Astrology:

The divinatory practice involving the study of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.

Future events can be forecast by interpreting the movements and position of planets and stars against the celestial patterns of the "zodiac".

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Extrasensory Perception, ESP:

Paranormal acquisition of information. Includes clairvoyance, telepathy and precognition.

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Bhagavan:

God manifesting Himself as a person; the object of worship of the bhaktas. By worshipping God as a person, devotees are able to assume human-like relationships with God, for example: God as parent, devotee as child; God as Lord, devotee as servant. It is also much easier for many people to develop love toward God when He is regarded as a person. Such love is capable of triggering a spiritual awakening once it is a pure, selfless love.

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Buddhi:

Intelligence; that which flows from Buddha or the planet Mercury, the controller and significator of our finer thinking capacity or intelligence, which is known as Buddhi. This word is used throughout Sanskrit philosophical literature, such as in the verse in the Bhagavad-Gita spoken by Lord Krishna, which begins: "vyavasayatmika buddhi ekeha kuru nandana", which refers to the one-pointed intelligence of those who are devoted to Krishna.

 Depending on the context, Buddhi can carry the following connotations :

1. The intellect,

 2. The ascertaining intelligence, or the intuitive aspect of consciousness by which the Self awakens to truth.

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Adamastor:

The name given to a spirit once believed to haunt the Cape of Good Hope and prophesized doom for those seeking to sail around the Cape to India. Said to have appeared to famed explorer Vasco de Gama on his expeditions to circumnavigate the cape to reach trade ports in the east.

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Bhu, Bhurloka,:

This is the name of the earth. Refers literally to the name of Bhumi, who is the mother goddess of the earth. Her planet is part of what is called Bhurloka. It should be noted that the earth is not the only part of Bhurloka or the earthly plane.

What we see of, as the earth ball in space is only a part of the earth plane or Bhurloka, which in its real form as a vast expanse is hidden from our vision, controlled by the demigods. In other words we see only what we are meant to see. For the rest of the truth we have to see through the revealed scriptures.

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Biofeedback:

A general term for techniques that involve giving a person information about their current physiological state (e.g., heart rate, EEG). Biofeedback is used to enable people to control consciously their physiological processes.

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Jiva:

The individual soul; the ego; the embodied soul.

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Bala:

Strength or power.

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Tapas:

Tapas means devoting oneself single mindedly to spiritual practice and it is often translated as spiritual austerity or penance. When Shri Swamiji uses the term tapas, he usually refers to meditation in samadhi for at least twelve hours every day. He explains that such tapas is necessary if one wishes to attain God realization.

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Bhoga:

Refers to pleasure or enjoyment; also foodstuffs and other items which have not yet been offered to one's deity or offered to the Lord. Esoterically refers to that which is yet to be enjoyed by the Lord. Bhoga, or unoffered items are not to be taken by the humans. Only prasad, or those items, which have been offered to the Lord already, are to be enjoyed by humans. Prasad means mercy or remnants, and is the opposite of bhoga or un-offered sacrificial items.

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Supernatural:

Events that have no natural explanation. Commonly refers to acts of the divine but can also include extraordinary acts caused by negative forces.

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Badhakgraha:

This is the lord of the badhakasthana or obstruction house. These lords cause bad results in their sub-periods according to some classics. But this principle is generally not used by modern vedic astrologers.

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Super-ESP Hypothesis:

The suggestion that people are capable of unlimited ESP.

The super-ESP hypothesis is often presented as an alternative to the survival hypothesis in explaining mediumistic phenomena the medium is believed to obtain information using super-ESP powers and not directly from the spirit of a deceased person.

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Bhavamadhya:

This is the middle of a house. Madhya means middle, bhava means house.

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Bal:

Infantile or young.

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Bhamsha:

Literally meaning twenty-seven parts, it refers to the twenty-seven-part varga or divisional chart. Used for the fine-tuning of general judgments.

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Badhakasthana:

This literally means the 'house of obstruction'. These are bad houses. For Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn rising signs, the eleventh house is the badhakasthana. For the rising signs of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, it is the ninth house. For Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, it is the seventh house.

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Balarishta:

Evils affecting children. Refers to a group of yogas that deal with the death of infants.

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Dhyana:

Meditation. Dhyan or dhyana is the Sanskrit word for meditation, but it has a narrower meaning. Dhyana is when the concentration is focused on a single point.

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Sensitive:

A person with psychic abilities.

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Parapsychology

Study of psychic phenomena using scien-tific methods.

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