Glossary
Aparā Prakṛti —Inferior or material energy.
Aṣṭāṅga-yoga —The materialistic art of controlling the airs of the body for transferal to any planet desired.
Avidyā —Nescience.
Bhagavān —The opulent one, the living being who is the fountainhead of all energies.
Bhakti-yoga —Loving devotional service unto Kṛṣṇa—the activity of superior energy.
Bhāva —Attachment, the stage prior to love of Godhead.
Brahmā —The first living being in the created material world, the presiding deity of this universe.
Brahman —Effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Brahmajyoti —The spiritual bodily effulgence of Kṛṣṇa.
Brahma-pada —Occupation of the post of Brahmā.
Brahma-randhra —Hole on the topmost part of the skull. By lifting the vital force to the  brahma-randhra , a  yogī  can leave the gross and subtle bodies and reach the transcendental Vaikuṇṭha planets.
Dhūma —Dark, moonless fortnight. Those who die during this opportune period for death may rise up to higher planets, only to return again, after death, to the earthly planet.
Guṇas —The modes of nature.
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