Navras

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[edit] Hinduism

Navras/Nauras is a Sanskrit word that, when broken down, refers to the nine ("nava") emotional states ("rasa") that are exhibited during music, drama, and the visual arts, the experience of which bring about a state of transcendental bliss.

The nine different states are as follows:

Love
Humor
Pathos
Wrath
Heroism
Horror
Disgust
Supernaturalism
Peace

The word originates from the Upanishads, a collection of Hindu sacred texts. Today the word Navras has become part of Indian culture. It has risen above the boundaries of religion.

The ten ways of experiencing these Nine Ras are the Five Karmendriyas : eye, ear, nose, tongue & skin, and the five Gnanendriyas, or the five separate centers in the brain which perceive all the sensations that the Five Karmendriyas convey to the brain.

The eleventh way of enjoyment is mind. It can enjoy without involving all the ten indriyas listed above. For example, a young man is day dreaming about buying a racing car. He does not have the car. But in his mind, he is already enjoying the car.

Most people are living in mind most of the time. Love, fear, anxiety, anger, dreams & so on do not need the indriyas. They are felt in the mind.

When a person rises above the material world and is in love with God, he is enjoying the twelfth Ras- Bhakti Ras, devotion to God.

[edit] Other uses of the word Navras

Main article: Mantra#Lead me from ignorance to truth

Navras, composed by Don Davis and Juno Reactor, is the title of the end credits music from the soundtrack to the third installment of the Matrix trilogy, The Matrix Revolutions. The lyrics of this song are taken from the Upanishads, with the chorus line:

asato ma sad gamaya
tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
mrutyor ma amrtam gamaya

From ignorance lead me to truth
From darkness lead me to light
From death lead me to immortality

– Brhadaranyaka Upanisad, 1.3.28

The Matrix movies borrow heavily from the concept of the One's Path explained in the Upanishaads and the Bhagavad Gita - the holiest Hindu scripture that depicts the dialogue between confused prince Arjun and Krishna, who teaches him The Path.

[edit] Other

Navras is also a blend of four essential oils combined in equal parts in a carrier (usually grapeseed oil or sweet almond oil). The four oils used are:

It is said that this particular blend is good for the mind and the respiratory system^{[citation needed]}, and it was featured in a recent episode of Patrolling with Sean Kennedy.