Dictionary - Guru-bhakti: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Guru-bhakti
Guru-bhakti:   Guru-bhakti ("teacher devotion"): a disciple's self-transcending devotion to the guru; see also bhakti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Guru
guru A spiritual master. The gurus who initiate one and instruct one in pure Krishna consciousness are to be honored equally with the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitya-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Chaitya-guru
chaitya-guru the Supersoul.   (See also: chaitya-guru , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru-nishtha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Guru-nishtha
guru-nishtha to have firm faith in one’s guru.   (See also: guru-nishtha , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shiksha-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Shiksha-guru
shiksha-guru An instructing spiritual master.   (See also: shiksha-guru , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sad-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sad-guru
sad-guru a bona fide spiritual master   (See also: sad-guru , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &nb...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru-seva: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Guru-seva
guru-seva service to the spiritual master.   (See also: guru-seva , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru-tattva: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Guru-tattva
guru-tattva the principles defining a spiritual master.   (See also: guru-tattva , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Adi-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Adi-guru
adi-guru The first spiritual master of a disciplic succession.   (See also: adi-guru , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pati-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Pati-guru
pati-guru lit., “husband-spiritual master.” A term of respect addressed to a man by his wife.   (See also: pati-gu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diksha-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Diksha-guru
diksha-guru The spiritual master who connects one with the Supreme Lord through initiation. A disciple has only one diksha-guru but ma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru Maharaja: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Guru Maharaja (gurudeva)
Guru Maharaja (Gurudeva) title of respect given to one’s own spiritual master.   (See also: Guru Maharaja , Bhakti, Bhak...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru-aparadha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Guru-aparadha
guru-aparadha An offense against one’s spiritual master. Such an offense is the most likely cause of falling from spiritual life...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parama-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Parama-guru
Parama-guru - grand-spiritual master; the guru of one’s guru.   (See also: Parama-guru , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sravana-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Sravana-guru
Sravana-guru - the person from whom one hears instructions regarding the fundamental truths of Sri Bhagavan, His energies, the living ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diksa-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Diksa-guru
Diksa-guru - initiating spiritual master. One who gives a mantra in accordance with the regulations of sastra to a qualified candidate...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siksa-guru: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Siksa-guru
Siksa-guru - the person from whom one receives instructions on how to progress on the path of bhajana is known as siksa-guru, or instr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Visrambha-guru-seva: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Visrambha-guru-seva
Visrambha-guru-seva - service to guru which is imbued with deep faith and intimacy (see visrambha). Service devoid of formality. Compl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru Bhakti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Guru Bhakti
guru bhakti: (Sanskrit) Devotion to the teacher.   The attitude of humility, love and loyality held by a student in any field of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siksa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Siksa
Siksa - instructions received from a teacher; as one of the limbs of bhakti, this specifically refers to instructions received from a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Panca-mahapapa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Panca-mahapapa
Panca-mahapapa - killing a brahmana, drinking intoxicating liquors, theft, committing adultary with the wife of sri-guru and associati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Krishna Chaitanya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Krishna Chaitanya
Krishna Chaitanya The name received by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from His sannyasa-guru, Sri Keshava Bharati. See Chaitanya Mahaprabhu....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gurukula: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Gurukula
gurukula The guru’s family,” a teacher’s ashrama where traditional education is given.   (See also: gurukula...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Drona: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Drona (-acharya)
Drona (-acharya) A powerful brahmana who became expert in military arts. He was the military guru of both the Pandavas and the Kurus. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhakti: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Bhakti
Bhakti:   Bhakti ("devotion/love"): the love of the bhakta toward the Divine or the guru as a manifestation of the Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yamuna: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Yamuna (-acharya)
Yamuna (-acharya) A prominent teacher in the Sri Vaishnava sampradaya. He was the guru of the initiating guru of Ramanujacharya. Sri Y...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upanayana: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Upanayana
Upanayana - a ceremony in which a guru initiates a boy into one of the three twice-born classes by investing the boy with the sacred t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhajana-kriya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Bhajana-kriya
Bhajana-kriya - taking up the practices of bhakti, such as hearing and chanting. There are sixty-four primary angas of bhakti, of whic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diksa-mantra: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Diksa-mantra
Diksa-mantra - the mantras given by the guru at the time of initiation. These mantras include the maha-mantra, brahma-gayatri, guruman...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Rtvik: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Rtvik
