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Glossary Terminology
Kriya Yoga
A yoga of transformation,
Kriya combines the practices and disciplines of Bhakti, Jnana, and Raja Yoga.
Over 5,000 years old, the technique is traditionally conveyed from the Guru
directly to the spiritually mature initiate. The goal of the meditator is to
achieve self realization by raising the serpent force of kundalini to the
ninth center, the thousand petaled lotus, at the top of the head by following a
daily program of devotion to God, introspection, and self-discipline.
Laya Yoga
The goal of the meditator is to transcend the lower levels of egoic, sensual,
and material consciousness by awakening the seven energy centers (five are
along the spine in the tailbone, in the sacrum, navel, heart, and throat areas;
two are in the head in the third eye and crown areas). By concentrating on
each of these energy centers in turn under the guidance of a qualified teacher,
the meditator opens doorways to higher states of consciousness.
Mahabharata
A classical epic of Hindu India composed by a number of bardic poets (and later
revised by priests) between 200 BCE and 200 ACE; and comprised of
more than 90,000 couplets and eighteen books. The Mahabharata is the longest
single poem in world literature and the foremost source regarding Hindu ideals,
Culture, statecraft, theology, and morals. Although there are many subplots
and unrelated tales, the Mahabharata is primarily a fabled account of civil war
and dynastic struggle for the throne of Kurukshetra in the region around modern
Delhi.
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Manifold Deities Mahadevas
All the gods
and goddesses, worshiped with many different names and qualities are really
different forms of the one all pervasive supreme being. The Mahadevas with the
assistance of multitudes of angelic devas protect and provide daily guidance to
Hindus.
Mantra Yoga
Mantrams like AUM (spirit
or word of God) are seed sounds that have been revealed to adepts which have the
power to bring into being the actualities they represent. There are thousands of
them in the Sanskrit language. As a meditator chants these syllables, words, and
phrases, mindfully, with increasing spiritual focus, the music, meaning, and
cadence of the mantras repeatedly bring one to a transcendent state beyond
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