Glossary
Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by example.
Ārati —a ceremony for greeting the Lord with offerings of food, lamps, fans, flowers and incense.
Arcanā —the devotional practice of Deity worship.
Āśrama —a spiritual order of life.
Asuras —atheistic demons.
Avatāra —a descent of the Supreme Lord.
Bhagavad-gītā —the basic directions for spiritual life spoken by the Lord Himself.
Bhakta —a devotee.
Bhakti-yoga —linking with the Supreme Lord in ecstatic devotional service.
Brahmacarya —celibate student life; the first order of Vedic spiritual life.
Brahman —the Absolute Truth; especially, the impersonal aspect of the Absolute.
Brāhmaṇa —a person in the mode of goodness; first Vedic social order.
Dharma —eternal occupational duty; religious principles.
Ekādaśī —a special fast day for increased remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, which comes on the eleventh day of both the waxing and waning moon.
Goloka  (Kṛṣṇaloka)—the highest spiritual planet, containing Kṛṣṇa's personal abodes, Dvārakā, Mathurā and Vṛndāvana.
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