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THE PATH OF PERFECTION
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , 22–23, 23, 33–34, 34, 41–42, 43, 46, 60–61, 65, 108–9, 117, 126, 129, 136, 141, 145, 152
Stotra-ratna , 66
Մրամբննորեն , 68, 74–75
Vedānta-sūtra , 9, 28, 43
Visnu Purāna , 22
Glossary
A
Arjuna —the intimate friend of Lord Krṣṇa who heard  Bhagavad-gītā  from Him on the battlefield of Kuruksetra.
Aśrama—the four spiritual orders of Vedic society: celibate student, householder, retired, and renounced.
Aṣṭānga-yoga—the eight-step process of mystic meditation taught by Patañjali.
Avatāra —a “descent,” an appearance of the Supreme Lord in this world.
B
Bhagavad-gītā —the discourse between the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, and His devotee Arjuna expounding devotional service as both the principal means and the ultimate end of spiritual perfection.
Bhakti-yoga —the process of reestablishing one’s personal relationship with the Supreme Lord by devotional service.
Brahmacārī —one in the first order of spiritual life, a celibate student.
Brahman—the Absolute Truth; especially the impersonal aspect of the Absolute.
Brāhmaṇa —a member of the intelligent and priestly class.
C
Caitanya Mahāprabhu —Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself, appearing as the special incarnation for this age and the deliverer of the process of chanting the Supreme Lord’s holy names.
Causal Ocean —the corner of the spiritual universe in which the Lord in His form as Mahā-Viṣṇu lies down to create the entirety of material universes.
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