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ji jivanmukthi
jnana
jnani jyoti Kailas
Kali karma
kosas Krishna
kshema kundalini leela (lila)
mahatma mahima manas mandir mantra marga maya
moksha
nagara-sankirtan narada
Nilayam
OM paramatma Patanjali
prakriti prana
Glossary 317
A syllable added to a word to denote respect, e.g., Swamiji, Babaji.
The God-realized person in whom only the divine vision is active. He no longer has any identification whatsoever with his body.
The yoga path in which emphasis is laid on knowledge and discrimination, leading to wisdom, and the awareness of one’s identity with the divine. A jnani is one who follows this path. The word is also used to denote one who has reached awareness of his divine identity.
One who has direct knowledge of the highest wisdom. The light and form of a flame.
A peak of the Himalayas regarded as the sacred abode of Shiva.
A name of the divine mother; the primal energy.
Action; the law that governs all action and its inevitable consequences on the doer; the law of cause and effect, or moral compensation for acts done in the past.
The five sheaths of embodiment.
An Avatar of Vishnu. “He who draws you by means of the joy he imparts.”
Preservation of that which one has acquired.
Spiritual energy lying dormant in all individuals.
Divine play or sport, carrying the overtones of joy and spontaneity. The word is used to mean divine miracles. But the whole of creation, being regarded as an inexplicable miracle, is sometimes called the Lord’s leela.
A great soul.
Superhuman power, miracle.
The mind.
Prayer hall, temple.
Sacred words or verse repeated during meditation.
Path, road, way, course.
Ignorance obscuring the vision of God; the primal enticing illusion appearing as duality and called the world; attachment.
Liberation or final emancipation of the soul from duality and bondage to the world, which is the goal of spiritual practice. Mukti has the same meaning.
Singing bhajans in a group while walking slowly through the streets; done in the early hours before dawn.
The ancient ríshi or seer who wrote the classic of bhakti yoga, called Narada Bhakti Sutras.
Prasanthi Nilayam; abode of eternal peace. Name of Sai Baba’s ashram.
The primeval sound by which God sustains the cosmos. The atma viewed in its universal aspect. God.
The name of the ancient sage who wrote the basic guide to raja yoga, known as Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
Primordial nature, which in association with Purusha (eter- nal conscious principle) creates the universe.
The vital breath that sustains life in the physical body.