One of the Paths to the Illusion of Enlightenment: Some Help with the Terms Related to Hinduism and Buddhism

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atman: Atman: Brahma: Sanskrit: breath, soul, supreme spirit the individual soul or ego Sanskrit: breath, soul, supreme split the universal soul; source of all individual souls Sanskrit: masculine; son of Brahman supreme God; Creator; Divine reality of which the universe is merely a manifestation; principal deity of the Hindu triad Sanskrit: worship, prayer a member of the highest Hindu caste; a priest Sanskrit: the enlightened one; to awaken, to know Siddharta Guatama, a religious philosopher and teacher who lived in India from 563-483 B.C. and was founder of Buddhism religion and philosophic system of Central and Eastern Asia, founded in the 6th century B.C. by Buddha; teaches that right thinking and selfdenial will enable the soul to reach Nirvana, a divine state of release from the cycle of life and misdirected desire revealed Buddhistic law or doctrine same as Guatama (see Buddha) Sanskrit: river a polytheistic religion/philosophy that attempts to reconcile differing beliefs and religions in India Sanskrit: fate in Buddhism, the sum of a persons actions in one of his successive states of existence which determines his fate in the next state of being Sanskrit: an instrument of thought, to think sacred text used for an incantation or chant the Satanic figure of Buddhism; the god of physical desires in Buddhism, a powerful force that creates the cosmic illusion that the phenomenal (material) world is real; the belief that one can get near to God only if one views the world and lust for its offerings as vanity, deception, an illusion of time and space

Brahman or Brahmin: Buddha:

Buddhism:

dharma: Gotama: Hinduism:

karma:

mantra: Mara: Maya:

Nirvana:

Sanskrit: blowing out, exhaling the state of freedom from karma and samsara; the extinction of desire, passion, illusion and the empirical (physical self); the attainment of rest, truth, and unchanging being (permanence)

Om:

the word of words; used in Hinduism and Buddhism as a mantra in mystical contemplation of ultimate reality principal of the four sacred books (Vedas) of the Hindus one of the ancient people of Northern India an ascetic, a monk who practices self-denial in an attempt to extinguish the self or ego Sanskrit: passing through, together, running, and flowing the indefinitely repeated cycles of birth, misery, and death caused by karma; ever-changing but finite temporal existence; life in society; in direct contrast with nirvana community of Buddhist monks Sanskrit: highly wrought, perfected, well-formed ancient and sacred language of India Sanskrit: the auspicious one third deity of the Hindu triad; attributed with powers of reproduction and destruction Sanskrit: act of sitting down near something; secret session; secret doctrine in Sanskrit, various speculative treatises chiefly dealing with the Deity, Creation, and existence (reality) Sanskrit: knowledge, sacred book 1 of 4 sacred books; body of knowledge contained in these 4 books Sanskrit: all-pervader second of Hindu triad of deities; preserver of the world Sanskrit: union, disciplined activity in Hinduism, union with the Supreme Spirit; the method of ascetic practices and meditation that leads to this union one who practices yoga

Rig-Veda: Sakya: samana: samsara:

sangha: Sanskrit: Siva:

Upanishads:

Veda: Vishnu: yoga:

yogi: