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Advaita

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Non-dualism

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Adi Shankara

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Great saint from the 7th century; commentator of the Vedanta. Led the revival of Hinduism and established the Shankaracharya monasteries

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Agni

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Fire, digestive fire, one of the ancient Vedic deities

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Amma

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Mother, mother goddess

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Amrit

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Nectar of immortality

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Ananda

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Bliss

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Ashram

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Retreat center, hermitage

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Atman

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Soul

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Aura

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Luminous radiation, field of subtle energy surrounding a physical body

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Avatar

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Direct incarnation of God

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Ayurveda

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Science of life

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Bandas

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To hold, lock or embrace

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Bhagavad Gita

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Epic poem of 18 chapters

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Bhajan

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Devotional hymn

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Bija

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Seed

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Bindu

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Spot; symbol for the universe in its unmanifest form

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Brahma

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Creator of the universe

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Brahman

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The Absolute, totality, all there is

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Brahmin

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Highest of the Indian castes

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Chaitanya

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Consciousness

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Dharma

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Purpose in life

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Darshan

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To see or be in the presence of a holy person or deity

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Guru

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Dispeller of darkness, great teacher

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Jai

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Salutation; glory or victory to. Precedes the name of the person being honored

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Japa

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Repetition of a mantra for a specific number of times

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JI

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Suffix; added to the end of the name of the person being honored or respected

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Jiva

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Personal soul; the embodied soul which identifies itself with the mind and body

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Jyoti

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Light

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Jyotish

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Vedic science of astrology

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Kundalinie

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Spiritual energy lying dormant at the base of the spine which, when awakened, rises to the crown chakra

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Lingam

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Elliptical shape, symbol of the un-manifest form of Lord

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Loka

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Planes or worlds of existence, with different vibrations

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Maha

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Mahabhutas

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Great elements

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Mala

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String of beads

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Mantra

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Instrument or vehicle of the mind, sound which protects and liberates

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Maya

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Illusion of the senses

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Moksha

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Freedom, liberation

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Mudras

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Positions of the eyes, hands or body

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Nada

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Sound; energy manifested as sound

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Nakshatra

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Lunar constellations

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Nama

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Namaha

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Represents the self, curving back within itself to the unmanifest

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Namaste

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I bow to you – or – the divine light in my honors the divine light in you

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Om (Aum)

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Primordial sound from which all other sounds and mantras have emanated

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Pada

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Quadrant of the Nakshatra

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Para

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Beyond; beyond the transcendental

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Patanjali

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Great saint; founder of the Yoga Philosophy which contains the Eight Limbs of Yoga

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Prana

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Life force or vital energy

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Pranava

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Primordial sound

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Prem

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Puja

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Sacred ceremony

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Pundit

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Vedic scholar/vedic priest

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Purusha

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Inner self in the sense of personhood; cosmic person or the universe as a single being

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Rishi

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Seer, one who sees the Truth, highly evolved person

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Rudraksha

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Seeds used for malas, sacred to Shiva

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Sadhana

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Performance of spiritual disciplines, to take the practitioner towards and intended goal,

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Samsara

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Cycle of birth and death

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Sanskrit

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the ancient language of the Vedas

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Satsang

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Gathering of people seeking the truth

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Seva

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Selfless servic

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Shakti

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Dynamic creative principle, Primal Energy, envisioned as feminine

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Shiva

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Un-manifest pure potentiality, the destructive and creative forces behind the universe. The first yogi

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Shanti

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Siddhi

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Yogic powers

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Sutras

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Threads or stitches; collection of statements with inner meanings

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Swami

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Title of respect for a holy or learned person

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Tulsi

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Indian holy basil tree. Te wood is made into mala beads sacred to Vishnu, Rama and Krishna

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Upanishads

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Collection of 108 Vedic texts exploring higher states of consciousness

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Vastu

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Vedic science of architecture and interior design

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Vedanta

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The culmination of Vedic wisdom

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Vedas

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The four holy books which are the foundation of Vedic understanding. Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Veda

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Vedasya

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Of the Vedas

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Vishnu

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Maintainer and harmonizing force of the Universe

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Yagna (Yagya)

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Ritual fire ceremony intended to evoke specific archetypal energies

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Yantra

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Geometric shape, visual form of a mantra

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Yatra

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Pilgrimage

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Yoga

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Union of the environment, mind, body, soul and spirit

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Yuga

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Four periods of time: Sat (golden), Treta, Dwapara, Kali (least evolved and present period)

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