Glossary
A
Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by example.
Adhibhautika —misery inflicted by other living beings.
Adhidaivika —miseries of nature inflicted by demigods.
Adhyātmika —misery caused by the body or mind.
Ānandamaya —(lit., full of bliss), spiritual realization;  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness.
Aṇimā —the mystic power to become as small as an atom.
Annamaya —(lit., consisting of food), consciousness absorbed only in eating.
Ārati —a ceremony for greeting the Lord with offerings of food, lamps, fans, flowers and incense.
Arcanā —the devotional practice of Deity worship.
Āśrama —a spiritual order of life.
Asura —atheistic demons.
Avatāra —a descent of the Supreme Lord.
B
Bhagavad-gītā —the basic directions for spiritual life spoken by the Lord Himself.
Bhagavān —the Supreme Lord, who possesses six opulences: wealth, strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation.
Bhakta —a devotee.
Bhakti-yoga —linking with the Supreme Lord in ecstatic devotional service.
Brahmacarya —celibate student life; the first order of Vedic spiritual life.
Brahman —the Absolute Truth; especially, the impersonal aspect of the Absolute.
Brāhmaṇa —a person in the mode of goodness; first Vedic social order.
C
Cāraṇaloka —the heavenly planet of the Cāraṇa demigods.
D
Dharma —eternal occupational duty; religious principles.
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