Article - Spiritual Practices: Christian Mantras And Meditation
Chanting of mantras and the practice of meditation are time-honoured traditions in oriental religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. Christi...   » Read the article

Article - Christian Meditation: Christian Meditation - Death Of The Self  
The practice of Christian meditation dates back to the beginning of Christianity; its objective is to daily 'empty the self' to experi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Prayers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Prayers - Christian Prayers
Prayers to the (St.) Virgin Mary: The Akathist Hymn (Eastern Orthodox) Hail Mary (Roman Catholic) Salve Regina (Hail, Holy Queen) (Roman...   » Read the article

Article - Christ And Budda: Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes
Christ and Budda: Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, speaking to a capacity audience in the Albert Hall in 1984 u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mani: Encyclopedia - Mani
Mani may refer to: Mani Peninsula in Greece Maní, Yucatán, a small city in Yucatán, Mexico Mani, Evros, a town in the northeastern pa...   » Read the article

Article - Introduction To Meditation: How To Meditate
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Article - Yoga: A Dynamic Yoga
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 necess...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Chant
A Buddhist chant is a form of musical verse or incantation, in some ways analogous to Hindu or Christian religious recitations. They exis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japa: Encyclopedia - Japa
Japa, or Japam, is a spiritual discipline in which a devotee repeats a mantra or the name of the God. The repetition can be aloud or just...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia - Mantra
A mantra is a religious syllable or poem, typically from the Sanskrit language. Their use varies according to the school and philosophy a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer Beads: Encyclopedia - Prayer Beads
Prayer beads are traditionally used to keep count of the repetitions of prayers, chants or devotions. They are used by followers of four ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Meditation: Encyclopedia - Christian Meditation
Christian meditation is a form of quiet (but not necessarily silent) contemplation often associated with prayer or scripture study. It is...   » Read the article

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

Encyclopedia - Celtic Knot: Encyclopedia - Celtic Knot
Celtic knots are a variety of (endless) knots and stylized graphical representations of knots used for decoration, first known to have be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Apologies: Encyclopedia - All Apologies
"All Apologies" is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana. It is the twelfth and final song on, and the second single (along with "Rap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Hinduism
Hinduism (हिन्दू धर्म; also known as Sanātana Dharma - सनातन धर्म, and Vaidika-Dharma - वैद�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism And Other Religions: Encyclopedia - Hinduism And Other Religions
Hinduism is most closely related to the subsequent Dharmic faiths of Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism. As such, these religions display mutu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Chant: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Chant
A Buddhist chant is a form of musical verse or incantation, in some ways analogous to Hindu or Christian religious recitations. They exis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer Beads: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer Beads - Buddhism
For main article, see Buddhist prayer beads Prayer beads or Japa Malas are also used in many forms of Mahayana Buddhism, often with a les...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Prayer In Other Religions
Prayer - Hindu Prayer. Hinduism has incorporated many kinds of prayer, from fire-based rituals to philosophical musings. Prayer was par...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spells: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Spells
SPELLS Incantations or invocations intended to produce an external event for good or evil (for example, ABRACADABRA). To be most effec...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soma-drink: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Soma-drink
Soma-drink. Made from a rare mountain plant by initiated Brahmans. This Hindu sacred beverage answers to the Greek ambrosia or nectar,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vach, Vac: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Vach, Vac
Vach vac (Sanskrit) Sound, voice, word, the mystic sound (svara) or essence of spirit of the divine creative activity, the vehicle of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Soma
Soma (Sanskrit) In Hinduism, the moon astronomically; mystically, a sacred beverage of initiates, "made from a rare mountain plan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Mantra In Other Traditions Or Contexts
Transcendental Meditation, also known simply as 'TM', uses simple mantras as a meditative focus. TM was founded by the Maharishi Mahesh Y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Meditation - Christian Meditation: Many Strands
Ignatius of Loyola Thomas Merton Bede Griffiths Jesus Prayer Hesychasts Apophatic theology Richard Foster Quakers Emerging Church...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Important Symbolism And Themes In Hinduism
