Glossary
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Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by example.
Acintya-bhedābheda-tattva —the Supreme Lord is inconceivably, simultaneously one with His material and spiritual energies and different from them.
Aṇimā —yogic power to become as small as an atom.
Antaryāmi —the expansion of the Supreme Lord situated in everyone's heart (Supersoul).
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.
Asuras —atheistic demons.
Ātmārāma —one who is self-satisfied, free from external material desires.
Avatāra —a descent of the Supreme Lord.
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Bhagavad-gītā —the basic directions for spiritual life spoken by the Lord Himself.
Bhakta —a devotee.
Bhakti-yoga —linking with the Supreme Lord in ecstatic devotional service.
Bhāva —the preliminary stage of ecstatic love of God.
Bhūti —opulence.
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.
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Dāsya-rasa —the servitor relationship with the Lord.
Dhāma —abode, place of residence; usually referring to the Lord's abodes.
Dharma —eternal occupational duty; religious principles.
Duṣkṛtis —miscreants.
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