Dictionary: See Yourself

See Yourself name See Yourself artist George Harrison album Thirty Three & 1/3 released 19 November 1976 genre Rock, pop length 2:51 label Dark Horse writer George Harrison producer George Harrison with Tom Scott) “See Yourself” is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1976 album Thirty Three & 1/3. Harrison began writing the song in 1967, while he was a member of the Beatles, in response to the public outcry surrounding bandmate Paul McCartney’s admission that he had taken the hallucinogenic drug LSD....

February 15, 2023 · 11 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Self-consciousness (Vedanta)

Self-consciousness (Vedanta) Self-consciousness in the Upanishads is not the first-person indexical self-awareness or the self-awareness which is self-reference without identification, and also not the self-consciousness which as a kind of desire is satisfied by another self-consciousness. It is Self-realisation; the realisation of the Self consisting of consciousness that leads all else. Epistemology The word Self-consciousness in the Upanishads means the knowledge about the existence and nature of Brahman. It means the consciousness of our own real being, the primary reality....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Self-enquiry (Ramana Maharshi)

Self-enquiry (Ramana Maharshi) !Sri Ramana Maharshi - Portrait - G. G Welling - 1948 Self-enquiry, also spelled self-inquiry (Sanskrit vichara, also called jnana-vichara or ), is the constant attention to the inner awareness of “I” or “I am” recommended by Ramana Maharshi as the most efficient and direct way of discovering the unreality of the “I”-thought. Ramana Mahirishi taught that the “I”-thought will disappear and only “I-I” or self-awareness remains. This results in an “effortless awareness of being”, and by staying with it this “I-I” gradually destroys the vasanas “which cause the ‘I’-thought to rise,” and finally the ‘I’-thought never rises again, which is Self-realization or liberation....

February 15, 2023 · 9 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Self-Realization Fellowship

Self-Realization Fellowship name Self-Realization Fellowship size 250px type Religious organization status Foundation) founder Paramahansa Yogananda formation 1920 purpose Educational, Philanthropic, Religious studies, Spirituality headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States area_served Worldwide leader_title President leader_name Brother Chidananda affiliations Yogoda Satsanga Society of India website yogananda.org/ !SRF Headquarters at 3880 San Rafael Dr.|||Headquarters of SRF at Mt. Washington at 3880 San Rafael Ave., Los Angeles, CA Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) is a worldwide spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 and legally incorporated as a non-profit religious organization in 1935, to serve as Yogananda’s instrument for the preservation and worldwide dissemination of his writings and teachings, including Kriya Yoga....

February 15, 2023 · 9 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine

Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine building_name Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine image_size 300px location 17190 Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, California 90272 United States coordinates 34.04274°N, -118.55235°W religious_affiliation Self-Realization Fellowship functional_status Temple and Retreat Center website lakeshrine.org architecture_style Combination of Eastern and Western founded_by Paramahansa Yogananda year_completed 1996 capacity 400 (sanctuary seating) height_max 58 ft site_area 4000 sqft materials concrete, stained glass, wood, and ceramic tile The Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine lies a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean, on Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, California....

February 15, 2023 · 14 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shabda Brahman

Shabda Brahman !Nada Brahmins tradition Shabda Brahman or Sabda-brahman or Nada brahman means transcendental sound (Shatapatha Brahmana III.12.48) or sound vibration (Shatpatha Brahmana Vi.16.51) or the transcendental sound of the Vedas (Shatpatha Brahmana Xi.21.36) or of Vedic scriptures (Shatpatha Brahmana X.20.43). Shabda or sabda stands for word manifested by sound (‘verbal’) and such a word has innate power to convey a particular sense or meaning (Artha). According to the Nyaya and the Vaisheshika schools, Shabda means verbal testimony; to the Sanskrit grammarians, Yaska, Panini and Katyayana it meant a unit of language or speech or vac....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shaiva Upanishads

Shaiva Upanishads The Shaiva Upanishads are minor Upanishads of Hinduism, specific to Shiva theology (Shaivism). There are 14 Shaiva Upanishads in the Muktika anthology of 108 Upanishads. They, along with other minor Upanishads, are generally classified separate from the thirteen ancient Principal Upanishads rooted in the Vedic tradition. The Shaiva Upanishads also contrast from other groups of minor Upanishads, such as the Samanya Upanishads which are of a generic nature, the Sannyasa Upanishads which focus on the Hindu renunciation and monastic practice, the Yoga Upanishads related to Yoga, the Vaishnava Upanishads which highlight aspects of Vishnu, and the Shakta Upanishads which highlight Shaktism....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shakala Shakha

