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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)....

Nyayakusumanjali !Cover_page_of_Nyaya-kusumanjali Nyayakusumanjali (* A Handful of Flowers of Logic*) is a treatise in Sanskrit composed by 10th century CE Indian logician and philosopher Udayana. The work has been described as codification of the Hindu arguments for the existence of God. It has been noted that this treatise is the most elaborate and the most fundamental work of the Nyaya-Vaiseshika school on the Isvara doctrine. An outline of Nyaya-kusumanjali there is no other-worldly means (of attaining) a world beyond; even without assuming an Isvara the performance of the means of (attaining) the world beyond is possible; there are arguments that make known the non-existence of Isvara; even if Isvara existed, he would not be a source of valid cognition; and there are no arguments that can validly establish his (existence)"....

Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya !Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya (Devanagari: ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय) is one of the most popular Hindu mantras, and according to the Bhagavata tradition, the most important mantra in Vaishnavism. It is called the Dvadasakshari Mantra, or simply Dvadasakshari, meaning the “twelve-syllable” mantra, dedicated to Vishnu and Krishna both. It has two traditions—Tantric and Puranic. In the Tantric tradition, the rishi of the mantra is Prajapati; in the Puranic tradition, the rishi is Narada....

Om Namo Narayanaya !Lord Vishnu Om Namo Narayanaya (ॐ नमो नारायणाय), also referred to as the Ashtakshara (eight syllables), and the Narayana Mantra, is among the most popular mantras of Hinduism, and the principal mantra of Vaishnavism. It is an invocation addressed to Narayana, the god of preservation, the form of Vishnu who lays in eternal rest beneath the cosmic waters. Origin In the Sama Veda, *‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ * is said to have been taught by Vedic sages to the seekers who came to them for wisdom....

Outline of Hinduism The following outline) is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Hinduism: Hinduism – predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. Its followers are called Hindus, who refer to it as (सनातनधर्मः), amongst many other expressions. Hinduism has no single founder, and is formed of diverse traditions, including a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of “daily morality” based on the notion of karma, dharma, and societal norms....