An eight-fold nature, or prakriti as it is called in Sanskrit, is considered to be the functioning expression of universal consciousness. We are not talking here as if a single human cell connects with universal consciousness, merely that cells appear to have structures and functions that are a...
Wendy Doniger, a scholar of Sanskrit and Hinduism, critiques his translation for stripping the text of its original nuance. In her bookRedeeming the Kamasutra, she explains how his Victorian lens flattened a layered work on human connection into a one-note curiosity. That framing still shapes ho...
This is called the Noble Truth of Cessation of dukkha, 这圣谛名为苦灭圣谛, which is Nibbana, more popularly known in its Sanskrit form of Nirvana. 也就是涅槃。巴利文作Nibbana, 但梵文的Nirvana更为人所广知。 To eliminate dukkha completely one has to eliminate the main root of dukkha, whic...
This is what is meant by the well-known formula often found in original Pali texts : 在巴利文原典里,时常可以 看到一条人所熟知的公式: Yam kinci samudayadhammam sabbam tam nirodhadhammam 'Whatever is of the nature of arising, all that is of the nature of cessation.' 「凡是有生的,亦...
“revealed knowledge”. In other words, they are not the product of the human mind, but were heard by the ancientrishis(seers) in deep meditation and passed down through countless generations in the form of Sanskrit mantras, in a way that made the teaching impervious to change and ...
The word itself refers to “loom” or “weave” in Sanskrit. The concept is more commonly referred to in regard to tantric sex. According to the late intimacy expert Psalm Isadora, tantra teaches you “how to be authentic in intimacy and say what you really want, as well as being vulnera...
In short, it’s a cleanse you can do for one to three weeks in order to reset and detoxify your body. It’s based on “five actions,” as Panchakarma means in Sanskrit, explains physician Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh, and the goal is to remove waste and toxins, give your mind and body...
To me, "the five aggregates of clinging", Skandhas (Sanskrit) or khandhas (Pāḷi), means the five layers of mind (not thoughts), from consciousness to subconsciousness or unconscious mind. The first, 色 are the obvious things grabbed by our mind such as color, view, sound, etc. ...
What is Bhakti? Bhakti, as we use it commonly, means faith or devotion. The Sanskrit word, Bhakti, in Hinduism, comes from the word ‘bhaj’, which means “go to oneself to” or “have recourse to”, “to pray”, or “to worship “. It can also mean fondness, attachment, love, ...
The term “mantra,” which comes from the Sanskrit language, means sacred sound. Mantra can also be split up into its root Sanskrit words “man,” which means mind, and “tra,” which means to deliver or release. Therefore, mantras can act as a tool to ease the mind and release worri...