greedlessness, 208, 224, 225, 245, 246, 301
grief, 201, 202
Grihya-Sûtras, 120, 123
Guenther, Herbert V., 348
Guhya-Samâja-Tantra, 342
guilt, 314, 416
Gunabhadra, 145
Gunabhâra, 277
Gunadhara, 143
gunas: asceticism and, 247; yur-Veda and, 81; defined, 75–76, 370, 432n. 18, 438n. 23, 455; delusion and, 202; Divine and, 432n. 18; doshas and, 81, 433n. 18; ego and, 223; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 404, 413; levels of, 45, 223, 432n. 23; liberation and, 222, 223; manas and, 201; mind and, 200–204; Moksha-Dharma on, 200–204, 438n. 23; pleasure and, 202; pradhâna and, 242; prâna and apâna and, 404; Purânas on, 299; Sâmkhya and, 75–77, 242; senses and, 223, 244; separation and, 370–371; Shiva and, 84; Sikhism and, 334; suffering and, 202, 222; Tantras on, 370–371; Undifferentiate and, 242, 244; Vaisheshika and, 77; Vedas on, 434n. 36; Yoga-Sûtra on, 218, 223, 231, 233, 242, 244; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 306. See also rajas; sattva; tamas
guna-sthâna, 146–147
Gupta dynasty, 64
guru-bhakti, 16
guru-cakra. See cakras
Guru-Gîtâ, 16
Guru-Panca-Shikhâ, 16
gurus, 8–12; as Absolute, 324; Bhakti-Yoga and, 37, 40; book learning vs., 9, 128; crazy-wisdom, 19–25, 343–344; darshana of, 376; devotion to, 9–10, 15–16, 152, 153, 290, 291, 301, 324, 376, 377, 388–389; as Divine, 11, 12–14, 15, 16; ego and, 11; etymology of term, 11, 324; function of, 8–12, 272; Gîtâs on, 286; grace of, 9, 11, 19, 359, 389, 421; initiation by, 9, 11, 12, 16–19, 358–359, 430n. 28; Jainism and, 148, 152, 153; Jnâneshvarî on, 290; kundalinî and, 290; liberation and, 9, 19; lineage of, 17; mantras and, 358–359; necessity for, 9, 323, 324; offerings to, 10, 14, 131; parama-gurus, 206; Purânas on, 296; qualifications of, xvi, 9, 10–12, 324, 421; Reality and, 18, 430n. 29; root, 206; sad-, 11, 458; sexuality and, 344 (see also crazy wisdom); shakti-pâta and, 17, 268, 459; Shiva-Samhitâ on, 424; Shiva-Sûtra on, 272; Sikhism and, 333–335, 337; source readings on, 12–14, 24–25; Tantras on, 375; telepathy and, 354; transmission of, 9, 15, 16–18, 265, 430n. 21, 431n. 31; types of, 11–12, 430n. 13; Upanishads on, 10, 11, 16, 127, 323, 421. See also discipleship
guru-yoga, 15–16, 28, 290
gyulu, 180
H
Hacker, Paul, 235
Hâkinî, 354
hallucinations, 250, 381
ham, 354, 404–405
hamsa, 318, 319, 320, 328, 390, 414, 442n. 12, 455
hamsa-mantra, 317, 319, 404–405, 414, 442n. 12
Hamsas, 71
Hamsa-Upanishad, 128, 311, 319
Hanumat, 86, 183, 184, 394, 437n. 4
happiness, xxvii, 37, 80, 159, 257, 410, 416
Hara, Shiva as, 84, 137, 414
Haradatta, 260
Harappa, 63, 96, 99, 100
Har Gobind, 334
Hari, 85, 401
Haribhadra Sûri, 142, 148–149, 151–153, 235, 436n. 7
Hariharânanda, 236
Harikesha, 139
Harimandir, 334
Hari-Vamsha, 186, 281
harmony. See balance
Harner, Michael, 94
Harsha-Carita, 261
Hartsuiker, Dolf, 259
hatha, defined, 352, 390, 442n. 13
Hatha-Dîpikâ, 400
Hatha-Ratna-Avalî, 423
Hatha-Sanketa-Candrikâ, 425
Hatha-Tattva-Kaumudî, 425
Hatha-Yoga, 29–31, 381–425; avadhûtas and, 22; yur-Veda and, 80, 81; Bhakti- Yoga vs., 289; definition of term, 29, 390, 455; experimentation and, 237, 328; health and, 80, 81–82; ideal of, 27, 29–30, 382, 390, 399–400, 408; Kundalînî-Yoga and, 28, 399; Laya-Yoga and, 28, 55; liabilities of, 29, 30, 387; literature of, 328–331, 384, 390–399, 400–425 (see also specific works); Nârâyana Tîrtha and, 236; origins of, 328, 381–390, 442n. 9; practices of, 390–400, 420–424; Râja- Yoga and, 29, 30, 329, 399, 423; Shaivism and, 267; Siddha tradition and (see Siddha tradition); source reading on, 400–420; spiritual maturation and, 8, 15, 424; subtle body and (see subtle body); Upanishads and, 128, 317, 328–331
