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Muditā (Pāli and Sanskrit: मुदिता) is a dharmic concept of joy, particularly an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy—the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being. [1] The traditional paradigmatic example of this mind-state is the attitude of a parent observing a growing child's accomplishments and ...
The power of a mantra lies in its ability to produce an objective, perceptible change in the yogi who repeats it correctly. In the yoga tradition, Aum is the most sacred of holy words, the supreme mantra. Aum is also called the Pranava, a Sanskrit word which means both controller of life force (prana) and life-giver (infuser of prana).
The 1st millennium AD Buddhist literature included books of magico-religious mantras and spells for protection from evil influences of non-human beings such as demons and ghosts. [94] [95] These were called Pirita (Pali: Paritta) and Rakkhamanta ("mantra for protection"), and they share premises and style of hymns found in Atharvaveda. [94] [95]
Sri Sri Ravishankar 2.1.17 The Dharmasastras list many types of Prāyaścitta or penance. These include: Abhiśasta (public confession): a person visits homes as a beggar, seeks forgiveness, confesses his crime and asks for food. Anutāpa (repentance): a person loathes the evil he did, reminds and repeats to himself "I shall not do that again". Prāṇāyāma (restraint of breath): a person ...
t. e. The Heart Sūtra[a] is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. In Sanskrit, the title Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya translates as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom ". The Sutra famously states, "Form is emptiness (śūnyatā), emptiness is form."
Atithi Devo Bhava, also spelt Atithidevo Bhava (Sanskrit: अतिथिदेवो भव), English translation: A guest is akin to God, prescribes a dynamic of the host-guest relationship, which embodies the traditional Indian Hindu-Buddhist philosophy of revering guests with the same respect as a god. This concept of going out of the way ...
Prana. In yoga, Ayurveda, and Indian martial arts, prana (प्राण, prāṇa; the Sanskrit word for breath, "life force", or "vital principle") [1] permeates reality on all levels including inanimate objects. [2] In Hindu literature, prāṇa is sometimes described as originating from the Sun and connecting the elements. [3]
The Nīlakaṇṭha dhāraṇī, now firmly associated with the sahasra-bhuja form of Avalokiteśvara, enjoys a huge popularity in East Asian Mahayana Buddhism. The dhāraṇī is especially revered in China, where the thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara (or Guanyin) is the most popular among the bodhisattva's forms.