Jnana:

True knowledge.

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Sadhana:

1) A spiritual discipline or path. 2) Practices, both physical and mental, on the spiritual path.

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Jainism: Non-orthodox form of Vedic/Aryan teaching, emphasizing non-violence.

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Yogi:

1)  One who practices yoga.

2)  One who has attained perfection through yogic practices.

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Karma -

(1) any activity performed in the course of material existence.

(2) pious activities leading to material gain in this world or in the heavenly planets after death.

(3) fate; former acts leading to inevitable results.

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Akasa - Ether.

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Adhara - Foundation; base which supports.

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From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

Ananda - Bliss; happiness; comfort.

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Anubhava - Experience.

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Yoga Sutras: The classical text from the yoga school of Indian philosophy. Written by Patanjali around the time of Christ, it remains a primary source of guidance about yoga.

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Antahkarana - Fourfold internal organs, viz., Manas, Chitta, Buddhi and Ahankara.

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Adhikarin - Qualified person.

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Akhanda - Unbroken.

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Agni - Fire.

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Brahmin: A priest or scholar; a member of the most privileged of the four social classes of Hinduism.

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Bhagavad gita:

(lit., song of God) One of the world's spiritual treasures and an essential scripture of India; a portion of the Mahabharata in which Lord Krishna instructs his disciple Arjuna on the nature the universe, God, and the supreme Self.

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JIVANMUKTA: One who is liberated in this life.

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Abhyasin - Practitioner.

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Swami:

A term of respectful address for a sannyasi, or monk.

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Adhyatmic - Pertaining to Atman.

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Pradakshina:

The act of worshipful circumambulation (walking clockwise around a holy temple, shrine, or place).

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