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| "lawlessness" indicating a lack of virtue or righteousness |
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| nondualism, the metaphysics expounded in the Upanishads and scriptures based on the Upanishads |
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| "nonharming" often translated as "nonviolence" though something more fundamental is intended by it. Patanjali regards it as one of the five moral observances (yama). it must be kept under all circumstances. |
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| "inaction". according to the Bhagivad Gita inactivity is impossible in the manifest world, because the very constituents of nature are forever in motion. |
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| "nesciene", generally denotes spiritual ignorance. one of the five causes of affliction. |
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| "blessed one", an epithet generally applied to Krishna but sometimes to other personal deities of the Hindu pantheon as well. |
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| the most important scripture of the Bhagavat sect. Its philosophical foundations are those of Advaita Vedanta, mellowed by the conception and worship of the Divine in personal form as Krishna. The overall focus is on service and devotion to the personal god. |
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| "yoga of devotion", one of the principal branches of the Yoga tradition of Hinduism. Authorities of this type of yoga mention the "9 limbs" |
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| "vast expanse" In the ancient Vedas the term stands for prayer or meditation as a means of evoking the universal divine power, also called Brahman |
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| The priestly culture of the late Vedic times, which centered on teh esotericism of sacrifice. It evolved into Hinduism. |
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| "consists in one's taking refuge in the wisdom faculty in order not hanker after the fruit of one's deeds" |
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| "generosity" or "charity"...among the ten practices of self-restraint. "giving with all sincerity wealth that has been acquired by righteous means" |
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| Yogic schools reject the one-dimensional view of human nature believed by materialist philosophies. Yogic philosophies believe it is important HOW one dies. |
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| "to hold or to retain". In the ethical field it signifies righteous or virtue" |
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| "strand or quality". has great many connotations. the two most common are "quality" and "constituent" |
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| "foremost ruler" or "lord" |
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| the spiritual tradition founded by Mahavira, focuses on ahimsa |
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| "living liberated". the adept who is liberated or enlightened while still embodied. This is the grand ideal of those spiritual schools of hinduism that subscribe to nondualism |
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| "wisdom or knowledge", a word that is applied in both sacred and secular contexts. It can stand for learning, or conceptual knowledge, and also for higher intuitive insight and wisdom. |
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| one of the principle schools of yoga. consists in the constant exercise of discriminating reality from unreality and self from the "non-self" |
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| "yoga of self transcending yoga", encourages an active life |
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| "puller" the incarnate God worshiped in the Vaishnava tradition, so called because he pulls or attracts devotees' hearts to himself. |
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| s systematic approach to self-transendence" in order to achieve a deeper connection with, or awakening of oneself as, the ultimate Reality. |
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| the ultimate reality to which no qualities can be attributed |
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| one of the six classical systems of Hinduism, seeks to ascertain truth by means of correct logical procedures or rules. |
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| "sin or evil" The related conepts of sin and evil played an important role already in the moral life of the ancient Vedic people. Desire is at the root of all evil |
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| "fruit" the moral reward or karmic payoff of one's actions. three-fold fruition: undesirable, desirable, mixed. |
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| "measure or standard", in classical yoga it is "valid cognition" |
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| "resignation" or "surrender", unconditional surrender to the Divine in which the devotee drops all concern even about liberation instead entirely the mercy of god |
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| "to be colored, affected, excited, charmed" |
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| "beingness" one of the three primary constituents of nature |
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| mentioned in the Hatha-yoga pradipika as an adept of hatha yoga |
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| "darkness", the psycho cosmic principle of inertia, springs from spiritual nescience |
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| a comprehensive term for the metaphysical ideas that originated with the vedas but found their classic expression the upanishads |
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| the vedanta school of qualified nondualism for which Ramanuja was the most distinguished spokesperson, defends the view of the "ultimate reality" |
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| "sacrifice" the notion of sacrifice is one of the cornerstones of Hinduism |
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| love, joy, wonder, disgust,peace, anger,courage, sadness, fear |
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