THE GREAT REFUGE BY RAM SWARUP

• Agnihotra - Vedic fire offerings
• Ahamkara - ego or self-image
• Ahimsa - non-violence
• Artha - pursuit of wealth or prosperity
• Arya - noble or spiritual
• Asana - yogic postures
• Atman - the inner Self, pure consciousness
• Atmavidya - Self-knowledge
• Atharva Veda - most recent of four Vedas, also mantric text
• Ayurveda - Vedic medicine
• Bhagavad Gita - scripture of Sri Krishna
• Bhakti - devotion
• Brahma - the Divine in its creative or teaching function
• Brahmacharya - control of sexual energy
• Brahman - God, the Absolute, the Supreme Being, the Uncreate
• Brahmin - member of the Brahmin class, responsible for religious teaching and the performance of rituals
• Buddha - the enlightened one, ninth avatar of Vishnu
• Buddhi - intelligence, reason
• Citta - the field of consciousness, the heart
• Deva - God
• Devi - Goddess
• Dharana - science of concentration
• Dharma - natural law, way of truth
• Dhyana - science of meditation
• Guru - teacher, spiritual guide
• Homa - Vedic fire offerings
• Ishvara - God as the Creator or cosmic lord
• Ishvari - God in the feminine as the Creator and cosmic ruler
• Jainism - religion based upon the teachings of Mahavira and other Jain Tirthankaras
• Jnana - spiritual or
• Self-knowledge
• Jnani - person of spiritual knowledge
• Jyotish - Vedic astrology
• Kama - desire or enjoyment as a goal of life
• Karma - the law of cause and effect
• Krishna - eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu
• Kshatriya - member of the noble, warrior or ruling class
• Kundalini - serpent power, energy of the higher mind.

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