Adhya - Also known as Goddess Durga
Adi Karma - Karma between the Soul and its origin in Sat Purush
Agam Lok - Fourth highest Divine region; lit. “Inaccessible, Unapproachable”; home of Agam Purush
Alakh Lok - Second highest Divine purely spiritual region; lit. “Indescribable, Invisible, Unperceivable”; home of Alakh Purush
Anami Lok - Fifth Highest Divine region; lit. “Nameless”; home of Anami Purush
Anahad Shabd - Unstruck music, created without striking any instrument; music of the Astral plane; also, Anahad Nad, Anahad Bani
Anda - Astral Realm; lit. “Egg,” a second subdivision of Brahmanda, lies between the Physical Plane (Pinda) and the Causal Plane (Brahmanda);
Anurag Sagar - Lit. “Ocean of Love,” a story of God’s Creation in book form written by Sat Guru Kabir Dev Ji
Ashtangi - Another name for Adhya, Goddess Durga
Atma, Atman - Soul, Spirit
Bani - Scripture, verses, teachings when associated with a Perfect Master; esoterically, another term for Shabd, the Divine Light and Sound Stream
Bhagavad Gita - “Song of the Lord”; Sanskrit scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, which presents a synthesis of the concepts of Dharma, Bhakti, Jnana, Karma, Raja Yoga, and Samkhya philosophy
Bhajan - Devotional practice of listening to the inner Divine Light and Sound Current; a devotional song written by a Saint
Bhakti - Devotion to God physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Saguna Bhakti is devotion with form and Nirguna Bhakti is formless devotion which is more advanced form of devotion as propagated by Sant Kabir Dev Ji.
Brahman - Hindu god. One of the Hindu Trinity, along with Vishnu and Mahesh (Shiva), functions as the ‘Creator’ in the lower three worlds. It is viewed as the goal of spiritual practice by the followers of the Yogi Preceptors.
Brahmanda - Causal / Universal Region; lies between the Astral Plane (Anda) and the Divine Planes; contains the regions of all Gods and Goddesses
Darshan - Grace or blessing received from seeing or being seen by a Saint or a person of some spiritual advancement; the “auspicious sight” of a holy person
Dharam Das - Saint; Soul that was pursued through four yugas by Sant Kabir Dev Ji to ensure his salvation, as told in the Anurag Sagar; prophesized to be followed by forty-two incarnations of subsequent Masters
Dharam Raj - Lord of Judgment, Lord of Death; also known as Yamraj or Kal Niranjan. Holder of the accounts of the uninitiated soul's deeds
Dhyan - Meditation, as a state of penetrating and focused attention; with Simran and Bhajan, the means to dispel the illusion of Maya and Kal Niranjan
Durga - Goddess; most popular form of goddess Devi; in her form as Durga, she is not associated with any God and can display benevolent as well as wrathful aspects; within tantric traditions, she is called Shakti; mostly depicted as the slayer of the buffalo demon Mahisasura
Dwapar Yuga - “Bronze Age,” a decline in truth and religious values in evidence; 864,000 years in duration with human lifespans of 1,000 years
Egg - The term refers to the egg-shaped form of the lower universe with its three worlds. The terms Anda and Brahmanda mean ‘egg’ and ‘egg of Brahm,’ respectively.
Gautama Buddha - Avatar (est 558 – 491 BCE); ninth incarnation or avatar of Lord Vishnu, according to Vaishnava Hinduism; founder of Buddhism as a religion; established a monastic order in eastern India; adopted the Noble Eightfold Path, or Middle Way, to enlightenment as a means of liberation
Gyani - Divine Knower. Gyan means knowledge in the Highest Divine Sense: the esoteric knowledge of Divine regions of Sach Khand / Sat Lok.
