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Tama     Inertia, ignorance. One of the trigunas (three components).

Tamasik     Pertaining to or consisting of tama.

Tamil    Language native to the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Tantriks     People who perform negative spiritual practice.

Tap     Tap refers to penance. To do penance means to deliberately inflict physical and psychological pain upon oneself. It also means to accept unhappiness.

Tapalok     Sixth of the seven regions (lokas) of the universe.

Tattva     Principle

Tej     Absolute fire element. One of the five cosmic elements (Panchmahabhutas).

H. H. Mother Theresa     A Saint on the Path of Action. She was a nun from Eastern Europe (Macedonia) and spent most of Her life, serving the downtrodden of Calcutta, India, until Her renunciation of the body in 1997.

Tirthankar     Tirthankar is one who has attained Moksha or Final Liberation.

H. H. Todkar Maharaj     A Saint and devotee of Lord Hanuman, Kolhapur, India.

Torah     The Torah, containing the Holy texts of the five books of Moses, the Prophets, and the Writings was given to Moses on Mount Sinai shortly after the Egyptians freed the people of Israel (the Jewish nation) from slavery. God gave these teachings to Moses.

Tratak     Spiritual practice of achieving a thoughtless state of mind by concentrating on an object.

Tretayug     ‘Yug’ means Era. According to Eastern philosophy, time since Creation can divided into four major Eras. First being Satyayug, followed by Tretayug, followed by Dvaparyug, and lastly the current era that we live in, i.e., the Kaliyug. In the Tretayug, the average spiritual level was 55%, and the recommended spiritual practice was the path of meditation.

Trigunas     The Three Components. The entire universe is made up of three components – sattva, raja and tama – denoting purity, activity and ignorance, respectively. They are the finest and most subtle particles – much more subtle than even electrons in an atom. The sattva component is the one that one should try to acquire maximally.

Trigunatit     The state beyond the three components (trigunas).

Trilokas     The three regions, that is, the earth (bhu), nether region (bhuva), and heaven (svarga). These are the lowest of the seven regions.

Trishul     A trident - three spiked weapon.

Saint Tukaram     (1608 - 1650) Saint Tukaram was a poet Saint of Maharashtra, India. He received his initiation in a dream from His Guru, Babaji Chaitanya. He wrote thousands of devotional songs describing His spiritual experiences and the glory of the Lord's Name.

Tyag     Sacrifice of wealth, body, mind, intellect and ego.