Siddhi-Traya, 288
signs, 325, 420, 421
Sikhism, 59, 126, 333–337
sila, 162
silence, 151, 247, 284, 298, 318, 319, 372
Simeon, Saint, 19–20
sin: Bhairava and, 266; Dharma-Shâstras on, 209; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 405, 409, 420; Jainism and, 148; Krishna and, 190; kundalinî and, 321, 411; mantra for, 405; om and, 409; prânâyâma and, 209, 411; Purânas on, 297; Tantras on, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377; Upanishads on, 324; Vedas on, 101; Yoga and, 148, 245
Singh, Jaideva, 347
Singh, M., 442n. 9
singing, 260, 282, 289, 292. See also chanting
Single Cow, 103, 110
Sinha, Phulgenda, 188
Sîtâ, 86, 183, 184–185, 344
sîtkarî-kumbhaka, 398
sixfold path, 314, 317, 331, 358, 401
skambha, 116
Skanda, 128
Skandagupta, 64
Skanda-Purâna, 16, 296
skandhas, 160, 165–166
skill. See upâya
skin, 391, 413. See also touch
skull-bearers. See Kâpâlikas
sky, 121, 408, 409, 415
sleep, 217–218, 251, 252; concentration vs., 251, 252; deva-datta and, 351; Fourth and, 273; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 419; insomnia, 360; karma and, 242; meditation vs., 251, 252; Moksha-Dharma on, 198, 202; om and, 207; Self and, 218; Shiva-Sûtra on, 270, 273; Tripurâ-Sundarî and, 345; Upanishads on, 315, 324; Yoga- Sûtra on, 217–218, 220, 252; yogic, 325
smarana. See memory; prayer; remembrance
Smârtas, 86
smell sense. See nose
Smith, Vincent A., 155
smriti: as tradition, 127. See also memory; mindfulness
Smritis, 86, 208–209, 335
social class. See caste system
social values, 94, 167, 433n. 7. See also world welfare
Socrates, xxx, 17, 92
solar circle, 410
solar dynasty, 208
solar process, 422. See also sun Solar Yoga, 103, 106, 110–111, 422
solitude, 324, 411
soma (amrita): Brâhmanas on, 124, 125; cakras and, 354; chanting and, 51–52; concentration and, 414; consciousness and, 51–52; crown of head and, 413; described, 395, 414, 432n. 27; Goraksha- Paddhati on, 408, 410, 413–414; illness and, 414; immortality and, 52, 87, 103, 111–112, 115, 125, 131, 354, 355, 413, 414; jâlandhara-bandha and, 408; kundalinî and, 356; lambikâ-yoga and, 414; moon and, 413, 440n. 19; mudrâs and, 354, 362, 395, 396, 413; prânâyâma and, 410; râja-danta and, 414, 420; sacrificial rites and, 87, 103, 124; sense- restraint and, 413; shakti and, 414; Sikhism and, 335; sun and, 413; Tantra and, 131; Vedas on, 52, 103, 111–112, 115
Soma, 23, 101, 103, 110, 111–112
Somadeva, 250–251
Somânanda, 267
Someshvara, 263
Sonic Absolute, 35
sophia, 344
sorcery, 342. See also magic
sorrow, 314, 355
soul, Buddhism and, 160
sound: Absolute as, 35, 330, 358, 359; consciousness and, 51–52; Goraksha- Paddhati on, 410, 412, 416, 417, 418; inner/unstruck (see anâhata-shabda; nâda); kundalinî and, 356; levels of subtlety of, 329–330; Mâtangî and, 345; religio-spiritual traditions and, 312; Shamanism and, 93; Siddhas and, 386; sphota and, 78; as thought, 359; Upanishads on, 311, 312–319, 329–330; vision and, 104; world as, 312. See also mantras; Mantra-Yoga; senses; shabda
space: Bhuvaneshvarî and, 345; concentration upon, 396, 416; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 402, 411, 416; Hindu mysticism and, 309; radiance-spaces (see âkâshas [vyomans]); Self and, 422; Upanishads on, 318, 322, 323, 325; Yoga-Sûtra on, 229; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 308, 309. See also ether; khecârî-mudrâ; nabho-mudrâ
