Maitri Glossary

untrue, untruth, non-dharmic, anti-dharma

In general means self-pride, self-aggrandisement, arrogance, egoism. In Maitri it is one of the most undesirable states of being that causes harm knowingly or unknowingly.

sustenance, nourishment, food. Here, the food we eat should be shuddha ahar, or pure, wholesome and nourishing foods.

elixir, nectar held dear as synonym for the highest, sweetest, most penetrating insights or knowing.

non-satya, non-true, false, falsehood, untruth. Here it means also wrongdoing, misdeeds, actions against existence, against Creation and all that’s been created on Earth, animate and inanimate, visible and invisible; against the pristine purity of Dharma; heartsets and mindsets directed against life itself, in particular, stained with non-Dharmic elements like violence, malice, killing stemming from divisiveness, separatism, egoism, greed, jealousy, self-hatred, etc.; negative aspects prevalent among humans since the corrupted twisted Asatya dharma replaced true Dharma amongst humans, tens of thousands of years ago. In this light Asatya or untrue ungenuine behaviour includes all adharmic behaviours.

the English word chosen to represent the original Nepali Sanyasi, the one who surrenders entirely to the Paramātma Creators in observing Maitri order rules, renouncing personal ties to family and career, and social ties. (See more in the discussion of orders in Chapter III on Margā paths.)

the male householder Mātma Gurumargā guru. Athoahas can be married, raise families and hold jobs as they serve in communities, teaching and officiating at various Maitri rites. Those who choose the Mātma Gurumargā Path and become celibate renouncers after having raised a family are called Maha Mātma Gurumargā gurus and are called Nganyug in the Maitri language.

ātma in general means self, or soul. In Maitri Dharma it means light, brightness, and is a very powerful conscious light element. And here, human souls have not yet attained mukti-moksha; they have not been liberated from cyclical births and deaths and are called ātmas or souls. This self-light or soul-light can be destroyed, extinguished or it can be rendered eternal. Now, many ātmas are following the Path of Maitri Dharma to bring forth their light, to make it shine and, hopefully, eternal. Without ātma, life or existence is impossible. In Maitri, human souls are simultaneously individual bodies and an inalienable part of the OneSoul.

Creator-Sustainer-Destroyer of the universe, also honorary address or title as a sign of deep respect. Here, the Paramātma Bhagawan dwell in the highest level of the Svarga Lok or heavenly realm. They attained the state of Bhagawanmargā or Bodhimargā path wisdom and all-omniscience by having successfully completed the most arduous and gruelling pure tapasyas of intense concentration without one minute’s interruption in the Malok Human Earth Realm. Their extreme meditation requires total renunciation, indescribable hardship, facing and treating more pain than all the world’s suffering souls put together to attain omniscience and wisdom for the sake of all living beings in the world.

heartset, state of being, state of consciousness affecting the attitude, outlook or feeling hidden in statements or actions. Here as maitri enfolds all living beings, maitribhav is the central thrust of Dharma, dedicated to the uplift and emancipation of all living beings.

in general means discrimination or bias. Here the untrue harmful state of being with separatist, egoistic, dualistic, divisive heartset and mindset that focus on comparisons, oneupmanship, majority dominance, dissatisfaction, competition, conflicts, with the aim of benefitting oneself over others, and little interest in bringing betterment or joy to the entire world and all living beings. In Maitri Dharma it means the duality and separateness that create unrest in the whole world. bhedbhav is prone to jealousy, greed, envy leading to anger, guilt, fear, violence and self-aggrandisement, reducing the self to an isolated individual, far removed from the collective Oneness of humanity as Created by Paramātma. Maitri has no bhedbhav, and souls wishing to follow the dharma margāpath, must begin by eliminating all discrimination and bias from the deepest recesses of the heart, living solely in the maitribhav of the Maitri state of consciousness.

falsity, untruth, delusion, illusion. They can be generated by rumours spread out of ignorance or malice; false ideas, erroneous concepts
affecting other people’s thinking, heartsets and mindsets, leading to wrong behaviour and actions.

in general meaning first-hand knowing, self-realisation, to realise. Here it means total wisdom within the soul, knowing the truth of creation from first-hand apprehension or inner consciousness; bodh also means consciousness regarding deep eternal unchanging cosmic truths.

in general, the state and wisdom of self-realisation, ultimate purity, and omniscience. Here in the world of Dharma, Bodhi is equivalent to Bhagawān, the Bodhimārga Path or supreme consciousness being the unsurpassed Bhagawānmārga Path. „The word Bodhi means all Bodhimārga Gurus of the supreme Bhagawān mārgapath. There has never been any realm, any dharma wisdom, any essential realities, nor any dharma mārga existing anywhere in the past or present that supersedes the Bodhimārga or Bhagawānmārga level. The word Bodhi is also Bodhimārga Gurus title or form of address. […] “ „Bodhimārga is the ultimate path, rooted in allomniscient qualities of active divine wisdom from which all other mārgas are founded.“ (The Book of Maitri Dharma 225).

