Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga: Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga or Surat Shabda Yoga is a form of spiritual practice that is followed in the Sant Mat and many other related spiritual t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Surat Shabd Yoga - Movements And Masters
Adherents believe Surat Shabda Yoga has been expressed through the movements of many different masters. However, because a basic principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Surat Shabd Yoga - Basic Principles
The stated purpose of Surat Shabda Yoga is to realize the individual's True Self (Self-Realization), True Essence (Spirit-Realization) an...   » Read the article

Article - Gurudeva Mangatram: Principle Of Samata - About Gurudeva  
The path of spiritual progress leading to Self-realisation, propagated by Gurudeva Mangatram is the Surat Shabd Yoga, the path advocat...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Self-realization: Encyclopedia - Self-realization
In Yoga, Self-realization is knowledge of one's true self. This true self is also referred to as the atma to avoid ambiguity. The term "s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhajan: Encyclopedia - Bhajan
A bhajan or kirtan is a Hindu devotional song, often but not necessarily of ancient origin. Great importance is attributed to the singing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia - Esotericism
Esotericism refers to knowledge suitable only for the advanced, privileged, or initiated, as opposed to exoteric knowledge, which is publ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia - Mysticism
Mysticism, from the Greek μυω (muo, "to conceal"), is the pursuit of achieving communion with or conscious awareness of ultimate reali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Causal Realm: Encyclopedia - Causal Realm
The causal realm or causal body is, according to mystical and religious traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Surat Shabd Yoga, Theos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Selfless Service: Encyclopedia - Selfless Service
Selfless Service is a commonly used term in Sant Mat and Surat Shabd Yoga as well as other spiritual disciplines and in world religions s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baba Sawan Singh: Encyclopedia - Baba Sawan Singh
Baba Sawan Singh (1858 - 1948), also know as "The Great Master," was the second Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) from the death...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shabd: Encyclopedia - Shabd
Shabd or Shabda literally means “sound” or “word” in Sanskrit. [1] Esoterically, Shabd is the “Sound Current vibrating in all c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Initiation: Encyclopedia - Initiation
Coming from the Latin, initiation implies a beginning. The related verb, initiate, means to begin or start a particular action, event, ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arhatic Yoga: Encyclopedia - Arhatic Yoga
Arhatic Yoga is a form of Yoga, developed and taught by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, that synthesizes in a single discipline all the other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paschimottanasana: Encyclopedia - Paschimottanasana
Paschimottanasana literally translated as "intense stretch of the west". A yoga position (or asana) where one sits on the floor with legs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga As Exercise: Encyclopedia - Yoga As Exercise
While Yoga evolved as a spiritual practice, in the West it has grown popular as a form of purely physical exercise. Some Western practic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar Yoga Bharati: Encyclopedia - Bihar Yoga Bharati
Located near Munger, in India's Bihar State, Bihar Yoga Bharati (BYB) is a yoga institute dedicated to the study of yoga in a gurukul env...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naked Yoga: Encyclopedia - Naked Yoga
The short film 'Naked Yoga is an attempt to illustrate the practice of yoga in a natural setting. The purpose is to free the body and min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anusara Yoga: Encyclopedia - Anusara Yoga
Anusara yoga is a modern school of yoga started by John Friend in 1997; it is a hatha yoga with a Tantric philosophy. Friend continues to...   » 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 - Niyama: Encyclopedia - Niyama
The Niyamas are codified as "the observances" in numerous scriptures including the Shandilya and Varuha Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga In Daily Life: Encyclopedia - Yoga In Daily Life
Yoga in Daily Life by Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda is a comprehensive system of Yoga with a holistic approach to heal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhujangasana: Encyclopedia - Bhujangasana
Bhujangasana (cobra position) is a hatha yoga position which strengthens the spine; stretches chest and lungs, shoulders, and abdomen; fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharana: Encyclopedia - Dharana
Dharana is the sixth of the eight steps of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga. Dharana can be translated as "holding steady", and it is the initia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pratyahara: Encyclopedia - Pratyahara
Pratyahara is the fifth among the Eight steps of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga. In it, the consciousness, or more specifically, the neural cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iyengar Yoga: Encyclopedia - Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga, created by B.K.S. Iyengar, is a form of yoga known for its use of props, such as belts and blocks, as aids in performing as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga Piracy: Encyclopedia - Yoga Piracy
Yoga piracy is the appropriation of postures and techniques that are found in ancient and traditional yoga treatises belonging to Hinduis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia - Samsara
In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other related religions, samsara or saṃsāra refers to the concept of reincarnation or rebirth in In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga Nidra: Encyclopedia - Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra, which literally means "sleep of the yogis", is used to prepare both mentally and physically prior to seeking deeper levels of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Experience: Encyclopedia - Experience
