Sanskrit
An ancient Indian language specially designed to suit expressions and transmission of the spiritual experience.
S_Category, Spirituality
S_Category, Spirituality
Sanyas
On the path of spirituality, the fourth of the four stages of life as per the Varnashrama Dharma. The spontaneous withdrawal from the world in search of Self Realization. An ascetic, a renunciate. One who has irrevocably renounced worldly possessions and relationships to seek Divine awakening, Self Realization.
S_Category
Shakti
Literally power Divine consort of Shiva. The Creation is envisioned as a play of Shiva and Shakthi, which symbolizes the duality of existence, or the Yin and Yang.
Mysticism, S_Category, Spirituality
Sadhu
An accomplished spiritual seeker. Sadhus usually have no fixed abode and travel from one place to another, most often living on aims. There are countless sadhus on the roads, by ways, mountains, riverbanks and caves of India who by their very existence, have a profound effect on the consciousness of the world but many have become sadhus in order to escape from all the work that life involves and as a shelter for lethargy and escapism.
Adiyogi, S_Category
Shankara
Literally the benevolent; one of the many names of Shiva. Also refers to Adi Shankaracharya, believed to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva the celebrated ninth century teacher of Advaita Vedanta and the founder of 1st neo-monastic orders. In his life of thirty-two years, he travelled several times throughout India and was responsible for the renaissance of the Hindu tradition. He also wrote extensive commentaries on Vedic Scriptures like Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta Sutra and also composed devotional works like Bhaja Govindam.
S_Category
Sahasrar Chakra
Literally thousand-spoked wheel. The seventh and highest chakra of the human system corresponding to the crown of the head.