Article - Nirvikalp Samadhi: Pure Consciousness: Nirvikalp Samadhi  
The nature of Atman is pure consciousness, and though the phenomena are perceived to be taking place, in reality they are only aspects...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pure Consciousness: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Pure Consciousness
Pure Consciousness: See: Parashakti, Satchidananda, tattva. (See also: Pure Consciousness , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcendental Meditation - Procedures And Theory
TM is practiced for fifteen to twenty minutes twice daily while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. In essence, the TM technique co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation: Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation
The Transcendental Meditation technique, or TM, is a form of meditation that originates from the Vedic tradition of masters that includes...   » Read the article

Article - Hong-sau: Hong-sau Technique Of Meditation
The Hong-Sau technique will help you to convert ego-consciousness into the complete awareness of who and what you truly are: a manifes...   » Read the article

Article - Tantra Yoga: Experimental Duplication
Tantra: Experimental duplication TANTRA Science relies upon the practical realization of its teachings. Here we are not dealing with end...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga-kundalini Upanishad: Experiencing Everything As Consciousness During Samadhi
Experiencing Everything As Consciousness During Samadhi 76. The body of the Yogi attains very subtle state of the pure Brahman. By caus...   » Read the article

Article - Purusha: Vedic Philosophy - The Purusha
The Purusha or the Self is beyond Prakriti. It is eternally separate from the latter. Purusha is without beginning or end. It is without ...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Do God And The Gods In Hinduism Have Gender?
Hinduism: Do God and the Gods in Hinduism have Gender?  Esoterically, it must be admitted that none of the Gods has a wife. Their c...   » Read the article

Article - Chanting: The Healing Powers Of Ancient Chants  
The sages who gave us the ancient Vedic mantras and hymns were evolved beings who had either attained or come very close to a state of...   » Read the article

Article - Meditation Techniques: Meditation Through Mantras - Mantra Meditation
Mantra meditation involves channeling one's consciousness from a low level to a high level of purer thought. "In the beginning wa...   » Read the article

Article - Peace Of Mind: The Wavelength Of Celestial Sound
In most religious scriptures, Shabd or the Word is referred to as the creator of the universe. It is a current from the ocean of pure ...   » Read the article

Article - Love And Happiness: Desire Management For A Full Life
There are some people who do little, but make others do a lot. Brahman, the pure Consciousness, too, is actionless - but in Its presen...   » Read the article

Article - Three Gunas: Vedic Yoga And The Three Gunas
Vedic Yoga and the Three Gunas The Vedas present a vast pantheon of deities (devatas) on many different levels, often said to be innumer...   » Read the article