Hatha-Yoga, 400
Hatha-Yoga-Pradîpikâ, 11, 30, 55, 389, 393, 395, 397, 400, 423, 424, 442n. 9
hatred, liberation and, 38, 287
Hauer, Jakob Wilhelm, 30, 119, 133, 188, 312, 435n. 65, 438n. 26
Havana. See invocation
head, 313, 315, 410, 411, 412. See also crown of head
healers, bodhisattva path and, 94
health, 10, 62, 67, 78–82, 114, 395, 410. See also illness; longevity
hearing. See ears
heart: as âdhâra, 402, 417, 420; adhyâtma- yoga and, 134; anâhata-shabda and, 336, 413; Bhakti-Yoga and, 36, 39, 192; cakra at, 354, 355, 358, 402, 413, 416; cleansing of, 391; consciousness and, 228; devotion to Lord and, 248; element concentration and, 415; gagana at, 412; gate of, 313, 315; Gîtâs on, 282; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 412, 415, 416, 418; Integral Yoga and, 58; jîva and, 403; knot (granthi) at, 147, 355, 371, 390; Krishna and, 192; liberation and, 289, 371; Mantra-Yoga and, 53; moon and, 422; nâda and, 354; ojas and, 81; prâna and, 351, 404; Purânas on, 301; Self and, 403, 422; Shaivism and, 270, 277, 278, 279; Shiva-Sûtra on, 270; Sikhism and, 335, 336; spiritual process and, 289; sun and, 319; Tantras on, 371, 373, 379; Upanishads on, 313, 315, 317, 319, 320, 321, 326; Vaishnavism and, 279, 281, 282, 289; Yoga- Sûtra on, 228. See also Hridaya-Sûtra
heart attack, mudrâ for, 360
heart disease, 360, 391
heart rate, 353
heat, 81, 95, 356, 398. See also fire; tumo
heaven, 118, 314, 409, 435n. 63, 459. See also Tushita Heaven; Vaikuntha Heaven
hedonism, 148, 177, 343, 344, 365, 366
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 76, 188
hell, Vedas on, 102
Hemacandra, 142, 144, 150, 151
Heraclitus, 231
herbs, siddhis and, 230, 367
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 188
Hevajra-Tantra, 9
hibernation, 353
hierarchy of existence. See existence
Hînayâna Buddhism, 157, 158–163, 164, 167, 169, 173. See also Pali canon
Hinduism: Buddhism and (see Buddhism, Hinduism and); defined, 59–60, 61; deities and, 83; history of, 59–65; India and, 59; Jainism and, 139, 383, 388; number of adherents, 59; philosophy of, 72–78, 126; religion of, 83–88; Siddha tradition and, 383, 388; Sikhism and, 334; six great traditions of, 6; Tantra and, 64; tolerance and, 61, 72, 259; Yoga and, 72, 75, 77, 78, 83–88, 208
hiranmaya-prajâpati, 124
hiranya-garbha, 103, 214. See also Prâjapati
Hiranyagarbha, 214—215
Hiranyakashipu, King, 287
Hittites, 96, 99
Hixon, Lex, 163
holy madness, 19–25, 66
Holy Madness (Feuerstein), xvi-xvii, 20
homa, 101
Honen Shonin, 173–174
honey. See wine
honey doctrine, 115–116, 131
hormonal secretions, 29. See also rajas; retas
horses, 101, 128, 135, 136, 379, 396, 418
householders, 69, 115, 146, 286, 300, 319
hridaya. See heart
Hridaya-Sûtra, 157, 163, 164—166
hûm, 172, 297
human goals, 207
human sacrifice, 120, 262
Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 188
humility, 147, 148, 151, 198, 260
humors. See doshas
Humphreys, Christian, 156
hunger, 351
Huxley, Aldous, 188–189