total realisation on the Bodhimārga or Bhagawānmārga Path, means liberation through the highest mukti-moksha root source of all spiritual paths. Maitri Dharma includes the three paths of Bhagawān or Bodhimārga Path, the Mārgaguru Path,and the Gurumārga Path. (See section on mārga, Chapter III.) The Bodhimārga Guru is Bhagawān, creator and dispenser of dharma and all mārgapaths.
„Bodhimārga Gurus create the laws of true dharma for the world, bestowing all the punya, including all the principles and living dharma wisdom of the Mārgaguru and Gurumārga, and also the Secular Gurumārga paths. This is how dharma is established and upheld in the world. Bodhimārga (Bhagawān-mārga) is the root-source of all Creation."
„Bodhimārga is the ultimate path, rooted in all omniscient qualities of active divine wisdom from which all other mārgas are founded."
„It is impossible to follow and attain the Bodhimārga level, neither through meditation-gained empirical knowledge, nor through intense studies of dharma. For this is the realisation or attainment of all omniscient qualities of living divine wisdom through extreme solitary hardship and supreme effort. Such is the Bodhimārga or Bhagawānmārga." (The Book of Maitri Dharma 225)

name of the dharma directly obtained by Mahasambodhi Dharmasangha Guru in order to liberate all beings in the world. It is born of the highest Bhagawān or Bodhi mārga Path, being the dharma of Creation itself. It is extremely rare for Bhagawān to descend to earth. Now in the 21st century, humanity has been blessed with the most extraordinary advent on Earth of incandescent dharma light of the Supreme Bodhimārga Bhagawān, the Mahasambodhi Guru Dharmasangha Who has launched the final Golden Age of Dharma.

„When (Bodhimārga Bhagawān) activating, animating and sustaining this perfectly made world, it is Bodhimārga-nature that creates the environments favourable for all life forms, that silently and invisibly regulates the world and the proper times. Ordering night and day, the seasons, sunlight, wind and rain, Bodhimārga Bhagawān provide the very pran life-breath for seeds to sprout, for grains to mature to harvest ripeness, for souls to take human form, and to bestow life to all creatures. Always revealing indescribable beauty and wonders and bountiful nature of Earth that kindle so much delight, joy, awe and overflowing gratitude."

Nepali term meaning 'shining leaf', typical of a plant that early on reveals the gloss that is usually only attained in maturity. The term comes from the Nepali references to child prodigies who reveal their future mature traits in early childhood.

in Sanskrito-Nepali means all animals. In maitri dharma usage the word gains broader meanings, in that it points specifically to the soul that is intended for descension through myriad more cyclical births-and-deaths that spiral downwards into ever more degraded life-forms until reaching the end, when they are no more. Danab are ignorant of dharma and cannot practise dharma karma to gain any punya karmafruit to uplift themselves. In general, danab signify demonic savage nature, danab behaviours are self-centred, often violent and brutal, harming other beings, as without dharma, they lack the faculty of self-help and uplift. People may consider someone’s conduct or actions as danab-like, i.e. cruel and demonic. Souls of manab-humans thatbehave like danab-beasts, shift direction from ascent to descent, turning their own future into that of danab.

in general meaning to give audience in a spiritual context, to disciples or devotees; a subtle way of heart-seeing, as in seeing truths; also meaning guidance, instructions. Guru in His six-year tapas in Halkhoriya received the divine guidance-teachings, in the thousands of bhav darshan (on the ways of being, on the basic maitri heartset and attitudes on the path), thousands of dhyan darshan (on the various methods of meditation), and thousands of gyān darshan (on knowledge and wisdom of omniscience, including celestial languages and knowledge of all the infinite eternal realms) existing in the universe.

in general indicates eternal truths, good action, a set of beliefs, rules and regulations for auspicious living, moral conduct and spiritual direction; the basic laws designed to interact positively with universal phenomena. In Maitri dharma, dharma specifically points to Creation, its structure, its working principles or system, which is synonymous with Paramātma Bhagawān or Guru. Dharma contains all. The good and the bad. Everything is within dharma’s structure and functioning. This truth cannot be explained but will be understood by the reader in the course of delving through this Book.

Dharma is the light of all proactive truths in the living interrelationships and interactions of all existence, the living all-pervasive process of continual creation, sustainment and destruction that activates all realms, all worlds of the universe. Dharma is the invisible true essence that bestows the mukti-moksha path to all living beings; Dharma is eternal and organic, activating Guru tattwa or Gurunature. Dharma manifests in maitribhav, and in true karma. Dharma is the only and direct link connecting human souls with Paramātma. For humanity of the 21 st century the set of principles, rules and regulations of the Bodhimārga darshan Maitridharma is based on egalitarian oneness, mutual respect and support free of discrimination, discord, regret, shame, guilt, jealousy, sorrow, malice or fear, hatred, harm-doing or ill-will in the Dharma Light that is altogether One. Here dharma specifically points to Creation, its structure, working principles or system which is synonymous with Paramātma Bhagawān or Guru. Dharma contains all. The good and the bad. Everything is within dharma’s structure and functioning. This truth cannot be explained but will be understood by the reader in the course of delving through this Book. (See Dharma section, Chapter II.)

refers to those who have obtained mukti-moksha Paramātma dharma wisdom for liberation of all living beings directly from Paramātma, and are sharing the mukti-moksha mārga for the world, entirely free of bias. (See Chapter I section 1.4 on Gurunature.) It also refer to the earthly, terrestrial gurus who still have to attain mukti-moksha Paramātma dharma wisdom and are following Paramātma māga darshan remaining within dharma’s laws, regulations and practices, whilst spreading living qualities of dharma wisdom in the world.

All essential living realities of dharma are obtained only from Paramātma Bhagawān who had created and have been disseminating dharma with these very rare and precious core realities. Since our happiest goal is to evolve into Maitri beings, it is imperative that all humans adapt, absorb and merge with the major dharma essentials outlined below. They are guidelines for dharma-lovers and followers, truth-seekers, faithful devotees, and those wishing to know dharma:
Search and Identification, Infinite Reverence and Gratitude, Complete Trust, Inexhaustible Faith, Devotion, Hope and Deep Confidence, Maitribhav Heartset." (The Book of Maitri Dharma 247)

The spiritual or dharma punya is the eternal Paramātma light that manifests in the happy purified and maitrified soul as spiritual growth and uplift for the benefit of the entire world and all living beings (including self). Spiritual dharma punya is the permanent divine blessing, immense joy and benevolence that we attain for the world that stays with us even after we die. It is important therefore for us to devote as much time as possible focusing on our bright and positive daily world-benefitting dharma karma actions, to gain the greatest possible dharma punya for the world – including self. (See Chapter VI Karma, section 6.2 Punya.)

generally meaning attentiveness, observance, reflection, concentration, heedfulness, thought, meditation. In Maitri, the focus of all meditation is on all living beings. In this instances, dhyān means all the meditations in maitri dharma, here including tap – dhyān without mala, and mala-jap dhyan with mala beads, practised for the world’s infinite beings to attain release from ignorance and suffering, and to be uplifted onto the mukti-moksha path of ultimate liberation.

wife of a Householder Mātma Grumārga guru or Athoahas.

attributes or qualities, skills. Here usually used together with gyān, in gyāngun.

Mahasambodhi Dharmasangha Guru’s „Teachings given between 2017 and 2019, that introduces many special bhavana or embedded feelings that make the Sanskrito-Nepali language so rich. Early in 2018, Guru postponed publication of the first, straight English translation to direct the Book more towards a worldwide readership." „Guru’s comprehensive introduction to dharma, explaining the central core of existence for all living beings in the entire world. The published Book re-presents humanity’s long-forgotten consciousness of Oneness and the ubiquitous interconnectedness of every and all beings and things, a way of thinking that transforms life from passive survival to proactive creation of peace and happiness for all. It is the importance of living human life in full consciousness of its uniquely joyful purpose." (The Book of Maitri Dharma page 5)
„In a strictly stratified and ancient society like Nepal, it was utterly unthinkable to recognise a spiritual leader without high social credentials. Each time the young Guru spoke, His utterances came from an incomprehensible new perspective, that is, from the highest Paramātma levels of omniscience and unsurpassed wisdom. The profound meanings hidden in the simple phrases bestowed in His teachings were so new that it took deep reflection and profound searching and inner listening on the part of devotees, over weeks and months, sometimes years, to grasp even a faint glimmer of their vastness, absolute purity and unmitigated truth." (The Book of Maitri Dharma page 41)

a disciple of the Mahasambodhi Dharmasangha Guru, who has taken up the Gurumārga Path. At present writing, the Guru has created three orders of Gurumārga gurus, giving each group their distinct mārgapaths or laws, rules and regulations. The three paths comprise the cellibate Precinct-based Sanyasi Gurumārga, the community-based Mātma Gurumārga, and Secular Gurumārga Paths. (See Mārga section, Chapter III.)

knowing, knowledge, wisdom, mindfulness, awareness. In Maitri it is related to Paramātma gyān, that is first-hand inner knowledge of the truths of Creation including unlimited ways to uplift the souls of all living beings from ignorance and suffering. Such gyān cannot be taught but only transmitted directly without words from heart to heart. In Maitri dharma this word is often interchangeable with the fuller gyāngun.

– gyān meaning wisdom and/or deep knowledge. Guru often uses thecompound joined with gun (guna) meaning myriad qualities or attributes, conveying the inner essence of Maitri that focuses on the welfare of all living beings. As such, gyāngun refers to the deep awareness and knowledge that is obtained entirely first-hand through personal experience, not through book-reading or note-taking. It is transmitted from Master to disciple in a subtle, invisible manner where learning takes place within and blooms through the heart.

