106 Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers

Gopis—Krsna’s cowherd girl friends who are His most
confidential servitors.

Grhastha—regulated householder life; the second order of
Vedic spiritual life.

Guru—a spiritual master or superior person.

Hare Krsna mantra—See: Maha-mantra

Jiva-tattva—the living entities, who are small parts of the
Lord.

Kali-yuga (Age of Kali)—the present age, which is
characterized by quarrel. It is last in the cycle of
four, and began five thousand years ago.

Karatalas—hand cymbals used in kirtana.

Karma—fruitive action, for which there is always re-
action, good or bad.

Karmi—one who is satisfied with working hard for
flickering sense gratification.

Kirtana—chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord.

Krsnaloka— See: Goloka

Ksatriyas—a warrior or administrator; the second Vedic
social order.

Mahd-mantra—the great chanting for deliverance:
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

Mantra—a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from
illusion.

Mathura—Lord Krsna’s abode, surrounding Vrndavana,
where He took birth and later returned to after per-
forming His Vrndavana pastimes.
