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Brahman and Ishvara are sometimes referred to as "God 1 and "God 2" or nirguna Brahman (God without attributes) and saguna Brahman (God...

Two birds, bound together in a close friendship, perch on the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit with great pleasure, while the...

The word "atma" means the same as Brahman but is used in a different context. If atma is the space in a pot, then Brahman is the space...

Not to be confused with Brahma, the Hindu god of creation/manifestation, Brahman literally means "great" or "the Big." The implication is...

The 8th century teacher of Advaita Vedanta, Shankaracharya, noted at the beginning of his commentary on the Brahma Sutras that avidya is...

Many people know 'karma' to be short-hand for "cause and effect", "the accumulation of past actions" or its biblical equivalence,...

In general, a sadhana can be any spiritual practice that helps one arrive at a goal. A sadhana can be a yoga, like raja yoga or karma...

The word samsara comes from Sanskrit, meaning to “flow together” which alludes to the flux and flow of the universe and in general,...

In Vedic culture, the word dharma carries many meanings. At the subjective level, it is mostly about how one conducts oneself. For the...

In the West, yoga is typically associated with hatha yoga which is practiced in studios and gyms around the world using a technique that...