Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism — formerly also called Lamaism, after their religious gurus known as lamas — is the body of religious Buddhist doctr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lama Yoga: Alternative Health Dictionary On Lama Yoga
Lama Yoga: Form of kundalini yoga advanced by Astara, Inc. (see Astara's healing science), for: attunement to the etheric part of ones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tara Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tara Buddhism - Tara As A Tantric Deity
Tara as a focus for tantric deity yoga can be traced back to the time period of Padmasambhava. There is a Red Tara practice which was giv...   » Read the article

Article - Happiness: The Art Of Happiness- Quotes On Happiness
"Happiness," Aristotle said, "depends upon ourselves."   I care less about the gross national product and mor...   » Read the article

Article - Sahaja Yoga: The Living Tradition Of Sahaj Marg
Sahaja Yoga: The Living Tradition of Sahaj Marg The Raja Yoga system known as "Sahaj Marg" is still relatively obscure in the ...   » Read the article

Article - Life And Death: An Agnostic's View Of Life And Death
The one principle that should be at the core of any religious belief is ahimsa or non-violence - not to hurt any life, human or otherw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tumo: Encyclopedia - Tumo
Tumo (also spelled Tummo, or Tum-mo ) is a Tibetan term for an advanced type of meditation practiced by those wishing to attain enlighten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geluk: Encyclopedia - Geluk
The Geluk or Gelug (Wylie transliteration: Dge-lugs, Tibetan: དགེ་ལུགས་པ་) school of Buddhism was founded by Tsongk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yogi: Encyclopedia - Yogi
Main articles: Yoga, and List of yoga schools, and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia - Yoga
Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pavitra: Encyclopedia - Pavitra
Books: Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga, Savitri, The Mother, Letters, Agenda Teachings: Involution, Evolution Integral yoga, Triple t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karmapa: Encyclopedia - Karmapa
The Karmapa is the head of the Karma Kagyu (Bka' rgyud), the largest of the lineages that make up the Kagyu school, one of the four major...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia - Kalachakra
Kalachakra is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "time-wheel" or "time-cycles". It refers both to a Tantric deities (tib. yidam) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum Shinrikyo: Encyclopedia - Aum Shinrikyo
Aum Shinrikyo (also spelled Om Shin Rikyo) was a religious group which mixed Buddhist and Hindu beliefs and was based in Japan. It gained...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Düsum Khyenpa: Encyclopedia - Düsum Khyenpa
Düsum Khyenpa (Wylie transliteration: Dus gsum Mkhyen pa) (1110 - 1193) was the 1st Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu (bka' rgyud) schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala: Encyclopedia - Shambhala
In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Shambhala (also spelled Shambala or Shamballa) is a mystical kingdom hidden somewhere beyond the snowpeaks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzogchen: Encyclopedia - Dzogchen
Dzogchen is a state. The Dzogchen state is said to be the natural, primordial state of every sentient being, including every human being....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia - Tantra
Tantra (Sanskrit: loom), tantric yoga or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. It exists in Hi...   » 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 - Quan Yin Method: Encyclopedia - Quan Yin Method
The term Quan Yin Method was coined in the 1970s by Suma Ching Hai, a popular and controversial spiritual teacher who professes that she ...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - Distinguishing Characteristics
Tibetan Buddhism may be distinguished from other schools of Tantric Buddhism by a number of unique traits including: belief in reincarna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Hindu Yoga
Yoga - Bhagavad Gita. Main article: Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita famously distinguishes several types of "yoga", corresponding to ...   » 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 - 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 - Aum Shinrikyo: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum Shinrikyo - Activities
The movement received an official status of a religion from the Japanese government in 1987. It had been founded by Shoko Asahara in his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - Monasticism
Although there were many yogis in Tibet, monasticism was the foundation of Buddhism. It's estimated that as much as 25% of the population...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Notable Yogis
History is replete with Yogis that have inspired people for many generations. Yogini Meera from the Bhakti tradition, Shankaracharya from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - Rituals And Ritual Objects
Tantric practitioners make use of special rituals and objects. Meditation is an important function which may be aided by the use of certa...   » 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 - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - Schools/tenets Of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhists divide buddhist philosophy as transmitted from India into four main schools of philosophical tenets: Two are Hinayana (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - History Of Tibetan Buddhism
Certain Buddhist scriptures arrived in southern Tibet from India as early as 173 CE during the reign of Thothori Nyantsen, the 28th king ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - History Of Tibetan Buddhism
