Spiritual Path Dictionary

Sowan (Pali). The first of the "four paths" which lead to Nirvana, in Yoga practice.

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Sowanee (Pali). He who entered upon that "path".

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Dhyana-marga (Sanskrit) (from dhyana meditation + marga path)

The path of meditation or profound spiritual-intellectual contemplation.

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jnana-marga:

jnana-marga (jnaana-maarga). Path of spiritual wisdom.

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jnana-yogi:

jnana-yogi (jnaana-yogi). Yogi on the path of spiritual wisdom.

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Brahma-upadesa:

Brahma-upadesa (-upadhesha). Initiation into the spiritual path of Brahma-realization.

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Aryahata (Sanskrit) The path of arhatship or spiritual holiness leading to nirvana (Sanskrit Keys to the Wisdom Religion 67).

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Devayana (Sanskrit) (from deva spiritual being + yana path)

The way of the gods.

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ANIMALISM: The doctrine that man is a mere animal with no soul or spiritual quality.

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Jnana-yoga - the path of spiritual realization through a philosophical search for truth.

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Uttarayana (Sanskrit) [from uttara northern + ayana road, path]

The northern way, the progress of the sun to the north of the equator or the summer solstice. In mystic philosophy, it represents in one sense the path of light leading inwards spiritually, or the nivrittimarga, the path of the involution of matter and the evolution of spirit.

See also DAKSHINAYANA

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Raja: the Royal Path set out by Patanjali. Path of Duality; the Path of Meditation. In combines all the other yogas. Raja yoga is concerned with the study of the body as a vehicle of spiritual energy. In addition it stresses the value of formal, scientific meditation practices. It is for those who wish to lead a monastic or at least predominantly contemplative life.

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Nivritti-marga nivrtti-marga (Sanskrit) [from nivritti infolding + marga path, way]

The path that leads through unfolding back to the spiritual worlds; often called the path of light or luminous arc.

See also PRAVRITTI-MARGA

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Samyagajiva (Sanskrit). Mendicancy for religious purposes: the correct profession. It is the fourth Marga (path), the vow of poverty, obligatory on every Arhat and monk.

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Srotapatti (Sanskrit) Lit., " he who has entered the stream ", i.e., the stream or path that leads to Nirvana, or figuratively, to the Nirvanic Ocean. The same as Sowanee.

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Chhannagarikah (Tibet, Tibetan). Lit., the school of six cities. A famous philosophical school where Chelas are prepared before entering on the Path.

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Marga (Sanskrit). "The "Path", The Ashthanga marga, the "holy" or sacred path is the one that leads to Nirvana. The eight-fold path has grown out of the seven-fold path, by the addition of the (now) first of the eight Marga; i.e., "the possession of orthodox views"; with which a real Yogacharya would have nothing to do.

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Bhakti Yoga: The yoga of attaining union with God through the prescribed spiritual discipline of the path of devotion.

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Jnana-kanda:

Jnana-kanda (Jnaana-kaanda). Portion of the Vedas that deals with knowledge of Brahman through the path of spiritual wisdom or discriminative knowledge.

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jnana-yoga:

jnana-yoga (jnaana-yoga). Path of inner contemplation, spiritual wisdom.

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brahma-charya:

brahma-charya. Path to knowledge of Brahman; state of an unmarried religious student; first stage of life of a brahmin; spiritual studentship.

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Samadhana (Sanskrit). That state in which a Yogi can no longer diverge from the path of spiritual progress; when everything terrestrial, except the visible body, has ceased to exist for him.

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