About the mind and how the mind can be controlled.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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nada: (Sanskrit) "Sound; tone, vibration."

Metaphysically, the mystic sounds of the Eternal, of which the highest is the transcendent or Soundless Sound, Paranada, the first vibration from which creation emanates. Paranada is so pure and subtle that it cannot be identified to the denser regions of the mind. From Paranada comes Pranava, Aum, and further evolutes of nada. These are experienced by the meditator as the nadanadi shakti, "the energy current of sound," heard pulsing through the nerve system as a constant high-pitched hum, much like a tambura, an electrical transformer, a swarm of bees or a shruti box.

Listening to the inner sounds is a contemplative practice, called nada upasana, "worship through sound," nada anusandhana, "cultivation of inner sound," or nada yoga. The subtle variations of the nadanadi shakti represent the psychic wavelengths of established guru lineages of many Indian religions. Nada also refers to other psychic sounds heard during deep meditation, including those resembling various musical instruments. Most commonly, nada refers to ordinary sound.

See: Aum, nadi, pranava, sound, healing sound, vibrational healing

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The Shvetashvatara Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads. It is associated with the Black Yajurveda. It figures as number 14 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. Adi Shankara has called it the "Mantra Upanishad" of the Vedic Shvetashvatara school. This Upanishad contains 113 mantras or verses in six chapters. In the last chapter we find the following verse. " Sage Shvetashvatara got this knowledge of Brahman which is very sacred and revered by many great sages by his penance and ...

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 - December 6, 1956) has been called the most prominent Indian Untouchable leader of the 20th century. He was born in Mhow of Madhya Pradesh state in central India, the fourteenth child of parents who belonged to the very lowest stratum of Hindu society, known as Untouchables or Dalits. He helped spark a revival of Buddhism in India, a movement which is now known as neo-Buddhism. B. R. Ambedkar - Education. Ambedkar's father who hailed from the Ratnagiri district in Mah ...

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• B. R. Ambedkar - Education
• B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work
• B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability
• B. R. Ambedkar - Political career
• B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution
• B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism
• B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows
• B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views
• B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy
• B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie
• B. R. Ambedkar - See Also

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upasana (seated near): being near to the Lord through continual mental visualization of his form.

(See also: upasana, Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)

Upasana:

Upasana: worshiping, devotion for God (SSS-II)

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upasana:

upasana (upaasana). Worship, devotion, meditation practice, acquisition of the presence of the Lord.

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UPASANA: worship

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sandhya upasana: (Sanskrit) "Worship at time's junctures."

Drawing near to God at the changes of time - worship and sadhana performed in the home at dawn, noon and dusk.

See: sadhana.

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saakaara-upasana:

saakaara-upasana (-upaasana). You-with-form.

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Sikh-upasana:

Sikh-upasana (-upaasana). Sikh mode of worship.

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AHANGRAHA UPASANA: meditation in which the aspirant identifies himself with Brahman

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nir-aakaara-upasana:

nir-aakaara-upasana (-upaasana). You-without-form.

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Kaanda:

Kaanda (Kanda): The three sections of the Veda's: Karma, Upasana and Jnana: 'The first one deals with Karma, which is the most voluminous and the second, shorter in size, is called Upasana or Worship. The third or the Jnana section is the Upanishad literature, which is shorter still, the Vedantha or the Consummation of Vedic discipline'. (SSS-II) Kanda means water, an expanse of water (RRV-1)

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pancha nitya karma (karmas): (Sanskrit) "Five constant duties." A traditional regimen of religious practice for Hindus:

1)   dharma (virtuous living),

2)    upasana (worship),

3)    utsava (holy days),

4)    tirthayatra (pilgrimage) and

5)    samskaras (sacraments.)

See: dharma, festival, samskara, tirthayatra.

(See also: Pancha nitya karma (karmas:, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

sannyasin: (Sanskrit) "Renouncer."

One who has taken sannyasa diksha. A Hindu monk, swami, and one of a world brotherhood (or holy order) of sannyasins. Some are wanderers and others live in monasteries.

The seasoned sannyasin is truly the liberated man, the spiritual exemplar, the disciplined yogi and ultimately the knower of Truth, freed to commune with the Divine and bound to uplift humanity through the sharing of his wisdom, his peace, his devotion and his illumination, however great or small.

The sannyasin is the guardian of his religion, immersed in it constantly, freed from worldliness, freed from distraction, able to offer his work and his worship in unbroken continuity and one-pointed effectiveness. He undertakes certain disciplines including the purification of body, mind and emotion. He restrains and controls the mind through his sadhana, tapas and meditative regimen. He unfolds from within himself a profound love of God and the Gods. His practice of upasana, worship, is predominantly internal, seeking God Siva within.

See: sannyasa, sannyasa dharma, sannyasa diksha, swami.

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muhurta: (Sanskrit) "Moment."

1)    A period of time.

2)    A certain division of a day or night.

-       Muhurtas vary slightly in length as the lengths of days and nights change through the year. There are at least three muhurta systems.

-       The first defines one muhurta as 1/8th of a day or night (= 1.5 hours in a 12-hour night),

-       the second as 1/15th of a day or night (= 48 minutes), and

-       the third as 1/16th of a day or night (= 45 minutes).

3)    Muhurta also refers to the astrological science of determining the most auspicious periods for specific activities.

See: brahma muhurta, auspiciousness, sandhya upasana.

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The following modern organisation are playing an important part in uniting the thought-processes in the Interfaith movement so that the ideals of this movement can be advanced. One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and Church 330 West 38th Street, Suite 1500, New York NY 10018, USA. Tel: 001 212 931 6840. Fax: 001 212 931 6841. E-mail: email: info@onespiritinterfaith.org Web: http://www.onespiritinterfaith.org One Spirit Learning Alliance is a non-profit educational and spiritual organization that supports individual and organizationa ...

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While Ambedkar continued to participate in the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, and was to do so until the end of his life, from 1952 onwards Ambedkar's energies were increasingly devoted to other concerns. Ever since the 1935 Depressed Classes Conference, when he had shocked Hindu India with the declaration that though he had been born a Hindu he did not intend to die one, Ambedkar had been giving earnest consideration to the question of conversion. Further consideration made him increasingly convinced that there was no future for the Untouc ...

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B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie, B. R. Ambedkar - See Also

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While Ambedkar continued to participate in the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha, and was to do so until the end of his life, from 1952 onwards Ambedkar's energies were increasingly devoted to other concerns. Ever since the 1935 Depressed Classes Conference, when he had shocked Hindu India with the declaration that though he had been born a Hindu he did not intend to die one, Ambedkar had been giving earnest consideration to the question of conversion. Further consideration made him increasingly convinced that there was no future for the Untouc ...

See also:

B. R. Ambedkar, B. R. Ambedkar - Education, B. R. Ambedkar - Professional work, B. R. Ambedkar - Fight against Untouchability, B. R. Ambedkar - Political career, B. R. Ambedkar - Father of the Indian constitution, B. R. Ambedkar - Conversion to Buddhism, B. R. Ambedkar - 22 Vows, B. R. Ambedkar - Memorial and modern views, B. R. Ambedkar - Controversy, B. R. Ambedkar - Ambedkar:the Movie

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A Dictionary of Spiritual Terms. From Acupuncture to Zoroaster.

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