A Sanskrit term meaning a living being in itself. This is different from any qualities or attributes such a being may have. It equates to the Theosophical term "monad."
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...