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The Advent (magazine) The Advent is a quarterly magazine produced by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and is “Dedicated to the Exposition of Sri Aurobindo’s Vision of the Future”. History and profile The first issue of The Advent appeared on 21 February 1944. Early issues were printed in Madras, later on publication was relocated to the ashram at Pondicherry). The magazine is published in English on quarterly basis. The Advent often featured material by Sri Aurobindo....

Tree of Jiva and Atman 1.164.20 Two birds associated together, and mutual friends, take refuge in the same tree; one of them eats the sweet fig; the other abstaining from food, merely looks on. 1.164.21 Where the smooth-gliding rays, cognizant, distil the perpetual portion of water; there has the Lord and steadfast protector all beings accepted me, though immature in wisdom. 1.164.22 In the tree into which the smooth-gliding rays feeders on the sweet, enters, and again bring forth light over all, they have called the fruit sweet, but he partakes not of it who knows not the protector of the universe....

Mandala 7 The seventh Mandala of the Rigveda (“book 7”, “RV 7”) has 104 hymns. In the Rigveda Anukramani, all hymns in this book are attributed to Vashista. Hymn 32 is additionally credited to Sakti Vashista, and hymns 101-102 (to Parjanya) are additionally credited to Kumara Agneya. It is one of the “family books” (mandalas 2-7), the oldest core of the Rigveda, which were composed in early vedic period (1500-1000 BCE)....

Shyama Sangeet Shyama Sangeet (শ্যামা সঙ্গীত) is a genre of Bengali devotional songs dedicated to the Hindu goddess Shyama or Kali which is a form of supreme universal mother-goddess Durga or parvati. It is also known as Shaktagiti or Durgastuti. Shyama Sangeet appeals to the common man because it is a musical representation of the relationship of eternal and sublime love and care between the mother and her child. It is free of the common rituals of worship and also the esoteric practice of the Tantra....

Radha Damodar Temple, Vrindavan name Shri Radha Damodar Temple deity Radha Damodar festival Janmashtami, , Radhastami, Holi, Sharad Purnima, Kartik Purnima district Mathura location Vrindavan state Uttar Pradesh country India map_type India Uttar Pradesh year_completed 1542 CE map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh coordinates 27.5836°N, 77.69574°W founded_by Jiva Goswami website https://www.radhadamodarmandir.com/ Shri Radha Damodar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu deities Radha and Krishna. The temple is situated in Vrindavan of Indian state Uttar Pradesh....

Punarjanman Punarjanman (पुनर्जन्मन्) in Hinduism is a Sanskrit word that refers to “repeated birth”, “transmigration”, “re-birth” or “a principle of diachronic ontogeny”. According to Y. Krishan, the ultimate goal of the Indian religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and that of the Upanishads, has been based on attainment of moksha, nirvana, and consequently the termination of punarjanman or ‘rebirth’.

Nirvana title Nirvana ar نيرفانا en freedom, liberation sa निर्वाण sa-latn nirvāṇa bn নির্বাণ bn-latn nirbanô gu નિર્વાણ gu-latn nirvāṇa hi निर्वाण hi-latn nirvāṇa jv ꦤꦶꦂꦮꦤ jv-latn nirwana ml നിർവാണം ml-latn nirvanam kn ನಿರ್ವಾಣ kn-latn nirvāṇa ne निर्वाण ne-latn nirvāṇa pa ਨਿਰਬਾਣ pa-latn nirbāṇa or ନିର୍ବାଣ or-latn nirbaana te నిర్వాణం te-latn nirvaanam ta வீடுபேறு ta-latn Veeduperu mr-latn nirvāṇa mr निर्वाण (, , ; निर्वाण nirvāṇa ; Pali: nibbāna; Prakrit: ṇivvāṇa; literally, “blown out”, as in an oil lamp ) is a concept in Indian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism) that represents the ultimate state of soteriological release, the liberation from duḥkha, suffering, and saṃsāra), the cycle of birth and rebirth....

Yoga (philosophy) Yoga philosophy is one of the six major orthodox schools of Hinduism, though it is only at the end of the first millennium CE that Yoga is mentioned as a separate school of thought in Indian texts, distinct from Samkhya. Ancient, medieval and most modern literature often refers to Yoga-philosophy simply as Yoga. A systematic collection of ideas of Yoga is found in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, a key text of Yoga which has influenced all other schools of Indian philosophy....

