ÁCÁRYA m. or ÁCÁRYÁ f. Spiritual teacher qualified to teach all lessons of meditation.
ANANDA MARGA. Path of divine bliss; Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha (Ananda Marga organization).
ÁTMA-SUKHA TATTVA. The principle of selfish pleasure.
AVADHÚTA m. or AVADHÚTIKÁ f. Literally, “one who is thoroughly cleansed mentally and spiritually”; a monk or nun of an order close to the tradition of Shaeva Tantra.

BHAKTA. Devotee.
BRAHMA. Supreme Entity, comprising both PURUŚA, or Shiva, and PRAKRTI, or Shakti.

DHARMA. Characteristic property; spirituality; the path of righteousness in social affairs.

EXCELLENCIO. See SOCIO-SENTIMENT.

GENERAL HUMANISM. See SOCIO-SENTIMENT.
GEO-SENTIMENT. The sentiment that grows out of love for the indigenous soil of a country; loyalty to a particular geographical area to the exclusion of other areas.

MARGI. A member of Ananda Marga.
MÁYÁ. Creative Principle, PRAKRTI in Her phase of creation. One aspect of Máyá is the power to cause the illusion that the finite created objects are the ultimate truth.
MAXIMITIS. See SOCIO-SENTIMENT.
MINIMITIS. See SOCIO-SENTIMENT.

PARAMA PURUŚA. Supreme Consciousness.
PRAKRTI, PARAMÁ PRAKRTI. Cosmic Operative Principle.
PROTO-SPIRITUAL MENTALITY, PROTO-PSYCHO-SPIRITUALITY. The mind (psyche) advancing towards spirituality in a flickering, or systaltic, manner.

SÁDHANÁ. Literally, “sustained effort”; spiritual practice; meditation.
SAMA-SAMÁJA TATTVA. The principle of social equality.
SOCIO-SENTIMENT. Loyalty to a particular social group to the exclusion of other groups. Groups may be racial, religious, caste-based, national, etc. “Socio-sentiment minimitis” means loyalty to one’s family only. “Socio-sentiment maximitis” or “socio-sentiment excellencio” means loyalty to all humanity, but to the exclusion of and at the expense of less-developed creatures (also “general humanism”).

TANTRA. A spiritual tradition that 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.