Bhakti Siddhant Glossary advaita | अद्वैत Advait vaad (Devanagari: अद्वैतवाद ISO15919: advaita vāda ) is the philosophy of non-dualism. It is an eternal doctrine mentioned in the Vedas. According to this doctrine there is only one entity - Brahm -The Supreme God . This is right since the other two entities are jiva and Maya
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Svayam Shri Krishna | स्वयं श्री कृष्ण Svayam Shri Krishna (Devanagari: स्वयं श्री कृष्ण ISO15919: svayṁ śrī kr̥ṣṇa) means Shri Krishna Himself. The Supreme Lord, the source of all descensions and everything that exists. That includes all living being and and non-living things. Also written as Swayam Shri Krishna LEARN MORE * Avatari
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary satya sankalp | सत्य संकल्प God is the reservoir of countless divine qualities, each infinite in measure—meaning that no matter how often He expresses them, they never diminish. In our case, to accomplish anything we must first resolve, then plan, gather the skill, and finally act before the result is seen. But the Supreme
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary vishesh kripa | विशेष कृपा God bestows special grace on those who desire to attain Him. He notes down actions of every human being. If you do some bhakti in your current human form after death you would have forgotten all about it. But God remembers that. He bestows upon you all the benefits you
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary samanya kripa | सामान्य कृपा God is gracious. He bestows grace equally upon everyone. For example * He notes down actions of every human being * He grants fruits of those actions to everyone in every life form. * He has made air, water, fire, space for everyone to use. * He has made food for everyone in every
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary tiryagyoni | तिर्यग्योनि tiryagyoni (Devanagari: तिर्यग्योनि ISO15919: tiryagyōni) means life form of the animal kingdom. LEARN MORE * Bhog Yoni * Karma Yoni * Make This Human Form a Boon For You
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Jagadguruttam Divas The Significance of January 14th: A Historical Conferral More than just the start of a new year, January holds profound historical significance, particularly on the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti, January 14th. It was on this date that the revered Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj graciously accepted the singular title of
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary prakata lila | प्रकट लीला Shri Radha Krishna and other divine personalities descend to Earth specifically to uplift spiritually fallen jivas. All their activities are divine and are known as prakata lila (Devanagari: प्रकट लीला ISO15919: prakaṭa līlā). During these periods of descent, material beings (jiva) have the rare opportunity to witness some
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary kama dhenu | काम धेनु Kamadhenu (Devanagari: काम धेनु ISO15919: kāma dhēnu) is the wish fulfilling celestial cow in svarga. She can fulfill any material wish of her owner. Various devi-devatas live inside her.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Kumars Four brothers Sanak, Sanandan, Sanatan, and Sanat are together called the Kumars. Together they also referred to as sanakadi (sanak etc). They were born from resolve of Creator Brahma. While Lord Brahma was thinking of creating the world these four boys appeared. So they are called Manas Putra (born from
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Trailokya The three classes of material worlds together are referred to by the world Trilok (Devanagari: त्रिलोक ISO15919: trilōka). * Swarg lok (स्वर्ग लोक): These are celestial abodes. God gives residence in thise abode, for a limited duration, as a reward for performing Vedic injuctions in
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Tribhuvan Pati | त्रिभुवन पति Tribhuvan Pati (Devanagari: त्रिभुवन पति ISO15919: tribhuvana pati) means "The Lord of all the three worlds". He is Mahavishnu. He is also called Triloknath.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary gurujan | गुरुजन Gurujan (Devanagari: गुरुजन ISO15919: gurujana). The word Guru denotes spiritual master, teacher, and mentor, priest etc. any elderly honorable person.
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary charachar jagat | चराचर जगत् Charachar jagat (Devanagari: चराचर जगत् ISO15919: carācara jagat) means the entire world that consists of all living and non-living things in the entire sansar of Maya. LEARN MORE * Sansar-The material world * Maya-Cosmic power * Jeev-Soul * Brahm-The Supreme God
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary Jad | जड़ Jad (Devanagari: जड़ ISO15919: jaṛa) is used in a few contexts * Jad Jiva - The immobile living beings e.g. plants are referred to as jad jiva. They have life but cannot move. * Jad Objects - This are non-living things e.g. mud, water etc * a bumbling fool Opposite of
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary jarini | जारिणी Feminine form of jaar is jarini (Devanagari: जारिणी ISO15919: jāriṇī). Synonymn is vyabhicharini (Devanagari: व्यभिचारिणी ISO15919: vyabhicāriṇī). In the world this is a deprecating word for promiscuous women. However, Ved Vyas has used this word in Bhagavatam in reference to the gopis for they
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary madhyama adhikari | मध्यम अधिकारी madhyama adhikari (Devanagari: मध्यम अधिकारी ISO15919: madhyama adhikārī) is one who does not have scriptural knowledge and yet has no doubts, has strong faith. As described in Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu these people are less suitable candidates for practicing bhakti. If these people don't encounter any
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary halahala | हालाहल halahala (Devanagari: हालाहल ISO15919: hālāhala) is the virulent poison produced during the churning of the milk ocean Kshirasagara. All devatas and rakshasa became unconscious due to the fumes of that poison. Lord Shankara saved them all by swallowing it and holding it in His throat turning his throat
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary rudh | रूढ़ The highest level of perfect devotion is mahabhava with the greatest selflessness in love for Shri Krishna. It has two levels. rudh mahabhava (Devanagari: रूढ़ महाभाव ISO15919: rūṛh mahābhāva) is the lower of the two levels. sadhana siddha gopis can attain up to this level. Also written
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary 18 akshohani sena | 18 अक्षोहणी सेना Shri Krishna gave His 18 akshohani (Devanagari: अक्षोहणी ISO15919: akṣōhaṇī) army to Duryodhan. That army had 4,800,000 soldiers fully equipped with weapons. This was the composition of that army * 400,000 chariots each with 1 charioteer and a warrior * 400,000 elephants each with 1 mahout
Bhakti Siddhant Glossary yukta vairagya | युक्त वैराग्य Yukta vairagya (Devanagari: युक्त वैराग्य ISO15919: yukta vairāgya) means real renunciation. Real renunciation is when mind has no desire of any material luxuries, objects and people. Moreover, there is absence of pride of having given up everything. Please note: Mind cannot stay idle for a