Guna - Quality, peculiarity, attribute, property; the three gunas and their origins are Sattva (Vishnu), goodness, constructive, harmonious; Rajas (Brahma), passion, active, confused; and Tamas (Shiva), darkness, destructive, chaotic; they are present in all things, and their interplay defines someone’s or something’s character or nature and determines the progress in life
Guru - Spiritual teacher who has attained mastery at the level of ParBrahmanda. Guide and protector of the spiritual aspirant. A spiritually advanced being who has liberated their Soul from Pinda, Anda, Brahmanda, and BrahmaJyoti regions, thus becoming free from the grip of Lord Brahm / Kal Niranjan.
True Gurus are very rare and have more powers to guide the Souls and liberate them (up to their own abode) than Yogi Preceptors or Yogis.
Guru Granth Sahib - Primary scripture of the Sikh religion; originally compiled in 1604 by Bhai Gurdas under the direction of Guru Arjan Dev Ji; renamed from original Adi Granth Sahib by the Sikh orthodox after the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, left the body; intended to serve as the living Guru in the absence of a recognized living Master
Guru Mat - Spiritual path of devotion to one’s guru
Gurubhakti - Devotion to the Guru
Gurudev - Radiant Form of the Master
Gurumukh - Lit. “Mouthpiece of the Guru”; devotee who has submitted his being to the Guru, enabling himself to give full expression to the Guru's teachings
Guru Nanak - Sat Guru (1469-1539); first in the lineage of Sikh Masters; Guru of Bhai Lena (Guru Angad); contemporary of Sant Kabir
Hansa - Swan; iconic image for the Soul, as a swan resting on Mansarovar, the Pool of Nectar in ParBrahmanda; also, Hamsa
Hanuman - Devotee of Rama; one of the chieftains of Sugriva, lord of the monkey-like Vanara race; rescued Rama's wife Sita from the demon king Ravana; widely revered in India as the consummate disciple
Individual Spirit - the living essence of love and virtue that travels the Sound Channel within to reunite with the Divine in its origin. This is your spiritual heart.
Indra - Hindu god; king of the gods; the god of rain and thunder; Hindu equivalent of the Greek god Zeus
Jesus of Nazareth - “Christ (Anointed One),” founder of the Christian religion; some references to Divine Light and Sound are found in the New Testament
Jiva - The soul when bound and forgetful. The soul is indestructible and eternal, and it shall be sustained forever and cannot decay.
Jyoti - Light, inner light; another name for Maya; also denoting Prakriti
Jyoti Niranjan - The form assumed by Maya and Kal
Kabir Dev Ji - Sat Guru (1398-1528) from Kashi; author of Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love); first Sat Guru to manifest in all 4 Yugas
Kailash - The heaven of Shiva and Kuber; one of the three eminences in Trikuti with Mer and Sumer
Kal Niranjan - Time personified; the Negative Power; one of the sixteen sons of Sat Purush; ruler and creator of the lower three worlds: Pinda, Anda, and Brahmanda
Kali Yuga - “Iron Age,” the Age of irreligion and ignorance as religious principles are in full decline; most religions will disappear completely within a few thousand years. Kali Yuga lasts 432,000 years, with a human lifespan of only 100 years
Karma - Action, work, or deed, and its repercussions; referring to the material principle of cause and effect; the intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect), which keeps a soul wandering in the cycle of transmigration. Includes unfinished action and action done under the impression of ego and desire
Karunamai - An incarnation of Kabir in the Dwapar Yuga, the third of four yugas, the Copper Age; instructs Queen Indra Mati in the details of the Creation as described in the book Anurag Sagar
Krishna - Avatar; eighth avatar of Vishnu, Hindu god who gave the oral teaching of the Bhagavad Gita; central character in the Mahabharata who came to usher in the Kali Yuga
Kriya - Lit. “Action, deed, effort” most commonly refers to a “completed action,” technique or practice within a yoga discipline meant to achieve a specific result or outer manifestation. Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita advocates a form of yoga called “Kriya Yoga”
Kriyaman Karma - Karma created during the current incarnation of a Soul, stored at the heart center. It has to do with the direct consequences of thoughts, words and deeds. Overcoming this form of karma is achieved by activating successively higher octaves of will until the individual will can be guided by the Higher Will.
