GLOSSARY
Aham brahmāsmi —the transcendental realization of oneself to be spirit, not matter.
Ahimsā —nonviolence to all living entities.
Akarma —activities which have no pious or sinful reactions.
Anumāṇa —evidence by hearing.
Arca-vigraha —the appearance of the Supreme Lord in a Deity form engraved from wood, stone or other matter.
Anasūyu —nonenvious.
Avatāra —one who descends from the spiritual universe into the material universe through his own will.
Bhagavān —Kṛṣṇa, who possesses in full all opulences—knowledge, wealth, power, beauty, fame and renunciation.
Brahmacārīs —celibate students.
Dāna —charity.
Fīvas —individual souls.
Kāla —eternal time.
Karma —duties prescribed in the revealed scriptures.
Karmīs —fruitive laborers.
Kīrtana —constant chanting of the glories of the Lord.
Mahātmās —great souls.