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Aacharan (Acharan)
Behavior; Enactment of undertaken vows

Aacharya (Acharya)
Spiritual teacher; Ordained spiritual guide Head of a mendicant group; spiritual leader; monk-scholar

Aadhyatmic (Adhyatmic)
Spiritual; The study of the Self; Relating to the Atma, the Soul; Science of Inner Vision; Pertaining to individual soul, spirit or manifestation of Supreme

Aagam (Agam)
Scriptures of Jain religion; Canonical literature
The knowledge or experience of the Self in the form of words of the Gnani

Aagna (Agna)
spiritual instructions to apply to daily life, guiding principles

Aagraha (Agraha)
Force; Strict belief
Fanatic belief; Insistence

Aalochana (Alochana)
confession of your mistake

Aarti (Arti)
Heart-pouring in prayerful plea; Waving of lamps in Aarti symbolically suggests plea for 'Pure Light' within, dispelling the darkness of ignorance. Lamp waving ceremony

Aatma (Atma)
The Real Self or Soul ; Godhead that dwells within the body; also denotes the Supreme Soul or Paramatma; Divine consciousness residing in the individual.

Aatmagnani
The one who has acquired the Self

Ahankar
Ego ("I am Chandulal"). Also Ahamkar in Hindi, Egoism of "I am The doer")

Akram Path
The step-less path to Self-realization (versus the step-by-step kramic path to Self-realization); an elevator path to Self-realization; a bypass or short cut path to Self-realization

Akram vignan
Science of Dadashri's step less path to Liberation; Science of Absolutism

Antaskaran
The inner psychic organ that has 4 components: mind, intellect, chit, and ego; the interplay of the 4 components is called the inner action. The inner action takes place before any external action is carried out.

Atikraman
Any hurt or aggression caused to others through one’s thoughts, speech, or actions

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Bhaav
Deep inner intention

Bhed Gnan
Science of separation; separating the relative from the Real ‘I’; separation of ‘my’ from ‘I’

Buddhi
Intellect

Bhaav
Mental attitude; Feelings, Intention

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Charging karma
Binding karma for the next life which will be experienced in the next life; charging of karma due to wrong belief of doer-ship

Chit(Chitta)
That which sees scenes, previously registered; knowledge + vision;Subconcious mind

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Discharge karma
The effects one has to experience/suffer due charging karma in past life; charging done due to wrong belief of “I am doer”.

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Gnan
Real knowledge, true, Absolute Knowledge, knowledge of Self-realization

Gnan vidhi
A 48 minute scientific process of separating the real Self (Pure Soul) and relative self (William)

Gnani
The Self-realized one, a short form of Gnani Purush

Gnani Purush
One who has complete experience of Soul, a Self-realized being who can impart Self-realization on others, the awakened One, master of Self-realization.

Gneya
Object to be known

Gurupurnima
Ashadhi Purnima - a holy festival-Disciples pay homage to their Guru
Full Moon

Gnata
The knower

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I

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Jaagruti
Awareness

Jagat
World.

Jay Sacchidanand; Jai Satchitanand
Glory to Truth, Bliss and Joy Eternal-The attributes of Pureself
Sat= Eternal
Chit= Awareness
Anand= Bliss

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Kaliyug
The 4th of the 4 ages in the time cycle; named as the Age of despair; the current time cycle characterized by progressive decline in spiritual knowledge

Karma
Any result or effect due to past causes; Law of karma is “without any cause, there is no effect”; Karma has 2 stages: charge karma and discharge karma.  Charged karma is spontaneously and naturally discharged. Charging due to ignorance of Who am I? and Who is the doer?

Kramic path
A slower step-by-step path to Self-realization where there is a gradual spiritual evolution.  A very arduous and a grueling path

Kashaaya
A collective term for the inner enemies within us: anger, false pride (of ‘’I am William”), greed, attachment, abhorrence

Krodh
Anger

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Lord Mahavir
The last fully enlightened living being on earth (~2,500 years ago), the 24th Tirthankar in the last set of 24 Tirthankars on Earth

Lobha
Greed

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Maan
Sense of self-esteem; Conceit or pride

Mahatma
A term for the one who has received Self realization through Gnan vidhi

Mahavideh
Name of a kshetra; Twenty Tirthankars currently exist there, deeming it the most sacred kshetra. A special world from where souls can attain final moksh through darshan of existing Tirthankars

Mamta
Attachment caused by a sense of 'mine'.

Man (Mun)
One of the four aspects of the antahkaran, characterized by its functions of generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyasThe empirical mind. The faculty of the inner organ , antahskaran , sometimes translated as "mind" ; which is the substrate for all thoughts

Moha
Insatiable desire which arises for new and original things as they come into existence

Moksh
permanent liberation from the cycle of birth and death

Murti
Image of deity installed in a temple for worship
Idol; In Gnani's Language ,all that is perceived in the relative world. See Amurta

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Nishchay
A firm resolves

Non-self
the temporary relative self, ex: William (opposite is the Real Self; the eternal, true Self, the Pure Soul)

Nirvaana
Liberation of atma; moksha; Fully enlightment; No further births. Final Emancipation
Release from bondage; The final death of an enlightened human being [arhat] followed immediately by moksha The end of the process of materialistic life

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Prakruti
The personality, inherent characteristics, and tendencies of a person

Prarabdh
Fate; destiny due to past karma

Pratikraman
The internal process of asking for forgiveness for hurt (atikraman) done to others

Pratyakhyaan
Decision not to do again
Sincere pledge of never slipping into the error or misdeed, once committed

Pujya
Worthy of worship

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Real
Pertaining to the true, eternal Self

Raag-Dwesh
Attachment & Abhorrence or Aversion

Real Self
Your true, eternal Self

Relative self
The body, the one you believe to be before attaining Self-realization, ex: William

Relative
pertaining to temporary things;

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Sadhu
Ascetic

Saint Kabir
Revered saint in India (born 1398), who wrote many poems about God and spirituality.

Salvation
liberation from all bondage of attachment and abhorrence; to attain permanent happiness

Satsang
Spiritual discourse in an interactive question and answer format

Satyug
The 1st of the 4 ages in the time cycle; named as the Time of truth; characterized by virtue, wisdom, happiness and morality

Self-knowledge
Self-realization; Self-realized; Real knowledge of Soul (versus relative knowledge of materialistic things)

Siddhi
Special spiritual power

Sookshma
Subtle (opposite is grossing, physical)

Sticky file
People you have great attachment or abhorrence due to past life karma

Shuddhatma
Pure Self

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Tuber
Like a knot; a knot from which things arise; example: tubers in the mind from which thoughts arise

Tapa
Austerity; Penance. One of the four pillars of the state of the partially realized. Gnan, Darshan and Charitra are the other three repentance;

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V

Vitraag
Free from attachment and abhorrence

Vitraag Lord
The One who has conquered all inner enemies of anger, false pride (of "I am William"), greed, attachment, and abhorrence and remains only in the bliss of the Self; The One without any attachment or abhorrence, fully enlightened being in living form (with body), God ; Tirthankar

Vyavasthit
Scientific circumstantial evidences; all the circumstantial evidences that come together to make something happen

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Yoga
Spiritual union; Union with Supreme Being; Meeting of atma with moksha; Attainment of the instruments of moksha; Meditation Activity of mind, speech, physique; Mode through which Union with God or Pure Self is sought.
Science of the union of the individual with God.

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