Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
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
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
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:
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary
Seva (Devanagari: सेवा ISO15919: sevā ) means to serve. There are three ways to do seva: physically , mentally and financially . The nature of the jiva is to serve. The purpose of seva is to make the Master happy. Jiva can serve either The Supreme God or Maya . Per the divine
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Perfect devotion to God is called Siddha bhakti (Devanagari: सिद्धा भक्ति ISO15919: siddhā bhakti ). This is an internal power of God. This power is given as a free gift to jiva by their Guru after purification of mind. It is also called * Prema bhakti (Devanagari: प्रे
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sneha bhakti (Devanagari: स्नेह भक्ति ISO15919: sneha bhakti ) is the second level of siddha bhakti . This is perfect devotion. Only a God-realized saint of the same or higher level of prem can bestow it on a jiva . LEARN MORE * Devotion * Prefect Devotion * Devotional Sentiments REFERENCE Bhakti Shatak
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Sudarshana Chakra (Devanagari: सुदर्शन चक्र ISO15919: sudarśana cakra ) is the spinning disc-like weapon held by Lord Vishnu/Shri Krishna. Sudarshana Chakra has a personified form as well. He is a divine personality who has eternally remained the service of the Supreme Lord. This super weapon has 10
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svabhava (Devanagari: स्वभाव ISO15919: svabhāva ) is the innate nature. sva means my and bhav means goal. So my innate nature is referred to as svabhav . It can never change. For example the nature of fire is to burn and emanate light. Nature of mind is to be restless.
An entity is called svagat bhed shunya (Devanagari: स्वगत भेद शून्य ISO15919: svagata bhēda śūnya ) when the entity has no inconsistency in itself. Before God-realization jiva have a divine soul and a material body. After God realization jiva gets a divine body. Yet, the soul and