Shakala Shakha Shakala Shaka (Sanskrit: शाकल शाखा; IAST: Śākala Śākhā), is the oldest shakha (from skt. śākhā f. “branch” or “recension”) of the Rigveda. The Śākala tradition is mainly followed in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The Mahābhāṣya of Patanjali refers to 21 śākhās of the rigveda; however, according to Śaunaka’s Caraṇa-vyuha there are five śākhās for the Rigveda, the Śākala, Bāṣkala, Aśvalayana, Śaṅkhāyana, and Māṇḍukāyana of which only the Śākala and Bāṣkala and very few of the Aśvalayana are now extant....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shakambhari

Shakambhari type Hindu name Shakambhari devanagari शाकम्भरी consort Vishnu festivals Navaratri, Durga Puja, Durga Ashtami, Lakshmi Puja deity_of Goddess of Nourishment venerated_in Shaktism Shakambhari (Sanskrit: शाकम्भरी, IAST: Śākambharī), also referred to as Shatakshi, is a goddess of nourishment. She is regarded to be an incarnation of Mahadevi, and identified with both Lakshmi and Durga in Hinduism. After the malevolent asura Durgamasura deprived the earth of nourishment by causing the sages to forget the Vedas, the goddess appeared to offer human beings and devas) sufficient fruits and vegetables to restore their strength....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shakha

Shakha A shakha (Sanskrit , “branch” or “limb”) is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school. An individual follower of a particular school or recension is called a . The term is also used in Hindu philosophy to refer to an adherent of a particular orthodox system. A related term ‘, (“conduct of life” or “behavior”) is also used to refer to such a Vedic school: “although the words ’ and ’ are sometimes used synonymously, yet ‘ properly applies to the sect or collection of persons united in one school, and ’ to the traditional text followed, as in the phrase ‘, (“he recites a particular version of the Veda”)”....

February 15, 2023 · 6 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shakti

Shakti type Hindu affiliation Adi Parashakti, Parvati, Mahadevi, Kali, Durga, Devi, Sati), Lakshmi, Saraswati, Radha, Indrani In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. “Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability” ) is the primordial cosmic energy), female in aspect, and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the universe. She is thought of as creative, sustaining, as well as destructive, and is sometimes referred to as auspicious source energy....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shandilya Upanishad

Shandilya Upanishad devanagari शाण्डिल्य sanskrit_transliteration Śāṇḍilya meaning Name of a Vedic sage, Sandilya author Rishi Sandilya composition_date Vedic Age type Yoga veda Atharvaveda chapters 3 philosophy Yoga, Vedanta The Shandilya Upanishad (Sanskrit: शाण्डिल्य उपनिषत्, IAST: Śāṇḍilya Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text and one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. It is one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas, and is attached to the Atharvaveda. The text is primarily focussed on Yoga techniques, and is among the most detailed in the Upanishadic corpus of texts dedicated to Yoga....

February 15, 2023 · 5 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Sharabha Upanishad

Sharabha Upanishad name Sharabha Upanishad devanagari शरभ meaning Part lion and part bird. authors Sage Pippalada type Shaiva veda Atharva veda chapters 1 verses 35 plus prologue and epilogue The Sharabha Upanishad (शरभ उपनिषत्, IAST: Sharabha Upaniṣad) is a minor Upanishads of the Atharva Veda. In a Telugu language anthology of 108 Upanishads of the Muktika in the modern era, narrated by Rama to Hanuman, it is listed at serial number 50....

February 15, 2023 · 3 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shastri (degree)

Shastri (degree) A Shastri (शास्त्री) degree is also awarded to student after degree in old college system of India in other stream than Sanskrit also. ex pg-geologists is known as Bhu gharva sastri भू -गर्भ शास्त्री.In some other term degree is awarded to pupils after years of higher education in the Sanskrit language (at institutions such as Sampurnanand Sanskrit University or Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in India).The length of training required for a Shastri degree is usually seven years following the completion of secondary school, although students may continue training for an additional two years to obtain an Acharya degree....

February 15, 2023 · 2 min · TheAum

Dictionary: Shatyayaniya Upanishad

Shatyayaniya Upanishad devanagari शाट्यायनीय sanskrit_transliteration Śāṭyāyanīya meaning Named after a Vedic school composition_date ~1200 CE veda Yajurveda type Sannyasa chapters 1 philosophy Vaishnavism The Shatyayaniya Upanishad (शाट्यायनीय उपनिषत्, IAST: Śāṭyāyanīya Upaniṣad) is a Sanskrit text, composed about the start of 13th-century, and is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism. The text is attached to the Shukla Yajurveda, and is one of the 20 Sannyasa (renunciation) Upanishads. The Shatyayaniya Upanishad is a significant exception in the collection of ancient and medieval Sannyasa Upanishads, most of which are premised on the Advaita Vedanta philosophy....

February 15, 2023 · 4 min · TheAum