space-time, 84, 145, 162, 191, 233, 304, 308, 348, 350, 359, 381–382
spanda: defined, 266, 460. See also vibration
Spanda-Kârikâ (Spanda-Sûtra), 266, 268
sparsha. See touch
sparsha-dîkshâ, 18
Sparsha-Yoga, 299
speech: asceticism of, 247; Buddhism and, 161, 177; fire altars and, 124; five concentrations and, 416; Gîtâs on, 247, 284, 285; Goddess and, 345; Goraksha- Paddhati on, 416; Jainism and, 148; Purânas on, 301; Tantra and, 177, 359, 376; udâna and, 351; Upanishads on, 318; Vedic civilization and, 51
sphota, 78
Spirit, xxv-xxvi, 3–5, 9, 349. See also Absolute (brahman); God; Reality; Self (transcendental)
spiritual crises, 19, 21
spiritual disposition. See bhâva
spirituality, xvii, 28, 30, 59, 72, 100, 104–105, 112, 207, 344
spiritual transmission. See transmission
spontaneity, 7, 33, 48, 172–173, 175, 336, 337, 346. See also sahaja-samâdhi
Sprockhoff, Joachim Friedrich, 68
stability, 391, 397, 412
stages of life, 69, 285, 286
stages of maturation. See maturation stages
stambhana, 368
stava. See praise
steadfastness, 189, 246
stealing, 161
Steiner, Rudolf, 188
Sthâna-Anga, 141
sthânas, 417, 422. See also âdhâras; deshas
sthânutva, 409
sthita-prajnâ, 8
stotras, 347
strength, 228, 246, 391, 393
struggle, ego and, 173
students. See discipleship
study: defined, 247, 459; deities and, 225; Gîtâs on, 247, 282; Jainism and, 151; Jnâna-Sâra on, 144; Moksha-Dharma on, 204; as niyama, 224, 225, 246, 247; obligation to, 9, 10; Patanjali and, 214; Purânas on, 296, 298; purpose of, 247; Self and, 196; Tantra and, 341, 346, 372; Upanishads on, 313, 329; of Vedas, 9; Yoga-Sûtra on, 221, 224, 225, 246, 247; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 305. See also books, learning from
subconscious, 241–242. See also samskâras
subjugation (siddhi), 368
sublimation, 415
subliminal activators. See samskâras
substance, 77, 152
subtle body, 350–357; cakras and (see cakras); described, 350–351, 420–421; granthis and, 147, 355, 371, 390, 423; Hatha-Yoga and, 350; Hatha-Yoga- Pradîpikâ on, 423; Jainism and, 144–145; koshas and, 132, 144–145, 350, 420; kundalinî and (see kundalinî-shakti); Laya- Yoga and, 55; marmans and, 80–81, 326, 327–328, 355; nâdîs and (see nâdîs); prâna and, 351–352, 390; Shiva-Samhitâ on, 424; Tantra and, 350–357; vibration and, 348
subtle essences. See tanmâtras
subtle realms, 95, 348, 350
Sudhâkâra, 236
suffering: Buddhism and, 157, 159, 163–164, 165, 166, 168–170, 436n. 6; causes of (see kleshâs); change and, 222; defined, 455; ego and, 159; five concentrations and, 415, 416; gunas and, 202, 222; initiation and, 19; Jainism and, 151; liberation from, xxvi; Moksha-Dharma on, 202; Pâshupatas and, 260; rebirth and, 129; Sikhism and, 335; Upanishads on, 314, 329; Vedânta and, 4, 129; wisdom and, 224; Yoga-Bhâshya on, 224; Yoga-Sûtra on, 217, 222, 224, 233, 241; Yoga- Vâsishtha on, 305, 306
Sufism, 20, 61, 292–293, 334
sukha. See bliss; joy; pleasure
sukha-âsana, 150, 416
Sukhamani-Sahib, 335
Sukhavatî-Vyûha-Sûtras, 173
sûkshma-loka. See subtle realms
