Monday, July 15, 2019

Sthitaprajñā | One Who is Established in the Divine Consciousness

Sthitaprajna

Sthitaprajñā (IAST)
Translation: "one who is established in the divine Consciousness"

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: स्थितप्रज्ञा
Transliteration: Sthitaprajñā
Translation: "one who is established in the divine Consciousness (from the verb root sthā = "to stand" + pra = "before" + jñā = "to know")"
Definition:
  1. One who is unmoved by agitated feelings and emotions—whether good or bad, pleasurable or painful—who is neither elated by joy nor depressed by sorrow and is stable in the knowledge and awareness of the Reality. (See the Bhagavad Gītā 2.55-57.)

Reference:
  1. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press