world religion

nonharm, nonviolence

spiritual community

spiritual essence of all individual human beings

Earthly embodiment of a deity

religious literary work about Krishna

Devotion to a deity or guru

spiritual discipline of devotion to a diety or guru

God of creation

Spiritual essence of the universe

member of the priestly caste

one of the major social classes snctioned by Hinduism

Goddess, the Divine Feminine, also called the Great Mother

meditation

awe-inspiring, distant, a mother-goddess, a form of Devi

spiritual teacher

spiritual discipline of postures and bodily exercises

spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight

dark, a form of Devi, a goddess associated with destruction and rebirth

moral law of cause and effect that determines the direction of rebirth

spiritual discipline of selfless action

a god associated with divine playfulness, a form of Vishnu

a form of raja yoga that envisions the individual's energy as a force that is capable of being raised from the center of the body to the head, producing a state of joy

a short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation

illusion, what keeps us from seeing reality correctly; the world viewed inadequately.

liberation from personal limitation, egotism and rebirth

philosophical position that all apparently separate realities are ultimately one, the belief that God and the universe are the same, that the universe is divine

offerings and ritual in honor of a deity

the "royal" discipline of meditation

a god and mythical king; a form of Vishnu

a state of complete inner peace resulting from meditation

everyday world of change and suffering leading to rebirth

a wandering holy man

a god associated with destruction and rebirth

Three forms of the divine, the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

written meditations on the spiritual essence of the universe and the self

Four collections of ancient prayers and rituals

• Rig Veda
• Sama Veda
• Yajur Veda
• Artharva Veda

Praise like Psalms

readings for chanting

prose text for liturgy

chants, spells and songs

god associated wit preservation and love

spiritual discipline; a method for perfecting one's union with the devine