Glossary of Terms Used in Nath Yogi Books

This glossary explains key spiritual and philosophical terms used in Nath Yogi’s writings.

A

  • 84 – Short for 8 400 000 births.
  • 8 400 000 – One gets human birth only after passing through 8 400 000 lower forms of births.
  • Adi Guru – The First and Foremost Guru.
  • Adi Nath – The First and Foremost Nath (Nath Yogi).
  • Adventures of Rama – The Ramayana written by Sage Valmiki.
  • 'Aham Brahmasmi' – I am Brahma.
  • 'Allâhu Akbar' – God is great.
  • Asilence – The silence that is not mere absence of sound — but the presence of truth beyond noise, beyond words, beyond even silence itself.
  • Atma – The Spirit Soul.
  • Azad Muni – A Saint of Freedom or Independence.

B

  • Bodhisattwa – The Enlightened One.
  • Brahma – The Impersonal God.
  • Brahma Jnani – The Knower of Brahma.

C

  • Couples of Trinity – Trinity with their consorts.

D

  • Dada Guru – Guru’s Guru; the Grand Guru in the lineage.
  • Dharma – Righteousness; the natural law that upholds order.
  • Dharma-Nirapekshata – Claimed neutrality toward Dharma; a misnomer. One cannot be neutral to Dharma, only to creeds born of ego.
  • Dharma’s Wheel – The wheel symbolizing Dharma and the cycle of righteousness (Dharmachakra).

E

  • Eternal Father – Guru.

F

  • Fore-Gurus – All the Gurus of the lineage.
  • Fool-hard – That which a fool cannot understand.

G

  • Goat’s testicles – Worthless, unnoticed things.
  • Gods of Trinity – Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Shiva collectively.
  • Govinda – Lord Krishna; God.
  • Gunas – Qualities (fundamental attributes of nature).
  • Guru – Spiritual Teacher.
  • Guru-drohi – Betrayer of Guru.
  • Guru’s son – Disciple.

H

  • Holy Song of the Lord – The Gita.

I

  • ‘i’ – The imaginary ‘i’ arising from Asilence.
  • Inch – Length of first phalanx of index finger.
  • Indra – Ruler of heaven.

J

  • Jihad – The Holy war.

K

  • Karma – Actions, duties, and their results.

L

  • Lord Brahma – The Creator.
  • Lord Ganesha – Remover of obstacles.
  • Lord Rama – Hero of Ramayana.
  • Lord Shesa – The Supporter.
  • Lord Shiva – The Destroyer.
  • Lord Vishnu – The Preserver.

M

  • Mahatmas – Great Souls.
  • Mathaji – Mother Goddess.
  • Mathaji’s Lord – Lord Shiva.
  • Maya – The cosmic illusion that veils Truth and projects the transient as real.
  • Minute Indweller – Atma.
  • Mithyawadi Baba – One who speaks illusion/false.
  • Mooladhara wheel – Subtle root wheel of the body.
  • Mother Saraswathi – Goddess of learning.
  • Mouni Baba – One who observes silence.
  • Muni – Silent sage; observes silence and knows through silence, not speech.
  • My Dad – My Guru.

N

  • Nigura – One who has not served a Guru; a non-disciple. Mind-faced. By birth, all are niguras.
  • Niguraship – State of being a nigura.
  • Niguru – A nigura turned Guru—by self, by others, or by any means. Has disciples. Short for nigura Guru.
  • Nirmukami – One free from desires; with no home to stay.
  • Nirpanthi – One beyond all paths, sects, and cults.
  • Nirvana – Eternal Bliss; the end of all becoming.

P

  • Pardada Guru – Guru’s Guru’s Guru.

R

  • Rpb – Revolutions per breath.

S

  • Saints’ Haridwar – Sacred place for saints.
  • Siddhas – Perfect beings.
  • Sikh Gurudwara – Place of worship for Sikhs.
  • Spirit-holes – Spaces where ego burned away.

T

  • Tantra – A spiritual discipline using form and force to transcend the body.
  • The North – Heaven.
  • The South – Hell.
  • The Trinity – Creator, Preserver, Destroyer collectively; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit collectively.

V

  • Vasanas – Past tendencies.
  • Vishaya – Objects of senses.

Y

  • Yama – God of Death.