Glossary
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Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by his own example.
Adhokṣaja —the Supreme Lord, who cannot be seen with material eyes.
Ahaṁ brahmāsmi —the realization that “I am spirit soul.”
Ahaṁ māmeti —the false conception of “I” and “mine.”
Akāma —freedom from material desire.
Ānanda —spiritual bliss.
Apavarga —liberation from  pavarga , the miseries of material existence.
Apipātā —desiring only to perform devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Aprākṛta —transcendental to material nature.
Aprameya —immeasurable.
Apsarās —the society girls of the heavenly planets.
Arcā-vigraha —the Deity form of the Lord.
Artha —economic development.
Asat —temporary.
Āśrama —one of the four orders of spiritual life.
Ātmā —the self.
Ātma-tattva —spiritual science.
Avadhūta —a great saintly person who has surpassed the need for regulative principles.
Avara —material.
Avatāra —an incarnation of the Lord who descends from the spiritual sky.
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Bhagavad-bhakti —See:  Bhakti-yoga .
Bhagavān —Kṛṣṇa, who is full in six opulences.
Bhakta —a devotee.
Bhakti-yoga —devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Brahma-bandhu —a fallen member of a  brāhmaṇa  family.
Brahma-bhūta —the joyful state of being free from material contamination.
Brahmacarya —the vow of strict abstinence from sex indulgence.
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