Glossary 469

Gunas—the modes of nature.

Guru—a bona fide spiritual master.

Curu-daksina—a gift given to one’s spiritual master.

Curukula—the place of the spiritual master, where his disciples come to
study and perform devotional service.

H

Hari—a name of Krsna meaning He who removes all inauspicious things
from the heart.

Hari-néma-sankirtana —See: Sankirtana.

Hrdaya-granthi—the hard knot of family attachment in the heart.

I

Isitva—in mystic yoga, the perfection of control over others.

J

Jivan-mukta—a person who is already liberated even while living in this
body.

Jitendriya—one who has conquered the senses.

Jriana-kdnda—the division of the Vedas dealing with empirical speculation
in pursuit of the truth.

Jrani—one who is engaged in the cultivation of knowledge.

Jyoti-sdstra—the Vedic science of astronomy.

K

Kaitava-dharma—cheating religion.

Kdla-sarpa—the snakelike time factor.

Kama—tlust.

Karma—fruitive activities and their subsequent reactions.

Karma-bandha—the bondage of fruitive activities.

Karma-kénda—the performance of fruitive sacrifices according to Vedic in-
junctions.
