def: avidya
The 8th century teacher of Advaita Vedanta, Shankaracharya, noted at the beginning of his commentary on the Brahma Sutras that avidya is...
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def: karma
Many people know 'karma' to be short-hand for "cause and effect", "the accumulation of past actions" or its biblical equivalence,...
def: sādhana
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...
def: samsara
The word samsara comes from Sanskrit, meaning to “flow together” which alludes to the flux and flow of the universe and in general,...
def: dharma
In Vedic culture, the word dharma carries many meanings. At the subjective level, it is mostly about how one conducts oneself. For the...
def: yoga
In the West, yoga is typically associated with hatha yoga which is practiced in studios and gyms around the world using a technique that...