sûkshma-sharîra. See subtle body
Sumer, 99, 100
sun: amâ in, 422; amrita and, 413; Brâhmanas on, 124; Buddhism and, 173; concentration and, 199; cosmos and, 228; doshas and, 411; eyes and, 322; fire altars and, 124; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 404, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 416, 418; guru types and, 430n. 13; hatha and, 352, 390, 442n. 13; heart and, 319; hidden, 422; horse and, 128; Indra and, 106, 108; as keshin, 113; moon and, 173, 194, 352, 413, 421; nâdîs and, 321, 352, 390, 404, 410; navel and, 410, 411, 413–414; nostrils and, 397; om and, 409; prâna and, 331; Purânas on, 297; radiance- spaces and, 325; rajas and, 408; Reality and, 320; Self and, 137, 194, 199, 422; sense-restraint and, 41
3; Shambhu and, 416; Shiva and, 84; tapas and, 66; Upanishads on, 322; as upâya, 173; Vedas on, 103, 104, 110–111, 114, 116, 117, 434nn. 39, 40, 44, 45, 47; Vrâtyas and, 121; Yoga-Sûtra on, 228. See also light; Sûrya; Vivasvat; entries beginning with solar and sûrya
Sundaradeva, 425
Sundarar, 265, 276, 277, 278
superimposition, 372, 373, 418, 424
superlimination, 415
Supermind, 57–58
Suprabheda, 265
Supreme Being, xxv-xxvi
Sur Dâs, 292, 293
Sureshvara, 73–74
surrender: benefits of, 248; initiation and, 17; Integral Yoga and, 58; Karma-Yoga and, 49; as niyama, 224, 225, 246, 247–248; rishis and, 105; Sikhism and, 335, 337; transcendental Light and, 320; Vaishnavism and, 288, 289. See also sacrifice
Sur Sâgar, 293
Survey of Bhuddism, A, 158
survival instinct, 241
Sûrya, 66, 106, 108, 110, 128, 130, 187
sûrya-âkâsha, 322, 325
sûrya-bheda-kumbhaka, 397
sûrya-câra, 422
sûrya-mudrâ, 360
Sushruta, 79
Sushruta-Samhitâ, 79
sushumnâ-nâdî: Absolute and, 321, 352; amrita-nâdî and, 355; cakras and, 352, 353, 355; Chinnâmastâ and, 88; described, 299, 352; fire and, 404; Goraksha legends and, 386; granthis and, 355; Hatha-Yoga and, 390; ida- and pingalâ-nâdîs and, 352, 390; immortality and, 124, 390; kundalinî and, 124, 275, 321, 352, 356, 357–358, 405, 418;prâna and, 352, 353, 356; scriptures on, 206, 275, 321, 326, 327, 330, 382, 402, 403–404, 418, 424; Self-realization and, 206; sun and moon and, 321, 422; Tantra and, 352; triple path and, 418; yoginî-jnâna-mudrâ and, 418
Sushumnâsvara-Bhâsinî, 88
Sûtra-Artha-Bodhinî, 236
Sûtra-Krita-Anga, 141
sûtras, defined, 215, 459
Sûtras (Buddhist), 163-166. See also Prajnâ-Pâramitâ-Sûtras
Sûtras (Hindu), 62, 63, 120, 127, 179, 215-216, 234—237. See also specific commentaries; specific Sûtras
Sutta-Nipâta, 158, 160-161
Sutta-Pitaka, 158, 159
Suttas, 163
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, 174
sva, 403
sva-bhâva, 203, 204
svabhâvatâ, 169
sva-dharma, 306
svâdhishthâna-cakra. See cakras
svâdhyâya: defined, 247, 459. See also study
svah, 209, 314, 409
Svâmi-Kârttikeya-Anuprekshâ, 143
svaras, 409
sva-rûpa, 323, 370, 371
svastika-âsana, 53, 315, 393
sva-tantra, 273
Svâtmârâma Yogendra. See Hatha-Yoga- Pradîpikâ
Svayambhû, 326
swan, 117, 320. See also hamsa
sweating, 411
symbolism, 125. See also metaphor
synchronicity, 350
T
Tagore, Rabindranath, xxvii
taitila, 327–328
Taittirîya-ranyaka, 125, 140
Taittirîya-Brâhmana, 124
Taittirîya-Upanishad, 10, 127, 131–132, 145, 319, 350, 436n. 4
