A glossary of terms related to Ram Dass, Maharaj-ji, yoga, Zen, Buddhism, and more
In my post on Ram Dass’s best books and other places, I use terms related to the work of Ram Dass, including terms on yoga, Hinduism, Maharaj-ji, Buddhism, meditation, mindfulness, mantras, and the different names of the man he called Maharaj-ji (aka, Maharaji, Neem Karoli Baba, Neeb Karori Baba).
Sources of the terms and definitions
To help understand that article, and the speeches, books, and other writings of Ram Dass, I have put together the following “Ram Dass glossary of terms.” Note that the definitions below come from internet research and the following books:
- Be Love Now, Ram Dass
- The Bhagavad Gita, Eknath Easwaran
- The Divine Reality of Sri Baba Neeb Karori
- Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, B.K.S. Iyengar
- Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba, Parvati Markus
- Kundalini Tantra, Swami Satyananda Saraswati
- Kundalini Yoga: The Flow of Eternal Power, Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa
- Miracle of Love: Stories About Neem Karoli Baba, Ram Dass
- Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita, Ram Dass
- The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Sri Swami Satchidananda
Sanskrit terms
In The Bhagavad Gita, by Eknath Easwaran, he states in his glossary that these are Sanskrit terms. Wikipedia describes Sanskrit as, “a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.”
Glossary
Here’s the glossary of terms: