| Term | Meaning |
| Bhagavad Gita | Bhagavad Gita literally means The Song of the Bhagavan, often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the Hindu epic written in Sanskrit. The Bhagavad-Gita is the eternal message of spiritual wisdom from ancient India. The word Gita means song and the word Bhagavad means God, often the Bhagavad-Gita is called the Song of God. The sacred "song of God" was composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata that contains a discussion between Lord Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life. |
| Bhajan | Hymns in praise of God. Bhajan is a devotional song without a fixed form. It may be as simple as a mantra or kirtan or as sophisticated as the dhrupad or kriti with music based on classical ragas and talas. The groundwork for Bhajans was laid in the hymns found in Sama Veda, the fourth Veda in the Hindu scriptures. These are sung in a group comprising devotees, with a lead singer. |
| Bhakta | Ardent devotee of a deity or saint (Jivanmukta) who expresses loving-devotion to the divine. |
| Bhakti | Devotion, Ecstatic loving-devotion towards the Divine or God. |
| Bhakti Marga | Path of devotion, Bhakti Yoga |
| Bhakti Yoga | Yoga of Bhakti, Devotion or Divine love |
| Bhava | Iinner feeling |
| Bhava-Shudhi | Purification of inner feeling |
| Bindi | Mark at the center of the forehead (usually a round, red) worn by of Hindu woman to show that she is married. |
| Bindu | Drops of essence |
| Brahma | Form of the Hindu trinity governing creation of the universe. The God of creation. |
| Brahma-jnana, BrahmaGyan | Self-realisation. BrahmaGyani is the one who has attained Self-realization |
| Brahmachari | Young boy at the first of the four stages of life as laid out in the Manu Smrti. The stage of being student. |
| Brahmacharya | Brahmacharya or "the behavior that leads to Brahman" is one of the four stages of life as laid out in the Manu Smrti. It refers to an educational period of 14-20 years where student goes and lives with his Guru in Gurukul. During this time the traditional Vedanta or Vedic siences are studied, along with the religious texts contained within the Vedas and Upanishads. This stage of life was characterized by the practice of strict celibacy. |
| Brahman | The Supreme consciousness, the Absolute or the ultimate reality |
| Brahmanas | Vedic ritualistic texts or manuals of instruction on the Vedas |
| Brahmins | A priest and member of the most privileged of the four social classes of Hinduism |
| Brihaspati | Planet Jupiter or Vedic God of the ritual |
| Buddha | Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Gautama, Shakyamuni, or simply the Buddha, was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism is founded. The word Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." |
| Buddhi | Intellect |
| Buddhism | Form of Vedic teaching founded by the Buddha. Gautama Buddha was a sage on whose teachings Buddhism is founded. Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one. |