U. G. Krishnamurti

“ Chakras: The nerve plexuses or centers along the spine and in the head through which the Kundalini (see below) energy is led.
Guru: A teacher, particularly of the spiritual kind.
Japa: Lit. Muttering or whispering. A muttered prayer consisting of reciting (and repeating) passages from scriptures, spells or names of a deity.
Jivanmukti: Liberation during one's lifetime.
Karma: The effects of a person's past actions on his or her present and future state.
Kundalini: A form of yoga practiced in India, primarily in the school of Tantra. ”

“ The interior self as distinguished from the empirical self which one experiences in everyday life. In the Upanishads and Advaita Vedanta, Atman is believed to be non-different from Brahman, the ultimate reality of the universe. ”