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Glossary
Chaitanya | Chakra | Chakshus | Charya | Chandas | Chit | Chitta | Chit lake |
Chaitanya
Consciousness.
Chakra
Wheel: A centre of psychic energy. It is also known as a knot or granthi.
There are said to be many such chakras within the human body of which the most
important are said to be seven: Sahasrara, Ajna, Visuddha, Anahata, Manipuraka,
Svadhisthana and Muladhara. While Sahasrara is said to be anubhava chakra (a
chakra of experience) the other 6 chakras are called sadhana chakras (work on
which needs to be done for progress).The Upanishads speak about the Hrdya
granthi- the knot of the heart of affection that ties up man to sorrow and
affliction.
Chakshus
Organ of vision. Divya chakshus: organ of divine vision granted by the
grace of God.
Charya
The particular discipline in spiritual life- it means also
brahmacharya.
Chandas
Vedic metres which have occult vibrational properties.
Chit
The Superconsciousness or Consciousness which is the nature and attribute
of the Soul or God.
Chitta
Mind. Derived from the word chit, the original consciousness which has
undergone modifications. Its seat is said to be the heart. The emotional
aesthetic way of knowing or associating with objects is mainly chitta-vikara, or
chitta-vritti, which are asked to be controlled or prevented by the Yoga Sutra;
Yogah chitta-vritti nirodhah.
Chit lake
Chit lake is a place where everything remains inclined downwards with no
tendency to rise upwards unless his own or the Master' s power turns instrumental
in this respect. Cleaning of the Chit lake would mean making the downward
tendency of our thoughts upwards to the realm of the Divine.