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Neo-Advaita Neo-Advaita, also called the Satsang-movement and Nondualism, is a New Religious Movement, emphasizing the direct recognition of the non-existence of the “I” or “ego,” without the need of preparatory practice. Its teachings are derived from, but not authorised by, the teachings of the 20th century sage Ramana Maharshi, as interpreted and popularized by H. W. L. Poonja and several of his western students. It is part of a larger religious current called immediatism) by Arthur Versluis, which has its roots in both western and eastern spirituality....

Neo-Vedanta Neo-Vedanta, also called Hindu modernism, neo-Hinduism, Global Hinduism and Hindu Universalism, are terms to characterize interpretations of Hinduism that developed in the 19th century. The term “Neo-Vedanta” was coined by German Indologist Paul Hacker), in a pejorative way, to distinguish modern developments from “traditional” Advaita Vedanta. Scholars have repeatedly argued that these modern interpretations incorporate Western ideas into traditional Indian religions, especially Advaita Vedanta, which is asserted as central or fundamental to Hindu culture....

Nepal Sanskrit University name Nepal Sanskrit University native_name नेपाल संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय native_name_lang ne established 1986 chancellor Prime Minister of Nepal vice_chancellor Prof. Dr. Yadav Prakash Lamichhane city Beljhundi, Dang country Nepal students 1,697 website nsu.edu.np Nepal Sanskrit University (formerly Mahendra Sanskrit University) was established in December 1986 and has its central office at Beljhundi in Dang district of Lumbini Province, Nepal. It is 13 km away from the city of Ghorahi....

Nidhivan, Vrindavan name Nidhivan deity Radha Krishna tradition Radha-vallabha festivals Janmashtami, Radhastami, Holi, Sharad Purnima, Kartik Purnima temple_tree Tulsi district Mathura district native_name Rang Mahal location Vrindavan state Uttar Pradesh country India coordinates 27.58327°N, 77.69764°W map_caption Location in Uttar Pradesh map_type India Uttar Pradesh Nidhivan which means “Forest of Tulsi " is one of the sacred forest sites of Vrindavan. It is situated in the Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Nidhivan is considered as the most prominent site dedicated to the pastimes of Hindu deities Radha Krishna and their gopis....

Nididhyāsana In Advaita Vedanta and Jnana Yoga Nididhyasana (Sanskrit: निदिध्यासन) is profound and repeated meditation on the mahavakyas, great Upanishadic statements such as “That art Thou”, to realize the identity of Atman) and Brahman. It is the fourth step in the training of a sisya (disciple), consisting of preparatory practices, listening to the teachings as contained in the sruti, reflection) on the teachings, and nididhyasana. Four stages of practice Samanyasa or Sampattis, the “fourfold discipline” (sādhana-chatustaya), cultivating the following four qualities: (नित्यानित्य वस्तु विवेकम्) — The ability (viveka) to correctly discriminate between the eternal (nitya) substance (Brahman) and the substance that is transitory existence (anitya)....

Niladevi type Hindu name Niladevi other_names Nappinnai, Nagnajiti affiliation Devi, aspect of Lakshmi abode Vaikuntha consort Vishnu god_of Goddess of Bliss venerated_in Sri Vaishnavism Niladevi (नीलदेवी), also rendered as Neela Devi, is a Hindu goddess, and a consort of the preserver deity Vishnu, along with Sridevi and Bhudevi). Niladevi is regarded to be one of Vishnu’s consorts, named Nagnajiti, in his avatar as Krishna, along with Sridevi as Rukmini, and Bhudevi as Satyabhama....

Niralamba Upanishad devanagari निरालम्ब sanskrit_transliteration Nirālamba meaning Self-supported or independent composition_date Late medieval veda Shukla Yajurveda type Samanya chapters 1 verses 41 philosophy Vedanta The Niralamba Upanishad (निरालम्ब उपनिषत्, IAST: Nirālamba) is a Sanskrit text and is one of the 22 Samanya (general) Upanishads of Hinduism. The text, along with the Sarvasara Upanishad, is one of two dedicated glossaries embedded inside the collection of ancient and medieval era 108 Upanishads, on 29 basic concepts of Hindu philosophy....

Nirodbaran Nirodbaran Chakravarty (or Chakraborty; 17 November 1903 – 17 July 2006, Pondicherry)), known mononymously as Nirodbaran, or “Nirod” for short, was the closest disciple, personal physician and literary secretary to Sri Aurobindo and scribe for Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol and senior member of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. Life Twelve years with Sri Aurobindo Chapter 1 - Nirodbaran Name Index Supporting spiritual search He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in medicine....