The first-hand transmission or revelation through the heart of divine knowledge and wisdom, transmitted directly without words which then blossoms spontaneously in the recipient.

In usual parlance herbs refers to plants used for healing or flavouring foods. In Maitri parlance, the word Herbs signifies the entire Paramātmacreated plant kingdom where all food plants not only sustain life as nutrients but as healing agents for any and all damage or illness that may affect any living body in any way. In the Earth Realm, herbs bear the burden of sustaining and preserving all life.

Sanskrit-rooted word meaning work or actions, and their results. All works and daily activities, good or bad are called karma actions; whether positive and beneficial (dharmic karma that triggers punya karmafruit) or negative and destructive (adharmic karma that manifests as pap or misdeeds). Karma also includes the effect of any and all human actions.
In the West, the term karma has often been used only in the sense of reaction to actions, or some unchangeable or fated conditions triggered by previous actions or previous lives. In Maitri Dharma, karma is linked with 'dharma karma' or mārga practice, and means happy helpful thoughts and actions directed at the collective ascension of all beings and the world. (See Karma section in Chapter VI.)

the positive manifestations of dharma (eternal spiritual) punya and worldly (temporal material) punya gained from lifelong either bright spiritual dharma karma activities and/or positive worldly karma activities, including all 'dharma karma' actions, 'worldly-spiritual karma' actions, or 'purely material physical karma' actions. Out of all these manifestations, the greatest karmafruit is rooted in the greatest punya, which is spiritual or dharma punya, gained from lifelong proactive loving spiritual dharma karma practice in meditation, prayer, mālā jap, and other non-worldly forms of devotion throughout our lives for the welfare of earth and all living beings including self, and this includes immortality, eternal liberation into the Svarga Lok or Sukhavati Realm, the effects of which are sheer bliss and eternal. On the other hand, impermanent, physical, worldly karmafruit or benefits like material improvement or social advancement manifest as a result of our worldly punya gained from the many worldly, physical or material karma actions we do in our daily work, our ordinary survival activities, our charity work, donations, daily physical karma for others; and the benefit of these karmafruits affect us only while we are still physically here in the Earth Realm in human form. (See Karma section, Chapter VI.)

„Let us nurture the powerful wish to attain moksha in this lifetime, advancing in dharma growth steadily with unwavering determination; and in full confidence let us surrender to Paramātma Bhagawān all that’s left in our worldly activities. Only this way will each and every good karma-action we offer be filled with dharma punya, whether we be ordinary or the most prestigious devotees in the world, every shaft of dharma light from our karma-actions will advance and expand a thousand-fold in dharma quality. Then the soul will bloom in the state of bliss, peace, and total freedom from worries.“ (The Book of Maitri Dharma 251) „Humans do karma-actions on earth according to their ability and the choices they make. Here among thousands, millions and billions of human beings, there are some who make history by their actions, industry, artistry, amazing skills, bold ideas and probing searches.Humans do karma-actions on earth according to their ability and the choices they make. Here among thousands, millions and billions of human beings, there are some who make history by their actions, industry, artistry, amazing skills, bold ideas and probing searches. (The Book of Maitri Dharma 252)

in general, klesha means spiritual or emotional defilements or impurities. In Sanskrit it includes the sense of sticking to one tightly like a second skin or glue. In Maitri Dharma, we seek to reduce or minimise klesha – that is the burden of pain and suffering related to ignorance, greed, fear, anger, sorrow, worry, or guilt that diminishes the glow of the soul. To be ‘free of klesha’ includes being free of all negativities that have been with us so long that they seem second nature.

in general, to gain, to obtain. Here it relates to gaining, as in punya-labh. Another desirable term is Guru-labh, which means merging into the Guru.

in general, disappearance, extinction

from the original Sanskrit meaning 'to look, to perceive.' The meanings have since expanded to indicate the ‘realms’ of perception or what the soul ‘perceives,’ or the soul’s ‘state of consciousness’ after leaving the physical human body. Here, there are infinite lokas or infinite realms of soul-perceptions after death. In this Book, 21 of the lokas or realms are mentioned to give a general idea of the basic varieties of eternal states of consciousness into which the departed soul is directed

Title like Guru in Maitri Language

Maitriyan: mā – Ma meaning human beings. It is used often in terms of the Earth or human realm, that is, Ma Lok or Mālok , the human state of consciousness.

used in spiritual contexts to indicate immense, great, grandeur, major, serious, great. Also used in a respectful form of address. mahā pap is agrave wrongdoing, a serious misdeed

Great Joy or Happiness. In Maitri the tremendous positive material and spiritual boons that follow purification and total surrender to Guru and Dharma

