Yoga Stack — Glossary

These terms are used as operational lenses, not metaphysical claims. They describe how experience is structured and engaged.

Maya (माया)

Appearance as world. The coherent, persuasive structure through which reality is encountered.

Maya is not falsehood. It is the interface — form, pattern, story, symbol — that makes relation possible.

Illusion that persists under attention.

Tag usage:

• Use #maya when illusion functions as world-structure, not mistake.
• Do not use for simple error or deception.

Lila (लीला)

Play. The dynamic, expressive unfolding of form within maya.

Lila names movement, drama, and improvisation — the sense that reality is staged, not static.

Tag usage:

• Use #lila when creation, action, or meaning has a playful or expressive character.
• Often coexists with #maya, but emphasizes motion rather than structure.

Dharma (धर्म)

That which holds. The pattern of right action within a given situation.

Dharma is contextual, not universal. It answers: What is mine to do here?

Tag usage:

• Use #dharma when a quote clarifies obligation, role, or right alignment.
• Especially relevant to duty, craft, and responsibility.

Yoga (योग)

Union through disciplined engagement. Not fusion, but integration.

Yoga names the practice of relating without fragmentation — aligning perception, action, and attention.

Tag usage:

• Use #yoga when a quote or idea concerns integration, practice, or non-division.
• Often appears in stacks rather than quote files.

Notes

• These tags are lenses, not categories.
• Do not over-tag.
• Do not explain them outside this glossary.
• If a tag needs explanation in a quote, it does not belong there.