hahakara [lamentation, wailing].
hajat [Hind.] [lock-up, jail].
hakim [Hind.] [a physician practising on the Arabic system].
Padmakara returned to Uddiyana, to the island in Lake Danakosha where he practiced Secret Mantra and the symbolic language of the dakinis through which he brought the dakinis on the island under his command.
Purusakara
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
Om - According to the Vedas, the most sacred of all words, out of which emanated the universe. The symbol of both the personal God and the Brahman or Absolute.
Surya Namakara: Sun salutations - a series of Yoga postures honoring the sun.
Sthani = powers (of spaces, supernatural); upanimantrane = on being invited; sanga = attachment, pleasure; smaya = wonder, pride; akaranam = avoidance; Punah = again; anista = fall, undesirable; ...
It is Akhanda-Akarasa-Satchidananda-Svarupa, as great masters have not been tired of telling us. Akhanda-Ekarasa is the truth or the character of the Self - undivided in the sense that it cannot be partitioned even by a conceptual spatiality.
The literal meaning of samskara is 'uniform personality', 'akara' meaning 'form', 'shape' or 'personality', and 'sam' meaning 'the totality of'. We relate intellectually to everything we perceive in the world as a form or object.
Rasa Sadhana originated in the time before Hindu yogis started organizing themselves into more institutionalized akaras (schools) and ashrams (communities). Before that time, spiritual teaching happened in the gurukula, the family home of the teacher.
They at once jump to awaken the Kundalini and raise Brahmakara Vritti. They will only break their legs. Those who attempt to awaken the Kundalini by Asanas and Pranayama, should have purity in thought, word and deed.
Even Adi Shakara Acharya[viii], composed numerous hymns to deities. Careful study of numerous systems reveals the same principles presented differently, to match the different temperaments and levels of consciousness.
seen many Vedantins in a sickly condition with poor physique and dilapidated constitution. They can hardly do any rigid Sadhana. They may utter: "Om Om Om," mechanically through lips only. They have not sufficient strength to raise the Brahmakara ...
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