(with softened t and rolled r as in Italian, not ‘my tree’) – loving friendliness, empathy, good will, equality, cooperation. Maitri as universal Dharma means all living creatures, all equal and, in the heart, all part of universal Oneness. The lovable qualities of maitri are endless including kindness, compassion, love, friendliness, affection, sympathy, trust, faith, motherliness, devotion, hope, deep-rooted confidence, helpfulness, benevolence, hospitality, reverential respect, mutual understanding and cooperation, peace, tolerance, forbearance, patience, egalitarianism, equality, oneness and unison in mutual agreement, non-violence, etc. Maitri is the very essence of Dharma. With development of maitribhav, filled with maitri feelings in the heart, humans can free themselves of erstwhile decadent and demonic traits like separatist divisiveness, anger, egoism, fear, guilt, shame, greed, attachment-dependence, jealousy, hatred, harming others and self, malice, brutality, violence, killing, carnage. Dharma through true karma exists only in maitribhav. Maitri is like a flower turning itself entirely inside out where the most delicate, most vulnerable and yet the most protective elements turn outward for the delight and benefit of all. This state of oneness is pure joy, total happiness from total giving, sharing, growing together in wisdom, in omniscience and in oneness

Annual Springtime jubilation celebrating the great heavenly Paramātma Gurus who came to Earth to undertake practice for spiritual transcendence to Sukhavati. MaiMaitri Mārgaguru was born on the 8th of Chaitra (in Western calendars falling on either the 21st or 22nd March). All other Gurus were also born during the Spring months, up until the end of Jestha (around mid-June). Thus it had been auspicious to hold very joyful pujas (of any length) for all Paramātma Gurus, any time during these three months.

greeting used by devotees in the early Maitri years in Sanskrit-Nepali, meaning “May all of us together enjoy happiness, peace and auspiciousness” as a sign of deep respect with embedded feeling of mutual understanding and empathy, harmonious support, hope and trust, sharing and forgiveness. This greeting is now replaced in the Maitri language with Shaigi Wayinkya.

the consciousness, the heartset and mindset rooted in Maitri Dharma, the state of being of loving friendliness that maitrify the entire person in maitri light. When maitribhav is developed in us, all wisdom of Dharma will be revealed to us, keeping us close to the Paramātma where all obstacles are easily overcome. Maitribhav is the most powerful state in the world to be in, as it radiates serenity, confidence, trust, loving friendliness, patience and inclusiveness entirely free of any negativity. All Paramātma always abide entirely in complete all-maitribhav.

garland of round beads made of various (here non-metallic) materials, strung together worn around the neck, and used in mantra-recitations, in mālā-jap

the practice of mantra-chanting or mantra-meditation; voiced- or silent-chanting of sacred mantras focussing in the heart on Paramātma while moving the mālā beads along the string with both hands. (See section on Daily Practices, chapter Positions for Meditation)

combination of Maitriyan mā meaning human beings + Sanskrit lok meaning to look, to see or perceive) – human state of consciousness or Earth Realm. Maitri Dharma states that in the Mālok there are only two species: animals and humans. The souls of all animals on this Earth Realm come from former humans whose adharmic misdeeds had destroyed their dharma punya karmafruit. Thus they would slowly devolve into lower animal forms. These two species are equal in the eyes of their Creators, the Paramātma, but different in that only in human form can souls do dharma for mukti-moksha liberation and eternal happiness of all beings. The Mālok was created as a dharma realm, as the sole venue or state of consciousness in the entire universe where humans are able to distinguish between truth and untruth, right and wrong and, most importantly, to choose whether to practice dharma on the mukti-moksha mārgapath for ultimate liberation from cyclical births and deaths and attain eternal bliss, or to indulge in selfish greed, corruption and possibly extinguish the soul. It is the only place in the entire universe where dharmagurus come for tapasya to complete the punya needed to gain omniscience for the uplift and transcendence of all living beings. It is the only one among infinite universal realms where humans can experience the opposites of laughter and suffering, happiness and sorrow, birth and death, day and night, good and evil. It is the sole dharma realm where (untranscended) humans can make these most profound eternal life-changing choices. Maitri Dharma states that in all universes, souls can attain divinity and omniscience only by practicing dharma whilst in the human state on the Mālok . Small as Earth may seem to humans, it is the sole environment for spiritual growth commanded by the soul, activates and directs physical karma action.

from the Sanskrit man meaning something like heart-soul or psyche, here signifying mental (process) where the mind,rs, with or without literal meanings. In Maitri Dharma, the mantras were shared with Mahāsambodhi Dharmasangha by Paramātma in the Maitriyan language during His six-year tapasya in the jungle. Each invokes one of the Paramātma deities, being Their direct words of blessing that sustain the whole world and all living beings therein. Maitriyan mantras are chanted or silently spoken in the heart. These sacred conduits to Paramātma carry Their energy, power, and blessing filled with Their love, mercy, compassion and punya. By pronouncing these sacred sounds, human souls receive infinite gain for the welfare and ascendance of the world and all living beings. Mantra-recitation is an essential part of daily dharma practice.

