Spiritual:  Of, relating to, or having the
nature of spirit; not tangible or material.  Of,
concerned with, or affecting the soul.  Of,
from, or relating to God, deific.  Relating to or
having the nature of spirits or a spirit;
supernatural.
Italiano (Italian)
spiritual, spirituale, ecclesiastico, religioso

Dansk (Danish)
åndelig, ånds-, sjælelig, sjæle-, religiøs,
gejstlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
spiritueel, geestelijk, godsdienstig,
negrospiritual

Français (French)
spirituel

Deutsch (German)
spirituell, geistlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
πνευματικός, ψυχικός, άυλος, υπερφυσικός

Português (Portuguese)
espiritual, místico, relativo à religião,
imaterial, espiritualista

Русский (Russian)
духовный, интеллектуальный,
одухотворенный, остроумный, церковный,
религиозный, божественный, верующий,
спиричуэл

Español (Spanish)
espiritual, eclesiástico, religioso, devoto,
mental, místico, espiritista

Svenska (Swedish)
spirituell, andlig, själslig, ande-, själs,
religiös, spiritualistisk

العربيه (Arabic)
زنوج ‏(صفه) روحي, روحاني, معنوي, ديني (الاسم) أغنيه دينيه
أمريكا‏عند

עברית (Hebrew)‬
‮רוחני, נפשי, דתי, קדוש, על-טבעי‬
‮שיר דתי הנובע מהמסורות המוסיקליות של שחורים
בדרום ארה"ב‬
Mysticism:  
Immediate
consciousness of the
transcendent or ultimate
reality or God.  A belief
in the existence of
realities beyond
perceptual or
intellectual
apprehension that are
central to being and
directly accessible by
subjective experience.
Italiano (Italian)
misticismo

Dansk (Danish)
mysticisme

Nederlands (Dutch)
mystiek, mysticisme

Français (French)
mysticisme

Deutsch (German)
Mystik

Ελληνική (Greek)
μυστικισμός

Português (Portuguese)
misticismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
мистицизм

Español (Spanish)
misticismo, mística

Svenska (Swedish)
mystik

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) روحانيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)‬
‮מיסטיקה, מיסטיות, תורת הנסתר‬
ZEN:  A school of Mahayana
Buddhism that asserts that
enlightenment can be attained
through meditation,
self-contemplation, and intuition
rather than through faith and
devotion and that is practiced
mainly in China, Japan, Korea,
and Vietnam. Also called Zen
Buddhism.
ZEN Word History: It is hard to believe
that a word as Asian as Zen is ultimately an
Indo-European word. Zen, which has been in
English since 1727, is the Japanese
pronunciation of Chinese chán, “quietude.”
Chán comes from Pali jhna, from Sanskrit
dhynam, “meditation,” from the Sanskrit root
dhy-, dh-, “to see, observe.” The Indo-
European root behind the Sanskrit is *dhei-,
*dhy-, “to see, look at.” This root also shows
up in Greek, where *dhy- developed into s-,
as in Common Greek *sma, “sign,
distinguishing mark.” This became sma in
Attic Greek, the source of English semantic.
Mystical:  Of or having a
spiritual reality or import not
apparent to the intelligence or
senses.
Italiano (Italian)
mistico

Dansk (Danish)
mystisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
mystiek, occult

Français (French)
mystique

Deutsch (German)
mystisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
μυστικιστικός, μυστηριώδης

Português (Portuguese)
místico

Русский (Russian)
мистический, тайный

Español (Spanish)
místico

Svenska (Swedish)
mystisk

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) روحاني‏

עברית (Hebrew)‬
adj. - ‮מיסטי, של מיסטיקנים, של
מיסטיקה‬
Sanskritic Language:  (Hinduism) an
ancient language of India (the language
of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an
official language of India although it is
now used only for religious purposes.

Word History: Like Latin in
Europe and elsewhere, Sanskrit has
been used by the educated classes in
India for literary and religious purposes
for over two thousand years. It
achieved this status partly through a
standardization that resulted from a
long tradition of grammatical theory
and analysis. This tradition reached its
height around 500 B.C. in the work
of the grammarian Panini, who
composed an intricate and complex
description of the language in the form
of quasi-mathematical rules reminiscent
of the rules of generative grammar in
modern times. The language thus
codified was called sasktam, “put
together, artificial,” to distinguish it
from prktam or the “natural, vulgar”
speech of ordinary people. Sanskrit
thus became a fixed literary language,
while Prakrit continued to develop into
what are now the modern spoken
languages of northern and central
India, such as Hindi and Bengali.
KARMA:  Hinduism & Buddhism. The total effect
of a person's actions and conduct during the
successive phases of the person's existence,
regarded as determining the person's destiny.  
Fate; destiny.  Informal. A distinctive aura,
atmosphere, or feeling:

Sanskrit, deed, action that has consequences,
karma.

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's
actions that determine his destiny in his next
incarnation.
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"The Human Being"

A human being is a part of the whole, called
by us the "Universe," a part limited in time
and space. He experiences himself, his
thoughts and feelings as something
separated from the rest - a kind of optical
delusion of his consciousness. This
delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting
us to our personal desires and to affection
for a few persons nearest to us. Our task
must be to free ourselves from this prison by
widening our circle of compassion to
embrace all living creatures and the whole of
nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to
achieve this completely, but the striving for
such achievement is in itself a part of the
liberation and a foundation for inner security.

Albert Einstein, quoted in H Eves
Mathematical Circles Adieu (Boston 1977).
Transcendental:  transcendent,
surpassing, or superior.  Being beyond
ordinary or common experience, thought, or
belief; supernatural.  Abstract or
metaphysical.  Idealistic, lofty, or extravagant.
 Philosophy. a. beyond the contingent and
accidental in human experience, but not
beyond all human knowledge.  Pertaining to
certain theories, etc., explaining what is
objective as the contribution of the mind.  
Kantianism. Of, pertaining to, based upon, or
concerned with a priori elements in
experience, which condition human
knowledge.  Mathematics. transcendental
number.  Transcendentals, Scholasticism.
categories that have universal application, as
being, one, true, good.