Glossary

A

Acarya—a spiritual master who teaches by example.

Adhibhautika—misery inflicted by other living beings.

Adhidaivika—miseries of nature inflicted by demigods.

Adhyatmika—misery caused by the body or mind.

Anandamaya—(lit., full of bliss), spiritual realization; Krsna consciousness.

Anima—the mystic power to become as small as an atom.

Annamaya—(lit., consisting of food), consciousness absorbed only in eating.

Arati—a ceremony for greeting the Lord with offerings of food, lamps, fans,
flowers and incense.

Arcana—the devotional practice of Deity worship.

Asrama—a spiritual order of life.

Asura—atheistic demons.

Avatara—a descent of the Supreme Lord.

B

Bhagavad-gita—the basic directions for spiritual life spoken by the Lord
Himself.

Bhagavan—the Supreme Lord, who possesses six opulences: wealth.
strength, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation.

Bhakta—a devotee.

Bhakti-yoga—linking with the Supreme Lord in ecstatic devotional service.

Brahmacarya—celibate student life; the first order of Vedic spiritual life.

Brahman—the Absolute Truth; especially, the impersonal aspect of the

Absolute.
Brahmana—a person in the mode of goodness; first Vedic social order.
C
Caranaloka—the heavenly planet of the Carana demigods.
D

Dharma—eternal occupational duty; religious principles.

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