Glossary
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Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by his own example.
Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva —Lord Caitanya's "simultaneously one and different" doctrine, which establishes the inconceivable simultaneous existence of the Absolute Truth as both personal and impersonal.
Aiśvarya-jñāna-yukta —emotion with an understanding of the Lord's full opulences.
Artha —economic development.
Āśrama —four orders of spiritual life.
Avatāra —(literally, one who descends) an incarnation of the Lord who descends from the spiritual sky to the material universe with a particular mission described in the scriptures.
B
Bāla-gopāla —the child  Kṛṣṇa .
Bhagavān —a name of  Kṛṣṇa  which means one who possesses all opulences.
Bhāva —the stage of transcendental ecstasy experienced after transcendental affection.
Brahmacarya —student life of celibacy and study under a spiritual master.
Brāhmaṇa —the intelligent class of men.
D
Dāsya-rasa —loving relationship with  Kṛṣṇa  in servitorship.
Dharma —religiosity.
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Gadādhara-prāṇanātha —Lord Caitanya, the life and soul of Gadādhara  Paṇḍita .
Gadāira Gaura —Lord Caitanya, the Lord Gaurāṅga of Gadādhara  Paṇḍita .
Gosvāmī —one who controls his senses.
Gṛhastha —regulated married life.
J
Jagad-guru —spiritual master of the entire world.
K
Kali-yuga —the age of quarrel, the fourth and last age in the cycle of a  mahā-yuga .
Kāma —lust.
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