Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile
Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile
Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile
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Glossary<br />
This glossary covers the words used and explained in the text plus some<br />
other words which are not used in this book but elaborate on several<br />
important concepts which may help the readers in gaining clearer<br />
understanding of the overall contents described herein.<br />
Abhishekam - A ceremonial bathing of a deity during worship.<br />
Adharma - irreligious, unrighteousness, what is contrary to one's duty in<br />
life.<br />
Advaita - non-duality. Also the name of a school of Vedanta philosophy<br />
which teaches the oneness of God, the embodied soul, and the universe. The<br />
main exponents of the Advaita Vedanta were Guadapada and Shankara.<br />
Ahimsa - non-injuring, abstaining from harming other beings by<br />
thought, words, and deed.<br />
Arati - the waving of light before a deity in a clockwise circular<br />
motion.<br />
Aryasamaji - One who believes and practices the Veda based Aryan<br />
path of worshipping Prakriti or Nature.<br />
Asana - posture.<br />
Atman - Self, oneself; in Sanskrit also a technical term for the<br />
transcendent Self of the Upanishads.<br />
Avadhuta - a type of Sanyasi, monk.<br />
Avatar - an Incarnation of God.<br />
Avidya – ignorance;, cosmic individual, which is responsible for the<br />
non-perception of Reality. Also called Ajnana and Maya.<br />
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