GLOSSARY

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Abhidhamma (Pali) "getting the way to Dharma", spiritual initiation.
A'carya: "one who teaches othes by one's example". teacher of A.nanda Ma'rga meditation
A'dhama: lowermost
A'gama: the replies of Shiva to the questions of Pa'vartii in Tantra scriptures.
Ama'vasya': new moon
A'nanda Ma'rga: "The Path of Bliss", the cult of spiritual practices as taught by Baba
Artha:psychic desire
Asat: untruth, opposite of Sat
A'tman the soul, Supreme Consciousness in the individual. Also known as Jiiva'tman
Aum:the Cosmic Sound of creation
Aum Manipadme Hum, a common mantra of Maha'ya'na Buddhism 

Ba'ba':"Supreme Father", the affectionate name given to Shrii Shrii A'nandamu'rtijii by his disciples

Bauddhika Amitavaya'ya"intellectual extravaganza"intellectual pursuits without spiritual purpose
Bha'gavad Dharma: "divine Dharm" The spiritual Code of human beings
Bhiks'u: wandering monk or Sanya'siin; a spiritual aspirant
Brahma:The Infinite Consciousness; the Supreme Entity
Brahmaranchra:The Sahasra'ra Cakra. The crown of the head, the point where Parama Purus'a touches the human body
Buddha: Shakyamuni, the name of the great Indian guru who founded Buddhism 2500 years ago 

C'han (Chinese): The practice of meditation. From the Sanskrit word Dhyana China'ca'ra: "The Chinese path"; the ancient Chinese way of meditation

Darshana: "to see", audience of the Guru; guiding philosophy
Deva: "God", divine
Dharma: innate characteristic, nature of a thing. The Dharma of fire is to burn, the spiritual Dharma of human beings is to realize the Supreme Consciousness 
Dharmaks'etra:"field of spiritual pursuits", the human body is called Dharmaks'etra because it is with the help of our body that we are able to perform spiritual practices, also Dharmaks'etra is the name of the battlefield where the great Maha'bha'rata war took place in ancient India
Dharmapada: collection of the philosophical works of Lord Buddha
Dhin, Dhe, Ta:names of different Indian dance gestures or postures
Dhya'na: advanced practice of meditation, contemplation, taught as the 6th lesson of A'nanda Ma'rga meditation
Diipanii: "torch", guiding power in the meditation
Divya'ca'ra. 'Divine Way", an advanced form of spiritual practice
DMC: Dharma Maha Cakra. The special discourse and blessing of Baba. The DMC discourse in this book is "Man and his Ideological Desideratum"

Grhii: householder; family person
Guru: "dispeller of darkness", spiritual master

Iishvara: "Controller of the Universe", God
Iishvara Pran'idha'na: meditation. 1st lesson of A'nanda Ma'rga system
Is't'a: the goal, one's chosen Ideal
Is't'a Mantra: One's chosen Ideal as embodied in the spiritual incantation. The mantra of the 1st lesson of Ananda Ma'rga is Is't'a Mantra:

Jaeva Dharma: "Dharma of living things", the course of animal life
Jagat: Universe; from the root word "Gam" which means "moving"
Japa:Mantra repitition
Jiiva'tman:individual soul

Kama:passion, physical desire
Ka'rya-Ka'ran'a Tattva: Cause and Effect Theory
Kiirtan- chanting the name of the Lord, a practice very good for controlling the mind and preparing for meditation
Kula:base
Kun'd'alinii: "coiled serpentine", the dormant spiritual energy at the base of the spine

Lalita Ma'rmika: dance performed while singing kiirtan

Madhyama':middle, ordinary
Maha'deva:",Great God", an appelation of Lord Shiva
Maha'muni:"Great Sage", an appelation of Lord Buddha
Maha'manipadma: 'The seat of kun'd'alinii at the base of the spine. Also called Maha'munipadma', Munipadam', and Manipadma'
Maha'ya'na: One of the two major schools of Buddhism; Northern School as opposed to Southern School or Hinayana Buddhism
Mantra: "that which liberates the mind" incantation taught by the spiritual preceptor used during meditation
Ma'ya': expression of the Cosmic Operative Principle
Moks'a: Salvation, spiritual liberation of a permanent nature

Nigama: In Tantric scripture, the questions posed by Parvati to Lord Shiva

PC: Personal Contact, Personal meeting between Guru and disciple
Pa'pa: vice, sin, not to do the do's of life, those actions which lead to degradation 
Param'a'tman: "Universal Soul", the collectivity of individual souls (Jiiva'tman)
Parama Purus'a:Supreme Consciousness
Parinirva'na:Salvation, same as Moks'a
Pa'rvatii: the name of the wife of Lord Shiva, questioner of Shiva

Pashva'ca'ra:"Animal Way", the first level of Tantra practice in which the aspirant struggles against animal instincts
Pa'ta'ka:combination of Pa'pa and Pratyava'ya
Pa'takii:sinner, one who commits Pa'taka
Patanjali:author of the Yoga Su'tra, proponent of Ra'ja Yoga
Pratis't'ha:success in the physical sphere
Pratyava'ya:sin of ommission, not doing the do's of life
Pu'ja': spiritual. practices
Pu'nya: virtue, those actions which lead one towards the Cosmic Goal
Pu'rn'ima': full moon
Purus'ottama: Supreme Consciousness. Parama Purus'a as the nucleus of the Universe

Rasa:flow

Sa'dhana' spiritual endeavor, spiritual practices, meditation. From the root word "Sadh" which means "to try". A Sa'dhaka is one engaged in Sa'dhana'
Sa'dhu:"good man", a Sadhaka, a man engaged in Sa'dhana'
Sahasra'ra: the 7th, highest Cakra (psychic center) of the body, located at the crown of the head (The other six are located at the base of the spine, at the root of the genital organ, navel point, solar plexus, throat, and the point between the eyebrows).

Sam'gha:community, brotherhood
Sana'tana Dharma:Eternal Dharma". See Bha'gavad Dharma
Sarvajinata':success in the psychic sphere
Sat:absolute reality, truth, Good
Satsaunga: keeping the association of spiritual aspirants
Seva': Service
Shiva:Name of the great Guru of Tantra who lived in India 7000 years ago
Shraddha':Faith in the spiritual Ideology
Siddhi:Success in the spiritual sphere
Su'tram: "thread" aphorisms embodying a particular theory or philosophy

Tantra: "that which liberates from crudity", that which liberates through expansion" the cult of spirituality common to every path of spiritual practice
Tadsthiti: "ensconsing oneself in the Supreme Stance", one of the four limbs of Bha'gavad Dharma
Ta'ra':Old Chinese name of Pa'rvatii
Ta'ttvika:"theoretician", One who knows the philosophy
Tiirtha:place of pilgrimage
Tridand'a: "three pillars" the three fundamental relative factors (time, space, and person)

Upa'm'shu:repitition of mantra in a whisper
Uttama:best, uppermost

Viiraca'ra;"Noble Way" an advanced form of Tantra meditation
Vistara': "Expansion" one of the four limbs of Bhagavad Dharma
Viveka: spiritual discrimination, understanding what is real and what is unreal 

Yoga:union of individual consciousness with Cosmic Consciousness

Zen (Japanese)-.meditation From the Sanskrit Dhyana