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Svecchacara Svecchācāra (IAST; Sanskrit: स्वेच्छाचार) is an important concept in the Nath Sampradaya. ‘Svecchācāra’ means: acting as one likes, arbitrariness, acting without restraint. The word appears to be a combination of three Sanskrit words: sva (self), iccha (will), and cāra (deportment), essentially adding up to “behaving as one desires” or “in accordance with one’s will (iccha)”. John Woodroffe (1951: p. 440) associates it with notions of antinomianism and that it is evident in the Upanishads and Tantras: “Lastly, the doctrine that the illuminated knower of Brahman (Brahmajnani) is above both good (Dharma) and evil (Adharma) should be noted....

Swami Sadananda name Swami Sadananda birth_name Sharat Chandra Gupta birth_date January 6, 1865 birth_place Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, India death_date February 18, 1911 death_place Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, India nationality Indian other_names Gupta Maharaj occupation Monk known_for Spiritual work Swami Sadananda (6 January 1865 - 18 February 1911), born Sharat Chandra Gupta, popularly known as Gupta Maharaj in the Ramakrishna Order, was a direct monastic disciple of Swami Vivekananda. He was the first disciple according to some sources....

Swami’s !Swami’s Surf Spot in Encinitas, California !Swami’s beach in Encinitas|||The beach at Swami’s, looking north towards the point. Encinitas, California, 2007 Swami’s is an area in San Diego County that contains Swami’s Beach and other local attractions. The beach, also known as “Swami’s Reef’” and “Swamis”, is an internationally known surfing spot, a point break located in Encinitas, San Diego County, California. Swami’s was named after Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, because the grounds and hermitage of the Self-Realization Fellowship ashram, built in 1937, overlook this reef point....

Taijasa Taijasa (Sanskrit: तैजस), which means endowed with light, is one of the many different levels of existence which the Jiva experiences due to the activity of Maya); it is the second of the three stages of consciousness that are part of the individual order of the Jiva. The three stages of consciousness are – 1) Vishva or Vaisvanara or the waking stage characterized by the individual gross body or sthula-sarira, 2) Taijasa or the dream consciousness which has the subtle body or suksma-sarira as its object, and 3) Prajna or the deep sleep consciousness which is the unified undifferentiated consciousness or prajanaaghana and the characteristic of the blissful causal body, the ultimate experience of Brahman....

Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa The Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (Sanskrit तैत्तिरीयब्राह्मण, meaning ‘Brāhmaṇa of the school of Tittri’, abbreviated to ‘TB’) is a commentary on the Krishna Yajurveda. Considered by academics to be an appendix or extension of the Taittirīya Samhita, the first two books (ashṭakas) largely consist of hymns and Mantras to the Vedic-era Devas), as well as Mythology, astronomy, and astrology (i.e. the Nakshatras); the third book contains commentaries and instructions on Vedic sacrificial rites such as the Purushamedha, Kaukili-Sutramani, Ashvamedha, and Agnicayana....

Taittiriya Shakha The Taittirīya Shakha (Sanskrit, loosely meaning ‘Branch or School of the sage Tittiri’), is a shakha (i.e. ‘branch’, ‘school’, or rescension) of the Krishna (black) Yajurveda. Most prevalent in South India, it consists of the Taittirīya Samhita (‘TS’), Taittirīya Brahmana (‘TB’), Taittirīya Aranyaka (‘TA’), and Taittirīya Pratisakhya (‘TP’). Nomenclature ’’’ |source=Mahanarayana Upanishad, Prapāṭhaka 10, Anuvaka 1, Khandika 38 |author=|title=}} The ‘Taittiriya Shakha’ can be loosely translated as ‘Branch or School of (the sage) Tittri’ or ‘Branch or School of Taittiriya’ or ‘School of the pupils of Tittiri’....

Taittiriya Upanishad !Screenshot Taittiriya Upanishad The Taittirīya Upanishad (Devanagari: तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद्) is a Vedic era Sanskrit text, embedded as three chapters (adhyāya) of the Yajurveda. It is a mukhya (primary, principal) Upanishad, and likely composed about 6th century BC. The Taittirīya Upanishad is associated with the Taittirīya school of the Yajurveda, attributed to the pupils of sage Vaishampayana. It lists as number 7 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads....

Tajjalan Tajjalān is one of the few enigmatic methods in Hinduism employed by the Upanishadic seers to describe Reality or Brahman. It is a cosmological approach to the problem of Reality in the context of creation etc. Meaning of Tajjalān (sarvam khalvidam brahman tajjalān iti shānta upāsita) – “All this (collectively) is Brahman, indeed: what evolves from That, what dissolves in That, what breathes or functions in That, should be closely and calmly studied……....

