# Philosophical Terms *Key concepts in Vedic philosophy* Total entries: 242 (including 6 major comprehensive entries) ## Major Topics (Comprehensive Entries) *These are the most extensive and comprehensive entries on philosophical concepts:* - [[index/entries/supreme-lord|Supreme Lord]] (303KB) - Complete philosophical exposition on the Supreme - [[index/entries/analogies|Analogies]] (117KB) - Comprehensive collection of Vedic analogies - [[index/entries/living-entities|Living Entities]] - Extensive entry on jīva-tattva - [[index/entries/liberation|Liberation]] - Complete guide to mukti and liberation - [[index/entries/knowledge|Knowledge]] - Comprehensive entry on spiritual knowledge - [[index/entries/body-material|Body (material)]] - Detailed exposition on the material body ## The Absolute Truth (Three Features) 1. **Brahman** - The impersonal aspect, all-pervading light 2. **Paramātmā** - The localized aspect, Supersoul in the heart 3. **[[index/B#bhagavān defined|Bhagavān]]** - The Supreme Personal aspect (Krishna) ## Energies of the Lord **Internal Energy (Svarūpa-śakti):** - Sandhinī - existence - Saṁvit - knowledge - Hlādinī - bliss **External Energy (Bahiraṅgā-śakti):** - Māyā - Material illusion - Prakṛti - Material nature (three guṇas) **Marginal Energy (Taṭasthā-śakti):** - Jīva - The living entities ## Three Modes of Nature (Guṇas) 1. **[[index/entries/sattva-guna|Sattva-guṇa]]** - Goodness, knowledge, illumination 2. **[[index/entries/rajo-guna|Rajo-guṇa]]** - Passion, activity, attachment 3. **[[index/entries/tamo-guna|Tamo-guṇa]]** - Ignorance, inertia, delusion ## The Soul and Transmigration - **Ātmā/Jīva** - The eternal soul - **Karma** - Law of action and reaction - **[[index/entries/samsara|Saṁsāra]]** - Cycle of birth and death - **Mokṣa/Mukti** - Liberation from material existence ## Philosophical Schools **Vaishnava Philosophies:** - **[[index/A#acintya bhedābheda|Acintya bhedābheda]]** - Inconceivable oneness and difference (Gaudiya) - **Viśiṣṭādvaita** - Qualified non-dualism (Ramanuja) - **[[index/D#Dvaita|Dvaita]]** - Pure dualism (Madhva) - **Śuddha-advaita** - Pure non-dualism (Vallabha) **Other Schools:** - Advaita - Impersonalism (Shankara) - Śūnyavāda - Voidism (Buddhism) - Various yoga systems ## Types of Liberation Five types of mukti: 1. **[[index/S#sālokya mukti|Sālokya mukti]]** - Same planet 2. **[[index/S#sārṣṭi mukti|Sārṣṭi mukti]]** - Same opulence 3. **[[index/S#sāmīpya mukti|Sāmīpya mukti]]** - Personal association 4. **[[index/entries/sarupya-mukti|Sārūpya-mukti]]** - Same form 5. **[[index/entries/sayujya-mukti|Sāyujya-mukti]]** - Merging (rejected by devotees) ## All Related Entries - [[index/entries/absolute-truth|Absolute Truth]] - [[index/A#acintya bhedābheda|Acintya bhedābheda]] - [[index/A#acintya bhedābheda philosophy|Acintya bhedābheda philosophy]] - [[index/entries/acintya-bhedabheda-tattva|Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva]] - [[index/A#acintya bhedābheda tattva (oneness & difference) philosophy|Acintya bhedābheda tattva (oneness & difference) philosophy]] - [[index/entries/acintya-bhedabheda-tattva-philosophy|Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva philosophy]] - [[index/A#acintya śakti|Acintya śakti]] - [[index/A#acyutātmā|Acyutātmā]] - [[index/A#advaita defined|Advaita defined]] - [[index/A#african devotee in māyāpura|African devotee in Māyāpura]] - [[index/A#akṛtātmā defined|Akṛtātmā defined]] - [[index/A#anantaguṇa pāṇḍya|Anantaguṇa Pāṇḍya]] - [[index/A#antarātmā defined|Antarātmā defined]] - [[index/A#anu ātmā defined|Anu ātmā defined]] - [[index/A#aparā prakṛti defined|Aparā prakṛti defined]] - [[index/A#aparā prakṛtiḥ defined|Aparā prakṛtiḥ defined]] - [[index/A#aparādhī, māyāvādī as|Aparādhī, Māyāvādī as]] - [[index/A#approaching city compared to realiīng absolute truth|Approaching city compared to realiīng Absolute Truth]] - [[index/B#bahiraṅgā māyā defined|Bahiraṅgā māyā defined]] - [[index/B#bahiraṅgā śakti defined|Bahiraṅgā śakti defined]] - [[index/B#bhagavān defined|Bhagavān defined]] - [[index/B#bhagavān, meaning of name|Bhagavān, meaning of name]] - [[index/C#catur viṁśad guṇa|Catur viṁśad guṇa]] - [[index/C#cit śakti|Cit śakti]] - [[index/C#cit śakti realization|Cit śakti realization]] - [[index/C#citi śakti defined|Citi śakti defined]] - [[index/C#city example of realiīng absolute truth|City example of realiīng Absolute Truth]] - [[index/D#daivī māyā defined|Daivī māyā defined]] - [[index/D#darkness, māyā compared to|Darkness, māyā compared to]] - [[index/D#durātmā defined|Durātmā defined]] - [[index/D#durātmās defined|Durātmās defined]] - [[index/D#Dvaita|Dvaita]] - [[index/D#dvaita defined|Dvaita defined]] - [[index/G#gajendra mokṣaṇa|Gajendra mokṣaṇa]] - [[index/G#guṇa defined|Guṇa defined]] - [[index/entries/guna-avataras|Guṇa-avatāras]] - [[index/G#guṇa mañjarī|Guṇa mañjarī]] - [[index/G#guṇa visarga|Guṇa visarga]] - [[index/G#guṇacūḍā|Guṇacūḍā]] - [[index/G#guṇamayī māyā defined|Guṇamayī māyā defined]] - [[index/G#guṇamālā|Guṇamālā]] - [[index/G#guṇarāja khān|Guṇarāja Khān]] - [[index/entries/gunas|Guṇas]] - [[index/G#guṇas. see modes of nature|Guṇas. See Modes of nature]] - [[index/G#guṇatuṅgā|Guṇatuṅgā]] - [[index/H#hlādinī śakti defined|Hlādinī śakti defined]] - [[index/J#jīva (ātmā) defined|Jīva (ātmā) defined]] - [[index/J#jīva defined|Jīva defined]] - [[index/J#jīva bhūta defined|Jīva bhūta defined]] - [[index/J#jīva bhūtam, defined|Jīva bhūtam, defined]] - [[index/J#jīva hiṁsā defined|Jīva hiṁsā defined]] - [[index/J#jīva tattva defined|Jīva tattva defined]] - [[index/J#jīvan mukta defined|Jīvan mukta defined]] - [[index/K#kimpuruṣa varṣa|Kimpuruṣa varṣa]] - [[index/entries/kimpurusa|Kimpuruṣas]] - [[index/K#kimpuruṣas pray to nṛsiṁhadeva|Kimpuruṣas pray to Nṛsiṁhadeva]] - [[index/K#kriyā śakti defined|Kriyā śakti defined]] - [[index/K#kāla śakti|Kāla śakti]] - [[index/K#kṛṣṇa māyā|Kṛṣṇa māyā]] - [[index/K#kṣetrajña śakti|Kṣetrajña śakti]] - [[index/K#kṣetrajña śakti