ANANDA MARGA. Path of divine bliss; ÁNANDA MÁRGA PRACÁRAKA SAḾGHA.
ÁNANDA MÁRGA PRACÁRAKA SAḾGHA. The socio-spiritual organization founded by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar to spread the ideology and spiritual practices of the path of bliss.
AVIDYÁ. Ignorance; centrifugal, or extroversial, force; force of repulsion from the Nucleus Consciousness; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the subtle to the crude. See also VIDYÁ.

BÁBU. A respectful title (cf. “mister”) or affectionate term of address.

DHYÁNA MANTRA. A Sanskrit verse listing the attributes of a deity, to be used for visualizing that deity in meditation.

GHÁT́. Concrete or stone steps leading into a river or pond; such a place, as used for cremation.

KIIRTANA. Collective singing of the name of the Lord, sometimes combined with a dance that expresses the spirit of surrender.

LIUṊGA (LINGA). A cylindrical, aniconic image of Lord SHIVA tracing its origins to phallus worship.

MARGI. A follower of the path of bliss; a member of ÁNANDA MÁRGA PRACÁRAKA SAḾGHA.

NAMASKÁRA. A greeting in which the palms are held together and the thumbs touch first between the eyebrows (indicating the concentration of thoughts or goodwill) and then the mid-point of the chest (indicating the sweetness of sentiment). “I pay respect to the Supreme Entity residing within you.”

SÁDHANÁ. Literally, “sustained effort”; spiritual practice; meditation.
SÁHEB (SAHIB). Roughly equivalent to “sir”.
SAḾSKÁRA. Mental reactive momentum, potential mental reaction – the latent potential reactions to past actions stored in the mind and awaiting requital.
SANNYÁSII m. or SANNYÁSINII f. Literally, “one who has surrendered one’s everything to the Cosmic will” or “one who ensconces oneself in Sat, the unchangeable entity”; a renunciant, a monk or nun; one who has renounced family ties and pursues only spiritual life and service.
SHAEVA adj. Following or pertaining to Lord SHIVA and his teachings.
SHAEVA n. A follower of Lord SHIVA.
SHIVA. A great Tantric guru of 5000 BCE who guided society while His mind was absorbed in Consciousness; hence, Infinite Consciousness, Puruśa.

TANTRA. A spiritual tradition which originated in India in prehistoric times and was first systematized by SHIVA. It emphasizes the development of human vigour, both through meditation and through confrontation of difficult external situations, to overcome all fears and weaknesses. Also, a scripture expounding that tradition.

VIDYÁ. Centripetal, or introversial, force; force of attraction to the Nucleus Consciousness; aspect of the Cosmic Operative Principle which guides movements from the crude to the subtle. See also AVIDYÁ.