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Vedas
Vedanta/Vedantic
One of the six systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy formulated by many rishis including Vyasa.
vibhuti
Sacred ash materialized by Sai Baba. It represents the ultimate condition of all things and cannot undergo further change. The ash is associated with Shiva who burned desire to ash.
vijnanamaya kosa
Intellectual sheath; the second most inner of the five kosas encasing the Atma.
Vraja
vyana
Vyasa-Bhagavan
The Lord in the form of a man named Vyasa; he came to collate the Vedas and teach man the path towards God.
Yoga
yogakshema
Welfare, protection, and happiness promised by Krishna to those who surrender to Him.
yogi
The most sacred scriptures of the Hindu religion, regarded as revelations of great seers, chief among which are four books: the Rig-veda, Yajur-veda, Sama-veda, and Atharvana-veda.
The region where gopas and gopis lived.
Vital air that moves through the entire circulatory system.
Union of the individual soul and the universal soul; also, the method to realize this union. It is the general term for several types of spiritual practices to control the mind and transform it into an instrument for realizing God.
A spiritual aspirant who seeks union with God. One who practices one of the Yogas. Lord Shiva is referred to as “Yogeeshawara, Lord of all yogis.”
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