Talavakâra-Upanishad. See Kena-Upanishad tamas: asceticism and, 247; yur-Veda and, 81; defined, 75, 370, 432n. 18; Gîtâ on, 247; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 404, 413; liberation and, 222, 223; Moksha-Dharma on, 200–204, 438n. 23; rajas and sattva and, 45, 223, 432n. 23; Vedas on, 434n. 36. See also gunas
Tamil Literature, 384
tanmâtras, 77, 243, 244, 268, 349, 418
tantra, defined, 342
Tantra, 341–379; Bengal and, 291; bindu and, 312; Buddhism and (see Vajrayâna [Tantric] Buddhism); crazy wisdom and, 20, 21–22, 23, 343–344, 374–375; date of, 342; defined, 459; emergence of, 64, 120, 163, 341–344; existence levels of, 348–355, 376; experimentation and, 328; female initiates and, 299, 346; Five M’s of (see Five M’s); Gîtâ-Govinda on, 288; Goddess worship and, 342, 343, 344—346; hedonism and, 177, 343, 344, 365, 366; Hinduism and, 64; ideal of, 30, 64; in India today, 343; initiation and, 16–19, 366; innovativeness of, 64; integralism and, xxix, 69, 343; Jainism and, 64, 149; Kâlâmukhas and, 263; kali-yuga and, 64, 174, 264, 343; Kâpâlikas and, 262; Kashmiri branch (see Kashmiri Shaivism); Kaula branch of, 21, 347–348, 385; Kubjikâ branch of, 348; Kundalinî- Yoga and, 28; Laya-Yoga and, 28, 55; left-hand, 71, 342, 343, 364, 366; liberation and, 20, 342–343, 369–379, 382–383, 399; literature of, 342, 347–348 (see also Tantras); Mantra-Yoga and, 52, 54; morality and, 175; nondualism and, 343, 346; om and, 52; overview of, 341–344; practicality of, 343, 348; Purânas and, 64, 298, 299, 347; quantum physics and, 381–382; Râja-Yoga and, 29; right-hand, 343; ritual practices of, 343, 346, 357–366; samarasa and, 408; Shaivism and, 262, 263, 265; Shaktism and, 40; Shrî-Vidyâ branch of, 347, 360; siddhis and, 367–368, 382–383; sixty-four yoginîs of, 7, 430n. 8; source reading on, 369–379; subtle body and (see subtle body); Tiru-Mantiram and, 276; tolerance and, 208, 343; Vedânta and, 343, 346; Vedas on, 121; Vrâtyas and, 121; Western neo-Tantra, 343; Yoga and, 343. See also Hatha-Yoga; Siddha tradition
Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy (Feuerstein), xviii
Tantra-loka, 51, 267, 347, 385
Tantra-Râja-Tantra, 347
Tantras: gamas and, 264—265, 342, 347, 441n. 1; Buddhist, 342, 383; commentaries on, 347; date of, 62, 264, 342; described, 342–343; ecstasy as defined in, 370; kali-yuga and, 264; mahâ-siddhas and, 383; Purânas and, 299; Samhitâs and, 279, 342, 347; Shakti and, 264, 265, 342, 346; Shiva and, 84, 265, 346, 370, 371; source reading from, 369–379; supplementary literature to, 347; Sûtras and, 179; Yoga-Yâjnavalkya and, 422. See also Kula-Arnava-Tantra; Mahânirvâna- Tantra; specific tantras
Tantra-Sâra, 347, 368
Tantra- Tattva- Tantra, 342
Tantra-Yoga. See Tantra
Tantric Age, 64
tanu-mânasâ, 305
Taoism, 29, 48, 173, 320, 344
Tao of Physics, The, 381
tapas. See asceticism (tapas)
Tapasviji Maharaj, 67, 81
Târâ, 87, 168, 344, 360
Târaka-Yoga, 320–324
Tarangâvatî, 142
tarka. See reflection
Tarka-Jvalâ, 207
tarpana. See satisfaction
Tart, Charles, 251
taste. See tongue
tat, defined, 459
tathâgatas, 166, 436n. 17
tathatâ, 168, 169
tat savitur… . See gâyatrî-mantra
