Glossary
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Abhidheya —acting according to one's constitutional relationship with God.
Ācārya —an authorized teacher who instructs by his own example.
Adhama paḍuyās —scholars who consider devotional activities material.
Advaita-vāda —philosophy of monism.
Ajñāta-sukṛti —pious activities that one executes without his knowledge.
Akiñcana —one who possesses nothing in the material world.
Aparā prakṛti —material energy.
Arcana-mārga —Deity worship.
Artha —economic development.
Asuras —demons.
Āveśa —an incarnation of God, partially empowered.
B
Bhāgavata-jīvana —the life of a devotee.
Bhāgavata-saptāka —seven-day readings of  Bhāgavatam .
Bhajanānandī —devotee who is satisfied to cultivate devotional service for himself.
Bhakta —devotee.
Bhakti-latā —devotional creeper.
Bhāva —the stage of transcendental ecstasy experienced after transcendental affection.
Brahma-bhūta —stage of liberation from material entanglement when one becomes joyous beyond any hankering or lamentation and gains a universal vision.
Brahma-jñāna —knowledge of the Supreme.
Brahmānanda —pleasure derived from impersonal Brahman realization.
Bubhukṣus —those who desire to enjoy the material world.
C
Caitya-guru —the spiritual master within.
Cid-vilāsa —spiritual pleasure.
D
Dharma —religiosity.
G
Godāsa —servant of senses.
Gopīs —cowherd girlfriends of Kṛṣṇa.
Gosāñi — See Gosvāmī.
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