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BACHAN - the speech
BAIKHARI - to speak, the last stage of word formation
BANDHA - 1. tie, bond; 2. contraction, binding or blocking
- MUL BANDHA - contraction of the perineum
- UDDIYAN BANDHA - the drawing up of the diaphragm
- JALANDHAR BANDHA - the chin lock
- MAHA BANDHA - all the three bandhas at the same time
BASTI - a Hatha Yoga technique for purifying the intestines
BHAGAWAN - Lord, the Great Master
BHAJAN - 1. worship, 2. spiritual or devotional song
BHAKTI - devotion, love, worship
BHAKTI MEDITATION - devotional meditation
BHAKTI YOGA - one of the four yoga paths, the yoga of devotion and love
- GURU BHAKTI - devotion to the Master
- NIRGUNA BHAKTI - devotion without any form or a symbol
- SAGUNA BHAKTI - devotion through a certain form
- BAGLA/BAKA BHAKTI - "devotion of a heron", false devotion
- PARABHAKTI - the supreme level of devotion, the absolute love
BHASTRIKA - "Bellows breathing", a pranayam technique
BHAV - feelings, affinity, absorption
- DAYA BHAV - feelings of sympathy, compassion
- SANT BHAV - pure, holy, positive feelings and affinity (see also "sant")
BHAVA - the world, worldly existence, cycle of birth and death
- BHAVA BANDHAN - the bondage of worldly existence, the inevitability of repeated births and deaths
- BHAVA BHAYA - the fear of repeated birh and death
- BHAVA SAGAR - the ocean of worldly existence or ignorance
- BHAVA SINDHU - same as bhava sagar
BHOGA - 1. enjoyment; 2. suffering, experiencing
BHRAMARI - bee hum, a pranayam technique
BRASHT - fall, failure, interruption, break
- YOG BRASHT - a break with the yoga path
BHUJANG - snake
- BHUJANGASAN - "Cobra Pose", a yoga posture
- BHUJANGI MUDRA - the snake posture, a Hatha Yoga technique
BIJA - seed
- BIJA MANTRA - seed mantra, most often a Sanskrit syllable
BINDU - point, dot, drop
BINDU CHAKRA - a centre in the vertex region
BRAHM or BRAHMAN - absolute Reality, the all-pervading divine principle
- BRAHMACHARYA - continence, faring according to Brahman, search for Brahman, the Supreme; celibacy
- BRAHMAGRANTHI - Brahma's knot, a pigtail tied into a bun
- BRAHMAGYANA - knowledge of the Supreme, knowledge of Brahman
- BRAHMAJNANA- see under brahmagyana
- BRAHMALOKA - the highest plane, the plane of Reality, also called satya loka
- BRAHMAMUHURTA - the "golden" hours of dawn; the most auspicious time for the practice of meditation and other spiritual practices
- BRAHMANISHTHA - one established in the Supreme, a realized Yogi
- BRAHMARANDRA - the gate to Brahma, another name for the sahasrar chakra
- BRAHMARISHI - 1. a sage who has realized the Supreme (brahman); 2. a sage who is Brahmin by birth
- BRAHMA TATTVA - the highest divine principle (see also "tattva")
- BRAHMA VIDYA - knowledge of the Truth
- BRAHMIK MANTRA - nirguna mantra, a mantra which leads to Liberation
BRAHMA - Creator of the universe, one of the aspect of the Divine Trinity
BRAHMIN - a member of the highest caste in India; scholar, priest; typifies head
BUDDHI - intellect, understanding, the ability to make decisions and draw conclusions
BAGLA/BAKA BHAKTI - "devotion of a heron", false devotion