Glossary
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda  — Founder,  ācārya  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and translator/author of  Bhagavad-gītā ,  Śrīmad Bhāgavatam ,  Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṭa  and numerous other volumes of Vedic literatures.
Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva  — Philosophy of simultaneous oneness and difference of living entity in relation to the Absolute Truth, presented by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Āśrama  — One of the four spiritual orders of life —  brahmacārī āśrama , or student life;  gṛhasta āśrama , or married life;  vānaprastha āśrama , or retired life; and  sannyāsa āśrama , or the renounced order of life.
Asuras  — ( a  — not +  sura  — godly) Demon, or one who does not follow the principles of scripture.
Akṣara  — Infallible living beings who are eternally situated in the spiritual abode.
Arcir-mārga  — Sun-line on the way to the spiritual planets.
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Bhagavad-gītā  — The essence of the Vedic scriptures, meaning "Song of God." This literature was sung by Lord Kṛṣṇa to His disciple Arjuna in order to dissipate nescience.
Brahmā  — The first created being in the universe.
Brahmacārī  — Celibate student under the care of a bonafide spiritual master.
Brāhmaṇas  — The intelligent class of men, according to the system of social and spiritual orders.
Bhakti-yoga  — The system of cultivation of  bhakti , or pure devotional service, which is untinged by sense gratification or philosophical speculation.
Bhrūṇahatyā  — Killing the child in embryo as birth control.
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Caturmasya  — Four months of the summer rainy season.
Cikitsitam  — Well treated.
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False ego  — Misidentification of the spirit soul with matter (the body and mind).
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