Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta (IAST advaita vedānta; Devanagari अद्वैत वेदान्त; IPA [ədvaitə vé:dα:ntə]) is probably th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Advaita And Science
According to some followers of Advaita, it may very well be a place where the scientific world intersects with the spiritual world. They ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta: (Sanskrit) "Nondual end (or essence) of the Vedas." Names the monistic schools, most prominently that of Sh...   » Read the article

Article - Vedanta Schools: The Advaita Philosophy Of Sri Sankara
The teachings of Sankara can be summed up in half a verse: Brahman (the Absolute) is alone real; this world is unreal; and the Jiva or th...   » Read the article

Article - Vedanta Philosophy: The Vedanta Schools Of Philosophy
The Sutras or aphorisms of Vyasa are the basis of the Vedanta philosophy. These Sutras have been variously explained by different comment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Salient Features Of Advaitism
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Advaita Vedanta - Thre...   » Read the article

Article - Self-realisation: Matter And Energy, Brahman And Maya  
Spirituality is man’s realisation of the spirit. According to advaita , the non-dualistic philosophy of Vedanta , this spirit, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vidyaranya: Encyclopedia - Vidyaranya
Vidyaranya is variously known as being a king maker, patron saint and high priest to Hakka and Bukka, the founders of the Vijayanagar emp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jnana: Encyclopedia - Jnana
Jñāna is the Sanskrit term for knowledge. In Buddhism, it refers to pure awareness that is free of conceptual encumbrances, and is cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upanishad: Encyclopedia - Upanishad
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avidya: Encyclopedia - Avidya
Avidya, pronounced avidyā, is a Sanskrit word meaning Ignorance, delusion, unlearned, unwise. It is used extensively in Buddhist and Hin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Appayya Dikshidar: Encyclopedia - Appayya Dikshidar
Appayya Dikshidar (1520-1593), born in Adayapalam, near Vellore, South India, a great householder in the orthodox Indian tradition, was a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Philosophy: Encyclopedia - Indian Philosophy
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic The term Indian philoso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaudapada: Encyclopedia - Gaudapada
Gaudapada (c. 8th century CE) was a very early guru in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta. He is thought to be the guru of the great teache...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dvaita: Encyclopedia - Dvaita
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Dvaita, a school of Ved...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mimamsa: Encyclopedia - Mimamsa
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic The main objective of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia - Brahman
Brahman (ब्रह्मन् in devanagari script) in the Vedantic (and subsequently Yogic) schools of Hinduism, is the signifying n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishishtadvaita: Encyclopedia - Vishishtadvaita
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Vishisthadvaita is a qu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia - Brahmanism
Brahmanism, popularly known as Hinduism, developed its ritual, worship and philosophy from Aryan scriptures; the Vedas. Over the years th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vijnanabhiksu: Encyclopedia - Vijnanabhiksu
Vijnanabhiksu is an Indian philosopher who lived in north India in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. He wrote commentaries on three...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Godhead: Encyclopedia - Godhead
Other related archivesA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Advaita Vedanta, Binitarianism, Dvaita, Father, Gaudiya Vaishnava, Godhead (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ajativada: Encyclopedia - Ajativada
The Sanskrit term Ajativada can be translated as "non-creation". Ajativada is one of several alternately-held creation theories in Hindu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmavidya: Encyclopedia - Brahmavidya
The Indian philosophy of Advaita Vedanta explains that we suffer as a result of our avidya (ignorance) and maya (misconceived, misinterpr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nyaya: Encyclopedia - Nyaya
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Nyaya (pronounced as "n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaisheshika: Encyclopedia - Vaisheshika
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Vaisheshika, also Vaise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Philosophy: Encyclopedia - Hindu Philosophy
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Hindu philosophy (one o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samkhya: Encyclopedia - Samkhya
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Samkhya, also Sankhya, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carvaka: Encyclopedia - Carvaka
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Carvaka, also frequentl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shringeri: Encyclopedia - Shringeri
