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Māyā —(mā—not;  yā —this), illusion; forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Māyāvādis —impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mṛdaṅga —a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
Paramparā —the chain of spiritual masters in disciplic succession.
Prasāda —food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.
Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha —the Lord's transcendental form, which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
Sankirtana —public chanting of the names of God, the approved  yoga  process for this age.
Sannyāsa —renounced life; the fourth order of Vedic spiritual life.
Śāstras —revealed scriptures.
Śravaṇam kirtanam viṣṇoḥ —the devotional processes of hearing and chanting about Lord Viṣṇu.
Śūdra —a laborer; the fourth of the Vedic social orders.
Śvāmī —one who controls his mind and senses; title of one in the renounced order of life.
Tapasya —austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a higher purpose.
Tilaka —auspicious clay marks that sanctify a devotee's body as a temple of the Lord.
Vaikuṇṭha —the spiritual world, where there is no anxiety.
Vaiṣṇava —a devotee of Lord Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa.