Yojanas

Yojanas: a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India, between 6 to 15 km (4 and 9 miles) Section: Ṛṣi Ṛṣi: a sage through whom the Vedic hymns flowed, a “seer” able to reach states of higher consciousness. Section: Yogi Yogi: a practitioner of various forms of spiritual discipline, as yoga Section: Parāśara Maharishi Parāśara Maharishi: author of many ancient Indian texts and important astrological texts, known as a traveling Master Section: Bṛhat Parāśara Hora Śāstra Bṛhat Parāśara Hora Śāstra: a prominent astrological scientific text, written as a recorded dialogue between Parāśara and his disciple Maitreya Section: Vaśiṣṭa Vaśiṣṭa: Rāma’s guru, a great Ṛṣi and had complete knowledge of the whole cosmos and the gods Section: Veda Vyāsa Veda Vyāsa: a sage of ancient India, compiler of the Vedas and great epics like the Māhābhārata Section: Māhābhārata Māhābhārata: one of the major Sanskrit epic of India and philosophical scripture, depicting a great war that happened in India; written in 250,000 verses Section: Moon in Sagittarius Section: Samskāras Samskāras: engraved memories stored in the subconscious part of the mind. They are continually interfering with our decision making process Section: Grahas Grahas: energy centers, energy fields that planets exert in the universe, generally assimilated to ‘planets’ Section: Karmas Karmas: the collection of unfulfilled experiences and actions that stay in us and constantly pull us to fulfill them Section: Āyurveda