Tanmatras Tanmatras (Sanskrit: तन्मात्र = tanmātra) are rudimentary, undifferentiated, subtle elements from which gross elements are produced. There are five sense perceptions – hearing, touch, sight, taste and smell – and there are five tanmatras corresponding to those five sense perceptions and the five sense-organs. The tanmatras combine and re-combine in different ways to produce the gross elements – ether, air, fire, water, and earth – which make up the gross universe perceived by the senses....

Tanumanasi Tanumānasī (Sanskrit: ) is the third stage or bhumika of wisdom in the waking state, at which stage the mind, through development of profound indifference towards objects, is stated to become as thin as a thread - Tanu means ’thread’ and manas means the ‘mind’. During this stage of awakening the aspirant gives up all hankering after sensual objects. The seven stages of wisdom that characterize a Jivanmukta were mentioned by Ribhu to his son, Nidāgha, in the Varahu Upanishad, which stages are – a) Shubhecha (‘good desire or intention’), b) Vicharana (’enquiry and contemplation’), c) Tanumanasi (’the mind rid of hankering after objects’), d) Sattvapatti (’the purified Chit) resting on the Atman)’), e) Asamsakti (‘perfect non-attachment to objects’), f) Padartha-bhavana (‘analysis of objects or love for objects’), g) Turiyattita (‘superconsciouness’ or moksha)....

Tarasara Upanishad devanagari तारसार sanskrit_transliteration Tārasāra meaning Essence of mystical syllables composition_date Medieval chapters 3 veda Shukla Yajurveda type Mantra philosophy Vaishnavism The Tarasara Upanishad (तारसार उपनिषत्, IAST: Tārasāra Upaniṣad) is a minor Upanishad of Hinduism. This Sanskrit text is classified as one of 14 Vaishnava Upanishads, and a Mantra Upanishad. It is one of the 19 Upanishads attached to the Shukla Yajurveda. The text is notable for its discussion of Om for yogic meditation as Taraka or that which helps one cross from mundane into spiritual world....

Tattvachintamani Tattvachintamani is a treatise in Sanskrit authored by 14th-century CE Indian logician and philosopher Gangesa (fl. c. 1325). The title may be translated into English as “A Thought-jewel of Truth.” The treatise is also known as Pramāṇa-chintāmaṇi (“A Thought-jewel of Valid Knowledge”). The treatise introduced a new era in the history of Indian logic. Satis Chandra Vidyabhusana in his authoritative 681-page history of Indian logic divided the millennia long history of Indian logic into three sometimes-overlapping periods: Ancient period (650 BCE–100 CE), Medieval period (100–1200 CE) and Modern period (from 900 CE)....

Tatvaviveka name Tatvaviveka तत्वविवेक author Vidyaranya विद्यारन्य country India language Sanskrit series Panchadasi subject Indian Philosophy genre Vedanta Tatvaviveka (Sanskrit तत्वविवेक, IAST; tatvaviveka) is the first chapter of the first quintads Viveka-panchaka (विवेक-पचंक, viveka-pacaṃka) of Vidyaranya Panchadasi dealing with the discrimination of knowledge of the ultimate Reality). See also Advaita Vedanta Bhagwat Gita Upanishads Samkhya Sanskrit Panchadashi Sanskrit at nic.in English Commentary on the Panchadasi - Swami Krishnananda The Philosophy of Panchadasi by Swami Krishnananda Commentary on Panchadasi by Swami Paramarthananda Panchadashi - SN Sastri Panchadashi - Ramakrishna Mission

Tejobindu Upanishad devanagari तेजोबिन्दु meaning Radiant power of point composition_date 100 BCE to 300 CE veda Yajurveda or Atharvaveda verses Varies by manuscript philosophy Yoga, Vedanta The Tejobindu Upanishad (Sanskrit: तेजोबिन्दु उपनिषद्) is a minor Upanishad in the corpus of Upanishadic texts of Hinduism. It is one of the five Bindu Upanishads, all attached to the Atharvaveda, and one of twenty Yoga Upanishads in the four Vedas. The text is notable for its focus on meditation, calling dedication to bookish learning as rubbish, emphasizing practice instead, and presenting the Vedanta doctrine from Yoga perspective....

Tejomayananda name H.H. Swami Tejomayananda Saraswati (Guruji) religion Hinduism birth_date June 30, 1950 birth_place Madhya Pradesh, India birth_name Sudhakar Kaitwade guru Chinmayananda Saraswati Swami Tejomayananda Saraswati (born 30 June 1950), also known as Guruji and born Sudhakar Kaitwade, is an Indian spiritual leader. He was head of Chinmaya Mission from 1994 to 2017, until he was succeeded by Swami Swaroopananda in 2017. Initiation and disciplehood After attending couple of talks of Swami Chinmayananda on Bhagavad Gita, Sudhakar Kaitwade was inspired to join Chinmaya Mission’s residential Vedanta course at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in Mumbai....