Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
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E—WORDS <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> WAY<br />
Eka (ekka)<br />
Var: Ekam<br />
Sense: ‘One, single.’<br />
Originally used with reference to ‘<strong>the</strong> One’ (Ekam), <strong>the</strong> ‘Tat<br />
Sat’ (That Being) from whom everything came, which was later<br />
known as Brahman. All lesser gods were <strong>on</strong>ly aspects of <strong>the</strong><br />
unknowable ‘One.’<br />
Hence ekatva —‘<strong>on</strong>eness.’<br />
Ekågratå (ekkar-grah-tar)<br />
Var: Ekagratha, ekagra<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Sense: ‘One-pointedness of mind’—c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> focalised <strong>on</strong><br />
a divine image, form, idea, deity, yantra or symbol, to <strong>the</strong><br />
exclusi<strong>on</strong> of everything else, until <strong>the</strong> practiti<strong>on</strong>er becomes <strong>on</strong>e<br />
with <strong>the</strong> image. A practice expounded by <strong>the</strong> Rishi Patanjali in<br />
his<strong>Yoga</strong> S¨tras.<br />
Root:<br />
Quotes:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
Bib:<br />
Refs:<br />
Eka-j⁄va<br />
va-våda<br />
(ekka-jeev-vah-vaa<br />
vaa-dah)<br />
Var: Eka-jeeva-vaada, ekajiva-vaada<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Sense: ‘The ‘ doctrine of <strong>the</strong> existence of <strong>on</strong>e j⁄va <strong>on</strong>ly.’<br />
This is <strong>the</strong> final understanding of <strong>the</strong> Self-realised being, that<br />
<strong>on</strong>ly ‘he’ exists as <strong>the</strong> Absolute and all o<strong>the</strong>r ‘beings’ are mere<br />
imaginings or projecti<strong>on</strong>s. Just as when a dreamer awakens<br />
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