Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile
Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile
Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile
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dreaming, and dreamless sleep states.<br />
Deva (Devata) - A demi god or divine being, super human but not the<br />
supreme Deity.<br />
Dharma - Law, one's duty in life, justice, righteousness, virtue; the<br />
social or moral order; the unity of life.<br />
Dhyana- A stage of meditation or a state of consciousness.<br />
Divine Mother - God in the aspect of Mother of the the universe.<br />
Also known as Durga, Uma, Kali, Parvati.<br />
*Guna- lit., "Quality". Prakriti, or nature, is constituted of the three<br />
gunas - Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. The three qualities, or gunas,<br />
comprise the universe of mind and matter. Sattva is the quality of<br />
balance of wisdom, it is the principle of calmness and purity. Rajas –<br />
the principle of activity of restlessness, it is called Rajoguna. Tamas -<br />
the principle of inertia or dullness, it is also called Tamoguna. When<br />
the gunas are in perfect balance there is no creation or manifestation of<br />
Brahman. When the balance is disturbed, creation occurs. The three<br />
gunas are present in varying proportion in all entities which are<br />
products of matter (constituents of Prakriti).<br />
Guru - the spiritual teacher. Gu means darkness, and Ru means<br />
destroyer. He who destroys the darkness or ignorance of the disciple is<br />
a guru. Sathya Sai Baba describes the other meaning of Guru as: Gu<br />
meaning formless and Ru meaning attribute less and God is the only<br />
one which meets this criteria of being formless and attribute less.<br />
*Hatha Yoga - a regulated course of physical and breathing exercises<br />
to develop strength and powers of the body.<br />
*Ida - a channel of sensory and motor fibers on left side of the spinal<br />
cord.<br />
Jagat - the universe.<br />
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