Little Glossary

Aum or Om

The first sacred sound of the universe; it is the ultimate and the most sacred Hindu word.

Arati

A traditional Hindu ritual, performed several times a day.

Acharya or Acarya

This word usually refers to a prominent or exemplary spiritual leader.

Ashram or Asram

A place similar to a monastery set up for spiritual development of people, where they can also live.

Avatar

The Divine Incarnation - that is, the state when the Divinity enters into the body of a human being. Lord Krishna is therefore the avatar of Lord Vishnu.

Bhagavad-Gita

Also spelled as Bhagavadgita, is part of Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic, where Lord Krishna appeared and taught. Bhagavadgita as a book in Mahabharata is a concentration of most important Krishna's revelations.

Bhairava Asthami

The eighth lunar day of the dark half of Margashirsha (November-December).

It is part of Mahabharata, where incarnation of Lord Vishnu - Krishna appears.

Bhajans

Songs in praise of God.

Darshan

The blessings communicated from the Deity, which may also occur while being in the presence of a holy person or a place.

Devadasis

Devadasis were girls and women dedicated or "married" to a deity; their main purpose was to take care of the temple and perform rituals - some of them considered immoral, as they involved sex outside of the traditional concept of marriage.

Ek Devata

Ek Devata is the term expressing "One" in Hinduism and is understood as "One God".

Ganesh

He has also names such as Ganesha, Vinayaka, Ekadanta, Lambodara, Siddhadata, Vighnaraja, Anangapujita, Aumkara, Balachandra, Dhumraketu, Gajakarna, Gajanana, Ganadhyaksha, Ganapati, Ekadanta, Kapila, Lambodara, Pillaiyar, Shupakarna, Sumukh, Vakratunda, Vighnaharta, Vighnesh, Vighneshwara, Vikat... It is the God of wisdom who removes obstacles.

Jnani

A person who realized the Universal Self.

Kalachakra Tantra - The Hands of Shakti

(No part of the following text may be published elsewhere, as it is very personal. However, this does not pertain to other texts of this website if a link to this source site is included.)

I will give here a completely different (unlike "mainstream" things such as you hear everywhere) notion of Kalachakra - my own empirical insight into the Tantra Wheel. But before I do this, I will explain the term Kalachakra theoretically to make sure that everyone will understand it.

Kalachakra, when translated, means the Wheel of Time, and it is also the term used in Buddhism. Unfortunately, most definitions and explanations of Kalachakra are extremely obscure - in Wikipedia, for example, you will harvest a lot of information, but a sensitive mind will realize that it is to no avail. The explanation of Kalachakra in this (dictionary) part of my website belongs to Hinduism, not Buddhism, and I will try to keep it as brief as possible.

Tantra has always been a (secret) form of coming to Divinity. (Barbaric Westerners made a "Viagra" of it and deformed it completely.) Believers of mainstream religions pray, participate in poojas, and obey their gurus. On the other hand, some secreted folks believe that mainstream forms of religion are not necessary to follow and they developed techniques that help them - as they believe - to unite with Divinities and to achieve moksha. Unfortunately, most people from the outside world do not know that such an initiation may last a couple of decades. Kalachakra Tantra is the gateway to Knowledge over periods of time.

I have been experiencing paranormal experiences since my early boyhood. That is why I started this website. When I was twenty, I had emigrated from the then Czechoslovakia and experienced something really big that I could not comprehend at that time.

To shed a closer look at my paranormal experiences, I will draw you a picture. For example, on September 7, 2005, my necklace of Ganesh disappeared (although I mysteriously found it after 11 days). On September 7, 2005, it was Ganesh Chaturthi Birthday all over India (a very big festival). With quite a big number of similar paranormal experiences in my bag I already knew that it was not just a coincident or absentmindedness. The year has 365 days, so the probability is 1:365. In November 2008, I met a woman who was born on September 7. This woman is the fourth in line that came to my life (as a sort of friend). Birth dates of the previous three women, who appeared before this fourth one, also match with dates when my other paranormal experiences had taken place - but much earlier - that is, before I met them.

It is a Female Light that shines into my life but with the divine aroma. The magical disappearance and appearance of the necklace of Ganesha and other things strongly associate me with Mother Divine - She draws a circle around me, but the "initiation" has not finished yet. This is Kalachakra Tantra (I at least believe that it is).

Kirant

Kirant is a group of native people; they were the earliest inhabitants of Nepal.
Mentioned as Kiratas in the Mahabharata epic, they share the Kirant Mundhum pre-Hindu and pre-Buddhist religion (of the Kirant native people of Nepal).

Kuldevi

Kuladevi or Kuldevi is the goddess traditionally worshipped by a Hindu family. Kuldevi is also a divine guardian of Rajput men and women and the word may have other meanings too.

Kundalini

It is the energy of "serpent power" associated with our spine. This energy can be awakened by various techniques. The spine looks like a serpent, but there are various conceptions for interpretation of this energy. Ganesh appears to have a key to this power.

Mudra

A spontaneous gesture of the body (with feet, hands, face) that is an expression of Spiritual knowledge of the body.

Murti

A representational image of the Divinity (Guru, God).