Kundalini Shakti - the energy that allows you to become aware of the higher vehicles beyond the conscious mind, and enables those vehicles to operate. When it is fully awakened in the Anda region, it reveals the nature of the Soul. It also operates in the Brahmanda, ParBrahmanda, and has its origin in the Divine region.
Kurma - First Son of sixteen Sons created at the beginning of Creation by Anami Purush; provided the material for the creation of the lower worlds by Kal
Lakshmi - Hindu goddess of fortune and wealth; wife of Vishnu; also called Padma, Kamla, Shri
Lineage - a succession or network of spiritual teachers who carry out spiritual ministry
Lok - Region or plane; typically refers to the three planes of Triloki (physical, astral, and causal) and a fourth plane, Sat Lok, the plane of Truth; in Indian mythology, three ‘Loks’ are delineated as Patal lok (Underworld or Netherworld), Bhoo lok (the Earth plane) and Swarg lok (the Heavenly plane)
Marga - a spiritual path
Maha Kal - Form of Kurma whose abode is in Maha Sunn
Maha Pralay - “Great Dissolution”: dissolution of Creation that occurs up to the region of the Great Void
MahaSunyata - Lit. “Great Void” home of Maha Kal; its enthralling beauty is said to capture spiritual beings who try to traverse it without the protection of a Sat Guru
Mahabharata - One of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India; an epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pandava princes; composed by Ved Vyasa as an allegorical story of the inner science, long before it was historically acted out at the turn of Dwapar to the Kali Yuga, to veil its true importance; also contains some other principal works, like the Bhagavad Gita, Damayanti's story etc. and is the longest known epic poem of mankind; longest version comprises about 200.000 verses
Mahesh - Hindu god; one of the Hindu Trinity, also known as Shiva, the 'destroyer' of the lower three worlds
Maninder - From the Anurag Sagar, the name of Gyani (Kabir) during His incarnation in the Treta Yuga
Manmukh - One who is given to obey the dictates of the mind being influenced by the five dacoits of lust, anger, greed, attachment, and ego; one who shows indifference to the teachings of Guru
Mansarovar - Pool of nectar in ParBrahmanda region beyond the three lower worlds, wherein the soul is cleansed of lower karmas upon immersion
Mantra - Lit. “Instrument of thought,” name, word, or phrase repeated orally or silently to inculcate the desired trait or blessing of a specific god or deity or to transport someone to a specific transcendental location
Matsya - The first incarnation of Vishnu, in the form of a fish or whale.
Maya - Lit. “Illusion,” Co-creator of the three lower worlds with Kal (Physical, Astral, Causal), also known as Shakti or Durga
Mukti - Act of liberating or redeeming the soul from the body
Naam - Sound Current, synonymous with Shabd, the Word, Logos, etc., lit. “Name”; also, the mantra or words given to initiates during Initiation
Naam Daan - Initiation into Divine Marga by a Living Sat Guru, connecting the soul with the Divine Light and Sound Current, the power of Naam, or Shabd
Nada - inner channels of light and sound that connect the spirit with its origin
Niranjan - Kal Niranjan; one of the 16 beings emanated by Sat Purush; creator (with Durga, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva) of the lower three worlds (Physical, Astral, Causal); the Negative Power
Nirat - Lit. “Absorption in”; in the spiritual sense, the soul's faculty or power of intrinsic seeing; one of the two faculties (seeing and hearing) left to the soul after leaving the realm of the sense organs behind; see also Surat (soul's faculty of hearing)
Nirvana - A timeless conscious state free from desire, suffering, and karmic rebirth; also known as Mukti and Moksha
Omkar Japa - Practice of repeating the mantra of “OM,” either orally or mentally
ParBrahmanda - First spiritual region above the three lower worlds of the Negative Power where the soul gets cleansed of all lower karmas and impressions by bathing in the Mansarovar, the Pool of Nectar; Recognizing the relationship of the soul with the Creator; the soul's light here equals twelve suns
Parvati - Hindu goddess of fertility, love, and devotion; wife of Shiva; considered to be the gentle and nurturing aspect of Shakti, the great mother goddess
Patala - Netherworld, described in the Puranas as seven regions of darkness below the earth and above the region of hells, which are ruled by different demons and serpents and lit by jewels worn by its inhabitants; the earth and Patala are supported on the head of the thousand-headed serpent Shesh Nag, also known as Adi Shesh
Pinda - The physical plane, Pinda, Anda, and Brahmanda, form the three worlds of Kal's creation
Pingala - One of three energy flows within the body (Ida, Pingla, and Sushumna): nadi associated with solar energy, the sympathetic nerve system controlling the right side of the body and the left hemisphere of the brain; also, pingla
Pralabdha Karma - Karmas, which constitute one’s preset destiny, stored and acted out from the eight-petaled lotus at one’s forehead: the fate karmas of wealth and poverty, health and sickness, happiness and unhappiness. The aspects of karma that are worked out in present human life. These patterns exist in the unconscious mind and are not controlled by will or intention.
