Bantra
Pronunciation-Bahn-T’ra
Syllables-2 (Ban-Tra)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-Antra is the Suffix referring to the essence of a thought-
wave. A Bantra is the structure of the thought wave that is a pillar or
support in the psyche. It is closely related to the archetypal structures
in the collective unconscious.
Balance Point (Chakras)-
Definition-The center between the downward and upward triangles
in the Chakric Star of David. The Balance Point Chakras are the
Heart and the Aura.
Bha
Pronunciation-Bah
Syllables-1 (Bha)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-The word for light.
Bhakti
Pronunciation-Bahk-Tee
Syllables-2 (Bhak-Ti)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-The principle of doing something with love and devotion.
Bhakti (Yoga)
Pronunciation-Bahk-Tee-Yo-Gah
Syllables-4 (Bhak-Ti-Yo-Ga)
Other names or spellings-Bhakti
Definition-One of the twenty-two yoga styles. Yoga is the method o
uniting with the divine. Bhakti Yoga is the method of yoking with the
divine through the principle of doing something with love and devotion and establishing an ego-Self axis by way of letting go of the ego to love.
Bhaga
Pronunciation-Bah-Gah
Syllables-2 (Bha-Ga)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-One of the names for God. Bhaga is also known as Kama
Deva, an original Vedic Deity who is similar to the Western Cupid.
Bhagavad Gita
Pronunciation-Bah-Gah-Vad-Gee-Tah
Syllables-5 (Bha-Ga-Vad-Gi-Ta)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-One of the great Indian books complied by Veda Vyasa. It
was added to the Great Epic called the Mahabharata. The title means
“Song of God.” The story is about a warrior Arjuna at war with family
and is instructed by God (Krishna) to do his duty and not worry about
his moral objections to killing them in the war. Arjuna doesn’t want to
do it but Krishna informs him that he is not the doer, that Krishna
(God) is the doer. It is really a story of the ego (Arjuna) confusing
itself with the Self/God (Krishna). Krishna teaches Arjuna the method
of Karma Yoga, where one devotes their actions to God and does
them without desire or expectations of good or bad consequences in
return.
Bhagavan
Pronunciation-Bah-Gah-Vahn
Syllables-3 (Bha-Ga-Van)
Other names or spellings-Bhagwan
Definition-One of the names for referring to God or a Personal god.
A Bhagavan must have strength, glory, splendorous
Bhava
Pronunciation-Bah-Vah
Syllables-2 (Bha-Va)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-Natural inner state, feeling or being. It refers to the inner
quality of the twelve houses in Astrology.
Bhekhri
Pronunciation-Beh-Kree
Syllables-2 (Bheh-Kri)
Other names or spellings-Bhakree
Definition-When the meditant uses the tip of the tongue to create
syllable sounds out loud.
Bija (Mantra)
Pronunciation-Bee-Jah
Syllables-2 (Bi-Ja)
Other names or spellings-Bij
Definition-The Seed Sound of any mantra. The chakras for example
have the seed sounds, Lam, Vam, Ram, Yam, Ham, and Om. The
seed sound is something that a psychic potential in the unconscious
which can sprout in the lotus of each chakra.
Brahma
Pronunciation-Brumm-Ah
Syllables-2 (Brah-Ma)
Other names or spellings-Ka, Prajapati
Definition-Part of the Hindu Trinity that represents the Generative
aspect G.O.D. Brahma is the creator and his consort is Sarasvati. His
original Vedic form is Prajapati. The Bija sound Ka is a name for
Brahma is the sound that manifests Creation. Brahma created the
three realms or lokas of the demons (Asuras), humans (Manusha)
and the Demigods (Devas).
Brahmacharya
Pronunciation-Brumm-Ah-Cha-Ree-Ya
Syllables-2 (Brah-Ma-Char-Ya)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-Commonly known as sexual abstinence but more
accurately it is about channeling the generative force (Brahma) of
creation which happens in the act of sex and the sex organs. The
whole world is made of sex and made into sex. It is a powerful
energy. When you eat something, it turns into blood and into semen
or sexual fluids and tissue. What you are eating comes from the
environment, which also was a result of copulation between two polar
energies.
