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.
lit. witness, a common way of describing the Self. Witness consciousness.
Deep state of equanimity: one of the eight limbs of yoga. Greatly celebrated in the lore, Experience of Samadhi is immensely therapeutic and deeply transformative in nature.
The world, the existence, the domain of karma, protracted delusion of the mind. The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
An ancient Indian language specially designed to suit expressions and transmission of the spiritual experience.
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.
A spiritual seeker who has undertaken spiritual disciplines, usually under the guidance of a master.
Lit. luster. One who has the needed qualities for initiation or Enlightenment.