Guhya

Secret, hidden, profound. From the root guh (to conceal, to cover). In the Bhagavad-gītā (18.63), Krishna calls his final teaching guhyatama — most secret — and entrusts it to Arjuna’s discernment. In tantra, guhya designates the esoteric practices and doctrines reserved for the qualified initiate (adhikārī), not because they are forbidden but because they require maturity to be received without distortion. The heart (hridaya) is called guhyatama — the most secret place — where the self and the supreme meet. Guhya is not obscurity for its own sake but the protection of truths too subtle for the unprepared mind. See [[gupta]], [[rahasya]].