“Hymn of Creation,” 66, 103, 104, 112
“Hymn of Man,” 60, 103
“Hymn of the Long-hair,” 104, 106, 113–114
hypnosis, 252
I
I-am-ness. See ahamkâra; asmitâ
icchâ. See will
idâ- and pingalâ-nâdîs: cakras and, 352; Chinnamastâ
and, 88; described, 352, 390; Goraksha legends and, 386; Goraksha- Paddhati on, 402, 403–404, 410, 418; hamsa and, 390; Hatha-Yoga and, 353, 390; moon and sun and, 352, 390, 404, 422; mudrâs and, 418; nervous system and, 353; prâna and, 352, 353, 356, 410; Shiva-Sûtra on, 275; sushumnâ-nâdî and, 352, 390, 418; Tantra and, 352; Upanishads on, 327
idealism, 304–305
identification: with Absolute, 5, 312, 318, 319, 416, 417, 419—420; Bhakti-Yoga and, 36, 38; with body-mind-ego, 5, 11, 19; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 416, 417, 419—420; guru and, 11; Jnâna-Yoga and, 32; of pairs of opposites, 419; with Self, 5, 19, 52, 241, 254, 258, 341, 359, 399, 419; with Shiva, 5; union vs., 342
ignorance: Buddhism and, 159, 160, 165, 166, 436n. 6; defined, 454; dharma- megha-samâdhi and, 233; ego and, 241; fear and, 170, 204; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 403; as klesha, 221; kundalinî and, 406; separation and, 223, 224; Tantras on, 378; Vaishnavism and, 288, 290; Yoga- Sûtra on, 221, 223, 224, 233, 241; Yoga- Vâsishtha on, 304, 305, 306
ijyâ. See sacrifice
îkshâ, 286
Ikshvâku, 208
Ilâ, 208
illness: amrita and, 414; âsanas for, 81, 331, 393, 395, 402, 412; yur-Veda for, 62, 78–82, 389; dhauti for, 391; elements and, 360; eye disease, 392; fever, 368; gastrointestinal disorders, 391, 406; Goraksha- Paddhati on, 402, 408, 412; heart disease, 360, 391; heavy feeling, 360; insomnia, 360; jâlandhari-bandha for, 408; Kâkacandîshvara-Kalpa on, 390; Kalyana-Kâraka on, 389; lauli (nauli) for, 392; magic and, 368; mudrâs for, 360, 406, 407, 414; nâdîs and, 352, 408; nervous tension, 360; phlegm disorders, 391, 392; Prakîrnas on, 141; prânâyâma and, 398, 412; Rasa-Paddhati on, 390; Sat- Karma-Samgraha on, 392; skin diseases, 391; spleen enlargement, 391; throat diseases, 408; tumors, 391; Upanishads on, 329, 331; vasti (basti) for, 391; Vedic medicine and, 78–82; yantras for, 364; Yoga- Bhâshya on, 80; Yoga-Sûtra on, 81, 219, 251. See also deafness; healers; health
illusion. See mâyâ
illusionism, 56
imagination, 170, 251
I-maker. See ahamkâra; asmitâ
immortality: Amrita-Anubhava on, 290; amrita-nâdî and, 355; Brâhmanas on, 125; consciousness and, 133; Dhumâvatî and, 345; divine body and, 30, 382; ghee and, 103; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 413, 414; Hatha-Yoga and, 30, 382, 399; hiranya-garbha and, 103; human quest for, 341; India and, 341; kâya-sâdhanâ and, 81; lambikâ-yoga and, 414; liberation equals, 130, 137; Mahâbhârata on, 187; Moksha-Dharma on, 203; nâdîs and, 124, 390; nâthas and, 385; nectar of (see soma [amrita]); prâna and apâna and, 133, 414; Shiva-Samhitâ on, 424; Sikhism and, 334; Tantra and, 382; Upanishads on, 124, 322, 341; Vedas on, 39, 102, 108, 119, 341; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 306, 307
impatience, 202
inaction, in action, 48, 51, 189–190, 379
India, 59–65, 187
indifference, 20, 149, 151, 152, 169, 247, 305, 317, 372. See also dispassion; renunciation
individualism, 60
individuation. See ahamkâra; asmitâ; ego; jîva; nonself (no-self)
