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Mark Griffin (August 28, 1954 - October 24, 2018) was an American spiritual teacher in the lineage of Bhagawan Nityananda.^[1]

28 relations: Academy of Art University, Bhagawan Nityananda, Biosand filter, Burning Man, Causal body, Darshan (Indian religions), Guru Gita, Hinduism, Kalu Rinpoche, Kundalini, Los Angeles, Mantra, Meditation, Moksha, Muktananda, Oakland Ashram, Om Namah Shivaya, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Santa Monica, California, Satsang, Sādhanā, Shaktipata, Soham (Sanskrit), Songkhla, Subtle body, Tacoma, Washington, Tantra, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music alumni

Academy of Art University

The Academy of Art University (AAU, or ART U), formerly Academy of Art College and Richard Stephens Academy of Art, is a private for-profit art school in San Francisco, California.

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Bhagawan Nityananda

Bhagawan Nityananda (November/December, 1897 – 8 August 1961) was an Indian guru.

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Biosand filter

A biosand filter (BSF) is a point-of-use water treatment system adapted from traditional slow sand filters.

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Burning Man

Burning Man is a week-long large-scale desert event focused on "community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance" held annually in the western United States.

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The causal body, originally Karana-Sarira, is a yogic and Vedantic concept that was adopted and modified by Theosophy and from the latter made its way into the general New Age movement and contemporary Western esotericism.

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Darshan (Indian religions)

In Indian religions, a darshan (Sanskrit: दर्शन,; 'showing, appearance, view, sight') or darshanam is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.

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Guru Gita

The Guru Gita is a Hindu scripture that is said to have been authored by the sage Vyasa.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Kalu Rinpoche

Kalu Rinpoche (1905 – May 10, 1989) was a Tibetan Buddhist lama, meditation master, scholar and teacher.

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Kundalini

In Hinduism, kundalini (lit) is a form of divine feminine energy (or Shakti) believed to be located at the base of the spine, in the muladhara.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Mantra

A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indic language like Sanskrit) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.

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Meditation

Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking," achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditation process itself.

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Moksha

Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.

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Muktananda

Swami Muktananda Paramahamsa (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born Krishna Rai, was a yoga guru and the founder of Siddha Yoga.

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Oakland Ashram

The Siddha Yoga Ashram in Oakland (or Oakland Ashram) is a Siddha Yoga retreat site in the Golden Gate neighborhood of Oakland, California, on the east side of San Francisco Bay.

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Om Namah Shivaya

Om Namah Shivaya (Devanagari: ॐ नमः शिवाय.; IAST: Oṃ Namaḥ Śivāya) is one of the most popular Hindu mantras and the most important mantra in Shaivism.

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is a private music conservatory in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica (Saint Monica; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast.

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Satsang

Satsang is an audience with a Satguru for the purpose of spiritual or yogic instruction.

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Sādhanā

Sādhanā is an ego-transcending spiritual practice.

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Shaktipata

Shaktipata or Shaktipat refers in Hinduism to the transmission (or conferring) of spiritual energy upon one person by another or directly from the deity.

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Soham (Sanskrit)

Soham or Sohum (सो ऽहम्) is a Hindu mantra, meaning "I am" in Sanskrit.

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Songkhla

Songkhla (สงขลา), also known as Singgora or Singora (Pattani Malay: ซิงกอรอ, Singoro), is a city (thesaban nakhon) in Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia.

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Subtle body

A subtle body is a "quasi material" aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual, according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings.

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Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.

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Tantra

Tantra (lit) is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards in both Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Voodoo Music + Arts Experience

The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience (formerly The Voodoo Music Experience), commonly referred to as Voodoo or Voodoo Fest, was a multi-day music and arts festival held in City Park in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Griffin_(spiritual_teacher)