Hinduism - Tilaka symbol on forehead or between eyebrows. Main article: Tilaka The tilaka (or tilak) is a mark worn on the forehead a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Purpose Driven Life: Encyclopedia Ii - The Purpose Driven Life - Criticisms Of The Purpose Driven Life
In spite of its widespread use and endorsement, including Reverend Billy Graham calling it a classic devotional, some in the Christian co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Prayer Of Jabez: Encyclopedia Ii - The Prayer Of Jabez - Criticism
Jabez has been compared to the "prosperity gospel" and has received the reproaches often addressed toward that doctrine, e.g. that the Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Knot: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Knot - Significance
While analysis of the knots seem to point to eight basic types, there is no evidence to indicate that a knot had any specific philosophic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Apologies: Encyclopedia Ii - All Apologies - Meaning
Like many Nirvana songs, "All Apologies" is defined not so much by a specific meaning as by the mood and atmosphere it communicates. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer Beads: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer Beads - Christianity
The Desert Fathers (third-fifth century) used knotted ropes to count prayers, typically the Jesus Prayer ("Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Apologies: Encyclopedia Ii - All Apologies - Single
The following songs appear on the single: A. "All Apologies" (Cobain) - 3:50 A. "Rape Me" (Cobain) - 2:49 B. "Moist Vagina" (Cobain) - 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandpainting: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandpainting - Tibetan Sand Painting
Tibetan Buddhist sand paintings are usually made of mandalas. In Tibetan, it is called dul-tson-kyil-khor ("mandala of colored powders")....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star Of David: Encyclopedia Ii - Star Of David - Used By Arabs And Muslims
Professor Gershom Sholem theorizes that the "Star of David" originates in the writings of Aristotle, who used triangles in different posi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Knot: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Knot - History
Not much history of the knots is available before the beginning of the Christian influence on the Celts in about A.D. 450. There is much ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Meditation - History
Formal Christian meditation began with the early Christian monastic practice of reading the Bible slowly. Monks would carefully consider ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Diversity Of Yoga
Over the long history of yoga, different schools have emerged, and there are numerous examples of subdivisions and synthesis. It is commo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aetherius Society: Encyclopedia Ii - Aetherius Society - Criticism
Their beliefs face criticism on two main fronts, the skeptics and the conservative Christians. Many noted Skeptics deem the society's ide...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jainism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jainism - Jain Worship And Rituals
Jains have built temples where images of their Tirthankaras are venerated. Jain rituals can be elaborate and include offerings of symboli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I-kuan Tao: Encyclopedia Ii - I-kuan Tao - The Three Treasures
To become a follower, one has to go through the Initiation ceremony. A new follower is initiated by a master (Dian Chuan Shi) which is be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Universal And Triumphant: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Universal And Triumphant - Theology
Gordon Melton lists the CUT as a religion of the Ancient Wisdom tradition akin to Theosophy and the I AM Movement. CUT theology is a sync...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beliefs And Practices In The Sathya Sai Organisation: Encyclopedia Ii - Beliefs And Practices In The Sathya Sai Organisation - Important Teachings
Sathya Sai Baba (SSB) preaches love and the unity of all religions. He says that all religions lead to God and that followers should cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Alternative Cultures Of Worship
Hinduism - The Bhakti schools. Main article: Bhakti The Bhakti (Devotional) school takes its name from the Hindu term that signifies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Criticism
Hinduism is criticized based on current or past regressive social customs such as Dowry, Sati and casteism. Many also criticize it by lin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Experimental Evaluation Of Prayer
A famous statistical experiment to determine whether or not prayer was effective was conducted by Francis Galton in 1872. Galton hypothet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Human Beings: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Human Beings - Language
The faculty of speech may be a defining feature of humanity, probably predating phylogenetic separation of the modern population. (See Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - Other Messiahs
In Stregheria, Jesus Christ is believed to have been a sort of "evil messiah" or false messiah, while Aradia de Toscano is seen as the tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Community: Encyclopedia Ii - World Community - Religion
Many religions have taken on the challenge of establishing a World Community through the propogation of doctrine, faith and practice. In ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mantra: New Age Dictionary On Mantra
