Glossary
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Rajo-guṇa —the material mode of passion.
Rṣis —great sages.
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Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha —the Lord's transcendental form, which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
Sādhu —a saintly person.
Sampradāya —a disciplic succession.
Saṁsṛti —the cycle of repeated birth and death.
Sanātana-dharma —eternal religion.
Sāṅkhya —analytical study of the material world.
Saṅkīrtana —public chanting of the names of God, the approved  yoga  process for this age.
Sannyāsa —the renounced order of spiritual life.
Śāstra —revealed scripture.
Sattva-guṇa —the material mode of goodness.
Siddha —a perfected living being.
Siddhaloka —the heavenly planet whose inhabitants possess all mystic powers.
Śmārta-brāhmaṇas —nondevotees who strictly follow the  Vedas  for material benefit.
Śmṛti-śāstra —Vedic scriptures other than the original  Vedas ,  Upaniṣads  and  Vedānta-sūtra .
Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ —hearing and chanting about Lord Viṣṇu.
Śuddha-sattva —See:  Viśuddha-sattva .
Śūdra —a laborer; the fourth of the Vedic social orders.
Śuṣupti —deep sleep, one of the levels of material consciousness.
Śvāṁśa —Godhead in one of His personal expansions.
Śvargaloka —the heavenly planets of the material world.
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Tamo-guṇa —the material mode of ignorance.
Tapasya —austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a higher purpose.