{"id":3675,"date":"2013-07-13T01:50:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:50:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:50:24","slug":"008-glossary-vol-more-lights-on-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/02-other-editions\/more-lights-on-yoga\/008-glossary-vol-more-lights-on-yoga","title":{"rendered":"-008_Glossary.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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abhyāsa<\/i> \n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nPractice. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ādhāra <\/i>(Adhar)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nVessel, receptacle\u2014the system of mind, life and body considered
\n\t\t\tas   a receptacle of the spiritual consciousness and
\n\t\t\tforce. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nahaitukī bhakti<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nDevotion not depending on anything; absolute devotion. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nājna cakra <\/i>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\nWill centre. See cakra. <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
anāhata<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

See cakra.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ānanda <\/i>(Ananda)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nBliss, delight\u2014the divine or spiritual bliss. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nānandamaya <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nFull of delight. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
anityamasukham
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n\n

Transient and
\n\t\t\t\tunhappy.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

antarātman
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>(Antaratman)<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n Inner self, soul.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
anumantā <\/i>(Anumanta)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe giver of sanction. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
aparā prakrti <\/i>(Apara Prakriti) <\/td>\n <\/td>\n The inferior nature, Nature in the lower manifestation of the Ignorance.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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ārādhanā <\/i>(Aradhana)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\nWorship of the Divine. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ātman <\/i>(Atman)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSelf. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
avatāra <\/i>(Avatar)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe descent of the Divine in a human form. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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avidyā <\/i>(Avidya)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\nThe cosmic principle of Ignorance. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bhakta <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nDevotee.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bhakti <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nDevotion. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
brahman<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe spiritual Reality, universal and supreme. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
brahmā <\/i>(Brahma)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nGod as Creator, one of the Trinity,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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brahmānda <\/i>(Brahmanda)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nCosmos, universe. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
brāhmika consciousness <\/i>(Brahmic Consciousness)\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe absolute consciousness. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
buddheh paratah<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nIn the higher mental planes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
buddhi
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>(Buddhi)\n<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\nIntelligence. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
caitya purusa <\/i>(Chaitya Purusha)<\/td>\n <\/td>\nPsychic being. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cakra <\/i>(Chakra)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nCentre, nodus, plexus; the seven psychological centres in the subtle body.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cakra ājna<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nCentre between the eye-brows. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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 <\/td>\nCentre in the heart. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\u2014 hrdpadma<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nHeart-lotus; same as anāhata. <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2014 manipura<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nCentre at the navel.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\u2014 mūlādhāra<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nCentre at the bottom end of the spine. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2014 nābhipadma<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSame as manipura. <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\u2014 sahasradala<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSee sahasradala. <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2014 svādhifthana<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nCentre abdominal.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2014 viśuddha<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

Centre in the throat.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

damana <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSuppression. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
devī <\/i>(Devi)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nGoddess; the Supreme Power<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tdharma <\/i>(Dharma)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Law of being. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tDurgā <\/i>(Durga)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Divine Mother as Protector and Fosterer. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ganeśa <\/i>(Ganesh)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Power that removes obstacles by the force of Knowledge.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
guna <\/i>(Guna)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nQuality, mode of Nature. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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guru<\/i>\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\nSpiritual Master.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
guruvāda <\/i>(Guruvada)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe cult of the Guru. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hrdpadma<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSee cakra.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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joda<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

Inert.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

jagannātha <\/i>(Jagannath)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Lord of the world.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
japa<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nRepetition of set sounds or words or a name as
\n\t\t\tprayer or invocation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jīva <\/i>(Jiva)  <\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Jivatman; the living
\nbeing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jīanmukta <\/i>(Jivanmukta)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nLiberated in life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jīvātman <\/i>(Jivatman)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe individual self. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jnana <\/i>(Jnana)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nWisdom; Knowledge. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tkarma<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nAction, work: the resultant force of action done in
\n\t\t\tthe past, especially in past lives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
karma yoga<\/i> \n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe system of spiritual discipline which takes work
\n\t\t\t(dedicated to the Divine) as its basis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kārtikeya <\/i>(Kartikeya)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe god commander of the divine host, victor over
\n\t\t\tthe hostile powers. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tkarunā<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nGrace. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kundalinī
\nśakti  <\/i>(Kundalini Shakti)<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\nThe Power that lies coiled or involved in the lowest
\n\t\t\tcentre at the bottom of the spine; it is awakened by Yoga and rises
\n\t\t\tto join the Divine Power or Presence in the sahasradala (seventh centre).\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
laya<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nDissolution of the individual being, merging in the
\n\t\t\tone Self-Existence. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
līlā <\/i>(Lila)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nPlay (of the Divine). <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mahākāli <\/i>(Mahakali)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Divine Mother as the Omnipotent Force. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
manipura<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSee cakra.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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mantra<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSet words or sounds having a spiritua significance and power.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
māyavādin <\/i>(Mayavadin)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nOne who
\n\t\t\t\tholds the world as Illusion: Illusionist. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
moksa <\/i>(Moksha)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