Sringeri, located in Chikmagalur district in the Indian state of Karnataka is the site of the fourth matha established by the Adi Sankara...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dayananda Saraswati: Encyclopedia - Dayananda Saraswati
Swami Dayananda Saraswati (दयानन्‍द सरस्‍वती) was born in Tamil Nadu. He became a swami as a young man an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ramana Maharshi: Encyclopedia - Ramana Maharshi
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 – April 14, 1950) was a great Hindu mystic of the Advaita Vedanta stream and is widely ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Higher Self: Encyclopedia - Higher Self
The term Higher Self generally refers to an eternal, conscious, and intelligent being. The term has been popularized by many involved in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maharshi: Encyclopedia - Maharshi
A Maharshi (from Sanskrit maha great + rishi) is a Rishi who has mastered many arts and is just before the stage of becoming a Brahmarshi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta Non-dualistic school of Hindu philosophy   (See also: Advaita Vedanta , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta: (Sanskrit) "Nondual end (or essence) of the Vedas." Names the monistic schools, most prominently that of Shan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Advaita Vedanta
advaita vedanta: non-dualistic vedantic philosophy   (See also: advaita vedanta , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Vedanta: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta: non-dualistic form of Vedantic philosophy   (See also: Advaita Vedanta , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sansk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Upanishad - List Of Upanishads
Upanishad - Principal Upanishads. The following is a list of the ten "principal" (mukhya) Upanishads that were commented upon by Shanka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Sub Castes
Brahmanism - Maharashtrian sub-castes:. Chitpavan Brahmins, Deshastha Brahmins Karhade Brahmins, Brahmanism - South Indian brahmin sub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avidya: Encyclopedia Ii - Avidya - Buddhist Concept
Avidya plays a key role in Buddhism and Buddhist doctrine and is the primary cause of suffering in Samsara. Avidya is one of the Three F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Upanishad: Encyclopedia Ii - Upanishad - Place In The Hindu Canon
Scholarly breakdowns of the Vedic books see the four Vedas as poetic liturgy, collectively called mantra or sam.hitā-, adoration and sup...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta: Literally "end of the Vedas"; one of Hinduism's formal schools of emancipation (darsanas) which draws heavily on th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita
advaita: (Sanskrit) "Non dual; not twofold." Nonduality or monism. The philosophical doctrine that Ultimate Reality consists...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita
advaita: (Sanskrit) "Non dual; not twofold." Nonduality or monism. The philosophical doctrine that Ultimate Reality consists o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nondual (nondualism):: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Nondual (nondualism):
nondual (nondualism): See: dvaita-advaita, monistic theism, Vedanta. (See also: Nondual (nondualism): , Hinduism, Body Mind and Sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Enlightenment And Brahman
While Brahman lies behind the sum total of the objective universe, some human minds boggle at any attempt to explain it with only the too...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Advaita
Advaita:   Advaita ("nonduality"): the truth and teaching that there is only One Reality (Atman, Brahman), especially...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brahma Sutra Bhashya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Brahma Sutra Bhashya
Brahma Sutra Bhashya: (Sanskrit) A lengthy 13thcentury commentary on the Brahma Sutras by Srikantha to establish a Vedic base for the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yogatattva Upanishad: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yogatattva Upanishad
Yogatattva Upanishad: (Sanskrit) Scripture of 142 verses based on Advaita Vedanta and yoga practices, ca 1400. (See also: Yogatattv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Maya
Maya: Hindu term coined by Advaita Vedanta to refer to the illusory or deceptive nature of the world which prompts us to make distinct...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankara: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Sankara
Sankara (788-820 CE): Hindu founder of Advaita Vedanta, a monistic (or nondual) interpretation of Vedanta philosophy; Sankara emphasiz...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanuja: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Ramanuja
Ramanuja: 11th century CE Hindu founder of Visista-advaita Vedanta (qualified monistic Vedanta) who maintains that God himself is comp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Vedanta
A Theosophical definition of Vedanta :   Vedanta (Sanskrit) From the Upanishads and from other parts of the wonderful cycle of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Brahman And Atman
Philosopher mystics of the Upanishads identify Brahman, the world soul, with atman, the inner essence of the human being, or the human so...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ramanuja: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ramanuja
