female and male union {abhidhanottara}.
traditional doctrine {agama}.
non-violence or not killing or principle of no-harm {ahimsa, Sanskrit}.
aspect {akara}.
one undivided Essence or no time {akhanda}.
part {amsa, part}.
inference {anumana}.
exclusion {apoha}.
retreat {ashrama} {ashram}.
The four stages of correct life {ashramas} are brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha, and sannyasa.
ignorance of true reality {avidya, Sanskrit}.
self-surrender or emotional devotion {bhakti, Sanskrit}.
meditation or "causing to become" {bhavana}.
enlightenment or awakening {bodhi, Sanskrit}.
aware {buddh}.
Buddha-meditation recollection {buddhanusmrti}.
perceiving and distinguishing intellect {buddhi}.
Mental factors {caitesika} {caittasika} can describe uses of, and emotions about, objects.
The twelve circles or centers of energy, in various body parts, have different consciousness types {cakras} {chakras} or wheels.
Sage can still live in the world to help his devotees {chiranjivi}.
crest-jewel {chudamani}.
mental factors or activities: buddhi, ahamkara, and manas {citta, Sanskrit}.
fate {daivam}.
school or system {darshana} {darsana}.
Concentrate consciousness on the One, absorb with deity, and feel oneness {dharana}.
meditation {dhyana, Sanskrit}.
concentration on one point {ekagrata}.
moment of time {ghatika}.
secret assembly {guhyasamaja}.
secret means {guptasadhana}.
tone {amsa, tone} {hamsa}.
divine will {iccha}.
"life" monads {jiva} are in people and things.
knowing {jna}.
ocean of knowledge {jnanarnava}.
non-theistic or non-devotional spirituality {jnani}.
integration, lost-faculty restoration, or isolation {kaivalya}.
time {kala, Hinduism}.
Time {kalpa} can have one Adi Sandhi, then 14 manvantaras and their Sandhi Kalas, and be one day (1000 mahayugas) or night in life of Brahma.
conceptuality or thought {kalpana}.
precious pleasure {kamaratna}.
action {karma, Sanskrit}.
compassion {karuna, Sanskrit}.
Kaula School of Shaktism {kaula} {kularnava}.
suffering, or impairing self-manifestation {klesa}.
black {krishna}.
coiled energy {kundalini}.
moments {lagna}.
ornaments or teachings {lamkara}.
Sri Lanka {Lankavatara}.
play or display {lila}.
light {loka, Sanskrit}.
great compassion {mahakaruna}.
great liberation {mahanirvana}.
great will, Buddha will, or determinative awareness {mahat}.
Loving-kindness meditation {maitribhavana}.
garland or necklace {mali}.
Mind recognizes sense activity and experience and becomes cognitive {manas}.
ring {mandala}.
holy and beautiful {manjusri}.
Magic formulas {mantra, Hinduism} repeat sounds and concentrate mind on gods. Icon contemplation concentrates mind on gods. Meditation and concentration try to identify human mind with, or allow possession by, God or truth.
death {mara}.
Way of knowledge or way of the monks {marga, Sanskrit} opposes ritual.
ideological book house {matrikabheda}.
law of the fishes {matsya-nyaya} or struggle for survival.
illusion or self-transformation or self-transmutation {maya, Sanskrit}. Spirits produce illusions, change forms, and perform magic.
foundation {mula}.
religious institution {mutt}.
selflessness or loss of belief that one has self {nairatmya}.
world of names and forms {namarupa}.
"neither thus nor thus" and so not sensual and not conceptual {neti neti, Hinduism}.
eye {netra}.
dark blue {nila}.
having no better {niruttara}.
bliss and end of all desire {nirvana, Sanskrit}.
perfection {paramita}.
basket {pitaka}.
fundamental material substance {pradhana}.
wisdom {prajna, Sanskrit}.
whole rebirth and release cycle {praktri, Hinduism}. Matter or nature evolves from within itself. At starts of cosmic eons, determinative awareness evolves, then ego evolves, and then mind evolves. These three constitute unconscious and inanimate Mind, which purusa animates into consciousness.
valid cognitive abilities: perception, inference, testimony, and analogy {pramana}.
universe life-spirit {prana, Hinduism}.
breath control {pranayama, Sanskrit}.
Sense numbing {pratyahara} involves focusing on interior and Self, rather than exterior world.
perception {pratyaksa}.
ecstatic love {prema}.
ghost {preta}.
ancient {purana, Sanskrit}.
selves with eternal inactive soul that animates inner Mind and transforms mental activity into conscious experience {purusa, Hinduism}.
previous {purva}.
aesthetics {rasa}.
praise {rig, Sanskrit}.
awareness {rigpa}.
People can have received Vedas {rishi}.
aspect assertion {sakaravada}.
balance or equality or sameness {sama, Sanskrit}.
merging of mind with Brahman {samadhi, Sanskrit}.
quiescence or quiet attention to something {samatha}.
