Glossary

Advaya

adjective

ˌəd-ˈvī-yə

1. A Sanskrit term meaning nondual, not-two, or beyond the polarities—pointing to the true, indivisible nature of Reality in which apparent opposites such as Awareness and Experience, Emptiness and Form, or Being and Becoming are known as one seamless whole.

2. Describing a state, realization, or enlightened view that recognizes all phenomena as expressions of a single, all-pervading Awareness—free of division, conflict, or dualistic grasping.

3. Referring to any path, practice, or wisdom tradition that reveals this oneness directly, awakening individuals to the Prior Unity at the heart of existence.

Tantra

noun

ˈtän-trə

1. From the Sanskrit roots √tan (“to expand, unfold, make known”) and √tra (“to protect, liberate”), referring to esoteric paths, texts, or methods that expand insight into the nature of reality and liberate the practitioner from suffering.

2. A family of esoteric traditions found especially in Hindu and Buddhist lineages that transmit methods of awakening through initiation, ritual, mantra, visualization, deification, magick, yoga, meditation, and experiential inquiry.

3. A holistic, life-affirming spiritual approach that treats the body, breath, mind, senses, emotions, relationships, nature, and universe as sacred gateways to awakening—revealing liberation not apart from the world but through it.

Tantrika

noun

ˈtan-tri-kə

1. One who walks the path of Tantra, integrating awakening and embodiment as a single movement of life, and honoring the sacred unity underlying all apparently diverse, separate, and distinct phenomena.

2. A practitioner who engages reality as a dynamic, sacred play of Divinity, using inquiry, meditation, yoga, and the arena of everyday life to realize and express their Authentic Self.

3. An individual who meets every possible circumstance as part of the path—transforming body, speech, and mind into ever more refined and liberated vehicles of Spirit for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Dharma

noun

ˈdär-mə

1. A Sanskrit term meaning the intrinsic order of the universe, as well as the spiritual duty, moral purpose, or rightful action that aligns an individual or society with that order.

2. The truth of things as they are—both in their provisional, ever-evolving forms (relative truth) and in their ultimate nature, or eternally immutable essence (absolute truth).

3. The enlightening teachings, or spiritual way, that reveal these truths and awaken beings to nirvana—the realization that one is a complete yet ever-evolving expression of the Infinite Awareness that is Buddha-Nature, or God.

Kosmos

noun

ˈkäz-ˌmōs

1. An Ancient Greek term meaning an “orderly arrangement” or “ornament,” but traditionally used by philosophers to denote the universe, or entire multiverse, as an intelligently formed, harmonious, naturally self-optimizing system.

2. The holistic, integral, multidimensional totality of Reality, or All That Is, spanning gross materiality to subtler planes to transcendent spiritual realms (as distinct from the modern materialist notion of the physical “cosmos” alone).

Integral

adjective

ˈin-tə-grəl

1. Forming an essential or complete whole; comprehensive, unified, and undivided.

2. Holistic or inclusive, emphasizing the interconnectedness and integration of multiple perspectives, dimensions, or systems.

3. Denoting an expanded mode of consciousness that transcends earlier modes, while including and preserving their core capacities.

Samsara

noun

sam-ˈsär-ə

1. A Sanskrit term meaning “that which goes on and on,” referring to the conditioned cycle of evolutionary becoming while it remains shaped by a sense of separation, limited identification, and the persistent desire for fulfillment.

2. The developmental phase of a soul’s existence in which it evolves through experience while still perceiving itself, through ignorance, as distinct from its source—seeking wholeness and completion from within the illusion of lack.

3. The “egoic” culture collectively co-created by souls engaged in this phase of evolutionary growth, characterized by reification of the belief in separation, and resulting in shared karmic agreements that perpetuate struggle and dis-ease.

Nirvana

noun

nir-ˈvä-nə, -ˈva-

1. A Sanskrit term meaning “blowing out” or “extinguishing” (as of a flame), referring to the cessation of the phase of evolutionary becoming that is fueled by craving, ignorance, and the belief that one is an isolated and separate self.

2. The profound realization of oneness with the Absolute, an awakening that relaxes the soul into its true nature as Mahāmudrā—a transparent gesture of Ultimate Reality—liberating spontaneous creativity, constant compassion, and the capacity to grow ever brighter as a buddha: an evolutionary attractor for all.

3. The enlightened culture, or “third-tier” Supramental utopia, that can emerge spontaneously between a collective of spiritually enlightened Tantrikas.