Glossary
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Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by example.
Adharma —irreligion.
Adhibhautika —material suffering caused by other living entities.
Adhidaivika —material suffering caused by natural occurrences.
Adhyātmika —material suffering caused by one's own body and mind.
Advaita-vādīs —atheistic philosophers who say that any distinction must be material.
Ajñāta-sukṛti —pious deeds performed accidentally, without knowledge of their effect.
Ārati —a ceremony for greeting the Lord with offerings of food, lamps, fans, flowers and incense.
Arcanā —the devotional process of regulated Deity worship.
Āśrama —an order of spiritual life.
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Balarāma , Lord—Kṛṣṇa's first expansion and elder brother.
Bhagavad-gītā —the basic directions for spiritual life spoken by the Lord Himself.
Bhāgavata-dharma —the eternal religion or occupational duty of service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Bhakta —a devotee.
Bhakti-yoga —devotional service.
Bhoga —sense gratification; food not offered to the Lord.
Brahmacarya —celibate student life; the first order of Vedic spiritual life.
Brahmaloka —the abode of Lord Brahmā; the highest planetary system.
Brahman —the Absolute Truth; especially, the impersonal aspect of the Absolute.
Brāhmaṇa —a person in the mode of goodness; first Vedic social order.
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Caitanya-caritāmṛta —Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja's authorized biography of
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