Article - Ramnavmi: Hindu Worship - Ramnavmi
Ramnavmi Lord Rama, an Incarnation of Lord Vishnu, who is measureless, who is of the nature of pure Consciousness and bliss, who is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vijnana: Encyclopedia - Vijnana
Vijñāna is Sanskrit for consciousness. This page considers the Buddhist concept. Specifically, a vijnana is a single moment of conceptu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turiya: Encyclopedia - Turiya
In early Hindu philosophy, turiya (also called caturtha) is a state of pure consciousness, or the experience of ultimate reality and trut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Avadhut: Encyclopedia - Avadhut
Avadhut is a term from the spiritual traditions of India. An avadhut is a mystic who has risen above body-consciousness, duality, and wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jnana Yoga: Encyclopedia - Jnana Yoga
Jnana in Sanskrit means "knowledge", and is often interpreted to mean "knowledge of the true self". In the Vedanta school of the Hindu re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akshobhya: Encyclopedia - Akshobhya
In Vajrayana Buddhism, Akshobhya (Sanskrit for "Immovable One", Jp. 阿閃如来 Ashuku nyorai) is one of the Five Wisdom Buddhas, a prod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcendental Meditation - Notable Practitioners
Some of these individuals have died or are no longer practicing TM. ... See also:Transcendental meditation, Transcendental meditation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcendental Meditation - History
In 1957, at the end of a big "festival of spiritual luminaries" in remembrance of the previous Shankaracharya of the North, Swami Brahman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcendental Meditation - Tm And Religion
With regard to religion, Maharishi states that: Religion and meditation are both necessary -- "One without the other will not survive." ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcendental Meditation - Criticisms And Controversies
Criticisms and controversies can be divided in different categories: possible negative side effects, TM-Sidhi Program and Maharishi Effec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcendental Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcendental Meditation - Effects Of Tm
Some studies [6] indicate that regular practice of TM leads to significant, cumulative benefits in the areas of mind (Travis, Arenander &...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Purusha
Purusha: man; pure consciousness   (See also: Purusha ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Chaitanya
CHAITANYA: Pure Consciousness.   (See also: CHAITANYA ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Christ Consciousness: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Christ Consciousness
Christ consciousness A term the Christian tradition has used for intuitive knowing or the realization or attainment of high conscious...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Purusha
Purusha: Purusha. Pure, un-manifested consciousness.   (See also: Purusha , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Purusha
Purusha: pure consciousness, spirit   (See also: Purusha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Chaitanya
CHAITANYA: pure consciousness   (See also: CHAITANYA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chit: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Chit
chit: chit - pure consciousness   (See also: chit , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinmaya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Chinmaya
chinmaya: chinmaya. Consisting of pure consciousness.   (See also: chinmaya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dicti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chaitanya: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Chaitanya
Chaitanya: Chaitanya: pure consciousness.   (See also: Chaitanya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Purusha
purusha: Pure, unmanifested consciousness.   (See also: purusha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mi...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  chit: Sanskrit Dictionary On  chit
 Chit: pure consciousness   (See also:  Chit , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Chit: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Chit
chit: (Sanskrit) "Consciousness" or "awareness."   Philosophically, "pure awareness; transcendent consc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Upahita Chaitanya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Upahita Chaitanya
UPAHITA CHAITANYA: pure consciousness associated with Upadhis, the individual soul   (See also: UPAHITA CHAITANYA , Hinduism, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cinmaya: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Cinmaya
Cinmaya - possessing full spiritual nature and consciousness; composed of pure cognition; spiritual.   (See also: Cinmaya , B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cit: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Cit
Cit - consciousness; pure thought; spirit; spiritual cognition or perception.   (See also: Cit , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cit-jagat: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Cit-jagat
Cit-jagat - the spiritual world. The world of pure spiritual consciousness.   (See also: Cit-jagat , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinmaya-thathwa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Chinmaya-thathwa (-thatthvaa)
chinmaya-thathwa: chinmaya-thathwa (-thatthvaa). Science of ultra-consciousness, pure intelligence.   (See also: chinmaya-t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Suddha Sathwa: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Suddha Sathwa (shuddha Satthva)
suddha sathwa: suddha sathwa (shuddha satthva). Pure consciousness.   (See also: suddha sathwa , Hinduism, Hinduism Diction...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Society For Krishna Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - International Society For Krishna Consciousness - The Great Mantra
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE The popular nickname "Hare Krishnas"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - International Society For Krishna Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - International Society For Krishna Consciousness - The Great Mantra
The popular nickname "Hare Krishnas" for devotees of this movement comes from the maha-mantra (great chant) they either sing aloud or cha...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shuddha-sattva: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Shuddha-sattva
shuddha-sattva “Pure goodness,” the nonmaterial, incorruptible substance of the spiritual world. Also, the pure consciousn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chidakasha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Chidakasha
Chidakasha: Brahman in Its aspect as limitless knowledge; unbounded intelligence. This is a familiar concept of the Upanishads. It is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Turiya: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Turiya
Turiya: The state of pure consciousness. A Ramakrishna-Vedanta Wordbook defines it as: "The superconscious; lit., 'the Fourth,' i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvikalpa: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Nirvikalpa
Nirvikalpa: seedless samadhi; pure undifferentiated consciousness; it contains no phenomenal impressions whatever, no seeds of desire ...   » 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 - Shiva: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Shiva
Shiva: Shiva. Lord of Withdrawal. Represents pure consciousness. Possesses 3 Shaktis or Powers: Iccha (Will), Jnana (Knowledge), an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cit: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Cit
cit: the pure consciousness equated with moksa when the egoistic self is consort of vishnu, sometimes called Sri   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Atman
Atman The eternal or real self, sometimes referring to the principle of life in all things. The pure consciousness of the spirit which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Keter Kabbalah: Encyclopedia Ii - Keter Kabbalah - Non-jewish Practices
Dion Fortune describes Keter as pure consciousness, beyond all categories, timeless, a point that crystallises out of the Ein Sof, and co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Satchidananda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Satchidananda
Satchidananda (Sachchidananda): (Sanskrit) "Existence-consciousness-bliss."   A synonym for Parashakti. Lord Siva's Di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shankara: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Shankara
Shankara: (788-820AD) Founder of the best-known and most influential school of Vedanta, known as the non-dualist or advaita Vedanta. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sushupti: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sushupti
Sushupti susupti (Sanskrit) [from su well, good, fine + shupti from the verbal root svap to sleep]   Fast asleep, deep sleep; the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chid-akasa, Cidakasa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Chid-akasa, Cidakasa
Chid-akasa cidakasa (Sanskrit) (from chit consciousness + akasa ether, space)   Abstract cosmic consciousness as active in spirit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Age: Encyclopedia Ii - New Age - Quotations
In Experiential Spirituality and Contemporary Gnosis Diane Brandon writes: "And this emphasis on spirituality and consciousness reflects...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aitreya Upanishad: Vedic Hindu Scriptures Dictionary On Aitreya Upanishad
Aitreya Upanishad It belongs to the Rg Veda. It is considered as one of the principal Upanisads and concerns with imparting the knowl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanaka: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Sanaka (-kumara)
Sanaka (-kumara) The oldest of the first four sons of Lord Brahma. Sanaka and his three brothers are great masters of yoga who teach t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aprakrta: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary On Aprakrta
Aprakrta - transcendental, beyond the influence of material nature, beyond the perception of the mind and senses, not created by any h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Purusha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Purusha
purusha: literally 'person': the original, primeval being the sacrifice of which was believed to create from its body the phenomenal ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ananda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ananda
ananda: (Sanskrit) "Bliss." The pure joy - ecstasy or enstasy - of God-consciousness or spiritual experience. In its highest...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Impersonal God: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Impersonal God
impersonal God: God in His perfections of Pure Consciousness (Parashakti) and Absolute Reality beyond all attributes (Parasiva) wherei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mahavakya: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Mahavakya
mahavakya: (Sanskrit) "Great saying."   A profound aphorism from scripture or a holy person. Most famous are four Upan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Being: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Being
Being: When capitalized being refers to God's essential divine nature- Pure Consciousness, Absolute Reality and Primal Soul (God's nat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ananda: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ananda
ananda: (Sanskrit) "Bliss." The pure joy - ecstasy or enstasy - of God-consciousness or spiritual experience. In its highest s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shakti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shakti
Shakti: (Sanskrit) "Power, energy," from the root shak, "to be able."   The active power or manifest energy ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jagrat: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Jagrat
A Theosophical definition of Jagrat :   Jagrat (Sanskrit) The state of consciousness when awake, as opposed to  svapna, th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Actinic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Actinic
actinic: Spiritual, creating light. Adjective derived from the Greek aktis, "ray." Of or pertaining to consciousness in its ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Actinic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Actinic
actinic: Spiritual, creating light. Adjective derived from the Greek aktis, "ray." Of or pertaining to consciousness in its pu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sahasrara: Encyclopedia Ii - Sahasrara - Description
Sahasrara is positioned above the head or at the top of it and it has 1000 petals which are arranged in 20 layers each of them with 50 pe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inner Light: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Inner Light