Nirvana Upanishad devanagari निर्वाणोपनिषत् sanskrit_transliteration Nirvana meaning Liberation, highest bliss composition_date before 300 AD, likely BC veda Rigveda type Sannyasa chapters 1 verses 82 sutras philosophy Vedanta The Nirvana Upanishad (निर्वाण उपनिषत्, IAST: Nirvāṇa Upaniṣad) is an ancient sutra-style Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Rig Veda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads. It is a short text and notable for its distilled, aphoristic presentation with metaphors and allegories....

Nishtha The Sanskrit word Nishtha (निष्ठा), in Hindu philosophy, refers to faith, steadiness, devotion and the culmination, and in Sanskrit grammar, to the affixes of the Past Participles - kta and katavatu. Meaning Nishtha (Sanskrit: निष्ठ or निष्ठा) means – ‘being in or on’, ‘situated on’, ‘depending or ‘resting on’, ‘referring’ or ‘relating to’, ‘devoted or attached to’, ‘practicing’, ‘intent on’, ‘skilled in’, ‘believing in’, ‘conducive to’, ’effecting’, ‘position’, ‘condition’, ‘state’, ‘basis’, ‘foundation’, ‘fixity’, ‘fixedness’, ‘steadiness’, ‘devotion’, ‘application’, ‘close attachment’, ‘belief’, ‘firm adherencev, ‘faith’, ’excellence’, ‘skill’, ‘proficiency’, ‘perfection’, conclusion’, ’end’, ’termination’, ’the catastrophe or end of a drama’, ‘accomplishment’, ‘completion’, ’the culminating point’, ‘death’, ‘destruction’, ‘disappearance from the world at the fixed time’, ‘fixed or certain knowledge’, ‘certainty’, ‘begging’, ‘suffering’, ’trouble’, ‘distress’, ‘anxiety’, ‘a technical term for past participial terminations’, and is one of the many names of Vishnu....

Nolini Kanta Gupta !Nolini-Kanta-Gupta-01 Nolini Kanta Gupta (13 January 1889 – 7 February 1984) was a revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and yogi, and the most senior of Sri Aurobindo’s disciples. He was born in Faridpur, East Bengal, to a cultured and prosperous Vaidya-Brahmin family. While in his teens, he came under the influence of Sri Aurobindo, then a well known revolutionary fighting for independence against the British. When in his fourth year at Presidency College, Calcutta, he left a promising academic career and rejected a lucrative government job to join a small revolutionary group under Sri Aurobindo....

Nome (spiritual teacher) !Nome in Satsang during Sri Ramana Maharshi’s Self-Realization Day (July 17, 2011).jpg?width=300) Nome (born January 23, 1955) is a spiritual teacher at Society of Abidance in Truth, known by the acronym SAT, which established and maintains a temple for nondual Self-knowledge in California. He expounds the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi and Advaita Vedanta. He, along with Dr. H. Ramamoorthy, translated into English the essential and classic work of Advaita Vedanta, “Ribhu Gita”, which was highly recommended by Sri Ramana Maharshi....

Non-difference (Abheda) Non-difference is the nearest English translation of the Sanskrit word abheda, meaning non-existence of difference. In Vedanta philosophy this word plays a vital role in explaining the indicatory mark in respect of the unity of the individual self with the Infinite or Brahman. Doctrine of Non-difference Audolomi (Brahma Sutra I.iv.21) is believed to have held the view that the individual self differs from the supreme self while it possesses a body, but when a man obtains the clear knowledge by means of practice and meditation, dies, leaves the body and obtains complete liberation, the individual self becomes the supreme self, which means in liberation, there is no difference; in transmigration, there is difference; the absolutely different individual self becomes identical in the state of liberation....

Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad name Nrisimha Tapaniya devanagari नृसिंह तापनीय sanskrit_transliteration Nṛsiṁha-Tāpanīya meaning Asceticism for the Man-Lion composition_date before 7th-century CE type Vaishnava veda Atharvaveda chapters Two Upanishads - Purva Tapaniya and Uttara Tapaniya verses Five divisions in the first, and nine chapters in the second Upanishad philosophy Vaishnava The Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad (नृसिंह तापनीय उपनिषद्) is a minor Upanishadic text written in Sanskrit. It is one of the 31 Upanishads attached the Atharvaveda, and classified as one of the Vaishnava Upanishads....

Nyaya (Sanskrit: न्याय, nyā-yá), literally meaning “justice”, “rules”, “method” or “judgment”, is one of the six astika schools of Indian philosophy. This school’s most significant contributions to Indian philosophy were systematic development of the theory of logic, methodology, and its treatises on epistemology. Ancient Mithila University was famous for Nyaya Shastra teaching. Nyaya school’s epistemology accepts four out of six Pramanas as reliable means of gaining knowledge – Pratyakṣa (perception), Anumāṇa (inference), Upamāṇa (comparison and analogy) and Śabda (word, testimony of past or present reliable experts)....