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Term Ahimsa Ashram Atman Avatar Bhagavad gita Bhakti yoga Bhakti Brahma Brahman Brahmin Caste Devi Dhyana Durga Guru Hatha yoga Jnana yoga Kali Karma yoga Karma Krishna Kundalini yoga Mantra Maya Moksha Puja Raja yoga Rama Samadhi Samsara Sannyasin Shiva Trimurti Upanishads Vedas Vishnu Yoga

Meaning The term meaning non-harm or nonviolence. A spiritual community. The spiritual essence of all individual human beings. An earthly embodiment of a deity. A spiritual classic in Hinduism that is a conversation between Arjuna and Krishna preserved in the Mahabharata The spiritual discipline of devotion to a deity or guru. Devotion to a deity or guru. God of creation. The spiritual essence of the universe. Member of the priestly caste in Hinduism. One of the major social classes sanctioned by Hinduism "Goddess"; the Divine Feminine, also called the Great Mother. Meditation or the experience of the mind focused only on the object of concentration. "Awe-inspiring,""distant"; a goddess that is a form of Devi. Spiritual leader. The spiritual discipline of postures and bodily exercises. The spiritual discipline of knowledge and insight. A form of Devi; a goddess associated with destruction and rebirth. The spiritual discipline of selfless action. The moral law of cause and effect that determines the direction of rebirth A god associated with divine playfulness; a form of Vishnu. The spiritual discipline of moving energy up through the chakras. A short sacred phrase, often chanted or used in meditation. "Illusion." "Liberation" from personal limitation, egotism, and rebirth. Offerings and ritual in honor of deity. The "royal" discipline of meditation. A god and mythical king; a form of Vishnu. A state of complete inner peace resulting from meditation. The 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 included in Hindu sacred scripture. A god associated with preservation and love. A spiritual discipline; a method for perfecting one's union with the divine.

KEYTERMS FOR BUDDHISM

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Term Amitabha Buddha Anatta Anichcha Arhat Bodhi Bodhisattva

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Dharma Dhyana Dukkha Guanyin Karuna Koan Lama Maitreya Mandala Mudra Nirvana Samadhi Samasara Sangha Satori Shunyata Stupa Sutra Tathata Trikaya

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Tripitaka Vajra

Meaning The Buddha of the Western Paradise, a bliss-body Buddha in Mahayana. "No self"; the doctrine that there is no soul or permanent essence in people and things. This term means impermanence, constant change. In Theravada, a person who has practiced monastic disciplines and reached nirvana, the ideal. Enlightenment. "Enlightenment being"; in Mahayana, a person of deep compassion, especially one who does not enter nirvana, but is constantly reborn to help others; a heavenly being of compassion. The totality of Buddhist teaching. "Meditation"; focusing of the mind; sometimes, stages of trance. This term means sorrow, misery, suffering. A popular bodhisattva of compassion in Mahayana. Compassion, empathy. In Zen Buddhism, a question that cannot be answered logically; a technique used to test consciousness and bring awakening. A Tibetan Buddhist teacher; a title of honor often given to all Tibetan monks. A Buddha (or bodhisattva) expected to appear on earth in the future. A circular design containing deities, geometrical forms, symbols and so on that represent totality, the self, or the universe. A symbolic hand gesture. The release from suffering and rebirth that brings inner peace. A state of deep awareness, the result of intensive meditation. Constant rebirth and the attendant suffering; the everyday world of change. The community of monks and nuns; lowercased, this term refers to an individual monastic community. In Zen, the enlightened awareness. The Mahayana notion of emptiness, meaning that the universe is empty of permanent reality. A shrine, usually in the shape of a dome, used to mark Buddhist relics of sacred sites. A sacred text, especially one said to record the words of the Buddha. "Thatness," or "thusness," "suchness"; the uniqueness of each changing moment of reality. The three "bodies" of the Buddhathe Dharmakaya (cosmic Buddha nature), the Nirmanakaya (historical Buddhas), and the Sambhogakaya (celestial Buddhas). The three "baskets," or collections, of Buddhist texts. The "diamond" scepter used in Tibetan and other types of Buddhist ritual, symbolizing compassion.

Jainsm & Sikhism

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Term Adi Granth Ajiva Digambara

Meaning "Original collection"; the primary scripture of the Sikhs. Matter without soul or life. "Clothed in sky"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks ideally do not wear clothing. A Sikh temple. The belief that all physical matter has life and feeling. A poem by Guru Nanak that begins the Adi Granth; the poem is recited daily by pious Sikhs. "Conqueror"; the Jain term for a perfected person who will not be reborn. Spirit, soul, which enlivens matter. In Jainism, ritual in honor of the tirthankara. "Holy Death"; death by self-starvation, valued in Jainism as a noble end of a long life of virtue and detachment. "Clothed in white"; a member of the Jain sect in which monks and nuns where white clothing. "Disciple"; a follower of the Sikh religion. "Building person"; a member of the Jain sect, that rejects the use of statues and temples. A member of the newest Jain sect. "Crossing maker"; in Jainism, one of the twenty-four ideal human beings of the past, Mahavira being the most recent.

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Gurdwara Hylozoism Japji Jina Jiva Puja Sallekhana Shvetambara Sikh Sthanakavasi Terapanthi Tirthankara