Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

eligious paraphernalia.
Baikhari japa — see Vaikhari
Bairagis (bairagya)
—Vaishnava ascetics — See Vairagya
Bala bar-lah) (bar
Var: Bal
Sense: ‘A ‘ child or youth.’ Hence many youngsters who took to
yoga in early life were dubbed ‘bala-yogi.’
Balarama (bal-lar-ra-mah)
Var: Bala Rama
Synon: Skanda, Parasu Rama
Sense: ‘Balarama is the Rama that bestows the knowledge of
weaponry.’
He is considered as a partial incarnation (whatever that may
mean) of Lord Rama, as are Skanda and Parasu Rama.
Balkrishna (barl-krish-nah)
Var: Bala-Krishna
Sense: ‘Child Krishna’ or ‘boy Krishna.’
The Bombay shopkeeper sage, Nisargadatta used the term to
denote ‘child-consciousness;’ that is, the sense of existing during
the first two or three years of life before the formation of mind in
the totally unselfconscious infant.
Balidåna (bal-li-dar-nah)
Var: Balidaana, båli
Sense: ‘Presentation of an offering to a deity.’
This is a ritual offering which precedes the practice of homa (the
fire ceremony). Tantric texts state that no worship is successful
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