GLOSSARY
Ācārya —One who teaches by example. The bona fide spiritual master.
Akarma  or  Naiṣkarma —Actions which free one from the cycle of birth and death.
Antaryāmi —The Lord in His plenary expansion within the heart, the Witness of all we do.
Anupaśyati —To see or observe. It is used for one who observes the Supreme Lord within everything. This means one must follow the previous  ācārya , the perfected teacher, not to see as one does with the materially defective naked eye but by hearing from a Superior Source.
Apāpaviddham —Description of Supreme Lord—sin cannot touch Him.
Aparā —Inferior energy of the Supreme Lord. Also called  avidyā .
Aparā Prakṛti —Inferior or material energy of the Lord; the elements of Nature are earth, fire, water, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego.
Apauruṣeya —Not delivered by any person of the mundane world—words spoken by the Supreme Lord.
Arcā —The Appearance of the Supreme Lord in a Deity Form engraved from wood, stone, or other matter.
Asambhūti —Those who have no independent existence.
Asura —Those ignorant or neglectful of Kṛṣṇa conscious responsibilities.
Ātma-bhūta —or  Brahma-bhūta —Joyful transcendental realization that one's self is not the body but spirit soul; after  ātma-bhūta  or  Brahma-bhūta , the next step is realizing one's loving service relationship unto the Supreme  Ātman  or Supreme  Brahman , the Personality of Godhead.
Ātma-hana —The killer of the soul, who, for failing to use the human form of life for self-realization, must enter into the planets of darkness and ignorance.
Avidyā —Ignorance, nescience.