inner light: light perceived inside the head and body, of which there are varying intensities. When the karmas have been sufficiently ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Igne Natura Renovatur Integra: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Igne Natura Renovatur Integra
Igne Natura Renovatur Integra (Latin) By fire nature is restored in purity, or pure matter is restored by spirit; the medieval Rosicru...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sachchidananda, Saccidananda: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sachchidananda, Saccidananda
Sachchidananda saccidananda (Sanskrit) [from sat reality + chit pure consciousness + ananda bliss]   Abstract being, abstract con...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Achidrupa, Acidrupa: Theosophy Dictionary On Achidrupa, Acidrupa
Achidrupa, acidrupa (Sanskrit) (from a not + cit intelligence + rupa form, body)   A form or body without an intelligence; the ne...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universal Mind: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Universal Mind
universal mind: In the most profound sense, mind is the sum of all things, all energies and manifestations, all forms, subtle and gros...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Parashakti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Parashakti
Parashakti: (Sanskrit) "Supreme power; primal energy."   God Siva's second perfection, which is impersonal, immanent, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Individuality: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Individuality
A Theosophical definition of Individuality :   Individuality Theosophists draw a sharp and comprehensive distinction between in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Microvitum: Encyclopedia Ii - Microvitum - The Nature Of Microvita
In Tantra, the universe begins as pure consciousness; the universe evolves out of the consciousness of the Cosmic Mind. In brief, the uni...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dhyana: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Dhyana
A Theosophical definition of Dhyana :   Dhyana (Sanskrit) A term signifying profound spiritualintellectual contemplation with u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sahasrara: Encyclopedia Ii - Sahasrara - Other Associations
In the West, it has been noted by many occultists that Sahasrara expresses a similar archetypal idea to that of Kether in the kabbalistic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Guna: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Guna
guna: (Sanskrit) "Strand; quality." The three constituent principles of prakriti, primal nature. The three gunas are as foll...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siva: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Siva
Siva: (Sanskrit) "The auspicious, gracious or kindly one."   Supreme Being of the Saivite religion. God Siva is All an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wildfire Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Wildfire Comics - Pre-zero Hour
Wildfire was Drake Burroughs, a student of astrophysics. While observing an experiment involving (depending on the account), anti-matter ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mediator: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mediator
Mediator An agent who stands or goes between, specifically one who acts as the conscious agent or intermediary of special spiritual po...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dharmakaya: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Dharmakaya
A Theosophical definition of Dharmakaya :   Dharmakaya (Sanskrit) This is a compound of two words meaning the "continuance...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self
Self Theosophical literature distinguishes between self and ego: self is a purely spiritual unit, divine in essence, the same in every...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Samadhi
Samadhi (Sanskrit) [from sam with, together + a towards + the verbal root dha to place, bring]   To direct towards; to combine th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akasic Samadhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Akasic Samadhi
Akasic Samadhi (adjective of akasa ether, space + samadhi profound meditation from sam-a-dha to hold or fix together (in abstract thou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Samadhi
samadhi: (Sanskrit) "Enstasy," which means "standing within one's Self." "Sameness; contemplation; union, who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean Buddhism - Buddhism In The Unified Silla Period 668-918
In 668, the kingdom of Silla succeeded in unifying the whole Korean peninsula, giving rise to a period of political stability that lasted...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Formless: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Formless
formless: Philosophically, atattva, beyond the realm of form or substance.   Used in attempting to describe the wondersome, inde...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Self
A Theosophical definition of Self :   Self Man is a sheaf or bundle of forces or energies and material elements combined; and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - In The Torah Joshua And Judges
Ammon - Descent. According to the pedigree given in Genesis xix. 37-38, the Ammonites were closely related to the Israelites and still ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ardhanarishvara: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ardhanarishvara
Ardhanarishvara: (Sanskrit) "Half-female Lord." Lord Siva in androgynous form, male on the right side and female on the left...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maya Illusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Maya Illusion - Maya In Hinduism
See also: Maya_(Hinduism) In Vedic philosophy, maya (Sanskrit: ma: not, ya: this) is the illusion of a limited, purely physical and menta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ammon - In The Torah, Joshua And Judges
Ammon - Descent. According to the pedigree given in Genesis xix. 37-38, the Ammonites were closely related to the Israelites and still ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shikantaza: Encyclopedia Ii - Shikantaza - Meditation Method
Shikantaza is often referred to as the method of no method. While other forms of meditation often have quite clear instructions - such as...   » Read the article