Certain Buddhist scriptures arrived in southern Tibet from India as early as 173 CE during the reign of Thothori Nyantsen, the 28th king ...   » 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 - Tibetan Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tibetan Buddhism - Traditions/orders/sects Of Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism has four main traditions (the suffix pa is comparable to "er" in English): Nyingma(pa), The Ancient Ones, the oldest an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Guru In Buddhism
The guru's blessing is the last of the four foundations in Vajrayana Buddhism. In this foundation, the disciple can continue in their exp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Theories Put Forward To Explain The Phenomenon
Reincarnation - A theory of reincarnation. A belief in reincarnation does not discount the existence of heaven, hell, or a final judgme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quan Yin Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Quan Yin Method - Master Ching Hai's Use Of The Quan Yin Method
Master Ching Hai says that the Quan Yin Method is a practice, not a religion, and therefore does not call for initiates to leave their cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tara Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tara Buddhism - Sadhanas Of Tara
Sadhanas in which Tara is the Yidam can be extensive or quite brief. Most all of them include some introductory praises or homages to inv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum Shinrikyo: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum Shinrikyo - 'aum Surveillance Law': Under Pressure
In January 2000, the group was placed under surveillance for a period of three years. (Highlights of the bill) In January 2003, Japan's P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism In China: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism In China - Difference Between Hinduism And Buddhism
Though both beliefs originated in India and are commonly associated with each other, essentially the two beliefs are still different. Suc...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - New Age Tantra Or Neo Tantra
New Age appropriations of tantra usually disregard requirements involving guruparampara and ritual conduct, though they otherwise adopt m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tantra In The Modern World
Tantra is used in the West, as a general term which relates to sexual practice as a spiritual evolutionary scheme. There are in fact many...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Meditation In Context
Most traditions address the integration of mind, body, and spirit (this is a major theme of the Bhagavad-Gita); or that of spiritual prac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Physical Postures
Different spiritual traditions, and different teachers within those traditions, prescribe or suggest different physical postures for medi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum Shinrikyo: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum Shinrikyo - Doctrine
Aleph's doctrine is based on the ancient Buddhist scriptures called Pali Canon. The collection comprises about 70 volumes, fully translat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Longchenpa: Encyclopedia Ii - Longchenpa - Biography
A reincarnation of Pema Ledrel Tsal, as such Longchenpa is regarded as an indirect incarnation of the princess Pema Sal. He was born to m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Meditation In Context
While meditation focuses on mental or psycho-spiritual activity, this is of course only one of several spheres of human existence; and we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Physical Postures
Different spiritual traditions, and different teachers within those traditions, prescribe or suggest different physical postures for medi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tibetan Tantra
In Tibetan Buddhism tantra (also known as Vajrayana) plays a central role, and is universally acknowledged as constituting the highest te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quan Yin Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Quan Yin Method - Metaphysical Method
The Quan Yin Method is not merely a series of techniques, as are many other types of yoga. It involves a spiritual transmission from a Fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - History Of Tantra
Legend ascribes the origin of Tantra to Dattatreya, a semi-mythical Hindu yogi and the assumed author of the Jivanmukta Gita ("Song of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Common Variations In The Belief
In recalling past lives, there are a number of variations that need to be examined, which are important to its adherants. In the Urantia ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Reincarnation Research
The most detailed collections of personal reports in favor of reincarnation have been published by Dr. Ian Stevenson in works such as Rei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Objections To Reincarnation
Objections to metempsychosis include: that personal identity depends on memory, and we do not remember our previous incarnations. An answ...   » 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 - Miguel Serrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Miguel Serrano - Biography
Miguel Serrano - Early years. Born Miguel Joaquín Diego del Carmen Serrano Fernández in Santiago de Chile. Educated at the Internado ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - The Kālachakra Laghutantra
The Kālachakra Tantra is divided into five chapters, the first two of which are considered the “ground Kālachakra.” The first chapt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quan Yin Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Quan Yin Method - Initiation
Practicing the Quan Yin Method requires an initiation from a Fifth Level Master, according to Ching Hai, although she hasn’t said if t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Je Tsongkhapa: Encyclopedia Ii - Je Tsongkhapa - Early Years
Born in Amdo province of Tibet during 1357, Tsongkhapa received full lay ordination at the age of three from the 4th Karmapa Rolpey Dorje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Miguel Serrano: Encyclopedia Ii - Miguel Serrano - Esoteric Hitlerist
