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Philosophy

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artha   pursuit of necessities to support life (no more, no less); lower function can lead to greed, excess, and waste  
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dharma   lower level: job, higher level: divine purpose of ones gifts; lower function leads to pursuit of status and power, higher function leads to motivation by spiritual aspirations using dharma as servant of god  
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four fold path to self-realization in vedanta   santosh: contentment, satsang: company of wise, atmavichara: self inquiry, shant: peace of mind  
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pramanas   four methods of arriving at the truth: direct perception, testimony, analogy, inference  
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asana   body posture  
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proper digestion pillar   requires intake of constitutionally appropriate foods and consumation with regard to food combinations, results in increased ojas and extraction of food nutrients and prana, when properly followed and doshic imbalance when not  
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vaisheshika   a system that organizes the world into 9 dravyas "atomic view of the world"  
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laghu treya   3 lesser/supplemental books: ashtanga samgraha, madhava nidanam, sarangadhara samhita  
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astanga hridayam   in part a retelling of caraka samhita and brings knowledge in from other writing such as sushruta, author- vagbhata  
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moksha   liberation of soul from life and death cycle  
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manas   limited mind, projected by ahamkara  
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vrittis   disturbances within mind that disrupt mental tranquility and bring challenging emotions into awareness  
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9 dravyas   earth, air, spaces, water, ether, fire, atman, time, mind  
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disease   any impedance to the flow of energy through system  
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sankhya philosophy   story of creation, list of 24 tattwas which all creation rests on, knowledge of sankhya derived from sankhya karika  
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3 gunas   tamas (inertia), rajas (action), sattva (clarity)  
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OM   the sound of creation, all of creation vibrates in harmony with it and it vibrates within all creation  
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therapeutics   how to treat/manage disease  
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dhari   keeps body from decaying  
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purusha   pure potential consciousness, male foce of universe, injected itself into prakriti to further know itself forming creation  
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ama   toxins, coat cells and clog body channel systems, interfering with normal biological processes and functions  
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lord dhanvantari   god of ayurveda and of healing, four arms holding conch, leach, circular chakra, amrit; prayer to him awakens healing potential  
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caraka samhita   originally called 'agnivesa tantra' revised by caraka, written between 1500BC-200AD, contains teachings of agnivesa, first known text to divide ayurveda into 8 branches  
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paramatman   hihger aspect of soul, connecting with purusha in mimamsa philosophy  
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jivita   that which keeps us alive  
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symptomatology   study of symptoms associated with disease/imbalances  
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dhyana   sustaining focus, ability to concentrate on a single point, second aspect of meditation  
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vedanta   philosophy basis for jnana yoga, teaching theres supreme ruler "ishvara" who comes to devotee in comfortable form ie. jesus, buddha, oldest philosophical and spiritual tradition of india  
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advaita vedanta   form of vedanta stating theres no separation between ourselves and god, believes not that we are all parts of a greater whole, but that we are the whole, and the parts are the illusion  
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fundamental vedanta principles   everyone and everything is god, the world around us is maya, self realization is the process of awakening to the above truths  
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pranayama   practice of proper breathing  
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pratyahara   withdrawal/mastery of senses, withdrawing them from attraction of desirous or sensuous objects  
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dharana   focusing on the attention, first aspect of meditation  
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characteristics to path to self realization in vedanta   viveka, vairagya, mumukshutva, shad sampat, sama, dama, uparati, titiksha, sraddha, samadhana  
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samyama   persistent practice of highest aspects of yoga (dharana, dhyana, samadhi)  
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viveka   discerning truth from illusion  
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vairagya   nonattachment to world experiences  
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mumukshutva   intense desire for liberation of soul  
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shad sampat   six fold virtues  
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sama   tranquility of mind  
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dama   self restraint  
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uparati   renunciation  
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titiksha   endurance  
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sraddha   faith  
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samadhana   focused mind  
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nyaya   system of philosophy thats an intellectual system describing means for arriving at the truth  
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kama   pursuit of pleasure, primary goals of the senses, greatest form is sexual, lower function leads to over-indulgence, higher function leads to preservation of life through attraction to what is pleasurable  
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dhatus   tissues  
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3 fundamental causes of disease   the unwholesome conjunction of the sense with their objects of affection, prajnaparadha, parinama  
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prajnaparadha   intellectual blasphemy, the failure of the intellect or crimes against wisdom  
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parinama   transformation or decay due to time and motion  
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anubandha   soul-- that which transmigrates from one body to the next  
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ahamkara   ego, sense of self  
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pancha maha bhutus   5 great elements; ether, air, fire, water, earth  
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5 additional causes of disease   vata, pitta, kapha,rajas, tamas  
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5 tanmatras   root energies for sensory experience; shabdha, sparsha, rupa, rasa, gandha  
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shabdha   sound  
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sparsha   touch  
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rupa   sight  
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rasa   taste  
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gandha   smell  
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etiology   study of cause of disease/ origination  
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svastha   established in the self, perfect health, self esteem in the west  
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primary goal of ayurveda   keep mankind healthy  