Prana - Lit. “Life” is the vital force of the body that regulates other body processes, not to be confused with the soul, subject to decay and destruction; the oldest and the greatest of all the functional elements of the body, without which the soul or jiva would leave the body instantaneously
Rama - Hindu god; avatar of Vishnu in the Treta Yuga, brother of Lakshman, husband of Sita
Ramayana - An ancient Indian epic, as it is known nowadays, which tells the story of King Rama and his wife Sita, later on translated to Hindi (Awadhi) by Tulsi Das Ji; originally written by Rishi Valmiki as an allegorical narrative of the soul's journey before it was acted out at the turn from the Sat Yuga to the Treta Yuga to veil its true inner meaning
Reincarnation - the doctrine that the Soul lives more than one life. In each life, the Soul animates a new physical body, constructs a new personality, and works out different karmic issues. The records of former incarnations in this cycle of time are stored in the Akashic Ether
Sach Khand - Lit. “True and Imperishable Region”; the spiritual region above the Great Void, home of the Sat Gurus; also Sat Lok
Sadhana - Disciplined, regular practice of meditation techniques.
Sahaj - Esoterically, the transition from a state of “becoming” to a state of “being”; at 'One' with the Supreme Lord; Sahaj Samadhi is the state of identification with the Ultimate Reality, beginning in ParBrahmanda and completed in Sach Khand
Samadhi - Lit. “Unified Mind” is a term of Hindu and Buddhist origins; a state of consciousness where one ‘s mind is unified into single-pointed attention with the object of one’s meditation
Sanchit Karma - Karma that separates the spirit from its origin as it blocks the channels of Nada
Sangat - Congregation of followers of a Guru; on the whole, those who have received Naam initiation; in Buddhism, denoting the totality of all the followers, especially all the monks; derived from Sangh, meaning “company”
Sanskari Souls - Souls acting under the influence of sanskaras, meaning “mental impressions, recollections, psychological imprints,” also samskaari souls
Sar Shabd - Lit. “Essential Sound”; manifestation of the Sound Current heard in the ParBrahmanda
Sat Guru - Lit. “True Guru,” who has gained mastery in the region of Sat Lok-Sach Khand. Sat Gurus are commissioned by the Supreme God Almighty to redeem lost souls and to guide souls back to their True Home, Sat Lok-Sach Khand.
Sat Guru has attained complete Soul Liberation from Pinda, Anda, Brahmanda, BrahmaJyoti, and ParBrahmanda regions and have established in the True Divine Regions. True Sat Gurus are extremely rare; it is the greatest blessing in one's lifetime to meet one, and they have many more powers to guide and fully liberate the Souls than Gurus, Yogi Preceptors, or Yogis.
Sat Guru refers to any Master, such as Sant Kabir Dev Ji, who has descended from Sat Lok / Sach Khand or who has merged with the Pure Spiritual Power or Sat Purush.
