| Avatar
|
Incarnation.
God taking on a physical form. |
| Adyastotra |
A
hymn to the eternal goddess. |
| Nandbaba
& Yashoda |
Chieftain
of the Yadav clan and his wife |
| Gopis |
Divine
girls born in Brij who spent their childhood with Lord
Krishna and enjoyed his divine grace |
| Yantra |
It
is an instrument of worship, like idols, pictures or geometric
diagrams. It is designed to curb the psychic forces by
concentrating on a pattern to stimulate inner visualizations,
meditation and experience. |
| Mahasamadhi |
Ultimate
union of soul with God leaving the mortal body (i.e. death). |
| Ashram |
Hermitage |
| Mahant |
The
head of the Hermitage. |
| Darshan |
Vision |
| Shastras |
Scriptures |
| Puranic
Age |
The
Hindus believed in the time cycle known as yugas. There
are four yugas known as 'Satyug', 'Treta', 'Dwapar' and
'Kalyug'. The corresponding guiding scriptures for attaining
self realisation in these yugas are 'Vedas', 'Smriti',
'Purans' & 'Agams'. When Lord Krishna, incarnation
of Lord Vishnu, appeared in Dwapar is know as the Puranic
Age. |
| Kriya
Yog |
Yoga
means union or integration with the Supreme. Kriya means
when one tries to turn oneself inward and dissolve the
mind, intellect and ego, following the "Breath",
it is called Kriya. |
