Brahma   The Creator, Mind; the first notion that arises in consciousness

Brahman   The infinite consciousness; the Self; absolute reality

Kali   The Hindu mother goddess of dissolution and destruction. She destroys ignorance and dissolves attachments as well as dancing the final dissolution of the universe.

Maya   The veil of ignorance; the illusion of this ephemeral universe

Rudra  The Vedic god of storms and wind

Samadhi   The deepest form of contemplation; realization of absolute reality; Self-realization; beyond thought 

Samsara   The eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth; repetitive history; emerges from illusory notion of  being separate, different

The Vedas    A collection of spiritual and philosophical poems and hymns composed in India beginning in 3000 BC.  Sacred text of Hinduism. 

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