The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2647 page)

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) and ‘objectivity’ (
gr
hya
) to be the result of imagining (vikalpa). Vikalpa is said to come to an end in the enlightened state, when one comes to understand reality freed from all thought-construction. A common synonym for this state is ‘gnosis devoid of imagining’ (
nirvikalpajñ
na
).
Vik
ra
(Skt., ‘transformation’). The means, in Hinduism, especially in
S
khya
, whereby one substance is changed into another, as cream into butter, etc. Thus
prak
ti
is able to manifest all forms of appearance.
Village Awakening Councils
(Buddhist self-development organizations):
Vilna Gaon
(Jewish spiritual leader):

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