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1. Ishvara (Sanskrit lord, master, from an adjective capable) is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, similar to the Abrahamic concept of God. (Web site)
2. Ishvara is a philosophical concept in Hinduism, meaning controller or the Supreme controller (i.e. (Web site)
3. Ishvara is the term used for God among the Hindus. (Web site)
4. Ishvara is a special Purusha untouched by afflictions, actions and their results, or unconscious tendencies. (Web site)
5. ISHVARA IS a way-shower.

Surrender

1. Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender of your entire being to God or to your husband) is the only means for you to achieve this purpose.

Philosophy

1. This is similar to Kant 's philosophy about Ishvara in which he says that "faith" is the basis of theism. (Web site)

Meditation

1. Surrender to Ishvara is aided by the silent repetition of the sacred OM and by deep meditation upon its mystery and meaning.

Supreme

1. Ishvara (ईश्व‍र): A Hindu philosophical concept of God referring to the Supreme Being which is the lord and the ruler of everything.

Devi

1. The followers of Shaktism like to conceive the divine power of the Ishvara as a female goddess, the divine mother called Devi or Durga. (Web site)

World

1. Maya is the divine magic of Ishvara, with the help of which Ishvara creates the world. (Web site)
2. Just as the world is not absolutely false, Ishvara is also not absolutely false. (Web site)

Personal God

1. To think that there is no place for a personal God (Ishvara) in Advaita Vedanta is a misunderstanding of the philosophy.

Three Worlds

1. There is another supreme spirit called Ishvara or Paramaatma, the indestructible Lord who pervades the three worlds and sustains them.

Perfection

1. By devotion to Ishvara comes the perfection of meditation (samadhi). (Web site)
2. If one assumes that Ishvara creates the world for any incentive, this slanders the wholeness and perfection of Ishvara. (Web site)

Knowledge

1. This association with a "false" knowledge does not affect the perfection of Ishvara, in the same way as a magician is himself not tricked by his magic. (Web site)
2. In Ishvara the seed of knowledge is developed to its utmost limit. (Web site)

Omniscience

1. What exists in each human soul as the latent bud of omniscience is awakened and it expands into the realm of infinitude in Ishvara itself.

Hinduism

1. The Supreme Ishvara of Hinduism must not be confused with the numerous deities or demigods who are collectively known as devas.

Adi Shankara

1. So Adi Shankara assumes that Creation is a sport of Ishvara.

Tapas

1. These three are emphasised in the canons of tapas, svadhyaya and Ishvara pranidhana.

Contentment

1. The niyamas are purity (saucha), contentment(santosha), ascetic disciplines (tapas), study and meditation, and devotion to Ishvara. (Web site)

Purusha

1. This is because Ishvara is the only aspect of purusha (the infinite Divine Ground) that has not become entangled with prakrti (the temporal creative forces).

Vishnu

1. Ishvara can also be visualized and worshipped in anthropomorphic form as deities such as Vishnu, Krishna or Shiva. (Web site)
2. He taught that Ultimate reality had three aspects: Ishvara (Vishnu), cit (soul) and acit (matter). (Web site)

God

1. God or Ishvara can also be visualized and worshipped in anthromorphic form like Vishnu, Krishna or Shiva. (Web site)
2. Shiva (शिव): Shiva is a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism.
3. God (Ishvara) always knows the unity of the Brahman substance, and the Mayic nature of the world. (Web site)

Supreme Lord

1. Many Hindus say that this is a poor practice, because the best word for God in Sanskrit is Ishvara (the Supreme Lord).
2. God: The Buddha was not satisfied with the concept of one Almighty God (Ishvara, lit., the Supreme Lord) as in orthodox Hinduism.

Brahman

1. When man tries to know the attributeless Brahman with his mind, under the influence of Maya, Brahman becomes God (Ishvara as described as above). (Web site)
2. The concept of God or Ishvara is also there, and the Vedantic sub-schools differ mainly in how they identify God with Brahman. (Web site)
3. Ishvara is, in an ultimate sense, described as "false" because Brahman appears as Ishvara only due to the curtain of Maya. (Web site)

Ishvara

1. In Vaishnavism and Shaivism, Saguna Brahman is viewed solely as Vishnu or Shiva —so their followers may attribute an anthropomorphic form to Ishvara.
2. Brahman is viewed as without personal attributes (Nirguna Brahman) or with attributes (Saguna Brahman, equated with Ishvara) as God.
3. God (see Ishvara) or Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is the ultimate controller.

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1. Saguna Brahman
2. Supreme Lord
3. Culture > Traditions > Hinduism > Nirguna Brahman
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