Laghima — Lokapala

Ability to become almost weightless, more lightweight than the lightest element and to make any object as lightweight as possible. One of the eight perfections (ashta-siddhis).

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The Tantric Goddess, Yogini, responsible for muscles, flesh (mamsa), and controlling manipura-chakra. She belongs to the Yogini group, which embodies the forces associated, on one hand, with the physical substances in the body (dhatu), and, on the other hand, with the subtle level of the chakras. In addition to Lakini, the group includes Dakini, Rakini, Kakini, Shakini, Hakini and sometimes Yakini.  → Подробнее...

"good fortune", "wealth", "prosperity". The Goddess of happiness, beauty, and wealth, the consort of Vishnu. 

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the object for meditation, to which the practitioner's attention is directed  → Подробнее...

sadguru born about year 200, reformer of the ancient Shivaite line Pashupata

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“she who plays”, “playing”

One of the names of the Mother-Goddess, especially in the Tripurasundari aspect.

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The loincloth of a yogin or ascetic (kaupina). It is associated with the observance of brahmacharya, the control of the senses and instincts. 

The langot is not just a piece of clothing, it is a particular kind of energy, Shakti, that sadhaka places on the genital area to sublimate sexual energy and raise it upwards along the sushumna. In the Nath_Tradition, Langot Guru teaches the use of the langot, and explains how to transform sexual energy into spiritual energy.

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Langot diksha is given by the Langot Guru, who teaches the use of this special loincloth. This initiation gives knowledge about the control of sexual energy.  → Подробнее...

"mundane”. This term often refers to an inferior form of practices that pursue only worldly results and goals, therefore incapable of leading to the ultimate realization of Truth.

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dissolution, return to the state of non-duality

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section of yogic practices associated with the dissolution of the mind in sound, light, emptiness

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Laya-yoga samadhi is a type of samadhi attained through laya-yoga, the yoga of dissolution.

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Lelihana (from the Sanskrit root lih – "eat, comprehend") – one of the names of Parvati, wife of Shiva. Also, this name is one of the mudras used in tantric rituals. The common variant, which occurs in most pujas and nyasas: the thumb is located at the base of the ring finger.

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"play", "amusement". It is an action of a Deity or a Saint that is beyond comprehension for the ordinary mind. One of the central concepts of virtually all theistic (especially bhakti) schools of Hinduism.

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It is a symbol of Shiva-Creator, of cosmic creation and renovation of life, represents as the egg or as the pillar of stone, clay or metal.

The most important symbol of Shiva as the creator, the universal consciousness which contains the entire world in its potential. It is shaped in the form of an egg or a pillar and made of stone, metal and other materials. It is usually placed on a circle base (pithu, yoni), which personifies Shakti, the womb of mother nature.  → Подробнее...

A short hymn to Shivalingam, consisting of eight verses.  → Подробнее...

Lobha means greed, avarice, impatience, a passionate desire for sensory objects. It belongs to the category of worldly suffering of adhyatmika.

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area, world, plane of being, level of existence of living beings, location, place (literally and figuratively).
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In Hinduism, the Lokapalas are deities of directions in the most general sense, or deities of the sides of the world; in a narrower sense, the Lokapalas are the protectors of the palace, city, province, world, etc., from their respective sides of the world. Depending on the source, the number of Lokapalas can vary from four (according to the four cardinal directions) to ten (eight sides of the world, zenith and nadir).  → Подробнее...