Ramanuja: (Sanskrit) Philosopher (1017-1137), saint, great bhakta, founder of one of five major Vaishnava schools, and considered the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Pantheism
The pantheistic doctrine which forms the foundation of the Brahmanical system of belief found its most complete exposition in one of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Siddhanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Siddhanta
Advaita Siddhanta: (Sanskrit) "Nondual perfect conclusions." Saivite philosophy codified in the Agamas which has at its core...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Sacramental Rites
The three first castes, however unequal to each other in privilege and social standing, are yet united by a common bond of sacramental ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Etymology
Brahman or brahma, and similar words, have various meanings, mostly related to Hinduism. These words come from a Sanskrit root bŗh = " t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita Siddhanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Advaita Siddhanta
Advaita Siddhanta: (Sanskrit) "Nondual perfect conclusions." Saivite philosophy codified in the Agamas which has at its core t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Theology
The tendency towards a comprehension of the unity of the divine essence had resulted in some minds, as has been remarked before, in a kin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - The Four Stages Of Life
The pious Brahmin, longing to attain the summum bonum on the dissolution of his material body, was enjoined to pass through a succession ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Caste
In India and Nepal, Brahmins, being members of the highest caste, historically enjoyed high social status as being traditionally learned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Moksha
Orthodox Brahmanical scholasticism makes the attainment of final emancipation (mukti, moksha) dependent on perfect knowledge of the divin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahman: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahman - Semantics And Pronunciation
In the earliest Vedic Sanskrit: The word stem (neuter gender) is Brahman (ब्रह्मन्, pronounced as /brəh mən/) and its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Challenge To Brahmin Supremacy And Caste System
Brahmanism - Buddhism. Such a man arose in the person of a prince of Kapilavastu, Siddhārtha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism (about t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta: (Sanskrit) "Ultimate wisdom" or "final conclusions of the Vedas." Vedanta is the system of thought embodi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Shankara
Shankara:   Shankara ("He who is benevolent"): the eighth-century adept who was the greatest proponent of nondualism ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta (Sanskrit) The end or completion of the Veda; the final, most perfect exposition of the Vedic tenets. As Uttara-mimansa, one o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Katha Upanishad, Kathopanishad: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Katha Upanishad, Kathopanishad
Katha Upanishad or Kathopanishad (Sanskrit) One of the Upanishads of the Yajur-Veda, named after the sage Katha; commented upon by San...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Evolution Of Brahminism
As the language of the Early Aryans has undergone continual processes of modification, dialectic division, and amalgamation with other na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brahmanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Brahmanism - Brahmin Supremacy
A considerable portion of the literature of Vedic times has apparently been lost; and several important works, the original composition o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Shankara
Shankara: (788-820AD) Founder of the best-known and most influential school of Vedanta, known as the non-dualist or advaita Vedanta. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shankara
Shankara: (Sanskrit) One of Hinduism's most extraordinary monks (788-820) and preeminent guru of the Smarta Sampradaya. Noted for his ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya: (Sanskrit) "Beloved." V   aishnava saint (ca 1475-1530) whose panentheistic Shuddha Advaita (pure nondu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vishishtadvaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vishishtadvaita
Vishishtadvaita: (Sanskrit) "Qualified nondualism."   Best known as the term used by Ramanuja (ca 1017-1137) to name h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vallabhacharya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vallabhacharya
Vallabhacharya: (Sanskrit) "Beloved." V   aishnava saint (ca 1475-1530) whose panentheistic Shuddha Advaita (pure nondu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vishishtadvaita: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vishishtadvaita
Vishishtadvaita: (Sanskrit) "Qualified nondualism." Best known as the term used by Ramanuja (ca 1017-1137) to name his Vaish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monism: Encyclopedia Ii - Monism - Monism In Religion
Monism - Hinduism. Hinduism is monistic, as far back as the Rig Veda, in which hymnists speak of one being-non-being that 'breathed wit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vedanta: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vedanta
Vedanta: (Sanskrit) "Ultimate wisdom" or "final conclusions of the Vedas."   Vedanta is the system of though...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sayana, Sayanacharya, Sayanacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sayana, Sayanacharya, Sayanacarya
Sayana or Sayanacharya Sayanacarya (Sanskrit) The celebrated commentator on the Rig-Veda, who flourished under Vira-bukka I of Vijaya-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decline Of Buddhism In India: Encyclopedia Ii - Decline Of Buddhism In India - Assimilation Conversion And Destruction
While the exact cause of the decline of Buddhism in India is disputed, it is known that the mingling of Hindu and Buddhist societies in I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moksha: Encyclopedia Ii - Moksha - Means To Achieve Moksha
There are believed to be four yogas (unions) or margs (paths) for the attainment of Moksha. They are the ways of selfless work, of self-d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankara: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sankara (-acharya)
Sankara (-acharya) The most influential teacher of the impersonal Advaita philosophy in Kali-yuga. According to the Padma Purana, he i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhvacharya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Madhvacharya
Madhvacharya The founding acharya of one of the four Vaishnava sampradayas in Kali-yuga. He appeared in the thirteenth century as a Ka...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankaracharya, Adi: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Shankaracharya, Adi
Shankaracharya, Adi (730-820 AD): the great master of Advaita Vedanta who synthesized the Vedantic teaching with clear commentaries, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rama Tirtha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Rama Tirtha
Rama Tirtha: One the key spiritual figures in late nineteenth and early twentieth century India. A former university professor of math...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Shankara
Shankara: Shankaracharya; Adi (the first) Shankaracharya: The great reformer and re-establisher of Vedic Religion in India around 300 ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spanda: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Spanda
Spanda:   Spanda ("vibration"): a key concept of Kashmir's Shaivism according to which the ultimate Reality itself &q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhavacharya: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhavacharya - Sarva-darsana-sangraha
Madhavacharya's most famous work is Sarva-darsana-sangraha (Compendium of Speculations - a compendium of all the known Indian schools of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Madhavacharya, Madhavacarya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Madhavacharya, Madhavacarya
Madhavacharya madhavacarya (Sanskrit) (from Madhava + acharya teacher, preceptor)   Celebrated religious teacher and scholar of t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Padartha: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Padartha
padartha: (Sanskrit) "Constituent substance."   Primary categories or essential elements of existence, defined differe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narayana Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Narayana Guru - Nārāyana Guru’s Philosophy
After a span of a millennium since the time of Adi Shankara, Sree Nārāyana Guru was the next greatest proponent and re-evaluator of Adv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pantheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pantheism - Varieties Of Pantheism
This article distinguishes between two divergent groups of pantheists: Classical pantheism, which is expressed in the immanent God of Ka...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Advaita: Theosophy Dictionary On Advaita
Advaita (Sanskrit) (from a not + dvaita dual from dvi two)   Nondual; the Advaita or nondualistic form of Vedanta (from veda know...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Smartism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Smartism
Smartism: (Sanskrit) Sect based on the secondary scriptures (smriti).   The most liberal of the four major Hindu denominations, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Important Books And Figures Of Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta - Mahavakya. Mahavakya, or "the great sentences," state the unity of Brahman and Atman. They are 4 in number and their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Adi Sankara: The Pillar Of Advaita
The first person to consolidate the principles of Advaita was Adi Sankara (आदि शंकर, pronounced as /α:di shənkərə, 788-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Are The World And God Wholly False?
Advaita Vedanta - Status of the world. People often get confused by Advaita teachings that the universe is false. Shankara says that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Advaita Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Advaita Vedanta - Adi Sankara's Thoughts In A Summary
Adi Sankara's treatises on the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras are his principal and almost undeniably his own works....   » Read the article