‘Namaste’ or ‘namaskar’

This is the Indian way of greeting.

Nirvikalpa Samadhi

The state of oneness with atman (the self or soul).

Loka

Loka in Sanskrit means "world", "dimension"...

Prasad

A Sanskrit term meaning any offering to the Divine - usually salt peanuts and fruits.

Puja

An invocation of the Divine, which is made with waving lights, washing and anointing an image of the Divine, and so on. It is a religious ritual done on a variety of occasions (in temples, at home, etc.).

Samadhi

A Sanskrit word that denotes various exalted states which a yogi or devotee may encounter in the context of his or her meditation and (self)realization.

Sanskrit

The language of ancient India, which has survived until today, but only as a liturgical language. It may be divided into the pre-classical (Vedic) and classical form, and we may find that many of its words are similar with words of the present-world languages - for example, the Sanskrit word Bal-sevik (sounding as the Russian word Bolshevik) is a rishi seeking spiritual power; the Russian word agon is probably derived from the Sanskrit word Agni (the vedic God of fire); the Sanskrit word Svetanana sounds similarly like the Slovak, Czech or Russian word for a female name Svetlana; Scandinavia is very likely derived from the word Skanda, the word Adam is actually derived from the Sanskrit word aadim (meaning origin). A very interesting point is that the word Judaism is very similar to Yaduism (although a non-existing word, but with a pronunciation similar to Judea or Yadu); the word Yadu actually means a dynasty which Lord Krishna appeared in. Goddess Kali has Her sister in Finland under the name Kalma, the Sanskrit word Krsta, meaning attraction, is often, in certain parts of India, pronounced in place of the word Krishna.

Saptha Rishis

Hinduism has many noble saints (rishis). The greatest seven among several thousands of such saints are called the Saptha Rishis (Sanskrit: "seven saints"). These seven saints attained the most exalted state of spiritual mind through the power of their penances and yogic exercise. The Sapta Rishis are these saints:

1. Vasishtha
Vasishtha is credited as the chief author of Mandala 7 of the Rigveda. He and his family are glorified in RV 7.33.

2. Viswamitra (or Vishwamitra or Kowsika)
Vishvamitra was a mythical king, also called Kaushika.

3. Kasyapa (also written as Kashyapa)
In the Puranas, Kashyapa was an ancient sage, father of the Devas, Asuras, Nagas, and all of the humanity.

4. Bharadwaja
It is said that gods found him abandoned as a baby and adopted him.

5. Agastya (Agasti)
The great ascetic sage of the Hindu mythology who defeated the monstrous Rakshasas of southern India.

6. Kanva
A renowned rishi, the author of several hymns of the Rigveda.

7. Bhrigu (also called Bhrugu, or Bhruguvu)
A Lord Brahma's son; Brahma simply wished him into existence to assist Him in the process of creation.

Satsang

A (Sanskrit) word for "true or right relationship" often used to characterize a relationship of a guru and devotee.

Stotra

In Hinduism, a Stotra is a hymn of praise directed to aspects of the Divinity.

Sudama

Sudama is the name for an early friend of Krishna from Mathura. His story of a visit to Dwaraka to meet Krishna is mentioned in the Bhagavata Purana. He was Narada (a divine sage) born as a poor Brahmin.

Svarodaya

Science of breath control in yoga.

Tantra

Tantra is actually an experiential form of religious worship and it does not necessarily involve only a sexual practice as most Westerners think. If you read works of some famous European philosophers, you may notice a dilemma brought to our attention in relation to rational cognition and empirical cognition - these philosophers question themselves whether rational knowledge (cognition) only is enough without the empirical one (cognition) for one's understanding of the world, ideas and other things. Tantra is thus a form of an empiric approach to God (by mixing rational and experiential knowing, we get a balanced pair of scale) in which we develop our faith by experiencing it and consequently complementing our cognition of the universe both by engaging our intellect and experience.

Vratyas

The term "Vratyas" denotes probably a non-conformist group of religious people in ancient India - we may also call them "wandering seekers" - who are considered to be the prototype of the first forms of Tantrism.

Yoga Nidra

A (relaxation) practice of yoga when the mind gets to a state somewhere between sleep and wakefulness and its receptivity is many times stronger than in wakeful state. The power of this practice is that your subconscious mind goes to the front while the conscious mind takes its back seat. Yoga Nidra may be rendered in English as a "yogic sleep" or "sleep of the yogis".

Zhang Zhung

Zhang Zhung was an ancient culture of western and northwestern Tibet, which pre-dates the Tibetan Buddhism. The culture is associated with the Bön religion, which influenced the Tibetan Buddhism. It is also known as Shang Shung. The culture is mentioned in ancient Tibetan texts with its people as first rulers of central and western Tibet. According to the Annals of Lake Manasarowar, the Zhang Zhung civilization was centered around the sacred Mount Kailash. The capital city was Khyunglung, which some people identify with palaces found in the upper Sutlej Valley. Khyunglung is an arcane labyrinth of caves set in the hills on the north bank of the Sutlej River. There are other ancient ruins on the hilltops above the Bön monastery of Gurugem/Gurugyam - only 6 km from Tirthapuri. Only a little has been yet published about these sites.