Glossary 469
Gunas—the modes of nature.
Guru—a bona fide spiritual master.
Curu-daksina—a gift given to one’s spiritual master.
Gurukula—the place of the spiritual master, where his disciples come to
study and perform devotional service.
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Hari—a name of Krsna meaning He who removes all inauspicious things
from the heart.
Hari-naéma-sankirtana —See: Sankirtana.
Hrdaya-granthi—the hard knot of family attachment in the heart.
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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.
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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.