Esoterically, it refers to the Master Power manifesting on the level of Sat Purush, as distinguished from the same Power manifesting on the lower inner planes as the Radiant Form or Gurudev and on the physical plane as the Guru. This trinity of Sat Guru / Gurudev / Guru is roughly analogous to the Buddhist Dizarma KayalSanzbhoga KayalNirmana Kaya, or three "bodies" (forms or manifestations) of the Buddha
Sat Lok - Lit. “True Region”; Sach Khand, the first Divine region. Home of Sat Gurus and Supreme God Sat Purush
Sat Naam - Lit. “True Name,” Appellation of the Lord of the first Divine region of Sach Khand-Sat Lok
Sat Purush - Lit. “True Being” who presides over Sach Khand-Sat Lok, also called Akal Purush. The Supreme God is the personification of the first Divine region and all creation below. Also called the Supreme Father or Sat Nam, the highest form of God that can be called personal. Souls are created by Sat Purush out of himself.
Sat Shabd - Highest form of the Sound Current emanating from Anami Purush
Sat Sukrit - Name of Kabir in his incarnation in the Sat Yuga
Sat Yuga - “Golden Age,” cyclical Age of Truth and true religion, where all are truthful; the first of four yugas that lasts 1.728 million years with a human lifespan of up to 100,000 years
Satsang - Lit. “In Association with Truth”; to be in the company of the Truth of a Living Master; typically, outwardly, through hearing the Master's discourses and receiving His Darshan; also, in the inner context, meaning to be absorbed in the inner Divine Light and Sound Current of Truth
Satsangi - One who is attending Satsang, inner or outer; an initiate of Divine Marga
Seva - Selfless service, charitable actions by and from mind, body, and wealth. Seva can be done physically or through the Soul. The Highest Service is this, which is done through the Soul – by connecting oneself with the Divine Light and Sound Current
Shabda - The Divine Light and Sound Current, also called Naam or Word. The projected Creative Force of the Pure Spiritual Power or Sat Purush, ultimately responsible for the entire creation and present in each individual in the form of Light and Sound, which can be seen and heard, and which are the agency that pulls the Soul back to higher essence, Sat Purush
Sevadar, Sevak - Person who performs various acts of selfless service as devotion to the Guru, including physical, financial, and spiritual, in the form of Bhajan and Simran; a sevak is one who performs seva throughout the day
Shesh Nag - A primordial serpent figure in Indian mythology. On the whole, his role in Anurag Sagar is minor. Later in the poem, he is a mother figure, nourishing the still-unborn earth in its embryonic stage
Shiva - Hindu god; one of the Hindu Trinity with Brahman and Vishnu; the “Destroyer”; also called Mahesh
Simran - Repetition of names or thoughts: repeated by an initiate throughout the day and when sitting for meditation as a means of collecting the thought currents at the Third Eye Center; also used as a password of sorts to higher planes and protection from Negative Power influences
Sins and Virtues - Kal speaks as Dharam Rai, the Lord of Law or Justice. In fact, all things in the lower worlds – the origin of the law of karma – that are called ‘sins’ and ‘virtues’ originate from him. He is the administrator of the law, and this law is so thorough and intricate that no one can keep it. But, as explained above, there is a higher level of ‘morality’ taught by the Masters, which relates entirely to returning to the Sat Purush and is based on Love, not fear. So there are Divine Virtues, which do not have to do anything with the so-called virtues created by Kal.
Sita - Avatar of Lakshmi; consort of Rama; adopted daughter of King Janak, who found her while plowing for a yajna; kidnapped by Ravana
Soul - The immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life. As the context shows, Souls are created by Sat Purush out of Himself.
Souls can be brought into life by Goddess Durga in Brahmanda (as she holds a gift of Sat Purush), constituting the term "Lower/Younger Soul" who are either not interested in spirituality or interested in lower regions of creation.
