Advaita Vedanta is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of the orthodox Hindu school Vedānta, a tradition of interpretation of the Upanishads, the Brahma Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gitā. Wikipedia
ahimsa (Sanskrit) nonviolence
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ananda (Hindu) bliss, joy, happiness
ashram
ātman (Sanskrit) the self or self-existent essence of individuals, as distinct from ego, mind and embodied existence. Wikipedia.
Bakti yoga
Black Kali
brahman – the Absolute reality
Brahamism
bhiksha a meal served to a sadhu or monk when that person visits a devout Hindu household.
bhiksuka one who lives on alms
bhiksuka (Sanskrit) begging. medicant or monk.
darshans ways of seeing, or perspectives on knowing truth and reality
dualism
epistemology
gita (Sanskrit) song, singing, chanted, praised in song
holism
jiva (Sanskrit) living substance, an individual soul
Jnana yoga
Kali
Karma yoga
Karmkand rituals and ceremonies
maya (Sanskrit) magic or illusion
Maya (Sanskrit) the goddess of illusion
mendicant (noun) a beggar. member of a mendicant order.
(adjective) given to begging
non-dualism
prasad gift or grace
puja (Sanskrit) the act of worship
Raja yoga
Rinpoche ‘precious one’. honorific title given to important teacher in Tibetan Buddhism tradition.
samsara (Sanskrit) flowing around. the cycle of death and rebirth.
tat tvam asi (Sanskrit) “thou art that”. in Hinduism, the relationship between the Absolute and the individual
Vedas a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
Vedanta
Virgin Mary
yoga
yogi