defined|Kṣetrajña śakti defined]] - [[index/entries/liberation-mukti|Liberation (mukti)]] - [[index/entries/mahat-tattva|Mahat-tattva]] - [[index/M#mahat tattva defined|Mahat tattva defined]] - [[index/M#mahā māyā|Mahā māyā]] - [[index/M#mahāmāyā|Mahāmāyā]] - [[index/M#mahāpuruṣa|Mahāpuruṣa]] - [[index/M#mahāpuruṣa defined|Mahāpuruṣa defined]] - [[index/M#mahātmā defined|Mahātmā defined]] - [[index/entries/mahatma|Mahātmā(s)]] - [[index/M#mahātmās defined|Mahātmās defined]] - [[index/M#materialism, māyāvāda philosophy as|Materialism, Māyāvāda philosophy as]] - [[index/entries/moksa|Mokṣa]] - [[index/M#mokṣa defined|Mokṣa defined]] - [[index/M#mokṣa dharma|Mokṣa dharma]] - [[index/M#mokṣa kāma defined|Mokṣa kāma defined]] - [[index/M#mokṣaṇam defined|Mokṣaṇam defined]] - [[index/M#mukta puruṣas defined|Mukta puruṣas defined]] - [[index/entries/mukti|Mukti]] - [[index/M#mukti defined|Mukti defined]] - [[index/M#mukti kāmī defined|Mukti kāmī defined]] - [[index/M#mukti pade explained|Mukti pade explained]] - [[index/M#muktātmā defined|Muktātmā defined]] - [[index/entries/maya|Māyā]] - [[index/M#māyā (cheating)|Māyā (Cheating)]] - [[index/M#māyā (as love)|Māyā (as love)]] - [[index/entries/maya-illusion|Māyā (illusion)]] - [[index/M#māyā mohita defined|Māyā mohita defined]] - [[index/M#māyā sukha defined|Māyā sukha defined]] - [[index/entries/maya-sita|Māyā-sītā]] - [[index/M#māyā sītā defined|Māyā sītā defined]] - [[index/M#māyā śakti|Māyā śakti]] - [[index/M#māyādevī|Māyādevī]] - [[index/M#māyādevī, goddess|Māyādevī, Goddess]] - [[index/M#māyāmaya explained|Māyāmaya explained]] - [[index/entries/mayapur|Māyāpur]] - [[index/M#māyāpur, india|Māyāpur, India]] - [[index/M#māyāpur, kṛṣṇa consciousness center in|Māyāpur, Kṛṣṇa consciousness center in]] - [[index/M#māyāpura|Māyāpura]] - [[index/M#māyāpura, african devotee in|Māyāpura, African devotee in]] - [[index/entries/mayavada-philosophy|Māyāvāda philosophy]] - [[index/entries/mayavadi|Māyāvādī(s)]] - [[index/M#mṛta sañjīvanī defined|Mṛta sañjīvanī defined]] - [[index/M#mṛtyu saṁsāra defined|Mṛtyu saṁsāra defined]] - [[index/N#nirguṇa defined|Nirguṇa defined]] - [[index/N#nirguṇa, lord & devotees as|Nirguṇa, Lord & devotees as]] - [[index/N#nirguṇa, lord as|Nirguṇa, Lord as]] - [[index/O#oneness & difference of lord & creation (acintya bhedābheda philosophy)|Oneness & difference of Lord & creation (acintya bhedābheda philosophy)]] - [[index/P#para tattva|Para tattva]] - [[index/P#parama puruṣa defined|Parama puruṣa defined]] - [[index/P#pariṇāma vāda|Pariṇāma vāda]] - [[index/P#parā prakṛti|Parā prakṛti]] - [[index/P#parā prakṛti defined|Parā prakṛti defined]] - [[index/P#parā śakti defined|Parā śakti defined]] - [[index/P#passion, mode of (rajo guṇa)|Passion, mode of (rajo guṇa)]] - [[index/entries/panca-tattva|Pañca-tattva]] - [[index/entries/panca-tattva-mantra|Pañca-tattva mantra]] - [[index/entries/prakrti|Prakṛti]] - [[index/P#prakṛti defined|Prakṛti defined]] - [[index/P#prakṛti defined as energy|Prakṛti defined as energy]] - [[index/P#prakṛti defined as material nature|Prakṛti defined as material nature]] - [[index/P#prakṛti. see: material nature|Prakṛti. See: Material nature]] - [[index/P#prakṛtiṁ bhajasva explained|Prakṛtiṁ bhajasva explained]] - [[index/P#prakṣepātmikā śakti|Prakṣepātmikā śakti]] - [[index/P#prasannātmā defined|Prasannātmā defined]] - [[index/P#pratyag ātmā & parāg ātmā|Pratyag ātmā & parāg ātmā]] - [[index/P#puruṣa defined|Puruṣa defined]] - [[index/P#puruṣa incarnations|Puruṣa incarnations]] - [[index/entries/purusa|Puruṣa(s)]] - [[index/P#puruṣa akṣara defined|Puruṣa akṣara defined]] - [[index/entries/purusa-avataras|Puruṣa-avatāras]] - [[index/P#puruṣa sūkta|Puruṣa sūkta]] - [[index/P#puruṣa sūkta mantra|Puruṣa sūkta mantra]] - [[index/P#puruṣa sūkta prayers|Puruṣa sūkta prayers]] - [[index/P#puruṣa śakti defined|Puruṣa śakti defined]] - [[index/P#puruṣam ādyam defined|Puruṣam ādyam defined]] - [[index/R#rajas defined|Rajas defined]] - [[index/R#Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] - [[index/entries/rajo-guna|Rajo-guṇa]] - [[index/S#sa tattvaḥ explained|Sa tattvaḥ explained]] - [[index/S#sarva guṇa|Sarva guṇa]] - [[index/S#sarvātmā|Sarvātmā]] - [[index/entries/sattva-guna|Sattva-guṇa]] - [[index/S#sattva guṇa defined|Sattva guṇa defined]] - [[index/S#sattva saṁśuddhiḥ defined|Sattva saṁśuddhiḥ defined]] - [[index/S#Sattvatanu|Sattvatanu]] - [[index/S#sattvaṁ viśuddham defined|Sattvaṁ viśuddham defined]] - [[index/S#saḍ guṇa defined|Saḍ guṇa defined]] - [[index/entries/samsara|Saṁsāra]] - [[index/S#saṁsāra defined|Saṁsāra defined]] - [[index/S#saṁsāra bandhana|Saṁsāra bandhana]] - [[index/S#saṁsāra cakra|Saṁsāra cakra]] - [[index/S#sky, absolute truth compared to|Sky, Absolute Truth compared to]] - [[index/S#sālokya mukti|Sālokya mukti]] - [[index/S#sālokya mukti, devotees attain|Sālokya mukti, devotees attain]] - [[index/S#sāmīpya mukti|Sāmīpya mukti]] - [[index/entries/sarupya-mukti|Sārūpya-mukti]] - [[index/S#sārūpya mukti defined|Sārūpya mukti defined]] - [[index/S#sārṣṭi mukti|Sārṣṭi mukti]] - [[index/S#sārṣṭi mukti, devotees attain|Sārṣṭi mukti, devotees attain]] - [[index/entries/sayujya-mukti|Sāyujya-mukti]] - [[index/S#sāyujya mukti defined|Sāyujya mukti defined]] - [[index/S#sṛṣṭi tattva defined|Sṛṣṭi tattva defined]] - [[index/T#Tamas|Tamas]] - [[index/T#tamas defined|Tamas defined]] - [[index/T#tamasaḥ defined|Tamasaḥ defined]] - [[index/T#tamaḥ guṇa|Tamaḥ guṇa]] - [[index/entries/tamo-guna|Tamo-guṇa]] - [[index/T#Tattva|Tattva]] - [[index/T#tattva defined|Tattva defined]] - [[index/T#tattva darśī|Tattva darśī]] - [[index/T#tattva darśī defined|Tattva darśī defined]] - [[index/T#tattva darśī explained|Tattva darśī explained]] - [[index/T#tattva jñāna defined|Tattva jñāna defined]] - [[index/T#tattva sandarbha|Tattva sandarbha]] - [[index/T#tattva vit|Tattva vit]] - [[index/T#tattva vit defined|Tattva vit defined]] - [[index/T#tattva vāda philosophy|Tattva vāda philosophy]] - [[index/T#tattva vādī defined|Tattva vādī defined]] - [[index/entries/tattva-vadis|Tattva-vādīs]] - [[index/T#tattvas, types of, three listed|Tattvas, types of, three listed]] - [[index/T#taṭasthā śakti defined|Taṭasthā śakti defined]] - [[index/T#tithi tattva|Tithi tattva]] - [[index/T#tri guṇa defined|Tri guṇa defined]] - [[index/entries/truth|Truth]] - [[index/T#truth about material life|Truth about material life]] - [[index/T#truth, absolute|Truth, absolute]] - [[index/T#Truthfulness|Truthfulness]] - [[index/U#Untruthfulness|Untruthfulness]] - [[index/V#vasudeva sattva defined|Vasudeva sattva defined]] - [[index/V#vibhu ātmā defined|Vibhu ātmā defined]] - [[index/V#vibhūtimat sattva defined|Vibhūtimat sattva defined]] - [[index/V#vidantīs. see: māyāvādīs|Vidantīs. See: Māyāvādīs]] - [[index/V#viditātma tattva defined|Viditātma tattva defined]] - [[index/V#Vimukti|Vimukti]] - [[index/V#vimukti defined|Vimukti defined]] - [[index/V#virāṭ puruṣa|Virāṭ puruṣa]] - [[index/V#vivarta vāda philosophy|Vivarta vāda philosophy]] - [[index/V#vivṛddha sattva defined|Vivṛddha sattva defined]] - [[index/V#viśuddha sattva|Viśuddha sattva]] - [[index/V#viśuddha sattva defined|Viśuddha sattva defined]] - [[index/V#viṣṇu tattva defined|Viṣṇu tattva defined]] - [[index/W#womans requiring puruṣa, analogy of|Womans requiring puruṣa, analogy of]] - [[index/Y#yajña puruṣa, lord as|Yajña puruṣa, Lord as]] - [[index/Y#yoga māyā|Yoga māyā]] - [[index/entries/yogamaya|Yogamāyā]] - [[index/Y#yogamāyā & pāṇḍavas|Yogamāyā & Pāṇḍavas]] - [[index/Y#yogamāyā defined|Yogamāyā defined]] - [[index/Y#yogamāyā energy|Yogamāyā energy]] - [[index/Y#yogamāyā potency|Yogamāyā potency]] - [[index/A#ādi puruṣa defined|Ādi puruṣa defined]] - [[index/A#ādi puruṣa, kṛṣṇa as|Ādi puruṣa, Kṛṣṇa as]] - [[index/A#ātma māyā|Ātma māyā]] - [[index/A#ātma māyā defined|Ātma māyā defined]] - [[index/A#ātma tattva defined|Ātma tattva defined]] - [[index/A#ātma tattva vit defined|Ātma tattva vit defined]] - [[index/entries/atma|Ātmā]] - [[index/entries/atma-defined|Ātmā defined]] - [[index/A#ātmā tattva|Ātmā tattva]] - [[index/A#ātmānanda defined|Ātmānanda defined]] - [[index/A#ātmānandī|Ātmānandī]] - [[index/A#ātmānandī defined|Ātmānandī defined]] - [[index/A#ātmārāma defined|Ātmārāma defined]] - [[index/A#āvaraṇātmikā śakti|Āvaraṇātmikā śakti]] - [[index/A#āśraya tattva|Āśraya tattva]] - [[index/I#īśa tattva defined|Īśa tattva defined]] - [[index/S#śakti|Śakti]] - [[index/S#śakti defined|Śakti defined]] - [[index/S#śakti weapon|Śakti weapon]] - [[index/S#śakti ṛṣi|Śakti Ṛṣi]] - [[index/S#śakti tattvas|Śakti tattvas]] - [[index/S#śakti tattvas defined|Śakti tattvas defined]] - [[index/S#śambhu tattva|Śambhu tattva]] - [[index/entries/suddha-sattva|Śuddha-sattva]] - [[index/S#śuddha sattva defined|Śuddha sattva defined]] - [[index/M#”mukti pade”|”Mukti pade”]] ## Related Categories - [[index/concepts/bhakti-stages|Bhakti Stages]] - [[index/scriptures/bhagavad-gita|Bhagavad-gita]] - [[index/personalities/acaryas|Acaryas]]