Experience as a general concept comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation of some thing or some event gained through involvement ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sahaja Yoga: Encyclopedia - Sahaja Yoga
Sahaja Yoga (Sahaja meaning born with and Yoga meaning union) is a type of meditation and yoga. It is "a unique method of meditation base...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kriya Yoga: Encyclopedia - Kriya Yoga
Kriya yoga is a system of Indian yoga that was first popularized in the West by Paramahansa Yogananda. The system consists of a number of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bikram Yoga: Encyclopedia - Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga was developed by Bikram Choudhury. He claims that his method is the only true hatha yoga practiced in the West. This claim is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anahata Yoga: Encyclopedia - Anahata Yoga
Anahata Yoga is a meditative hatha yoga developed by Ana Costa. It was registered with the Yoga Alliance in 2002. More than 60 teachers h...   » 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 - Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga: Encyclopedia - Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
This article is about the style of yoga taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India. This article is about the Ashtanga Yoga style of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kundalini Yoga: Encyclopedia - Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini yoga is a meditative discipline, comprising a set of simple techniques that uses the mind, senses and body to create a communic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Encyclopedia - Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asana: Encyclopedia - Asana
Asana is Sanskrit for "seat". It is no accident that this word be chosen to describe the "posture" of Yoga. The idea of the "seat" in thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siddha Yoga: Encyclopedia - Siddha Yoga
Siddha Yoga is a spiritual group teaching traditional Hindu or yogic practices both in India and in the West. The group has an organizati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plane Cosmology: Encyclopedia - Plane Cosmology
Subtle bodies Causal plane: Causal body Mental plane: Mental body Astral plane: body, projection Etheric plane: Etheric body Physical pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia - Hindu Units Of Measurement
Old Indian measures are still in use today, primarily for religious purposes in Hinduism and Jainism. They also are employed in the teach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pranayama: Encyclopedia - Pranayama
Pranayama is the fourth limb of Raja Yoga expounded in the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali. Prana is the source of which energy evolves from. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga
Integral yoga or purna yoga (Full or complete yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindo's teachings to the union of all the parts of one's being with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raja Yoga: Encyclopedia - Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga is one of the four major Yogic paths of Hinduism, the others being Karma yoga, Jnana yoga and Bhakti yoga. Raj...   » 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 - Samadhi: Encyclopedia - Samadhi
Samadhi is a term used in Hindu and Buddhist yogic meditation. Samadhi is also the Hindi word for a cenotaph, a structure commemorating t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yama: Encyclopedia - Yama
Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is the lord of death, whose first recorded appearance is in the Vedas. He is one of the most ancient beings in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sahaj Marg: Encyclopedia - Sahaj Marg
Sahaj Marg, which essentially translates to "the natural path" is the system of practical training in spirituality offered by Shri Ram Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-realization: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-realization - Self-realization In Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga cosmology depicts the whole of creation (the macrocosm) as being emanated and arranged in a spiritually differentiated h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-realization: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-realization - Self-realization In Sahaja Yoga
According to Sahaja Yoga, self-realization is a process of kundalini awakening. ... See also:Self-realization, Self-realization - Self...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-realization: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-realization - Self-realization According To Paramhansa Yogananda
“Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Etymology
Esoteric is an adjective originating in Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Examples In Major Traditions
Examples of major traditions and philosophies with strong elements of mysticism are: Christian Gnosticism Christian mysticism Eastern Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhajan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhajan - Kirtan In Sikhism
The Sri Guru Granth Sahib (“SGGS”) is the main spiritual authority for the Sikhs. The Sikhs hold their Granth (which literally means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Esotericism In Popular Culture
Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist involves a spiritual interpretation of alchemy. Umberto Eco has written fiction with esoteric themes, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Scope
Many religious movements in various parts of the world claim to possess a higher, truer, or better interpretation of the wider religion o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Nuances
Esotericism largely overlaps with occultism which simply means "hidden knowledge." However, in the 20th century many esotericists avoid t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Esoteric Themes
What, in a nutshell, does "esotericism" teach? No possible answer could do justice to the myriad groups which are subsumed under this nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Historical Sketch
Esotericism is not a single tradition but a vast array of often unrelated figures and movements. Nevertheless, the following may be helpf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhajan: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhajan - Popularity With The Masses
