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Adhira : one who is not sober and is always disturbed

Adhoksaja : not approachable by material mind and senses, a name for Krsna

Adi-purusa : Krsna, the Supreme Primeval Person

Avidya : ignorance

Brahma-bhutah : the stage of liberation in which one realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes free from hankering and lamentation

Brahmachari : a celibate student

Brahman : the all prevading impersonal aspect of Krsna

Brahmana : a liberal person who knows the Absolute Truth

Dhira : one who is sober inspite of provocation

Grhasthas :  Krsna conscious householders]

Jnana-vairagyam : that knowledge by which one becomes detached from material allurement

Jnanis : mental speculators

Karma-bandhanah : work which binds one to this material world

Karmi : one who works to enjoy the fruits of his labor

Krpana : a miserly person who doesnot use his human life for self realization.

Krsnaloka : the eternal planet of Lord Krsna in the spiritual sky

Manu-samhita : the Vedic lawbook for mankind

Maya : the illusory energy which causes the soul to forget God

Parampara : disciplic succession

Sac-cid-ananda-vigraha  : spiritual form full of eternity, knowledge and bliss

Samadhi : trance, absorption in God consciousness

Sannyasa : the renounced order of life

Sravanam : hearing from an authorized source

Srimad-Bhagavatam : the Vedic scripture which specifically describes the pastimes of Lord Krsna and his devotees

Tapasya : austerity

Tyaga : renunciation of material world

Vaikunthas : the eternal planets of spiritual sky

Vaisnava : a devotee of Krsna

Vasudeva-parayanah : those who are devoted to Krsna

Vimudhas : materialistic persons who have unnecessarily burdend themselves for temporary happiness

Yajna : sacrifice, work done for Krsna

Yoga : the process of linking with Krsna

Yogamaya : the eternal creative potency of Krsna which obscures Him to the unintelligent