Dictionary of spiritual terms-J

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Jagrit: Conscious mind.

Japa: Repetition of the name of god.

Jiv: Individual identity.

Jivan Mikti: Freedom while still alive.

Judaism: The religious beliefs and practices and the way of life of the Jewish people. Central to these is the notion of monotheism, adopted by the biblical Hebrews. Out of these beliefs grew both Christianity and classical, or rabbinic, Judaism. Reconstructionist Judaism, a 20th-century movement, accepts all forms of Jewish practice, regarding Judaism as a culture rather than a theological system.