Indra, 39, 101, 102, 106–109, 110, 111, 119, 121, 327, 434n. 32
Indra Devi, 288
indriya-jaya. See sense-restraint
indriyas. See senses
Indus-Sarasvatî civilization, 27, 61–63, 96–101, 123, 143
infatuation, 198, 224
infinity, serpent lord and, 214
initiation, 9, 16–19; asceticism and, 52; defined, 9, 16–17, 431n. 32; guru and, 9, 11, 16–19, 358–359, 430n. 28; instant, 18; mantras and, 9, 18, 52, 54, 358–359; necessity for, 9, 16, 17, 19; recitation and, 52; Shiva and Mina story of, 385–386; Tantra and, 16–19, 366; transmission and, 9, 15, 16–17; types of, 17–18, 430nn. 28, 29; Upanishads and, 126
In Search of the Cradle of Civilization (Feuerstein, Kak, and Frawley), 61, 96
insight, 221, 252, 273, 304. See also dhî
insomnia, 360. See also sleep
integral consciousness, 93
integralism, xxix, 28, 30, 50, 63, 69, 93, 191, 343
Integral Yoga, 28, 55–58, 69
integrity, 148, 346
Intelligence, Shakti and, 356
introspection, 322, 323, 371
intuition, 5, 7, 9, 31, 71, 74, 92, 266, 419; Vedas on, 104, 107, 109, 110, 114. See also buddhi
invisibility, 94, 95, 209, 228, 329, 367
invocation, 53, 105, 134
involution, 135, 176, 222, 233
Isadora, Saint, 19
Îsha, 354
îshana, 84, 265
Îsha-Upanishad, 1, 127, 206
Isherwood, Christopher, 188
îshitritva, 368
ishta-devatâ, 4, 37, 178, 225, 358, 366
îshvara. See Being; Creator; God; Lord
Îshvara, air element and, 415
Îshvara-Gitâ, 40, 298
Îshvara Krishna, 75–77, 135, 198, 240. See also Sâmkhya-Kârikâ
îshvara-pranidhâna, 219, 247–248. See also devotion
Islam, xxvi, 20, 83, 128
Itihâsas, 295, 296
Iyengar, B. K. S., 27, 288
J
Jâbala-Upanishad, 70, 437n. 2
jâdya. See unconsciousness
Jaimini, 73
Jaiminîya-Brâhmana, 124
Jaiminîya-Upanishad-Brâhmana, 120
Jainism, 139-153; Appar and, 277; Bhagavad-Gîtâ and, 188; Buddhism and, 159, 172, 383, 388; Carpâta-Shataka and, 388; deities and, 83, 144, 148; emergence of, 63, 92, 120; existence categories of, 145, 153; five bodies doctrine of, 144–145; focus of, 139; Hinduism and, 139, 383, 388; history of, 139–141; India and, 59; literature of, 141–143; Muslims and, 141, 143; path to liberation of, 146–147; purification and, 143–151; Sâmkhya and, 144; Siddha tradition and, 383, 388; source reading for, 151–153; Tantra and, 64, 149; Vaisheshika and, 77; Yoga and, 148–153. See also gamas
jalandhâra-bandha, 395, 397, 406, 408, 424
Jâlandhari, 387, 389
Janaka, King, 120, 125, 184
Janârdana Svâmin, 291, 438nn. 20, 21
japa. See recitation
Japanese Yoga. See Zen Buddhism
Japji, 334, 336
Jaspers, Karl, xxx, 91, 92, 143
jâti, 160, 169, 230
Jayâ, 88
Jayadeva, 287, 291
Jayâkhya-Samhitâ, 279–280, 440n. 1
jealousy, 314, 324
Jesus, 430n. 7
Jewish Yoga, 6. See also Judaism
jhânas, 162
jinas, 139, 147, 152
jîva: as Being-Consciousness, 372–373; as bull, 413; defined, 455; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 403, 413, 415; Hinduism and, 144, 372–373; Jainism and, 144, 145; Jnâneshvarî on, 290–291; kalâ and, 415; prâna and, 372–373, 404; Sâmkhya and, 198; Shiva as, 372–373, 390; Shiva-Sûtra on, 275; Tantras on, 369, 372–373, 395; Upanishads on, 257, 317, 321, 328; Vedânta and, 4, 144; Yoga definition and, 4. See also ego
jîva-âtman. See ego; jîva
jîvan-muktas, 23, 33
jîvan-mukti, 254, 305, 318, 336, 341, 370, 382–383, 422, 439n. 8, 455
Jîvan-Mukti-Gîtâ, 23
Jîvan-Mukti-Viveka, 7, 303, 312
