Hinduism Lexicon on B

From backbiting to buddhi chitta.

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Channeling

In our present society, the art of channeling represents the ability to access information pertinent to spiritual growth. Many people today are channels. Although I do not agree or disagree with the concept known as channeling, I do wish to emphasize the importance of understanding this art.

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The central teaching in Tantra is that all of life is sacred, especially our sexuality. This is because Tantrism views the sex power as being the same inner energy that powers our enlightenment. The practitioner of sexual Tantra attempts to use the powerful sexual force as an agent for awakening and transcendence.

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Four Asanas are prescribed for the purpose of Japa and meditation. They are Padmasana, Siddhasana, Svastikasana and Sukhasana. You must be able to sit in any one of these four Asanas at a stretch for full three hours without shaking the body. Then only you will get Asana-Jaya, mastery over the Asana.

From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda

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Organic Gardening

What has organic gardening to do with spiritual healing? Allow me a few moments of your time and I shall tell you. A centre such as we are developing will be a place of tranquillity, comfort and revival, both spiritual and physical. I suppose this could be achieved without the benefit of nature on the doorstep but nature itself is a healer, and can offer so much to the troubled spirit. Let us take a stroll through a year in the garden of our healing centre, where visitors will be encouraged to enjoy their surroundings as much, or as little, as they so desire.

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The incredible resource of Intuitive Health Analysis has advanced the art and science of psiology light years ahead of commonly-accepted modalities. Here we find the truth of thought as cause in action in the lives of men, women, and children of all ages, backgrounds, nationalities. These analyses describe what is occurring within the individual's psi. They reveal how specific patterns of thinking cause specific patterns of illness through mind and in the body. They also relate what will reestablish order within the individual's universe. From vibrations sounded mentally that will interrupt seizures and stabilize brain function to attitude adjustments which free mind and body from long-standing, stagnation-producing concepts to the mental and emotional state of the comatose, the research is astounding and deserves to be noted, explored, and utilized more widely.

(See also: Indigo Children, What is Indigo Children, Parenting Indigo Children, Adult Indigo, Indigo Children Channeling)

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Pradosha Vrata

The Pradosha worship is to be done in the evening twilight on the 13th day of each lunar fortnight. It is the worship of Lord Shiva for victory and success in all undertakings, and the fulfilment of all your heart's cherished desires

From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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As a common precursor, when you sit down to practice exercises in concentration and contemplation, precede your sessions with a prayer to God or Guru, and invoke their presence and Grace.

Smile and fill your heart with a recollection of joy and happiness that you may have experienced in the past. Feel God's light suffusing and relaxing the entire body, and gently, rhythmically, slow down the process of breathing. It always helps to keep your eyes shut and focused on the area of the third eye. Closing the eyes ensures stillness of the mind. The attention should always be turned inward, that is, we should try and lose awareness of our bodies and feel the consciousness being sucked into the vacuum-like depths of the eternity.

(See also: Meditation  and Concentration, Meditation, Meditation for Beginners, Meditation Techniques)

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The word - Sankhya - means - number -. The system gives an enumeration of the principles of the universe, twenty-five in number. Hence the name is quite appropriate. The term - Sankhya - is used in the sense of - Vichara - or - philosophical reflection - also.

In the Sankhya system, there is no analytical enquiry into the universe as actually existing, arranged under topics and categories. There is a synthetical system, starting from an original primordial Tattva or Principle, called Prakriti, that which evolves or produces or brings forth (Prakaroti) everything else.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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According to the Indian school of Samkhya philosophy, the Tattva are a way of directly "experiencing" the 5 alchemical elements. So they are therefore the logical progression of the previous elemental grade where the elements were first discussed and symbolic ways of working with them described. The student is then taught a method of directly learning the "theoretical" structure of the elemental worlds. Tattva - A Brief History of the Tattvas. There are six main schools of thought on Tattvic philosophy. The ...

Including:

Tattva - A Brief History of the Tattvas Tattva - The Tattvic Philosophy in Western Tradition Tattva - Conclusion

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According to the Indian school of Samkhya philosophy, the Tattva are a way of directly "experiencing" the 5 alchemical elements. So they are therefore the logical progression of the previous elemental grade where the elements were first discussed and symbolic ways of working with them described. The student is then taught a method of directly learning the "theoretical" structure of the elemental worlds. Tattva - A Brief History of the Tattvas. There are six main schools of thought on Tattvic philosophy. The ...

Including:

Tattva - A Brief History of the Tattvas Tattva - The Tattvic Philosophy in Western Tradition
Tattva - Symbols and Colours
Tattva - Conclusion

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Because it draws on the whole of the Buddhist tradition there are a wide variety of practices current in the FWBO. Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Meditation. Many meditation practices are current within the FWBO. Sangharakshita has described the way he teaches meditation as having four phases, and the practices fall roughly into these four phases. The first two are, broadly speaking, calming or samatha practices, and the last two are insight or vipassana practices. Integration ...

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Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - The Western Buddhist Order, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Distinctive emphases of the FWBO, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Activities, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Practice, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Meditation, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Ritual, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Retreats, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Confession, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Right livelihood, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Communities, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Diversity, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - The FWBO post Sangharakshita, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Chronology, Friends of the Western Buddhist Order - Criticism of the FWBO

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The Tattvas are the astral form of the Elements, upon which the Physical elements are based. The process of how the Tattvic elements become manifest is a complex process, which will be described briefly below. From the Sun, a solar wind constantly streams forth. It is a partially electro-magnetic nitrous gas, which is very subtle and non-physical in nature. This is the Prana (Life Matter) of the Eastern Mysteries. The Earth's magnetic field captures this incorporeal nitre as the wind streams past our planet. This ...

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Tattva, Tattva - A Brief History of the Tattvas, Tattva - The Tattvic Philosophy in Western Tradition, Tattva - Symbols and Colours, Tattva - Conclusion

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T'ai Chi has become very popular in the last twenty years or so, as the baby boomers age and T'ai Chi's reputation for ameliorating the effects of aging becomes more well-known. Hospitals, clinics, community and senior centers are all hosting T'ai Chi classes in communities around the world. As a result of this popularity, there has been some divergence between those who say they practise T'ai Chi primarily for fighting, those who practise it for its aesthetic appeal (as in the shortened, modern, theatrical "Taijiquan" forms of wushu, see be ...

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Tai Chi Chuan, Tai Chi Chuan - Overview, Tai Chi Chuan - T'ai Chi Ch'uan training and techniques, Tai Chi Chuan - T'ai Chi Ch'uan styles and history, Tai Chi Chuan - Family tree, Tai Chi Chuan - T'ai Chi Ch'uan in the present, Tai Chi Chuan - Modern forms, Tai Chi Chuan - T'ai Chi Ch'uan as a health practice and a form of traditional Chinese medicine, Tai Chi Chuan - Citations to medical research

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On May 7, 1969, an Order-in-Council of the province of Ontario amalgamated the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William and the Townships of McIntyre and Neebing to form the city of Thunder Bay. The original college site comprised some 32 hectares of land lying between the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William, and was donated by the city of Port Arthur. In 1962 an additional 42 hectares of adjoining land were purchased and in 1965, 45 hectares of land were purchased in anticipation of future expansion. As well, a building fund campaign raised $ ...

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Lakehead University, Lakehead University - History, Lakehead University - Academics, Lakehead University - Academic Organization, Lakehead University - Campus, Lakehead University - Facts and Figures, Lakehead University - Famous Alumni and Faculty

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