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GLOSSARY. 243<br />

Guru<br />

lit.<br />

&quot;<br />

the dispeller of dark<br />

ness.&quot; A religious teacher<br />

who removes the ignorance<br />

of the pupil. The real guru<br />

Hamsa<br />

Hanumdn<br />

is a transmitter of the spirit<br />

ual impulse that quickens<br />

the spirit and awakens a<br />

genuine thirst for religion.<br />

The Jtva, or individual soul.<br />

The great Bhakta hero of the<br />

Rdmdyana.<br />

Jfari lit. One who steals the hearts<br />

&quot;<br />

and reason of all<br />

by His<br />

beauty,&quot;<br />

hence the Lord, a<br />

name of God.<br />

Hatha <strong>Yoga</strong><br />

The science of controlling body<br />

and mind, but with no spirit<br />

ual end in view, bodily per<br />

fection being the only aim.<br />

Hatha- Yogi (or Yogiri)..<br />

One who practices &quot;Hatha-<br />

Hiranyagarbha<br />

lit.<br />

<strong>Yoga</strong>r<br />

golden wombed.&quot; Ap<br />

plied to Brahmd, the Crea<br />

tor, as producing the uni<br />

verse out of Himself.<br />

Hum A mystic word used in medi<br />

tation as symbolic<br />

of the<br />

highest Bliss.<br />

The nerve current on the left<br />

side of the spinal cord;<br />

left nostril.<br />

the

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