Brahmaloka
Pronunciation-Brumm-Ah-Loh-Kah
Syllables-2 (Brah-Ma-Lo-Ka)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-The Realm or World of Brahma.
Brahman
Pronunciation-Brumm-Ahn
Syllables-2 (Brah-Man)
Other names or spellings-Paramatman
Definition-The immortal unitive reality with no qualities that cannot
be named, only experienced. Brahman is similar to the notion of Tao
or the simultaneous feeling of fullness and emptiness of the Pleroma
(Gnosticism). Brahman is Unmanifest and is present before and after
creation. It consciousness in its Absolute form.
Brahmana
Pronunciation-Brah-Mah-Nah
Syllables-3 (Brah-Ma-Na)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-A text explaining the four Vedas.
Brahmarandhra
Pronunciation-Brumm-Ah-Rrand-Rrah
Syllables-4 (Brah-Ma-Randh-Ra)
Other names or spellings-The 10th Gate
Definition-Located at the Crown Chakra (Sutura Frontalis) at the
Transphysiological 10th Gate. It is doorway to the unconscious and
the unknown. It is the place of liberation and the gate to the Absolute Brahman.
Brahmin
Pronunciation-Brah-Mihn
Syllables-2 (Brah-Min)
Other names or spellings-Brahman, Brahmana
Definition-One’s station in life. Mainly thought of as an external
social class but it actually refers to one’s innate nature. The four main
castes are the Brahmins (Learned Class), Kshatriyas (Military Class),
Vaishya Class (Business Class), and the Sudras (Industrial Class).
There is also those who are of mixed caste and there are also those
who are “outcastes.” A Brahmin is an educated religious or spiritual
person who is concerned with learning the rules, truths and teachings
of the scriptures. Brahmins are usually priests, teachers, philosophers.
Bodhisattva
Pronunciation-Boh-Dee-Saht-Vah
Syllables-4 (Bo-Dhi-Sat-Tva)
Other names or spellings-Bodhisattwa
Definition-A person who delays their enlightenment and liberation to
serve the world so that may also be enlightened.
Buddha
Pronunciation-Bood-D’tha
Syllables-2 (Bud-Dha)
Other names or spellings-Siddartha Guatama
Definition-Prominent Religious figure in History. His name is actually
Siddartha Gautama and received the name the Buddha after he
became enlightened. The Buddha taught the middle way and the way
of compassion, after way the schools of Buddhism formed after him.
The Buddha valued knowing all of one’s past lives to get back to the
original and primordial energy before creation.
Buddhi
Pronunciation-Bood-D’thee
Syllables-2 (Bud-Dhi)
Other names or spellings-
Definition-Part of the 24 principles of creation in Samkhya
Philosophy and an evolution of Prakriti. It is one of the antahkaranas
or inner instruments. The Buddhi is a bridge between Purusha and
Prakriti. It is a subtle material entity. It’s materiality and
substantiveness is the reason why we can take an herb, for example
to enhance the Buddhi, because that herb contains Buddhi as well.
Sometimes it is considered to be the intellect, which discriminates the
true from the false self, but intellect is not really a good word for it. It
is a structure (Individual) that clusters or classifies certain ideas
together. The Buddhi tends to classify sense psychic content in the
chitta (psyche) and also sense impressions that make their way in (or
out) from the manas (sense mind). It is considered to have more
Sattvic Guna because it brings knowledge. The Buddhi is a tool for
enlightenment but eventually must be discarded. It serves as a
reflection of the Self or Purusha but is not the Purusha itself. You
might say that the Buddhi is the structure of cognition that brings
knowledge. It may be related to the Jungian notion of the complexes
(which can be positive or negative) or cognitive processes that have
their core in the Archetype (Universal Structures). Furthermore, the
Archetypes are really reflections and manifestations of the Spirit/Self
(The Purusha).
© Christopher Chayban –Kundalini Yoga with Chris