Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Dakshina dak-shin-nah) (dak Var: Daksina Sense: ‘The honorarium or fee (which may include cows and other goods) offered to a priest for his services.’ These days, some gurus with an eye on their coffers, will demand dakshina (‘love offerings’) as a monthly expectation. Dakshinachara (dak-shin-ah-char char-rah) Var: Sense: ‘The right-hand path of Tantra, being the tradition which emphasises the way of meditation, spiritual discipline and purity, towards union with the Absolute.’ Dak‚hi~åm¨rt⁄ dak-shin-nah-murh-tih) (dak Var: Dak‚i~åm¨rt⁄, Dakshinamurti, Dakshinamurthi A great Self-realised teacher of antiquity, believed to have been an incarnation of Lord Shiva and the primary master of true Yoga, who for the most part taught in silence. His four advanced ‘pupils’ are named as Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatkumara and Sanatsujata. However, as these four names have the same etymology, scholars contend that they are all one and the same person, or principle (being ‘Eternally well-born’) an epithet also ascribed to the god Subramanya (Murugana). Dama (dam-mah) ( Var: Sense: Sense: ‘The practice of restraint from external activities by overcoming the desires of the sense organs.’ 218
E—WORDS on the WAY Eka (ekka) Var: Ekam Sense: ‘One, single.’ Originally used with reference to ‘the One’ (Ekam), the ‘Tat Sat’ (That Being) from whom everything came, which was later known as Brahman. All lesser gods were only aspects of the unknowable ‘One.’ Hence ekatva —‘oneness.’ Ekågratå (ekkar-grah-tar) Var: Ekagratha, ekagra Synon: Sense: ‘One-pointedness of mind’—concentration focalised on a divine image, form, idea, deity, yantra or symbol, to the exclusion of everything else, until the practitioner becomes one with the image. A practice expounded by the Rishi Patanjali in hisYoga S¨tras. Root: Quotes: Other: Bib: Refs: Eka-j⁄va va-våda (ekka-jeev-vah-vaa vaa-dah) Var: Eka-jeeva-vaada, ekajiva-vaada Synon: Sense: ‘The ‘ doctrine of the existence of one j⁄va only.’ This is the final understanding of the Self-realised being, that only ‘he’ exists as the Absolute and all other ‘beings’ are mere imaginings or projections. Just as when a dreamer awakens 254
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E—WORDS <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> WAY<br />
Eka (ekka)<br />
Var: Ekam<br />
Sense: ‘One, single.’<br />
Originally used with reference to ‘<strong>the</strong> One’ (Ekam), <strong>the</strong> ‘Tat<br />
Sat’ (That Being) from whom everything came, which was later<br />
known as Brahman. All lesser gods were <strong>on</strong>ly aspects of <strong>the</strong><br />
unknowable ‘One.’<br />
Hence ekatva —‘<strong>on</strong>eness.’<br />
Ekågratå (ekkar-grah-tar)<br />
Var: Ekagratha, ekagra<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Sense: ‘One-pointedness of mind’—c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> focalised <strong>on</strong><br />
a divine image, form, idea, deity, yantra or symbol, to <strong>the</strong><br />
exclusi<strong>on</strong> of everything else, until <strong>the</strong> practiti<strong>on</strong>er becomes <strong>on</strong>e<br />
with <strong>the</strong> image. A practice expounded by <strong>the</strong> Rishi Patanjali in<br />
his<strong>Yoga</strong> S¨tras.<br />
Root:<br />
Quotes:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
Bib:<br />
Refs:<br />
Eka-j⁄va<br />
va-våda<br />
(ekka-jeev-vah-vaa<br />
vaa-dah)<br />
Var: Eka-jeeva-vaada, ekajiva-vaada<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Sense: ‘The ‘ doctrine of <strong>the</strong> existence of <strong>on</strong>e j⁄va <strong>on</strong>ly.’<br />
This is <strong>the</strong> final understanding of <strong>the</strong> Self-realised being, that<br />
<strong>on</strong>ly ‘he’ exists as <strong>the</strong> Absolute and all o<strong>the</strong>r ‘beings’ are mere<br />
imaginings or projecti<strong>on</strong>s. Just as when a dreamer awakens<br />
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