(first syllable long ā, māra) – in general, mara means some huge disaster or great obstacles in human life. Here it also means delusions, negative influences, obstacles and hindrances created by humans and departed spirits with malicious intent when they commit adharmic wrongdoings.

(first syllable long ā, mārga) – generally meaning road or path. In Maitri Dharma it is the mukti-moksha path or way, the satya mārga true path, the method, the principles, rules and regulations that guide devotees in their innermost heartset, consciousness, daily thought, speech and actions affecting their daily practice and behaviour, conditioning their ultimate goal, destination or state of existence. mārga is the mukti-moksha path leading to ultimate liberation. mārga is also the method for accumulating dharma punya karmafruit for the benefit of all living beings. Mukti-moksha Dharma can only be obtained through true Mārga

path guidance, instructions for spiritual practice

[Maitriyan] (combination of the Maitriyan word Mā meaning human and the Sanskrit word ātma, soul; Mā + ātma, but pronounced with only a single long ā: Mātma) – this compound Mātma means Soul of the Human Realm, or (Dharma) Light of Earth, and is EarthLight in translation. Female Mātma Gurumārga gurus are Thapowa in Maitriyan; and males Athoahas. This unprecedented dharma term has been given to the house-holding, community-based order of male and female Maitri dharmagurus called Mātma Gurumārga gurus. They are the teachers of secular devotees and officiate at their civil rites of passage such as birth, wedding, death and cremation, as well as special family pujas at critical times.

in general means ultimate release from physical cyclical birth and deaths. Here Moksha is the Paramātma Bhagawān compassionate wisdom that releases souls from ignorance and suffering into eternal peace and happiness. Moksha has the qualities of wisdom that forever transcend all bondages. Without Moksha the wandering soul just released from its mortal body has no direction nor any notion of eternal happiness. Without Moksha wisdom, the liberated or “mukta” soul will wander eternally lost, still trapped in ignorance.

release from any sort of bondage, not only release from the mortal body at the point of physical death. Here in Dharma, mukti as ultimate freedom is closely related with moksha wisdom. The freed or mukta soul must next know and find its way to higher realms or states of being, where moksha provides direction and assurance of the soul’s transcendence.

[Maitriyan] (na’yūng) – Thapowa renouncer. In other words, when female Mātma Gurumārga gurus renounce all worldly associations to devote their lives solely to dharma, living only in sacred precincts, they become Mahā Mātma Gurumārga gurus or, in Maitriyan, Nayung Nganyug – [Maitriyan] (nga’nyug) – Athoahas renouncer. In other words, when male Mātma Gurumārga gurus renounce their worldly associations to devote their lives solely to dharma, living only in sacred precincts, they become Mahā Mātma Gurumārga gurus.

the husband of Mātma Gurumārga Thapowa.

[Maitriyan] (nyeng’yun) – Maitriyan term for celibate male renouncer Sanyasi Gurumārga gurus.

Maitriyan term for celibate female renouncer Sanyasini Gurumārga gurus.

wrong doings, adharmic or anti-dharma thoughts, speech or evil karma actions and their results. According to Maitri Dharma, pap generates its own painful results during the commission of harmful adharmic actions, and begins to reduce the benevolent punya that had been previously accumulated throughout life by the soul now in human form. The negative effects inflicted on those being harmed are simultaneously generated in the offender for eventual implementation, where the resulting pain and suffering coming to the offenders (or even to their progeny), are in direct and exact correspondence with the nature and gravity of the destructive pap committed. Pap reduces any punya or karmafruit previously gained by the wrongdoer. Worst of pap karmaincludes killing any living being, and trying to remove true Dharma and eliminate the all-uplifting Guru or his disciple-gurus involving Paramātma work for the world. When all punya is exhausted and the evil-doer suffers eternal torment or total perdition, not even the Guru can help reverse the process.

worlds and realms beyond this one.

(third syllable long ā: Paramātma) – the supreme soul (ātma) that has transcended cyclical rebirths through the mukti-moksha path of liberation. Paramātma act in eternities of omniscience, free of any and all human-type bondage of bygone eras like worries, greed, or any negative feelings. By practicing dharma whole-heartedly till the very last breath, human souls can attain enough punya karmafruit on earth to attain Paramātma wisdom and freedom.

