tantras:

tantras - treatises on ritual, meditation, discipline, etc.

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mauna: silence, the practice of maintaining silence to prevent the dissipation of energy to exercise discipline over the sense organs.

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YOGA SADHANA: the spiritual discipline of Yoga

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Sadhana:

Sadhana. "Direct way". A ritual. A spiritual discipline.

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Sadhaka: One who practices spiritual discipline-sadhana-particularly meditation.

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Brahmacharya: Continence; self-restraint on all levels; discipline.

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anushtana:

anushtana (anushthaana). Undertaking, performance, action; spiritual or good disciplined conduct.

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nishta:

nishta (nishtha). Regulated behaviour, excellence, discipline.

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sadhana:

sadhana (saadhana). Spiritual discipline or exercise; self effort.

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sadhana chathushtaya:

sadhana chathushtaya (saadhana chathushthaya). Four disciplines.

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Sadhus:

Sadhus: Good men. (BV-34) Saint, who is devoted to spiritual discipline.

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yoga-yajna:

yoga-yajna. The practice of yogic discipline as a sacrificial act.

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Dharana:

Dharana: Concentration, fixed attention, one of eight steps in Patanjali's yoga discipline.

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Yoga:

Union of the individual self, or Atma, with the Supreme Being, or Universal Self. There are many forms of Yoga, all of which are spiritual disciplines aimed at attaining union with God.

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adept: Highly skilled; expert. In religion, one who has mastered certain spiritual practices or disciplines. An advanced yogi. See: siddha yoga.

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Dhamma-vinaya (dhamma-vinaya): "doctrine (dhamma) and discipline (vinaya)." The Buddha's own name for the religion he founded.

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Patimokkha (paatimokkha): The basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for monks (bhikkhus) and 311 for nuns (bhikkhunis).

See Vinaya.

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adept: Highly skilled; expert. In religion, one who has mastered certain spiritual practices or disciplines. An advanced yogi. See: siddha yoga.

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master

1. One having mastered a spiritual discipline and teaches or guides others. 2. (Theosophy) Hidden teachers who rule the spiritual evolution of Earth

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Viveka Chudamani: (Sanskrit) "Crest jewel of discrimination."

A famous text by Shankara (788-820) on discipline and discrimination between the real and the unreal as the way to God.

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Viveka Chudamani: (Sanskrit) "Crest jewel of

discrimination." A famous text by Shankara (788-820) on

discipline and discrimination between the real and the

unreal as the way to God.

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sahasra lekhana sadhana: (Sanskrit) "Thousand-times writing discipline." The spiritual practice of writing a sacred mantra 1,008 times.

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