Glossary
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Guṇas —the modes of nature.
Guru —a bona fide spiritual master.
Guru-dakṣiṇā —a gift given to one's spiritual master.
Gurukula —the place of the spiritual master, where his disciples come to study and perform devotional service.
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Hari —a name of  Kṛṣṇa  meaning He who removes all inauspicious things from the heart.
Hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana — See: Saṅkīrtana.
Hṛdaya-granthi —the hard knot of family attachment in the heart.
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Īśitva —in mystic  yoga , the perfection of control over others.
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Jīvan-mukta —a person who is already liberated even while living in this body.
Jitendriya —one who has conquered the senses.
Jñāna-kāṇḍa —the division of the  Vedas  dealing with empirical speculation in pursuit of the truth.
Jñānī —one who is engaged in the cultivation of knowledge.
Jyoti-śāstra —the Vedic science of astronomy.
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Kaitava-dharma —cheating religion.
Kāla-sarpa —the snakelike time factor.
Kāma —lust.
Karma —fruitive activities and their subsequent reactions.
Karma-bandha —the bondage of fruitive activities.
Karma-kāṇḍa —the performance of fruitive sacrifices according to Vedic injunctions.