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A Series of Lessons on the Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India1370
Hatha-Yoga. The Yoga of Physical Well-Being, or Physical Control, the aim
of which is physical perfection, or the preparing of a worthy temple of
the Spirit; but which, when perverted, is applied to the degrading and
abnormal practices, austerities, and self-torture of the fakirs and false-
Yogis of India. Hatha-Yogi. A follower or practitioner of Hatha-Yoga.
Hum. A mystic word used in meditation, as in the sacred verse, “Om, Mani,
Padme, Hum.”
Ida. The left-sided nerve-current; the left nostril.
Indra. The “King of the gods,” in the ancient Hindu mythology.
Indriyas. The Internal Organs of the Mind.
Ishta-Nishta. Devotion to one’s highest ideals.
Ishwara. The Personal God; the Logos; the Demi-Urge; the Universal
Purusha; sometimes used as the highest personification of the Absolute
possible to the mind of man, the Absolute in itself being incapable of
conception or thought.
Jaimini. The founder of the Purva-Mimamsa Philosophy.
Jiva. The individual life, or individual soul. Jiva-Atman. The Atman in its
manifestation of Jivas.
Kaivalya. Isolation from the Material World. Oneness with the Absolute.
Kala. Time.
Kalpa. A cycle of time.
Kama. Desire; passion; sense-longing.
Kanada. The founder of the Vaisheshika Philosophy.
Kapila. The founder of the Sankhya System of Philosophy; the great teacher
of Evolution in India.
Karma. Action; also the effects resulting from action; also the Law of Spiritual
Cause and Effect, which underlies the Hindu Philosophies and Religions.
Karma-Yoga. The Yoga of Work, or Action, or Duty-Well-Performed
Without Hope of Reward. Karma-Yogi. A disciple of Karma-Yoga.
Khanda. Differentiated; divided; separated; or the action which separates,
divides, or differentiates.