Mantra A word or phrase that is to be chanted repetitively in an effort to empty the mind and attain "cosmic con-sciousness"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Hindu Sacred Texts
The overwhelming majority of Hindu sacred texts are composed in the Sanskrit language. Indeed, much of the morphology and linguistic phil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgar Cayce: Encyclopedia Ii - Edgar Cayce - Other Cayce-like Figures
Mesmer's patron the Marquis de Puysegur was able to "magnetize" an illiterate shepherd named Victor, who then spoke with a vastly greater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In The Hebrew Bible
The concept of the messiah is prominent in many books in the Hebrew Bible. In the Hebrew Bible, Israelite priests, prophets, and kings we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Overview
The English word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Types Of Meditation
According to Bogart (1991) and Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000) the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Origins And Society
Hinduism - Origins of Hinduism. Main article: History of Hinduism Hinduism is the world's oldest major religion in existence. From a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Local Church Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Local Church Controversy - Summary Of Allegations Made Anonymously Against The Lc Without Sited References
This section will review a number of allegations that critics of the local churches make regardless of any verifiable evidence or substan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - History Of Monotheism
See also monotheism, Abrahamic religion. The religions that are monotheistic today are often thought of as having been of relatively rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Frequency And Duration
These vary so much that it is difficult to venture any general comments. On one extreme there exist monks and nuns whose whole lives are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star Of David: Encyclopedia Ii - Star Of David - Used By Jews
The Star of David can be found on the tombstones of religious Jews going back hundreds of years in Europe, as it became accepted as the u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In Islam
In the Qur'an, the scripture of Islam, Isa (Jesus) is described as a Prophet of God as well as "The messiah". The belief is that he was r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Frequency And Duration
These vary so much that it is difficult to venture any general comments. On one extreme there exist monks and nuns whose whole lives are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jainism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jainism - Jain Symbols
Jains have few core symbols. One Jain symbol incorporates a wheel on the palm of the hand. The holiest one is a simple unadorned swastika...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - All Apologies: Encyclopedia Ii - All Apologies - History
Usually seen as a swan song of sorts, "All Apologies" was actually written in 1990, four years before the death of its author, Kurt Cobai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Transition From Vedic To Vedantic Religion
While the traditional Vedic 'karma kanda', or ritualistic components of religion, continued to be practiced through the Brahmins as medit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Major Vedantic Gurus
Pre-modern Vedantins: Adi Shankara Bhaskara Vallabha Caitanya Nimbarka Baladeva Vidyabhushana Vacaspati Misra Suresvara Vijnanabhiksu Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta - Major Vedantic Gurus
Pre-modern Vedantins: Adi Shankara Bhaskara Vallabha Caitanya Nimbarka Baladeva Vidyabhushana Vacaspati Misra Suresvara Vijnanabhiksu Ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Purpose Driven Life: Encyclopedia Ii - The Purpose Driven Life - Content
The book is intended to be read as a daily inspiration, with each of the forty short chapters read on consecutive days. Each chapter cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - The Word Yoga
The word "yoga" - from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke") - is generally translated as "union" or "integration." This may be understood as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Religion
In the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain traditions, the spiritual goals of yoga are seen as inseparable from the religions of which yoga f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Origins
Images of a meditating yogi from the Indus Valley Civilization are thought to be 6 to 7 thousand years old. The earliest written accounts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Buddhist Yoga
Within the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism yoga likewise holds a central place, though not in the form presented by Patanjali or the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - I-kuan Tao: Encyclopedia Ii - I-kuan Tao - The Three Treasures
To become a follower, one has to go through the Initiation ceremony. A new follower is initiated by a master (Dian Chuan Shi) which is be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - History Of Monotheism
See also monotheism, Abrahamic religion. The religions that are monotheistic today are often thought of as having been of relatively rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga Practice And Intention
Modern yoga practice often includes traditional elements inherited from Hinduism, such as moral and ethical principles, postures designed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Common Themes