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direct perception   merging ones self with subject studied, personal observation of reality through any of the 5 senses, ( all indigenous knowledge obtained through this)  
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8 branches of ayurveda   obstetrics/surgery; diseases of the ears, eyes, nose and throat; internal medicine; mental diseases; pediatrics; management of poisions; rejuvenation; aphrodisiacs/care of reproductive system  
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tattwas   principle which all creation rests on  
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samadhi   integration or "one-ness" with all things that occur when mind is balanced and at peace  
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3 pillars of life   proper management of food/digestion, sleep, brahmacharya  
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3 classifications of disease   endogenous, exogenous, psychic  
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endogenous   origin inside the body  
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exogenous   origin outside the body  
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psychic   origin entirely within person own mind  
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2 additional tattwas   purusha, atman  
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karma yoga   yoga of action, subduing ego through selfless service  
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mimamsa   philosophy with origin of principle of karma describing how how we live and make choices affect our experience of reality in the next life; two aspects of atman: paramatman, jivatman  
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darshana   philosophy  
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bhakti yoga   yoga of devotion, surrendering ego through worship of teacher of god or god directly  
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ayus/veda   ayus: body, sense organs, mind, soul combination; veda: knowledge, "knowledge of life"  
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tat twam asi   thou art that, key phrase in vedanta teaching everything perceived is god and not separate from eachother/you  
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8 steps to self realization   the yamas, the niyamas, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi  
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karma   law of cause and effect or action and reaction, binds the soul to the cycle of birth and death  
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samskaras   our tendancies that create basic reaction to world  
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jivan mukta   liberated soul  
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2 types of samadhi   samprajnata: state of awareness bound to one-ness, asamprajnata: reunification thats absent of awareness  
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samadhi attainment through 5 efforts   faith-to preserve on journey, effort-committing whole self to journey, learning-study scripture, concentration-cultivate single mindedness, discrimination-ability to identify differene btwn soul associated with mind and when free  
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4 goals of life   kama, artha, dharma, moksha  
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mahat   cosmic laws (intelligence of universe), all laws of nature:subtle and gross, subtle: karma, laws governing health and disease in ayurveda; gross: physics and chemistry  
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3 pursuits (natural instincts) of life   to live, to earn, to perform virtuous acts  
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sleep pillar   sleep gives body opportunity to use energy to repair/heal damage from day, without proper amount bodys unable to repair damage and in turn breaks down  
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brihat treya   3 most important books in classic ayurveda, caraka samhita, sushruta samhita, ashtanga hridayam  
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sushruta samhita   considered second most important book in ayurveda,known for exposition on subject of surgery, first text to list names and locations of marmas, originally called salyatantra  
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the niyamas   5 devotions; saucha, santash, tapas, swadaya, ishawrapranida  
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saucha   cleanliness  
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santash   contentment  
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tapas   self discipline  
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swadaya   self and scriptural study  
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ishwarapranida   devotion to journey  
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prakriti   pure potential for matter, female force of universe, the "womb" where the "primal seed" was stimulated via purusha to form creation  
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ego   sense of separateness and individualit  
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pancha jnanedriyani   5 sense organs, buddhi: intellectual organs; ears, skin, eyes, tongue, nose  
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24 tattwas   prakriti, mahat, ahamkara, pancha maha bhutus, 5 tanmatras, pancha jnanedriyanis, pancha karmendryanis, manas  
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pancha karmendryani   5 potential organs for action; mouth, hands, feet, urinogenital, anus  
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jivatman   lower aspect of soul, connected with physical plane in mimamsa philosophy  
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brahmacharya pillar   practice of sexual abstinence, also management of sexual energy, excessive sexual release reduces ojas which leaves a person (esp sick) in weakened/ exhausted state  
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desire to live   most basic instinct of life, initially motivates health lifestyle, higher meaning motivates living harmoniously to fufill high aspects of 4 goals of life, leading to moksha  
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according to vedanta, to attain moksha, students have to overcome which 5 kleshas (afflictions) of humanity   avidya, asmita, attachment, hatred, clining to life (illusion of life itself and its containment in physical body- deha adhyasa)  
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avidya   ignorance  
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asmita   egoism  
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desire to earn   allows pursuit of artha, performed through higher function means and in service to humanity is permissible, over attachment to money and less service leads to greed  
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the yamas   5 disciplines of practice; ahimsa, satyam, aparigraha, brahmacharya, asteya  
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ahimsa   non violence  
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satyam   truthfulness  
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aparigraha   taking nothing from others, even gifts for service  
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asteya   non possessiveness  
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desire to perform virtuous acts   deep desire in human nature, coming from same place as desire for moksha  
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jnana yoga   yoga of knowledge, subduing ego through realization that all of creation is illusion  
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raja yoga   path of practice, path towards self realization and enlightenment  
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2 goals of ayurveda   keep body in svastha, to show us how to use health as basis of path to enlightenment  
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5 main obstacles to overcome to attain samadhi   avidya, asmita, raga, dvesa, abhinevesa  
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avidya   ignorance  
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asmita   egoism  
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raga   desire/passion  
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dvesa   aversion to suffering  
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abhinevesa   attachment to life  
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prana   life force energy  
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malas   wastes  
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atman   spirit/soul, part of god residing within us  
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