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Golden One.”

Phenomenon in quantum mechanics whereby

two or more entangled particles can no longer

RAMANA see Maharshi, Sri Ramana.

be described as individual particles with defined states but rather only the overall system REINCARNATION Rebirth in another form or as such. Even with partial systems separated

person.

in space, this phenomenon is not based on so-called hidden variables (not measurable but

RETREAT A seminar-like event.

present states) that we are just failing to discover. This means that either localization or

RISHI “Seer,” enlightened saint who has real-the concept of a microscopic reality must be

ized his true Self through introspection.

abandoned.

ROTH, GERHARD Neuroscientist, Professor QUANTUM MECHANICS

of Behavioral Physiology. Holds the view that

Theory in physics that describes the behavior

there can be no free will from the point of view of matter on the atomic and subatomic levels.

of neurobiology or the natural sciences in ge—

One of the main pillars of modern physics and

neral.

the basis for many of its subfields (atomic

physics, nuclear physics, the physics of ele-

SADDUCEE Scholars of the written word. A mentary particles). The developments in the

Jewish group with friendly ties to Rome; the

1920s brought about a revolution in our

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greatest force in the High Council at the time of SELF (ADVAITA) Unchanging, undivided, the Second Temple, ca. 150 B.C.–70 A.D.

eternal Consciousness that underlies all phenomena. Beyond space and time, the Eternal.

SADHANA Spiritual exercises with the goal Oneness of Atman and Brahman (Brahman

of Enlightenment.

here: The Absolute or Godhead).

SAHAJA SAMADHI Natural awakened Be-

SELF (NEUROPHILOSOPHY)

ing; the Enlightenment of the Jnani, who is

With the help of neurophysiological experi—

apparently also occupied with worldly things.

ments, experiential states (personal identity, Self) are explained and vice versa. Neurophi-SAMADHI Ramana Maharshi used this term losophers are currently not in agreement as to to designate a state in which one has a direct whether this personal identity exists or not.

experience of the Self. Also a memorial to departed Masters.

SHAMANISM Religious-magical phenomenon making use of altered states of conscious-

SAMSARA “Constant Wandering.” Term

ness, the motif of the journey of the soul and for the everlasting cycle of being, the repe-the interaction with spirits as fundamental eletition of becoming and passing away, the

ments.

cycle of rebirth. In its deeper meaning,

however: Suffering.

SHANKARA Also known as Shankaracha—

rya. Important Advaita mystic, reformer and

SANGHA Community, collective, horde.

philosopher, ca. 788–820. The first to disseminate the teachings of the Advaita Vedanta.

SANNYASIN One who takes a vow to re—

nounce the world and devote himself entir-

SHIVA (Sanskr.) “The Auspicious One.”

ely to striving for Enlightenment.

Formless Universal. Ecstasy Principle. In the

Hindu Trinity, God of destruction and dissolu-

SANSKRIT Indo-Germanic language of the tion. Ramana Maharshi also used this word to

oldest Indian literature. Indicated in this glos-name the Self.

sary by (Sanskr.).

SHUNYATA Central term in Mahayana

SAT-CHIT-ANANDA Existence-Conscious—

Buddhism. It signifies emptiness, void, and

ness-Bliss (according to Madhukar: Peace).

also insubstantiality.

SATGURU (SADGURU) “True Guru;” one’s SIDDHARTA (Sanskr.) “The One who has own Self manifested in human form. Transmit-attained his goal.” See Buddha.

ter of Awakening.

SIEGFRIED Name that combines “Sieg” (vic-SATSANG “Community in Truth.” Alliance tory) and “Frieden” (peace). The dragon slayer, with Being; in the presence of one who has hero of the Nibelung Saga with superhuman

realized the Self. Meeting. Public gathering.

powers. King of Xanthen in the Niederrhein

region of Germany.

SCHRÖDINGER, ERWIN Austrian physicist.

One of the fathers of quantum physics.

SINGER, WOLF Physiologist and one of the 1887–1961.

most famous neuroscientists in Germany. Rejects the notion of free will.

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SITA Wife of the god king Rama. In the hero-SUTRA (Sanskr.) “Thread.” Distinctively ic epic Ramayana, which entered into the epic

formulated aphorism in Indian literature.

traditions of Bali, Cambodia and Thailand in

Buddhist sacred texts.

the course of the first century with the influx of Indian culture, she is rescued by Hanuman.

SWAMI Belonging to oneself”; religious/spiritual teacher. Respectful form of address for ol-SKANDASHRAM Ashram in Southern

der monks.

India in which Ramana Maharshi lived from

1916–1922.

TAMMUZ & ISHTAR God of Vegetation and Sumerian Queen of Heaven whose yearly re-SOCRATES Greek philosopher who laid the union lifted the spell of drought, causing the foundations for Western thought. “I know that I land to blossom; Akkadian and Aramaic myt-do not know anything.” Condemned to death hology.

for refusing to recognize the gods and exerting a harmful influence on youth. 469–399 B.C.

TANTRA (Sanskr.): Tan, “expansion;” also

“woven cloth, continuum.” Esoteric Hindu and

SOLOMON (Also known as Salomo) Third Buddhist Teachings of Knowledge based on

king of Israel and Judäa. Ruled from 965–926

the inseparability of the Relative and the Abso-B.C.

lute. Practices for achieving Enlightenment

through visualization, meditation, Mantras. In SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE

the West, Tantra is often reduced to the trans-Description used by Albert Einstein for the enformation of sexual energies or a method of

tanglement (quantum entanglement) of partic—

achieving sexual fulfillment.

les to form a unitary system regardless of their distance from one another.

TESTOSTERONE Important sex hormone

(androgen), that has been found in both sexes.

SRI “He who promises happiness, He who A surge of testosterone in the eighth week of

stands under a lucky star.” Often added to a

pregnancy causes the fetus to develop as a

name as an honorific prefix.

male.

STRINGS Unlike in the standard model of THAT The Unnameable that lies beyond all particle physics, in string theory “strings” are knowledge. Self, Being, Consciousness.

the fundamental building blocks the world is

made of. These are vibrating, one-dimensional