Chit:

A sanskrit word meaning consciousness, knowledge or awareness.

(See also: Chit, Body Mind and Soul)

chit:

consciousness.

(See also: chit, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Chit - Knowledge.

(See also: Chit, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Sat Chit Anand, Truth, Consciousness, Bliss

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The actual method of awakening the Kundalini Shakti and uniting Her with the Lord in the Sahasrara can only be learnt from a Guru. I give here a general outline of the Yogic practice that will enable the Sadhaka to realise the Chit.

From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda

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The Moola Mantra:

Om Sat Chit Ananda Parabrahma

Purushothama Paramatma

Sri Bhagavathi Sametha

Sri Bhagavathe Namaha

When ever you chant this Vedic Mantra even without knowing the meaning of it - the Moola Mantra itself carries power. But when you know the meaning and chant with that feeling in your heart then the energy would flow million times more powerful. Therefore it is essential to know the meaning of Moola Mantra when you use it.

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The Five Precepts

Buddhists undertake certain precepts as aids on the path to coming into contact with ultimate reality. Laypeople generally undertake five precepts. The five precepts are:

1.    I undertake the precept to refrain from harming living creatures (killing).

2.    I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not freely given (stealing).

3.    I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct.

4.    I undertake the precept to refrain from incorrect speech (lying, harsh language, slander, idle chit-chat).

5.    I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicants which lead to loss of mindfulness.

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It is due to the veil of ignorance that you have forgotten your real essential nature, the Sat-Chit-Ananda state. It is not at all necessary for you to renounce the world and run to some Himalayan cave to regain your lost divinity. Here is an easy Sadhana by which you can definitely attain God-consciousness, even while living in the world amidst multifarious activities.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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The Gunas: Guna means a cord. The Gunas bind the soul with a triple bond. These Gunas are not the Nyaya-Vaiseshika Gunas. They are the actual substances or ingredients, of which Prakriti is constituted. They make up the whole world evolved out of Prakriti. They are not conjoined in equal quantities, but in varying proportions, one or the other being in excess. Just as Sat-Chit-Ananda is the Vedantic trinity, so also the Gunas are the Sankhyan trinity.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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"Hey, I'm in Nirvana!" We talk like this when we feel good. But what is it like to actually attain nirvana, otherwise known as moksha or self-realisation?

Self-realisation is the goal of life. Vedic rishis found that everything in the world that blooms is also subject to ultimate decay. Are we here just to live a brief life and then pass away? They reasoned that life cannot be devoid of some higher purpose.

(See also: Life and Death, Life and Beyond, Death and Dying, Body Mind and Soul)

Ever since historian Ananda Coomaraswamy extolled the Nataraja bronze (dancing Shiva) from Tamil Nadu as ''poetry but nonetheless science’’, interpreting the Nataraja as the ''cosmic dance’’ of Shiva has been widely accepted.

Fritjof Capra catapulted Nataraja into a modern-day scientific icon when he euphorically stated in his cult book of 1974 The Tao of Physics that ''the dancing Shiva is the dancing universe, the ceaseless flow of energy going through an infinite variety of patterns that melt into one another’’.

(See also: Nataraja, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Invocatory Kirtans - a Hindu Prayer.

From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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This is a world of diversity. Intellects are different. Faces are different. Religions are different. Sounds are different. Faiths are different. Colours are different. Faculties are different. Tastes and temperaments are different. But one thing is common in all. Everyone of us wants Nitya Sukha (eternal happiness), infinite knowledge, immortality, freedom and independence. These things can be obtained by knowledge of the Self alone.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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This is a good practice for retired people. After retiring from service you should live for one or two months in Prayag or Rishikesh or in a solitary place on the banks of the Narmada or the Ganga or Yamuna where you can get Satsanga of Mahatmas

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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An introduction to Vedanta.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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The mind can be controlled by Abhyasa and Vairagya. Abhyasa is constant effort to fix the mind on God or Atman. Vairagya is dispassion or non-attachment to sensual objects.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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chit: (Sanskrit) "Consciousness" or "awareness."

Philosophically, "pure awareness; transcendent consciousness," as in Sat-chit-ananda. In mundane usage, chit means "perception; consciousness."

See: awareness, chitta, consciousness, mind (universal), sakshin.

(See also: Chit, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Science attempts to define the nature of reality. Reality, however, presents itself in a variety of names and forms: Physical, mental and psychological realities; linguistic and mathematical realities, and with the advent of computers and Internet, digital reality. But science is yet to define physical reality conclusively... hence the quest continues.

(See also: Absolute Reality, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Chit is a kind of savings scheme practiced in India. In a chit scheme, a specific number of individuals come together to pool a specific amount at periodic intervals. Usually the number of individuals and the number of periods will be same. At the end of each period, there will be an auction of the money. Members of the chit will participate in this auction for the pooled money during that interval. The money will be given to the lowest bidder. The bid amount will be divided by number of members, and thus determining per head contribu ...

Including:

• Chit Fund - History
• Chit Fund - Example
• Chit Fund - Organised chit funds
• Chit Fund - Special purpose funds

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In the Sanskrit language Sat Chit Ananda means Ethernal Bliss Consciousness. Sat = Eternal Chit = Consciousness Ananda = Bliss "In ancient India the ecstasy of love was called Ananda, or bliss consciousness. The ancient seers held that humans are meant to partake of this ananda at all times..........one famous verse of the Vedas declares of humans, 'In bliss they were conceived, in bliss they live, to bliss they will return.' Ananda is much more than pleasure, even the most intense erotic pleasure. It is one‑third of the formula for the spirit's true nature, described by the Veda ...

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