horrible words

• triguna - three qualities of the material world ( personality types ) - sattva , rajas , tamas
• prakriti - the natural state of the world, the world as it is and the qualities
• cosmology - because space is infinite so is our universe we have no end
• the four yugas - times cyclical structure
• the four yugas

  satya yuga - golden age, no evil only truth

  treta yuga - 1/4 evil wars start but weathers nice

  dvarpara yuga - 1/2 evil the tammas guna becomes stronger

  kali yuga - 3/4 evil too much material obsession
• the four yugas - "one day of Brahma lasts a thousand cycles of the four ages "
• knowledge - " humbleness ... self control ... i declare all these to be knowledge "
• santana dharma - moral balance 


  honesty

  generosity

  non - violence

  patience

  forgiveness
• varnshrama dharma - ones dharma dependent on ones caste and ashrama
• four aims 


  dharma - moral duty

  artha - wealth

  kama - worldly pleasure

  moksha - liberation
• four aims - " morality is well practiced by the good "
• dharma - " the supreme occupation ( dharma ) for all humanity is that to attain devotional service to the lord "
• moksha - " he who knows the brahman realizes the truth about everything "