(Prā-chin Kal) – the Ancient Era. Here it means the previous Age between the Satya Yug Age of Truth at Creation, and our dawning Golden Age of Dharma. During the Prachin Kal, Dharma had become estranged and eventually forgotten, when self-serving, false dharmagurus seeking worldly power invented elaborate rituals for public display, and promoted mercenary laws and regulations or profit, all without dharmic substance. These led to many greedy schemes and separatist mindsets being institutionalised, resulting in the upside-down world of mores and values in which humans have found themselves for the last dozens of millennia. Central to Prachin Kal practices is divisive bhedbhav bias and discrimination with typical traits like anger, greed, destruction, seduction, charges and counter-charges, mistrust and doubt. Such thinking removed true dharma and true gurus from the world, turned truth into falsehood and vice versa, manipulated the faithful for self-benefit, worshipped untranscended departed spirits as deities, invented notions of guilt, shame and unworthiness for exploitation, spread delusion, treating the whole world from self-centrist mindsets. With the complete dissolution of universal oneness where universal equality and love were replaced with fear, envy and suspicion, the Prachin Kal advocated mārgas of world destruction.

form of reverential greeting common in Indic cultures. Here, bowing with palms joined in prayer position, heart filled with pure, unfathomable awe and reverence, faith full of trust, devotion, hope and profound confidence, bowing at Guru, all gurus, and each other with boundless heartfelt reverence and joy.

ceremonial worship. In Maitri, pujas always provide devotees with the happy timeplace to express their unfathomable awe and reverence for Paramātma, to offer thanks to Them in profound gratitude and the overwhelming sense of rooted belonging; the bhav feeling is deeply intimate in direct connection with Paramātma presence. There are large group pujas involving gurus and devotees and continuing for many days that are held in different parts of Nepal and eventually in different parts of the world; there are daily puja practices and special commemorative pujas for gurus in the sacred Precincts, and private personal pujas everyone practices at home, as well as pujas for special occasions performed in devotees’ homes by the Mātma Gurumārga Thapowa and Athoahas. (See section Practices).

Punya is rooted in the spiritual word "to purify". In general, punya has come to mean the positive “karmafruit” (Punya Fruit) that manifest as a result of positive heartset and behaviour. In Maitri Dharma, punya means the divine blessing, purification and spiritual uplift that shines on the soul of humans whose daily karma actions flow from the heart as positive karma behaviour in bright, positive thoughts, words and actions for the benefit of the whole world and for all living beings. It is the invisible divine Paramātma light that accumulates in the human soul for the welfare of all the world in daily positive and brought “karma actions”. These actions are not for display, but generated by the maitribhav of loving friendliness welling up from the heart. According to its nature, punya manifests in material or spiritual “karmafruit” (see Glossary). These are the material physical temporal Worldly Punya and the everlasting spiritual Dharma Punya, where the temporary, materialist worldly punya is gained by our positive, worldly materialist karma actions and results as material worldly “karmafruit” that last for us only as long as we are in human form on Earth. The spiritual or dharma punya is the eternal Paramātma light that manifests in the happy purified and maitrified soul as spiritual growth and uplift for the benefit of the entire world and all living beings (including self). Spiritual dharma punya is the permanent divine blessing, immense joy and benevolence that we attain for the world. It is important therefore for us to devote as much time as possible focussing on our bright and positive daily dharma karma actions, to gain the greatest possible dharma punya for the world – including self. (See section on Puya in Chapter II).

state of consciousness in which the soul is in perfect union with the infinite, with Paramātma. Samadhi is attained through oneness with the object of meditation, to melt into total spiritual absorption, becoming one with the universe and, by dissolving personal consciousness, attain universal consciousness.

word comes from sanyas, renunciate, here meaning male and female celibate gurus who have renounced all their worldly identifications, possessions, attachments or desires, to devote themselves entirely to spiritual life, usually by joining a religious or spiritual order. Here the term is used to describe the male Sanyasin Gurumārga gurus (in Maitri – Nyengyun) and the female Sanyasini Gurumārga gurus, (in Maitri – Nyennin) who follow the Paramātma Dharma for the benefit of Earth and the uplift of all living beings including self.

in general, means an assemblage as in an association of people, or devotees of particular religious or spiritual groups. The sangha of Maitri Dharma are all devotees unified around Mahāsambodhi Dharmasangha Guru in maitribhav at heart, abiding in the mārgapath, working together for the welfare of the world and the uplift of all living beings. Some members choose to serve by establishing the BSDS (Bodhi Shrawan Dharma Sangha) Association, their collective purpose being to protect the environment and all living beings, and to sustain the world through daily proactive service to generate punya for the world with daily personal pujas, occasional group pujas with friends, larger ones for whole districts, and annual celebrations attended by large groups of worldwide sangha as well. Being separated by hours of mountain travel, Nepal’s myriad members have formed various regional sangha groups in their respective Districts. And the world’s various regions form their sangha groups in various countries to deepen their experience of maitribhav in mutual empathy, collaboration, mutual respect and collective oneness, holding their own occasional group pujas in natural surroundings, ever riveted on Halkhoriya within, heart centre of the world's entire Maitri sangha.

Sanskrit-Nepali meaning all, and all of. As in the blessing “Sarva Maitri Mangalam” May all Maitri blessings come to everyone, sarva maitribhav, the state of being in all-maitri.