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Common to most forms of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Tantra
Yoga is often mentioned in company with Tantra. While the two have deep similarities, most traditions distinguish them from one another. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vexations: Encyclopedia Ii - Vexations - Execution
There is no indication that Satie intended the Vexations for public performance (and certainly not as a "tour de force" of endurance to i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Overview
In the late nineteenth century, Theosophists adopted "meditation" to refer to various spiritual practices drawn from Hinduism, Buddhism, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Witchcraft - Practices Typically Considered To Be Witchcraft
Influencing another person's body or property: Practices to which the witchcraft label have been historically applied are those which inf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jainism: Encyclopedia Ii - Jainism - Jainism And Other Religions
India has a rich history of diverse philosophies. The term Hindu includes followers of Vedic, Vaishnava, Shaiva and other traditions. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Approaches
There are a variety of approaches to understanding prayer: The belief that the prayer is listened to and may or may not get a response; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - The Act Of Prayer
Praying has many different forms. Prayer may be done privately and individually, or it may be done corporately in the presence of fellow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prayer: Encyclopedia Ii - Prayer - Historical Polytheistic Prayer
In ancient religions of Greeks and Romans (Ancient Greek religion, Roman religion), ceremonial prayer was highly formulaic and ritualized...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Star Of David: Encyclopedia Ii - Star Of David - Used By The Nazis
A Star of David, often yellow-colored, was used by the Nazis, during the Holocaust, as a method of identifying Jews, as it was seen as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kashmir Shaivism: Encyclopedia Ii - Kashmir Shaivism - Shaivism In Relation To Other Religions Or Spiritual Paths
The schools of Shaivism have an attitude that most of the time do not conform to the accepted Brahmanic tradition. Shaivism is not exclus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Messiah: Encyclopedia Ii - Messiah - In The New Testament
Christianity emerged from Judaism in the first century of the Common Era. The first Christians were Jews. Within the Jewish tradition the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgar Cayce: Encyclopedia Ii - Edgar Cayce - Sources Of Cayce's Beliefs
Hopper's Bookstore in Hopkinsville where Cayce worked for many years as a young man specialised in occult and osteopathic works and he ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Purposes And Effects Of Meditation
The purposes for which people meditate vary almost as widely as practices. Meditation may serve simply as a means of relaxation from a bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Witchcraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Witchcraft - African Witchcraft
Africans have a wide range of views of traditional religions. African Christians typically accept Christian dogma as do their counterpart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Purposes And Effects Of Meditation
The purposes for which people meditate vary almost as widely as practices. Meditation may serve simply as a means of relaxation from a bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Names Of God
The noun God is the proper English name used for the deity of monotheistic faiths. Different names for God exist within different religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism - Denominations
Each of the Hinduism's four major denominations share rituals, beliefs, traditions and personal deities with one another, but each sect h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sathya Sai Baba: Encyclopedia Ii - Sathya Sai Baba - Teachings
Sathya Sai Baba preaches love and the unity of all religions and assert that people who follow him do not need to give up their original ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sathya Sai Baba: Encyclopedia Ii - Sathya Sai Baba - Teachings
Sathya Sai Baba preaches love and the unity of all world religions and assert that people who follow him do not need to give up their ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sathya Sai Baba: Encyclopedia Ii - Sathya Sai Baba - Teachings
Sathya Sai Baba preaches love and the unity of all world religions and assert that people who follow him do not need to give up their ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God: Encyclopedia Ii - God - Theology
Theologians attempt to explicate (and in some cases systematize) beliefs; some express their own experience of the divine. Theologians as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Types Of Meditation
According to Bogart (1991) and Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000) the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edgar Cayce: Encyclopedia Ii - Edgar Cayce - Claimed Abilities
Cayce has variously been referred to as a "prophet" (cf. Jess Stearn's book, The Sleeping Prophet), a "mystic", a "seer" (Harmon Bro favo...   » Read the article

Article - Sanskrit Sitemap I - Z
This is a sitemap for Sanskrit - Z . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. The site...   » Read the article