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Mahābhārata —the history of greater India compiled by Śrīla Vyāsadeva. It includes  Bhagavad-gītā .
Mahā-mantra —the great chanting for deliverance: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
Mahat-tattva —the total material energy before the manifestation of diverse elements.
Manomaya —(lit., consisting of mind), consciousness absorbed in mental activity.
Mantra —a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.
Mathurā—Lord Kṛṣṇa's abode, surrounding Vṛndāvana, where He took birth and later returned to after performing His Vṛndāvana pastimes.
Māyā —(mā—not;  yā —this), illusion; forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Māyāvādīs —impersonalist philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mṛdaṅga —a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
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Paramātmā—Lord Viṣṇu expanded into everyone's heart.
Paramparā —the chain of spiritual masters in discipline succession.
Prāṇamaya —(lit., consisting of life), consciousness absorbed in maintaining one's bodily existence.
Prasāda —food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.
Purāṇas —Vedic supplements in the form of histories.
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Rṣi —sage or mystic.
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Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha —the Lord's transcendental form, which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
Samādhi —fixed mind for understanding the self; trance; absorption in the Supreme.