rtvik lit., “priest.” Name given to a fallacious doctrine which holds that Srila Prabhupada is the only initiating guru of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mamata: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Mamata
Mamata - literally means ‘my-ness’; attachment or possessiveness. Mamata for material objects or persons is the cause of b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aparadha: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Aparadha
Aparadha - offenses committed against the holy name, the Vaisnavas, the guru, the sastras, the holy places, the Deity and so on. The v...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Guru
guru [one who dispels darkness]: a spiritual teacher who initiates seekers into the secrets of the sacred scriptures by the clearing o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guru: Indian Hindu Dictionary Ii On Guru
Guru Guru is often used for a Hindu spiritual teacher or Guide. Also the word is used for each of the ten first leaders of the Sikh re...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  kula Guru: Indian Hindu Dictionary On  kula Guru
 kula guru: spiritual teacher of the household or clan.   (See also:  kula guru , Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Narayana Guru: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Narayana Guru
Narayana Guru (1856-1928): Born in the low Ezahava caste in Kerala, he was a respected reformer who spent his life building temples, t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dosa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Sadhya, Susiddha, Siddha And Ari
Sadhya, susiddha, siddha and ari - These are four kinds of dosa (faults) calculated according to jyotisa-sastra concerning the nature ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Diksa: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Diksa
Diksa - receiving initiation from a spiritual master.   In the Bhaktisandarbha (Anuccheda 283) Jiva Gosvami has defined diksa as...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Raganuga-sadhana: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Raganuga-sadhana
Raganuga-sadhana - Sri Rupa Gosvami’s conclusions regarding the method for performing raganuga-bhajana are stated in Bhaktirasam...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mantra: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Mantra
Mantra - a mystical sloka composed of the names of Sri Bhagavan which addresses any individual deity.   Mantras are given to a d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Yoga
YOGA (Sanskrit for "union," related to our "yoke.") Conquering the self is known as Yoga, the esoteric Eastern tea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Satguru: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Satguru
satguru (sadguru): (Sanskrit) "True weighty one."   A spiritual preceptor of the highest attainment - one who has real...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tapas: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Tapas
tapas: (Sanskrit) "Warmth, heat," hence psychic energy, spiritual fervor or ardor. 1)    Purificatory spirit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddha Yoga Dictionary: Dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology
A dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology. From Abhanga to Yogini.   Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment&quo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vira Saivism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Vira Saivism
Vira Saivism (Saiva): (Sanskrit) "Heroic Saivism." Made prominent by Basavanna in the 12th century. Also called Lingayat Sai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Yoga Dictionary
A Yoga Dictionary from Abhyasa to Yukti.   From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda      » Read the article

Dictionary - Kundalini: Kundalini Dictionary
Kundalini Dictionary Dictionary over terms related to kundalini and kundalini awakening. Please note that words in grey like " Kund...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Hinduism Lexicon On A
Hinduism Lexicon on A From aadheenam to axis.      » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Dictionary: Dictionary Of Spiritual Terms
A Dictionary of Spiritual Terms. From Acupuncture to Zoroaster.   Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga", "...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, who lived in what is now Northern India ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia - Guru
A guru (गुरू Sanskrit) is a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism or Sikhism. Based on a long line of philosophical understanding as to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gopuram: Encyclopedia - Gopuram
Gopuram or gopura, a prominent feature of the Hindu temple architecture of South India, is the rising tower at the entrance of a temple. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rishi: Encyclopedia - Rishi
In Hinduism, a Rishi (ṛṣi) is a sage and/or seer who "heard" (cf. shruti) the hymns of the Vedas from the Supreme Being Brahman while...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eastern Philosophy: Encyclopedia - Eastern Philosophy
The usefulness of dividing philosophy into Western philosophy and other philosophies is open to challenge, not the least for speaking dow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia - Vishnu
Vishnu (IAST viṣṇu, Devanagari विष्णु, with honorific Shri Vishnu; śrī viṣṇu, श्रीविष्णु ), is...   » 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 - Sri Aurobindo: Encyclopedia - Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ) (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian nationalist, scholar, poet,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Buddhism
Buddhism, a religion and philosophy from ancient India, is based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, of the Shakyas. Hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Guru In Hinduism
The importance of finding a guru who can impart transcendental knowledge (vidya) is one of the tenets of Hinduism. One of the main Hindu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Succession And Lineage Parampara
The word parampara (Sanskrit परमपरा) denotes a long succession of teachers and disciples in traditional Indian culture. The H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Guru In A Western Culture Context
As an alternative to established religions, some people in Europe and the USA who were not of East Indian extraction have looked up to sp...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Sitemap I - G
This is a sitemap for Yoga - G . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   gan...   » Read the article