological senses, moksha refers to freedom from ignorance: self-realization and self-knowledge.
Nishkam Karma or IAST: niṣkāma karma, is self-less or desireless action, it is an action performed without any expectation of fruits or results, stepping beyond personal goals while pursuing any action over greater good and the central tenet of Karma Yoga path to Liberation.
Paramatma or IAST: Paramātmā is the Absolute Atman or Supreme Soul or Spirit in the Vedanta and Yoga philosophies of India. Paramatman is the “Primordial Self” or the
“Self Beyond” who is spiritually practically identical with the Absolute, identical with Brahman. Selflessness is the attribute of Paramatman. Guru Dev uses it often as synonymously with Bhagavan. The term Paramātmā is left untranslated and unitalicized throughout the text to serve as a proper noun so that the reader may interpret Guru Dev's meaning independently.
Prarabdhakarma (IAST: prārabdhakarma) Prarabdha Karma are the part of sanchita karma, a collection of past karmas, which are ready to be experienced through the present body.
Pravrtti or IAST: pravṛtti: tendency, commencement, efficacy, origin, predilection, work to be done, applicability or validity of a rule, giving or devoting one's self to.
PurnamadaThe Isha Upanishad starts with the famous and insightful verse: ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Om oṁ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṁ pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate || Om śānti śānti śāntih || Om. Translations: That (Outer World) is Purna (Full with Divine Consciousness); This (Inner World) is also Purna (Full with Divine Consciousness); From Purna comes Purna (From the Fullness of Divine Consciousness the World is manifested), Taking Purna from Purna, Purna Indeed Remains (Because Divine Consciousness is Non-Dual and Infinite). Om Peace, Peace, Peace. Om Purnamadah Purnamidam - From the Isha Upanishad
Rama or IAST: Rāma (Devanāgarī: राम) or Ramachandra is the seventh avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu. He is the central figure of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Ramayana or IAST: Rāmāyaṇam (Devanāgarī: रामायणम्) . The Ramayana is the first of two Sanskrit itihāsas (ancient Indian epic poem) traditionally ascribed to the Hindu Rishi Vālmīki — the other one being the Mahābhārata attributed to Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa.
Rishi or IAST ṛṣi. In the Vedas the term Rishi (Devanāgarī: ऋषि) denotes a "seer" or "sage", who realized truth and eternal knowledgeSeers, to whom mantras were revealed in deep meditation.
Sadhana or IAST: sādhana (Devanāgarī: साधन), literally "a means of accomplishing something", is an ego-transcending spiritual practice.
Samsara ( IAST: Saṃsāra) The term Saṃsāra is sometimes glossed "the world" with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change. Yet its meaning implies not just birth in this world, but as its Sanskrit root of "streaming" connotes, Saṃsāra is the flow of continuous rebirths the individual soul experiences as well. The term Saṃsāra is consistently retained so the reader is free to interpret it contextually.
Samskara or IAST: Saṃskāra, may here refer to the concept of imprints or impressions left on the mind by experiences of life.
Sanatana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातन धर्म) means 'Eternal religion' or 'Eternal way of life,' the original and traditional name for Hindu num.
Sancita karma: It is the complete accumulation of karma done the individual Jīva. All actions tha awaits maturation.
Saraswati (Goddess) or IAST: Sarasvatī (Devanāgarī: सरस्वती): The Goddess of knowledge, music, learning and the arts. She is a part of the trinity (Tridevi) of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvati.
Shastra or IAST: Śāstra (Devanāgarī: शास्त्र) is a Sanskrit word that commonly refers to a treatise or text on a specific field of knowledge, meaning "manual, book or treatise". The word is generally used as a suffix for technical or specialized knowledge in a defined area of practice. Examples include bhautika-shastra "physics", rasayana-shastra "chemistry", jīva-shastra "biology", vastu-shastra "architectural science", shilpa-shastra "science of mechanical arts and sculpture", artha-shastra "science of politics, economics" and niti-shastra "compendium of ethics or right policy".
Sukhi Sukhī or sukha may be inflected as both adjective and noun. Sukha is a natural pair to the Sanskrit duhkha. Sukha means having a good wheel axel, or comfortable; the second duhkha means having a bad wheel axel, or fraught with hardship. In philosophical discourse, the original Sanskrit duhkha connotes existential hardship, suffering, discomfort, and dissatisfaction, referencing the experience of a chariot rider, who when one wheel is bad, experiences the journey as lurching and uncomfortable; sukha refers to the experience of a smooth ride. The English term "bliss" is reserved for ānanda.
Svarūpa or IAST: Svarūpa, is glossed as "true form," and svabhāva as "self-nature," or in certain contexts, "own nature."
To make amends: By touching it and raiding the hand that touched it to the head, an act of prostration by proxy. The act shows deference (see dictionary.com
Valmiki or IAST: Vālmīki, is the composer of the Ramayana, an epic of the life of times of Lord Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu.
Veda (Devanāgarī: वेद veda) is a word meaning:
"knowledge". The Vedas are a large body of texts composed in Vedic Sanskrit; the texts constitute the oldest scriptures of Sanskrit literature. It is considered to be apauruṣeya, which means "not made by human" and "impersonal, authorless". Vedas are also called śruti meaning "what is being heard" and cognized by the Rishis.
Yoga means "to unite." It indicated union with the Supreme Being. It also refers to the various paths such ad bhakti (devotion) and karma (dedicated action) that can Lead to this union. Raja yoga refers to the means of ganing steadiness of the mind.