Spiritual
\n\t\t\t\tliberation from the sense of personal being; release from cosmic
\n\t\t\t\texistence.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

mūlādhāra<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nSee cakra.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nābhipadma <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSee cakra.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
nirvāna
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>(Nirvana)\n<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\nSpiritual extinction of the separate individual
\n\t\t\tself. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
om<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe primal sound representing the supreme spiritual reality.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
parā prakrti <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe higher or divine Nature. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pātāla <\/i>(Patala)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe nether world. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
prakrti <\/i>(Prakriti)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nNature, the active and executive Energy as
\n\t\t\tdistinguished from the witnessing and sustaining soul or conscious
\n\t\t\tbeing. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pralaya<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe dissolution of the cosmos; any dissolution of
\n\t\t\tthe created things. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
prāna<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nLife.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
prārabdha karma<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe chain of action already set in motion. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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purusa <\/i>(Purusha)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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The soul or conscious being
\nsupporting the action of Nature.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

purusottama  <\/i>(Purushottama)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Supreme Being. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\trādhā <\/i>(Radha)<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe personification of the absolute love for the
\n\t\t\tDivine (from the highest spiritual to the most material part of the
\n\t\t\tbeing.) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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rajas<\/i>  \n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nOne of the three gunas, fundamental qualities or modes of Nature; the kinetic principle in Nature characterised by desire, action and passion.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rājasika <\/i>(Rajasic)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nFull of the quality of rajas, <\/i>the kinetic principle.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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raksasa <\/i>(Rakshasa)\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

 <\/td>\nPower of Darkness. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rāksasi māyā <\/i>(Rakshasi Maya)<\/td>\n <\/td>\nIllusions created by the Powers of Darkness.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tripus<\/i> (Ripus)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n(The vital) enemies; passions. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
śakti <\/i>(Shakti)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Divine Power, the Conscious Force of the Divine.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tśama <\/i>(Shama)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nQuiet, rest\u2014the principle of calm and peace in the
\n\t\t\thigher or divine Nature. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tśiva <\/i>(Shiva)<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

(1) God, as destroyer, the
\nthird of the Trinity.\n<\/p>\n

(2) The Lord of Renunciation and of supreme good.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

śunya<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nVoid. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
saccidānanda<\/i> (Sachchidananda)<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Supreme Reality as self-existent Being,
\n\t\t\tConsciousness and Bliss. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tsahasradala<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe thousand-petaled lotus, the seventh centre at the crown of the head.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
samarpana <\/i>(Samarpana)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nEntire self-giving, surrender, dedication. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tsamatā<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nEquality.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
samskaras <\/i>(Sanskaras)<\/td>\n <\/td>\nFixed mental formations; impressions of past habits,
\n\t\t\texperiences stored up in the subconscious parts. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sattva <\/i>(Sattwa)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nOne of the three gunas, fundamental qualities or modes of Nature; the principle of light and harmony in Nature.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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sādhaka <\/i>(Sadhak)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nOne who practises the discipline of Yoga. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sādhanā <\/i>(Sadhana)<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe discipline of Yoga as a means of realisation; practice of the Yoga.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sāttvika <\/i>(Sattwic)<\/td>\n <\/td>\nFull of the quality of sattva, <\/i>the principle of light and harmony.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
siddhi<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nRealisation, fulfilment; also, an occult power gained by Yoga.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
suksma deha <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe subtle body. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
svabhāva <\/i>(Swabhava)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSelf-nature. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
svādhisthāna<\/i><\/td>\n <\/td>\nSee cakra.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
swarūpa<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n(Own) essential form. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tamas<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nOne of the three gunas, fundamental qualities or modes of Nature; the principle of obscurity and inertia in Nature.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tantra<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

A path of
\n\t\t\t\tspiritual discipline based upon the principle of Consciousness
\n\t\t\t\tPower (conceived as the Mother) as the supreme Reality.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

tapas<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nEnergy of Consciousness-\u2014the principle of spiritual
\n\t\t\tpower and force in the higher or divine Nature. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tapasyā <\/i>(Tapasya)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nSpiritual effort by concentration of the energies in
\n\t\t\ta spiritual discipline or process. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tāmasika <\/i>(Tamasic)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nFull of the quality of tamas, <\/i>the principle
\n\t\t\tof obscurity and inertia in Nature.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
trātaka
\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>(Tratak)\n<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\nFocussing the eyes upon a single point, to make the consciousness one-pointed.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vairāgya<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nDetachment; turning away from life. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vedānta <\/i>(Vedanta)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe system of philosophy and spiritual discipline in accordance with the\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n"Book of Knowledge" that forms the Jatter portion of the Vedas (the Vedas are the ancient Indian Scriptures)\u2014the earlier portion being known as the "Book of Works."\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vijnāna <\/i>(Vijnana)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\n

(1) Knowledge as comprehension
\nas opposed to Prajnana or apprehending knowledge.\n<\/p>\n

(2) Gnosis, Supermind.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

viśuddha <\/i>\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n <\/td>\nLit. pure. See cakra.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
yoga<\/i> <\/td>\n <\/td>\nUnion with the Divine; the discipline by which one enters through an awakening into an inner and higher consciousness.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tyoga-śakti  <\/i>(Yoga-Shakti)\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nThe Power that comes with the awakening of the inner
\n\t\t\tand higher consciousness. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
yoga-siddhi<\/i>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\nFulfilment or realisation of the aims of the Yoga.\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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