tattva. defined, 242, 431n. 34, 459. See also buddhi; elements (bhûtas); existence; manas; Reality; senses; thatness; Truth
tattva-âkâsha, 322
Tattva-nanda-Taranginî, 53
Tattva-Artha-Adhigama-Sûtra, 150
Tattva-Artha-Sûtra, 142, 147, 149–150
tattva-avabodha, 422
tat tvam asi, 12, 311
Tattva-Sandarbha, 292
Tattva-Vaishâradî, 6, 8, 234, 235, 253, 367, 431n. 42
tattva-vidyâ-shâstra, 72
teachers: types of, 11–12. See also gurus
technology, xxvii, xxviii, xxix, 3, 28, 30
teeth, 391. See also râja-danta
Tejo-Bindu-Upanishad, 5, 16, 128, 257, 311, 317–318
telepathy, 18, 354
Teraiyar, 82
termas, 265
Textbook of Yoga (Feuerstein), xvii
thankas, 177
thatness, 231
therapeutic uses. See illness
Theravâda Buddhism, 156, 157, 162, 173. See also Hînayâna Buddhism
third eye. See cakras, âjnâ-cakra
thought: ecstasy (samâdhi) and, 218, 220, 253; experiential knowledge vs., 237; generation of, 48; Goraksha-Paddhati on, 416; initiation through, 18; karma and, 241–242; magical, 346; mantras and, 358; Moksha-Dharma on, 199, 200, 205; Self-realization and, 242; sound as, 359; Tantras on, 372, 373, 378; Upanishads on, 126; Yoga-Sûtra on, 218, 220, 252; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 305. See also consideration
; karma; mind
throat, 354, 355, 391, 402, 404, 408, 415, 417, 420. See also jalandhara-bandha; vishuddha-cakra
thunderbolt, 150, 327, 366, 393, 396
Tibet, crazy wisdom in, 19–23
Tibetan Book of the Dead, 320
Tibetan Yoga. See Vajrayâna (Tantric) Buddhism
Tîkâs, 234
Tilopa, 178, 383
time: Buddhism and, 173; Goraksha- Paddhati on, 419; Kâlî and, 344; prâna and, 173; Shaivism and, 268, 349; Upanishads on, 318; Vishnu as Krishna as, 195; Yoga-Bhâshya on, 227; Yoga- Sûtra on, 227, 230, 233; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 304, 308. See also space-time
Tipitaka. See Pali canon
tîrthankaras, 139–140, 147, 148, 153
tîrthas, 331. See also âdhâras
Tirumankai, 280
Tiru-Mantiram, 40–41, 264, 276, 277, 278
Timmûlâr, 40, 264, 276, 342, 383
Tiru-Murai, 40–41, 276, 278
Tiru-Murukâr-Ruppâtai, 41
Tiruppâvai, 281
Tiru-Vâcakam, 278
Tiruvalluvar, 265
Tïru-Vâymoli, 41, 280
titikshâ. See endurance
Tittiri, 131
toes, 402, 420
tolerance, 61, 72, 157, 208, 259, 264, 292, 334, 343. See also egalitarianism
tongue, 391, 402, 413, 414, 420. See also khecârî-mudrâ; nabho-mudrâ; senses
tortoise, 298, 351, 362, 413. See also kûrma
touch, 18, 160, 413. See also senses; skin
tradition. See smriti
trance, 252
tranquillity: yur-Veda and, 80; Gîtâ on, 286; Jnâna-Yoga and, 33; liberation and, 204; Moksha-Dharma on, 201, 202, 204, 205; Purânas on, 297; sattva and, 202; Tantras on, 371; Upanishads on, 321; Yoga-Vâsishtha on, 307
transcendence: asceticism and, 66, 67; Bhakti-Yoga and, 36, 37; Classical Yoga and, 240; defined, xvii; degrees of, 7–8; existentialism and, 143; immanence and, 346; impulse toward, xxv-xxvii, 16, 92; Jainism and, 147, 150; Karma-Yoga and, 49; Laya-Yoga and, 55; magic vs., 67, 95; mantras and, 359; necessity for, 28; power vs., 384; sacrifice and, 131; spiritual life and, xvii; Tantra and, 345–346, 347; teacher and disciple and, xvi; technology and, xxviii; Yoga as technology of, 3, 28. See also liberation (enlightenment)
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