Veda section {samhita}.
greatly bewildering {sammohana}.
awareness of attention to something {samprajanya}.
eternal birth and death round {samsara, Sanskrit}. Perception or attention is knowledge of differentiation. The pure consciousness of God constantly manifests individual selves and objects of ordinary world, as both efficient and material cause.
rain {samvarodaya}.
complete renunciation {sannyasa}.
being or existence {sat, Sanskrit}.
truth {satya, Hinduism}.
clarity or luminousness {selwa}.
rules {shastha}.
education or knowledge, usually used as suffix {shastra}.
tricks or skills {siddhi, Sanskrit}.
mindfulness, awareness, or attention to something {smrti}.
fortune {sri}.
alter {sulba}.
Void {sunyata, Sanskrit}.
short and unambiguous statement or aphorism or teachings {sutra}.
teachings or discourses {sutta}.
spontaneous {svacchanda}.
In Hinduism, tantras {tantra, Sanskrit} are rituals and ideas, supposedly that Shiva gave to people. The One projects in two ways, as Shiva and Sakti, active male and passive female principles. Female is projected energy of male.
meditation {tantraraja}.
psychic energy or spiritual fervor {tapas, Sanskrit}.
self-inflicted act of suffering during tapas {tapasya}.
"That art Thou" {tat tuam asi}.
Communities have a group mind {tatemae, Sanskrit}, animated by consensus. Group mind takes precedence over individual mind. Minds must submit to gods' influences and interventions.
principles {tattva}.
instruction {upadesa}.
teaching of guru to disciple {upanishad, Sanskrit}.
equanimity {upeksa}.
striking thunderbolt {vajrapatala}.
female thunderbolt {vajrayogini}.
auspicious {varnada}.
Tantric Buddhism has wind meditations {vayu}. Tibetan Buddhism wind meditation {tummo} {gtum mo} makes body heat.
knowledge {veda}.
seed {vijayottara}.
In Hinduism, highest state of consciousness {vijnana, Sanskrit} means plenitude-of-knowledge.
precise guitar {vinashikha}.
insight or meditation for insight {vipasyana}.
discriminative insight into true Self {viveka}.
sacrifice rituals {yagu}.
asceticism {yama, Sanskrit}.
womb or divine passage {yoni}.
"I-maker" or ego {ahamkara}.
The unconscious and inanimate inner organ or Mind is constantly changing, moving, and being moved, in ordinary world of action and experience {antahkarana}.
self or inner self {atman, Sanskrit}.
self {svaya}.
titan {asura}.
god {deva}.
celestial musician {gandharva}.
Lord {isvara}.
goblin {kumbhanda}.
water god {naga}.
giant monster {raksasa}.
Dravidian fertility gods {yaksas}.
First area of life {artha} is material possessions, means of getting them, and needs and desires for them. Artha knowledge allows prosperity and survival against world dangers. Kings especially need artha.
Arthasastra is Scriptural Texts of government. Arthasastra involves negotiation, aggression, bribery, treason, distrust, trickery, neglect, and proper tactics. Mandala of friends and enemies is an arthasastra principle. Enemies surround people. Around enemies is circle of friends. Enemies surround circle of friends, and so on. Circles keep everything in balance.
The third area of human life {dharma, Sanskrit} is religious and moral duties. People can assimilate into society by playing their roles perfectly, without personality. People can follow laws exactly, with no choices to make. Social order depends on people performing their duties and roles. In this way, people can follow universal law and so gain virtue. People can live their lives as service to the One. People must do crafts in traditional ways. Crafts have gods. First books about dharma described Vedic-school social, ritual, and religious practices.
Desire {kama} is second area of life. Kama is about pleasure and love.
Release {moksa, Hinduism} is the fourth area of human life. Moksa includes apavarga or completion, nivrtti or repose and passivity, and nirvrtti or bliss. Moksa is about redemption and spiritual release, which is life's final and ultimate aim. The first three areas of life are pursuits of the world. Moksa is release from world. Knowing or being conscious is knowledge of unified and true world.
matter qualities {guna}.
Guna {rajas, gunas} can be passion and change.
Guna {sattva, Sanskrit} can be truth and goodness.
Guna {tamas} can be inertia.
fourth or steady or unmoving {atharva}.
five {pancha} {panca}.
seven {sapta}.
student {brahmacharya}.
sage {charya}.
householder {grihastha}.
Originally, people {guru, Sanskrit} taught Vedas. Now, teacher guides people in life. Pupils are obedient and reverent. They want to learn, never criticize, serve teacher, and have faith in teacher and his teaching. Gurus live their lives as models of Hindu philosophy. Compassion caused gurus to descend from enlightened state to illusory world to help others know true reality. Buddhism rejected the idea of gurus, in favor of personal reasoning.
king or prince {maharaja} {maharajah}.
first man {manu, Sanskrit}.
love or mother {matri}.
ruler or prince {raja} {rajah}.
princess or queen {rani} {ranee}.
holy sage {risi}.
Hindu ascetic or monk {sadhu}.
master {sambhara}.
forest dweller {vanaprastha}.
female yogi {yogini}.
priest {brahmin, Sanskrit}.
noble {ksatriya, Sanskrit} {khathruja, Sanskrit}.
saint or sage {mahatma, Sanskrit}.
person with no caste {harajan, Sanskrit} {pariah, Sanskrit} {outcast, India}, whom no one should touch {untouchable, India}.
worker {sudra, Sanskrit}.
merchant {vaisya, Sanskrit}.
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