Serrano defines himself as an Esoteric Hitlerist, which he has defined as a new religious faith, "able to change the materialistic man of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Longchenpa: Encyclopedia Ii - Longchenpa - Variants Of Name And Title
Apart from Longchenpa's names given below, he is sometimes referred to by the honorary title "Second Buddha" (Tib. rgyal ba gnyis), a ter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - The Kalachakra Laghutantra
The Kalachakra Tantra is divided into five chapters, the first two of which are considered the “ground Kalachakra.” The first chapter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Etymology
The word guru means teacher in Sanskrit, as well as in other languages derived from Sanskrit, such as Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati. The wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Guru In Sikhism
The title Guru is extremely fundamental to the religion of the Sikhs. Indeed, the Sikhs have carried the meaning of the word to an even g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guru: Encyclopedia Ii - Guru - Types Of Gurus
According to the Deval Smriti there can be eleven kinds of gurus and according to Nama Chintamani there are ten types. According to his f...   » 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 - 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 - Hinduism In China: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism In China - History Of Hinduism
Hinduism in China - Early Hindu Influence. Evidence of Hindu influence on China existed very early on, when ancient Chinese traditions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Auroville
In the 1960s, it was The Mother’s dream to create a place where humanity could seek the Divine without having to dredge for food and sh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aum Shinrikyo: Encyclopedia Ii - Aum Shinrikyo - Sarin Gas Attacks And Aftermaths
Main article: Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway In 1995, following a Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in which 12 commuters died and thou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vajrayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Vajrayana - History Of Vajrayana
Vajrayana - India. There are differing views as to just where Vajrayana started, some claiming that it began in Udyana - the modern day...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics In Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics In Religion - Buddhist Ethics
Buddhism's ethical foundation for laypeople is the Pancasila: no killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, or intoxicants. (Some Mahay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Hindu Tantra
Tantra exists in Vaisnava, Shaiva, and Shakta forms, among others. Extolled as a short-cut to self-realization and spiritual enlightenmen...   » 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 - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Difficulties Facing The Biographer
There are a number of different narratives interwoven in Mirra's life, most dramatically the transformation of a girl from a non-religiou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - Important Disciples
The Mother could not be said to have successors (although sometimes there have been such claims). But following the Mother's passing, a n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tantric Practices
Because of the wide range of groups covered by the term "tantra", it is hard to describe tantric practices definitively. The basic practi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vajrayana: Encyclopedia Ii - Vajrayana - Relationship With Mahayana
While tantra and esoterism distinguish Vajrayana Buddhism, it is, from the Tibetan Buddhist point of view, nonetheless primarily a form o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quan Yin Method: Encyclopedia Ii - Quan Yin Method - Doctrine
Master Ching Hai maintains that the Quan Yin Method is the only avenue by which a person can become fully enlightened, or God-realized. A...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Reincarnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Reincarnation - Overview
Belief in reincarnation is an ancient phenomenon; in various guises humans have believed in a future life since the Ancient Egyptians, pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Philosophy - Introduction
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic From its inception, Bud...   » 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 - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Introduction
Mantras have some features in common with spells in general, in that they are a translation of the human will or desire into a form of ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - The Mother Of The Ashram
On the 24 November 1926 (Siddhi Day) Sri Aurobindo reported himself to have had an important experience in which he realised the Overment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia Ii - The Mother - The Physical Transformation
Sri Aurobindo said that in the Mother he found surrender to the Divine down to physical body itself, the cells of the body (not merely th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Krishna Das: Encyclopedia Ii - Krishna Das - Chanting
Chanting with Krishna Das consists of: Chanting with musical accompaniment Meditation instruction Readings from different spiritual trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Mantra In Indo-tibetan Buddhism
Conze distinguishes three periods in the Buddhist use of mantra. Initially, like their fellow Indians, Buddhists used mantra as protectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ethics In Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ethics In Religion - Islamic Ethics
Islam is monoetheistic and emphasizes submission to Allah (God). It sees all of natural law, including that revealed by science, as an as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bullshit!: Encyclopedia Ii - Bullshit! - Criticism Of The Show
Though the show is generally well received, some viewers of the show complain that Penn and Teller's political and personal beliefs get i...   » Read the article

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