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पद्म padma

The lotus; emblem of purity unstained by its surroundings and of detachment, and the seat and birthplace of deities; also the inward lotus of the heart.

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  • The Lotus in Hindu Symbolism Deities

    Of all the symbols in Hinduism, the lotus, padma , may be the most worked, because that one natural fact turned out to carry an entire spirituality.

  • Who is Vishnu? Deities

    The padma , the lotus, is the unfolding of the world and the grace that frees it.

  • The Four Streams of Hinduism Essentials

    A verse the tradition cites from the Padma Purana warns that a mantra received outside a genuine sampradaya is fruitless, and names four lineages that would carry the truth through the present age.

  • The Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, and Kundalini Yoga

    The texts also call them padmas , lotuses, and adharas , supports, supports for meditation.

  • The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship

    The most loved of these is one every temple in India knows: "Shantakaram bhujaga-shayanam padma-nabham suresham." Rendered plainly, phrase by phrase: Shantakaram , serene of form.

  • What are the Puranas? Scriptures

    The eighteen Mahapuranas, in one common ordering, are the Brahma, Padma, Vishnu, Shiva, Bhagavata, Narada, Markandeya, Agni, Bhavishya, Brahmavaivarta, Linga, Varaha, Skanda, Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Garuda, and …

  • What is a Guru? Lineages

    The much-quoted hard rule, often attributed to the Padma Purana , that a teacher outside one of exactly four lineages has no authority and his mantras are fruitless, is a separate matter.

  • What is a Sampradaya? Philosophy

    The strongest form of this conviction is a saying carried in the Vaishnava traditions, traditionally attributed to the Padma Purana, that a mantra received outside a sampradaya bears no fruit.

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