Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile

Moksha (Liberation, Nirvana) - release from worldly existence or
rebirth through the knowledge of Brahman or personal God; the final
absorption in Brahman, or the All-pervading Reality, through the
annihilation of the individual ego, desire, and passion; freedom from
the cycle of birth and death. Moksha is loosely used to mean liberation
and Nirvana. In Buddhism the meaning of Nirvana is -Extinction of
selfish desire and selfish conditioning. The more appropriate meaning
of the word Liberation on the other hand is freedom or liberation from
vices, freedom from the fog of ignorance.
Om - Sometimes written Aum. The most sacred word of the Vedas. It
is a symbol of both the personal God and the Absolute.
*Parikshit - Grandson of Arjuna. The Pandavas installed him as king
when they renounced their throne. In order to prepare King Parikshit
for his death, Shukadeva recited the Bhagavatam to him in seven days,
after the king learned he was cursed to die in that length of time for
offending a hermit.
Parvati - the consort of Shiva. One of the many names of the Divine
Mother.
Patanjali - the author of the Yoga sutras and the founder of the Yoga
system, one of the six systems in Hindu philosophy. The Yoga system
emphasizes control of the mind, concentration, meditation, etc.
Personal God - God with attributes, as opposed to the Impersonal
Absolute. God as the Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer of the universe,
who is worshipped and adored by the devotees.
Pingala - a channel of sensory and motor fibres on the right side of the
spinal cord.
Prakriti - literal meaning is nature, character, constitution. According
to Samkhya philosophy it is the name of the primordial matter prior to
the evolution of names and forms, when the three gunas (sattva, rajas,
and tamas which are the ingredients of Prakriti) remain in a state of
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