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There are some jiva who have eternally turned away from God. Maya dominates those jiva . Such jiva are called mayadhina (Devanagari: मायाधीन ISO15919: māyādhīna ). Also written as mayadheen, mayadhin LEARN MORE * Jeev REFERENCE Reference: Who am I? Who is Mine? Vol. 1, Ch. 2
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mayateet (Devanagari: मायातीत ISO15919: māyātīta ) beyond the influence of Maya . There are some jiva who have eternally turned towards God. Maya has never dominated them. Also, some jiva were once mayadhina but one day by the grace of Guru and God they attained God. Both of these
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mukti (Devanagari: मुक्ति ISO15919: mukti ) means freedom or liberation. e.g. a person committed a crime and was imprisoned for it. After serving his sentence he is free to walk away. In spiritual context, jiva has been defying the divine laws since beginning-less time. So, jiva has been
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A jiva eternally liberated from the clutches of Maya is called nitya siddha (Devanagari: नित्य सिद्ध ISO15919: nitya siddha ). These jiva never had to resort to spiritual practise to attain perfection. LEARN MORE * sadhana bhakti * Siddha bhakti * Jeev * Preparatory devotion * Perfect devotion REFERENCE Guru Kripa -
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pranamaya kosha (Devanagari: प्राणमय कोष ISO15919: prāṇamaya kōṣa ) consists of the five pranas and pancha karmendriya : one of the five coverings or sheaths on the antahkarana of the jiva bound by Maya . Also written as pranamaya kosh, pranmay kosh, pranmaya kosh, pranamay kosh LEARN MORE * panchakosha * Five
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Jiva is eternal. In all the past human lives jiva has performed countless actions called karma . God decides a few of those fruits to be born in the present life. Those are called prarabdha karma (Devanagari: प्रारब्ध कर्म ISO15919: prārabdha karma ) or simply prarabdha . This what
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Vedas refer to God as preraka brahm (Devanagari: प्रेरक ब्रह्म ISO15919: preraka brahma ). It means the inspirer. Inert Maya shakti creates this awe-striking world by Brahm -The Supreme God 's Yogmaya-shakti . Also, He gives life to jiva to perform all actions. So, He is the
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Purusha (Devanagari: पुरुष ISO15919: puruṣa ) is a term used for all of these * jiva * Mahapurush * Avatars * The Supreme God LEARN MORE * creation * Kshirodashayi * Garbhodashayi * Karanarnavashayi Mahavishnu REFERENCE Prema Rasa Siddhanta - Philosophy of Divine Love
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Practicing to create a mental image of your Ishtdev , endowing that form with infinite amounts of the qualities you love is rupadhyana (Devanagari: रूपध्यान ISO15919: rūpadhyāna ). God has given jiva the freedom to create a God's form with physical attributes jiva likes. Make it come
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The friendship between God and the individual soul ( jiva ) is eternal. This is sakhya sambandha (Devanagari: सख्य संबंध ISO15919: sakhya saṁbaṁdha ). God is not a friend who stays only in good times. He is always with the jiva in every yoni at all times. Even if the
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Sarga (Devanagari: सर्ग ISO15919: sarga ) is another name for kalpa , representing a single day of Lord Brahma, the Creator. Sargeshu (Devanagari: सर्गेशु ISO15919: sargeśu ) is the plural form of sarga . If a soul ( jiva ) wastes the precious human life in meaningless material pursuits, it will have to
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sayujya mukti (Devanagari: सायुज्य मुक्ति ISO15919: sāyujya mukti ) means jiva merging into the Impersonal Brahm . It is one of the five kinds of mukti . Also called * kaivalya (Devanagari: कैवल्य मुक्ति ISO15919: kaivalya mukti ) * ekatva (Devanagari: एकत्व मुक्ति ISO15919: