AMT Game

Basic terms and concepts

AKHAŃD́A KIIRTANA: - Continuous KIIRTANA

AMÁVASYÁ: - New moon

ANANDA MARGA: - Path of divine bliss; Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha (Ananda Marga organization).

AŚT́APÁSHA: - Eight fetters of the mind.

AVADHÚTA or AVADHÚTIKÁ: - Literally, “one who is thoroughly cleansed mentally and spiritually”; a monk or nun of an order close to the tradition of Shaeva Tantra.

AVIDYÁ: - Ignorance; centrifugal, or extroversial, force; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the subtle to the crude.

ÁCÁRYA: - Spiritual teacher qualified to give initiation and teach all lessons of meditation.

ÁNANDA: - Divine bliss

ÁSANA: - The third limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga. Ásanas: postures for curing physical problems, especially those that interfere with SÁDHANÁ.

BÁBÁ: - Affectionate name for Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti.

BRAHMA: - Supreme Entity

BRAHMA MADHU: - BRAHMA is sweet

CITTA: - Done “I”, objective “I”, objective mind, mind-stuff.

DEVA: - Mythologically, a god, a deity. Philosophically, any vibration, or expression, emanating from the Cosmic Nucleus.

DHARMA / DHÁRMIKA: - Spirituality; the path of righteousness in social affairs.

DHARMACAKRA: - Collective meditation

DHÁRAŃÁ: - Restriction of the flow of mind, conception; e.g., Tattva Dhárańa means restricting the flow of mind to, or conception of, the fundamental factors.

DHYÁNA: - Meditation in which the psyche is directed towards Consciousness.

GRHII: - Householder

GURU MANTRA: - Important” mantra, learned as a lesson of Ananda Marga SÁDHANÁ.

GURU PÚJÁ / VARŃÁRGHYADÁNA: - Offering of mental colours.

GURU VANDANÁ: - Shlokas, couplets, expressing homage to the Guru, used in VARŃÁRGHYADÁNA.

IISHVARA PRAŃIDHÁNA: - Surrender to the Cosmic Controller through meditation; a lesson of Ananda Marga SÁDHANÁ.

JÁGRTI: - Literally, “place for awakening”; Ananda Marga spiritual centre.

JÁNUSPARSHA MUDRÁ: - Gesture given by a spiritual master. Both hands rest, palm up, on the thighs.

KIIRTANA: - Collective singing of the name of the Lord, sometimes combined with a dance that expresses the spirit of surrender.

MAHATTATTVA: - “I” (“I am,” “I exist”) feeling, existential “I”.

MANTRA: - A sound or collection of sounds which, when meditated upon, will lead to spiritual liberation.

MÁRGA GURU: - Preceptor of Ananda Marga, Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrtijii.

NAGAR KIIRTANA: - A KIIRTANA procession through the streets of the town.

NÁMA MANTRA: - “Name” mantra; preliminary lesson of Ananda Marga SÁDHANÁ

NÁRÁYAŃA SEVÁ: - Service, particularly food distribution, to the poor.

OṊḾ SHÁNTI: - BRAHMA is peace.

PARAMA BRAHMA: - BRAHMA, “Supreme” Brahma.

PRABHÁTA SAḾGIITA: - A body of 5018 spiritual and psycho-spiritual songs composed by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti).

PRATIIKA: - Emblem of Ananda Marga.

PRATIKRTI: - Photo of Márga Guru.

PRATYÁHÁRA: - The [[fifth]] limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga: withdrawing the mind from absorption in the physical senses.

PRÁŃÁYÁMA: - The fourth limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga: process of controlling vital energy by controlling the breath. A lesson of Ananda Marga SÁDHANÁ.

PRÁRAMBHIKA YOGA: - Elementary yoga

PROUTIST: - An adherent of Prout (Progressive Utilization Theory, the social philosophy of Ananda Marga).

PURODHÁ: - A senior spiritual teacher

PÚRŃIMÁ: - Full moon

SADVIPRA: - Spiritual revolutionary.

SAHAJA YOGA: - Advanced yoga

SAMÁDHI: - The eighth limb of aśt́áḿga (eight-limbed) yoga; “absorption” of the unit mind into the Cosmic Mind (savikalpa samádhi) or into the Átman (nirvikalpa samádhi).

SAḾGHA: - Organization; Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha.

SAḾSKÁRA: - Mental reactive momentum, potential mental reaction.

SANNYÁSA: - Renunciation

SATSAUṊGA: - Good company

SÁDHAKA: - Spiritual practitioner

SÁDHANÁ: - Literally, “sustained effort”; spiritual practice; meditation.

SÁDHÁRAŃA YOGA: - Intermediate yoga.

SHRÁDDHA: - Memorial ceremony

SHUDDHI: - Mental purification; a process of meditation.

SNÁNA MANTRA: - Bath mantra

SVASTIKA: - Literally, “good existence”; a symbol of victory. (Explained by Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti on field walk in West Berlin, 17 May 1979.)

SVÁDHYÁYA: - One of the points of YAMA AND NIYAMA: reading and understanding spiritual topics.

TÁŃD́AVA: - A vigorous dance for male spiritual aspirants, originally formulated by Shiva. It develops the glands in a way that enhances courage and fearlessness. When Shiva Himself does this dance (Shiva Nat́arája), the dance becomes a metaphor in which Supreme Consciousness sends vibrations throughout the universe and causes all objects of the universe in turn to radiate vibrations.

TÁTTVIKA: - A teacher of Ananda Marga elementary philosophy; literally, “one who knows the essence of philosophy”.

TILAKA: - A mark made between the eyebrows with sandal paste, vermilion, etc.

VARÁBHAYA MUDRÁ: - Gesture given by a spiritual master. Both palms are open. The left hand rests on the left thigh (vara mudrá), the right hand is raised (abhaya mudrá).

VIDYÁ: - Knowledge; centripetal, or introversial, force; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the crude to the subtle.

VISHEŚA YOGA: - Special yoga

YAMA AND NIYAMA: - Moral code