Souls brought into life in ParBrahmanda are "Higher/Older Souls." These Souls are generally interested in Satsang, Self-Realization, and Enlightenment, and those who follow the self-mastery path have the potential to become Yogis, Yogi Preceptors, or even Gurus.
Souls coming directly from the Divine region are "Divine/Master Souls," who have the potential to become Sat Gurus with the specific purpose of helping other Souls to return to their True Divine Home.
All Souls have the potential to become fully Liberated in this lifetime. In Sat Lok, the light of one Soul is equal to that of 16 suns. The naked Soul, no longer covered with all those subtle bodies, is the light, the brightness, the illumination of 16 suns.
Spirit - used in its capitalized form, Spirit, this term refers to the primal essence out of which mind, energy and matter were manifested. Masters unite with Spirit and channel its energy to others to unfold their spiritual potentials, purify their vehicles, illumine their minds, and awaken their spirits. In its lowercase form, spirit refers to the individual spirit.
Surat - Lit. “Face” in the spiritual sense, attention of the soul, or the 'face' of the soul, which is understood to be an outward expression of the soul; also, the soul's faculty of intrinsic hearing; one of the two faculties left to the soul after leaving the realm of the sense organs behind; see also Nirat (soul's faculty of seeing)
Sushumna - Lit. “Gracious”; one of three energy flows in the body (Ida, Pingla, Sushumna); the central vein (nadi) in the astral body that provides a pathway to higher regions; energized, usually during dawn and dusk; non-dualistic by nature; Muslim term for sushumna is sharad
Treta Yuga - “Silver Age,” the second of the four-yuga cycle; introduction of ignorance takes place in this age; lasts 1.296 million years with a human lifespan of up to 10,000 Years
Trikuti - Lit. “Three Mountains” (Mer, Sumer, and Kailash), home of the gods; the lower part is situated at the top of the Anda, and the upper part constitutes the first region of Brahmanda
Triloki - Lit. “Three worlds”: the lower three worlds of Pinda, Anda, and Brahmanda (physical, astral, and causal)
Vedas - The best known of all Hindu scriptures. Their origin – they are created by Kal – is an important event in Anurag Sagar.
Vishnu - Hindu god; one of the Hindu Trinity with Brahman and Shiva; “Sustainer, Preserver” of the lower three worlds; Kal in his aspect as preserver
Vivek - Discrimination, power of discernment; one of the four Sadhana Chatushtaya (qualities needed for spiritual discipleship): discrimination between ephemeral and permanent (Nitya and Anitya), real and unreal (Sat and Asat), self and nonself (Atma and Anatma), pleasure and bliss (Ananda); also, vivek buddhi
Yama - Lord of Judgment; Lord of Death; Dharam Raj
Yama Pur - Lit. “Region of Death”; home of its ruler, Dharam Raj, the Hindu Lord of Death; where the fruits of the uninitiated soul’s karmas, in the absence of a Master’s Grace, are meted out through the chaurasi (the ocean of life and death); the three lower planes of creation of Kal; including the heavens and hells
Yogi - the one who has attained a certain degree of mastery and empowerment to teach specific Yoga paths such as Non-Duality (Jnana Yoga), or path of devotion (Bhakti Yoga), etc. Some of them also develop special abilities called Siddhis. Their consciousness is mostly settled in Anda or Brahmanda regions, and their Souls are not liberated from our local universe Brahmanda
Yogi Preceptor - spiritually advanced being who has settled in Brahmanda and often teaches from the BrahmaJyoti region. Yogi Preceptors are usually Yoga Lineage Holders, such as Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Nada Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Agni Yoga, etc. Their Soul is usually liberated from Pinda and Anda regions, to some degree from Brahmanda, up to the BrahmaJyoti region. Many seekers believe that these are teachers of the highest order, but in fact, there are many stages of mastery beyond this level. These teachings speak of Brahman as the highest stage of spirituality and Ishwara as the Supreme form of God
Yuga - One of the four Ages of Hindu cosmology (Sat, Dwapar, Treta, Kali) that constitutes one cycle of a Mahayuga
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