(pronounced as in original Sanskrit: sattya, satyata) – the original Sanskrit word Sat means life, existence. Here Truth signifies existence. Like existence, true and truth imply the original Primordial state of existence. Satya means the unchanging realities of Dharma at Creation and the interrelations of all existence that prevailed during Creation. It is the state of total, inalienable integration with all things visible and invisible, animate and inanimate as created by Paramātma Bhagawān. Satya truth is Dharma. Secular – worldly, lay, non-celibate. Here this word is used often to refer to the path of Secular Gurumārga Creators (Sarva Sadharan Gurumārga Srīshtikarta) followed by the largest number of Maitri Dharma devotees who practice Maitri Dharma as ordinary, lay followers from home without becoming robed full-time gurus or meditating for hours. In Dharma all secular devotees abiding in the Maitri laws of their Maitri mārgapath truly from the heart, are equally able to attain mukti-moksha liberation.

(Shāi’ghee Wā’ying’khya) – auspicious greeting in the Maitri language that replaced the earlier Nepali-Sanskrit greeting Maitri Mangalam, (“May all of us together enjoy happiness, peace and auspiciousness”)

Shrawan means spiritual-heeding or soul-listening with full heart and the greatest attentiveness, where the soul absorbs the nectarous essence of divine Teachings of Paramātma and Guru, heeding in obeisance. Dharmic absorption for the sake of the soul-uplift of all living beings. Therefore, Guru Maitri Dharma of Bodhi Shrawan Dharma Sangha (BSDS) includes this word which is a title of Guru Lopam.

(shud’dha āhār) – pure wholesome nourishment where food consumed is nutritious and without harming any living creatures including oneself. This means to forsake all meats, fish or fowl, alcohol, intoxicants or stimulants. In Maitri Dharma all the world's living beings are sustained by the plant kingdom, where the entire plant kingdom as well as all living beings are created by Paramātma, and the plant kingdom has been created to provide all that is needed for any food chain of any living creatures on earth.

Sanskrit word for Creator. In Maitri Dharma the word has a special sacred meaning that applies to every Maitri follower. Whether in robes or secular in everyday wear, with every thought, word or action embracing the dharma essentials, Maitri devotees are to create at all times joy and peace for all on earth. In Maitri “creator” means only to generate peace and happiness, welfare, the guilt-free, anxiety-free sense of deeply rooted belonging. Creation excludes any negative implications. Maitriyans never “create” discord, hostility, suspicion or wars, as such heartsets and actions fall under the category of “destruction” and do not belong to “creation.”

in general, Sukhavati, also known as Svarga or Swargalok means paradise, heaven, place or the state of being in eternal happiness. Here it means the highest realms or states of Paramātma Bhagawān consciousness, with full realisation of mukti-moksha wisdom and omniscience, being in all-maitribhav at all times. The Sukhavati Realm or state of consciousness is the source of Dharma creation, the state of eternal serenity where souls that have attained mukti-moksha liberation live free of all the myriad types of negativity testing humanity here on Earth. In the Sukhavati state of consciousness, we enjoy infinite contentment, omniscience, bliss and omnipotence by just being.

another name for Sukhavati

(Svarna or Swarna meaning golden, Yūg meaning Age) – the Golden Age that has dawned after an interval of dozens of millennia. Dharma and Truth are restored in the Svarna Yug and the mukti-moksha path is now reopened. Humans who so wish can at last activate the ability to realise inner truths of heavenly realms in trust filled with faith, devotion and hope, through infinite awe and reverence for Paramātma in direct knowing and in light, building harmonious connections between human souls and Paramātma Bhagawān where the whole world becomes purified with all living beings uplifted and sustained.

in general, this word cluster refers both to physical and spiritual practice and is usually translated as austerities or austere meditation or ascetic practices. Tap can also mean the "spiritual heat" produced by physical and spiritual pressure resulting from intense concentration. Physically, tapasya means the body undergoing protracted intense practices lasting long periods that may be very difficult to sustain without break. Spiritually, it refers to the deep concentration and focus on particular spiritual goals defying physical awareness. Here tapas refers to Guru's epic and extreme tapasya meditations in the jungle forests without physical sustenance over six years.

the person undertaking extremely rigorous and difficult meditation of tapas or tapasya

usually translated as essence or core principle, also element or nature. Here it means consciousness, core realities, living essential elements, nature or fundamental qualities of any state of being. The important concepts here include Dharmatattwa and Gurutattwa. (See the special sections on Gurunature and Dharmanature).

Sacred Meditation Forest. Here meaning Halkhoriya in Nepal, the sacred site of Guru's world-transforming six-year meditation tapasya.

name for the female Mātma Gurumārga. Thapowa can be single or married, raise families and hold jobs as they serve in communities, teaching and officiating at various Maitri rites. Female gurus on the Mātma Gurumārga Path who become celibate renouncers after having raised a family are called Mahā Mātma Gurumārga gurus in Sanskrit-Nepali, and the female Thapowa becomes Nayung in Maitriyan.

ages, long stretches of human time in terms of tens of millennia