jnâna: defined, 31, 33, 35, 455; scriptures on, 50, 191, 197, 276, 298, 329, 330, 424; shakti and, 409. See also gnosis; knowledge; wisdom
Jnâna-Amrita, 400
Jnâna-Arnava-Tantra, 151, 347
jnâna-cakshus, 33
Jnânadeva, 290–291, 384, 437n. 9
jnâna-dîpti-yoga, 199
jnâna-indriyas, 268
jnâna-mudrâ, 360, 418
jnâna-netra, 36
Jnâna-Sâra, 144, 147
jnâna-shakti, 260
Jnâna-Yoga, 31–33; Asparsha-Yoga and, 207; Bhagavad-Gîtâ and, 31, 50, 191; Buddhism and, 168; Buddhi-Yoga and, 31; consciousness and, 50; described, 31–33, 456; Karma-Yoga and, 50, 68; Râmânuja and, 289; renunciation and, 68; source reading for, 34–36; Upanishads and, 32, 331; Vijnâna Bhikshu and, 213; Yoga-Vâsishtha and, 50, 304. See also Upanishads
/> Jnâneshvarî, 290, 384, 437n. 9
jnânins, defined, 7, 32
Jnâtri-Dharma-Kathâ-Anga, 142
Jodo Buddhism, 173–174
Jois, Pattabhi, 288
Jonah, 386
joy, 147, 153, 155, 162, 167–168, 170, 191, 200, 201, 202, 205, 272, 306, 378. See also enjoyment; sattva
Judaism, xxvi, 6, 20
Jung, C. G., xxx, 65, 252, 263, 344, 350, 441n. 5
Jyotsnâ, 423, 424
K
Kabîr, 292–293, 334, 386
Kafir-Bodha, 388
Kagyupas, 21, 178
Kaikeyi, 184
Kailâsa, Mount, 84, 113, 376
kaivalya, 274, 456; Upanishads on, 313, 315, 317, 329; Yoga-Sûtra on, 8, 224, 230, 232, 233, 253, 254
Kak, Subhash, 105
Kâkacandîshvara, 389, 390
Kâkacandîshvara-Kalpa, 390
kâki-mudrâ, 396
Kâkini, 354
Kaksha-Pûta-Samhitâ, 389
kalâ, 18, 267, 269, 272, 349, 414, 415, 439n. 13, 456. See also time Kâlabhairava, 295
kâla-cakra, 173
Kâlacakra-Tantra, 173
Kâlacakrayâna Buddhism, 172, 173
kalâ-dîkshâ, 18
Kâlâmukhas, 40, 263, 439n. 5
Kâlî, 40, 87, 120, 225, 265, 344
kâlî-yantra, 365
kali-yuga, 21–22, 63, 64, 86, 174, 186, 264, 329, 343
Kalki, 86
Kallata, 266
Kalpa-Cintâmani, 368
Kalpa-Sûtra, 123, 434n. 15
Kalyana-Kâraka, 389
kâma. See lust; pleasure
kâma-avasâyitva, 368
Kâmadeva, 392
Kâma-Kalâ-Vîlâsa, 347
Kamalâ, 87, 345, 441n. 7
kamala-âsana. See âsanas
Kamalâlaya, 331
kâma-rûpa, 402
kâma-shâstra, 343
Kâmikâ, 265
Kamsa, 38, 287
Kanâda, 77–78
kancukas, 267, 269, 349
kânda, 317, 352, 402, 405
Kane, P. V., 422
Kânha, 262, 346
Kânphatas, 319, 386–387
Kant, Immanuel, 169
Kanthadi, 389
kantha-kûpa, 228
Kâpâla, 261
kapâla-bhâti, 392
Kâpâlikas, 40, 261–262, 263, 389–390
Kapâlin, 389–390
kapha, 80, 433n. 18
Kapila, 75, 281–282, 424
Karana, 265
Kâravana-Mâhâtmya, 259
karma: action and, 48–49, 189, 241–242, 378, 379, 456; Angas on, 142; attachment and, 189; attraction to God and, 8; bardos and, 181; Buddhism and, 126, 159–160, 168, 181; caste system and, 60; death and, 49, 50; defined, 47, 48–49; ecstasy (samâdhi) and, 254, 412; eightfold path and, 248; existentialism and, 143; fatalism and, 50; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 407; Jainism and, 139, 142, 143–145, 146, 147, 152, 153; Jnâna-Yoga and, 32; justice of, 231; liberation and, 144, 371; mudrâs and, 407; Pâshupatas and, 260; prânâyâma and, 412; samskâras and (see samskâras); Shaivism and, 268; Sikhism and, 337; sleep and, 242; stock of, 222, 242; subconscious and, 241, 242; Tantra and, 181, 371, 372, 378; types of, 143–144, 228; Upanishads on, 126, 129; Vaisheshika and, 77; vâsanâs and (see vâsanâs); Vedas on, 126; wisdom and, 50, 143; Yoga-Sûtra on, 228, 231, 233; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 50. See also action; reincarnation; thought
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