Glossary

A

Acarya—a spiritual master who teaches by his own example.

Adhoksaja—the Supreme Lord, who cannot be seen with material eyes.

Aham brahmaésmi—the realization that “I am spirit soul.”

Ahar mameti—the false conception of “I” and “mine.”

Akama—freedom from material desire.

Ananda —spiritual bliss.

Apavarga—liberation from pavarga, the miseries of material existence.

Apipata—desiring only to perform devotional service to Krsna.

Aprakrta—transcendental to material nature.

Aprameya—immeasurable.

Apsaras —the society girls of the heavenly planets.

Arca-vigraha—the Deity form of the Lord.

Artha—economic development.

Asat —temporary.

Asrama—one of the four orders of spiritual life.

Atmaé—the self.

Atma-tattva—spiritual science.

Avadhiita—a great saintly person who has surpassed the need for regulative
principles.

Avara—material.

Avatara—an incarnation of the Lord who descends from the spiritual sky.

B

Bhagavad-bhakti—See: Bhakti-yoga.

Bhagavan—Krsna, who is full in six opulences.

Bhakta—a devotee.

Bhakti-yoga—devotional service to Krsna.

Brahma-bandhu—a fallen member of a bréhmana family.
Brahma-bhita—the joyful state of being free from material contamination.
Brahmacarya—the vow of strict abstinence from sex indulgence.

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