Nadistuti sukta !Nadistutisukta The Nadistuti sukta (Sanskrit: नदिस्तुति सूक्त), or “the hymn in praise of rivers”, is 75th hymn (sukta) of 10th Mandala of the Rigveda. Nadistuti sukta is important for the reconstruction of the geography of the Vedic civilization. Sindhu (the Indus) is addressed as the mightiest of rivers and addressed specifically in verses 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. The rivers Ganga Yamuna Sarasvati Sutudri Parusni Asikni) Marudvrdha Vitasta Arjikiya Susoma Trstama Susartu Rasā Shvetya Sindhu Kubha Gomati Krumu Mehatnu In verse 5, the rishi enumerates ten rivers, beginning with the Ganga and moving westwards: “Oh Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati, Shutudri (Sutlej), Parushni (Iravati, Ravi), follow my praise!...

Kundika Upanishad devanagari कुण्डिका veda Sama Veda verses One chapter with 34 verses philosophy Vedanta The Kundika Upanishad (कुण्डिका उपनिषत्, IAST: Kuṇḍikā Upaniṣad), also known as Kundikopanishad, is an ancient text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. It is one of the 19 Sannyasa Upanishads, and is one of the 16 Upanishads attached to the Sama Veda. The text is titled Kundika in surviving Telugu language versions, and notably large parts of it are identical to the Laghu-Sannyasa Upanishad versions found in some parts of India....

Judith Tyberg !Judith_Tyberg_Founder_of_EWCC Judith Tyberg (1902–1980) was an American yogi (“Jyotipriya”) and a renowned Sanskrit scholar and orientalist. Author of The Language of the Gods and two other texts on Sanskrit, she was the founder and guiding spirit of the East-West Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California, a major pioneering door through which now-celebrated Indian yogis and spiritual teachers of many Eastern and mystical traditions were first introduced to America and the West....

Chattampi Swamikal name Chattampi Swamikal birth_date August 25, 1853 birth_place Kollur, Trivandrum death_date May 5, 1924 death_place Panmana, Kollam resting_place Samadhistanam at Panmana guru Pettayil Raman Pillai Asan, Ayyavu Swamikal, Subba Jadapadikal disciples Neelakanta Therthapada, Theerthapada Parmahamsa philosophy Advaita literary_works Advaita Chinthapaddhathi, Vedadikara Nirupanam, Pracheena Malayalam etc. honors Sree Vidyadhiraja Parama Bhattaraka nationality Indian free_label Quote free_text The whole universe is one mind. Between mind and mind there is no vacuum....

Jataveda Jataveda (जातवेद, ) is a Vedic Sanskrit term for a particular form/epithet of Agni, the Vedic god of fire. In a tradition originating in the late Vedic period, but already alluded to in the RigVeda, Agni has three forms: a celestial form (fire of the sun and the stars), an aerial form (lightning and the life-force of vegetation called the ‘Child/Embryo of the Waters’), and a terrestrial form (e.g., the altar fire at worship)....

Bādarāyaṇa Badarayana (IAST Bādarāyaṇa; Devanāgari बादरायण) was an Indian philosopher and sage who was the reputed author of Brahma Sutras, the source text for the Hindu philosophical school of Vedānta. Estimates of his lifetime vary very widely from around fifth century BCE to third or fourth century CE. His work Brahma Sutras is variously dated from 500 BCE to 450 CE. The Brahma Sutras of Bādarāyana, also called the Vedanta Sutra, was compiled in its present form around 400–450 CE, but “the great part of the Sutra must have been in existence much earlier than that”....

Chandrahas In the Hindu epic Ramayana, the Chandrahasa is an indestructible sword that Shiva gifts Ravana. Ravana lifting Mount Kailash The Uttara Kanda of the Hindu epic Ramayana records that the ten-headed, twenty-armed mighty King Ravana defeated and looted Alaka – the city of his step-brother and god of wealth Kubera, situated near Mount Kailash. After the victory, Ravana was returning to Lanka in the Pushpaka Vimana (the flying chariot that his father in law made for him), when he spotted a beautiful place....