Glossary
A
Ācārya —a spiritual master who teaches by example.
Anubhāva —the bodily symptoms of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.
Ārati —a ceremony for greeting the Lord with offerings of food, lamps, fans, flowers and incense.
Arcanā —the devotional practice of Deity worship.
Artha —economic development.
Āśrama —a spiritual order of life.
Asuras —atheistic demons.
Ātmā —the self (the body, the mind, or the soul).
Avatāra —a descent of the Supreme Lord.
B
Bhagavad-gītā —the basic directions for spiritual life spoken by the Lord Himself.
Bhāgavata-dharma —religious principles enunciated by the Supreme Lord.
Bhakta —a devotee.
Bhakti —pure devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Bhakti-yoga —linking with the Supreme Lord in ecstatic devotional service.
Bhāva —the preliminary stage of ecstatic love of God.
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.
D
Dharma —eternal occupational duty; religious principles.
E
Ekādaśī —a special fast day for increased remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, which comes on the eleventh day of both the waxing and waning moon.
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