The common masses indulge in bhajan-singing without realizing that such traditional methods of invoking the divine can have a tremendous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Subjectivity And Mysticism
Theistic, pantheistic, and panentheistic classical pantheist/cosmotheist metaphysical systems most often understand mystical experience a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Self-transcending Self-discovery
The term Perennial Philosophy, coined by Leibniz and popularized by Aldous Huxley, relates to what some take to be the mystic's primary c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Mysticism And Syncretism
Mystics of different traditions report similar experiences of a world usually outside conventional perception, although not all forms of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - On The Difficulty Of Defining Mysticism
Readers frequently encounter seemingly open-ended statements among studies of mysticism, throughout its history, for example in Taoist th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Samsara In Surat Shabda Yoga
In Surat Shabda Yoga, the purpose is to realize the individual's True Self (Self-Realization), True Essence (Spirit-Realization) and True...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shabd: Encyclopedia Ii - Shabd - Other Terms For Shabd
Referring to the Shabd, Sant Kirpal Singh, a contemporary Sant Mat guru, stated that "Naam" ("Word") has been described in many tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Cycle Of Rebirth
In most Indian philosophical traditions, including the orthodox Hindu and heterodox Buddhist and Jain systems, an ongoing cycle of birth,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Jainism
In Jainism, karma, anuva (ego) and the veil of maya are central. In Jainism, liberation from samsara is called moksha or mukti. ... See...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirpal Singh: Encyclopedia Ii - Kirpal Singh - Teachings
In 1955, Sant Kirpal Singh wrote an introduction to his teachings especially intended for Westerners, called Man, Know Thyself. The princ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plane Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Plane Cosmology - History
Directly equivalent concepts in Indian thought are lokas and bhuvanas. In Hindu cosmology, there are traditionally seven lokas or worlds,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Hinduism
In some types of Hinduism, Saṃsāra is seen as ignorance of the True Self, Brahman, and thus the soul is led to believe in the reality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossary Of Terms In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossary Of Terms In Hinduism - B
Brahma (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as "brəhmα:") is the Hindu creator god, and one of the Trimurti, the others bein...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Buddhism
Samsara - Saṃsāra in Nikaya Buddhism. Whereas in Hinduism some being (ātman, jiva, etc.) is regarded as being subject to Saṃsāra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suma Ching Hai: Encyclopedia Ii - Suma Ching Hai - Criticism
Detractors have thought that Master Ching Hai may only be teaching these methods for her own profit, thus the media giving her the nickna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Experience: Encyclopedia Ii - Experience - Types Of Experience
The word "experience" may refer (somewhat ambiguously) both to mentally unprocessed immediately-perceived events as well as to the purpor...   » 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 - Plane Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Plane Cosmology - Origins Of The Concept
The concept of planes of existence might be seen as deriving from shamanic and traditional mythological ideas of a vertical world-axis �...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Subtle Body: Encyclopedia Ii - Subtle Body - Perceiving The Subtle Body
Clairvoyants say that they can see the subtle bodies in the aura. There are several books (Barbara Brennan's Hands of Light being perhaps...   » 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 - Suma Ching Hai: Encyclopedia Ii - Suma Ching Hai - Biography
She was born to a well-off family in Vietnam, and the daughter of a highly reputed naturopath. She was brought up as a Catholic, and lear...   » 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 - Suma Ching Hai: Encyclopedia Ii - Suma Ching Hai - Teachings
The core of Master Ching Hai’s teachings is diligent practice of the prescribed meditation on the inner light and sound. "Not until one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suma Ching Hai: Encyclopedia Ii - Suma Ching Hai - The Quan Yin Method
Main Article: Quan Yin Method Master Ching Hai initiates sincere spiritual aspirants into the Quan Yin Method, also known as Inner Light ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subtle Body: Encyclopedia Ii - Subtle Body - The Subtle Body In Anthroposophy
This same theme (of dense to subtle Body and Plane/Universe) is also found in Rudolph Steiner's Anthroposophical teachings, although it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subtle Body: Encyclopedia Ii - Subtle Body - The Subtle Body In Theosophy
Whilst the Eastern esoteric traditions emphasise a single subtle body (apart from the Vedantic concept of five koshas), in the West (begi...   » 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 - 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 - Subtle Body: Encyclopedia Ii - Subtle Body - The Subtle Body In Rosicrucianism
The Seven-fold constituition of Man Max Heindel's Rosicrucian writings teach that man is a complex being who possesses: A Dense Body, wh...   » 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 - Hindu Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Units Of Measurement - Time
The Hindu metrics of time (Kaala Vyavahara) can be summarized as below. Hindu units of measurement - Sidereal metrics. a paramanu is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Etymologies
The current English word "soul" may have originated from Old English sawol, documented in 970 AD, which has possible etymological links w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Etymologies
The current English word "soul" may have originated from Old English sawol, documented in 970 AD, which has possible etymological links w...   » 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

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - S
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - S . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article