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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 —illusion; forgetfulness of one's relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
Māyāvādīs —impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mṛdaṅga —a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
Mukti —liberation from birth and death.
Muni —a sage.
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Paramparā —the chain of spiritual masters in disciplic succession.
Prasāda —food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.
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Rṣis —sages.
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Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha —the Lord's transcendental form, which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
Sālokya —the liberation of residing on the same planet as the Lord.
Sāmīpya —the liberation of becoming a personal associate of the Lord.
Saṅkīrtana —public chanting of the names of God, the approved  yoga  process for this age.
Sannyāsa —renounced life; the fourth order of Vedic spiritual life.
Sārṣṭi —the liberation of having the same opulences as the Lord.
Sārūpya —the liberation of having a form similar to the Lord's.
Śāstras —revealed scriptures.
Satī rite —voluntary suicide by a widow at her husband's funeral.
Satyāgraha —fasting for political purposes.
Soma-rasa —a heavenly elixir available on the moon.
Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ —the devotional processes of hearing and chanting about Lord Viṣṇu.
Śūdra —a laborer; the fourth of the Vedic social orders.
Svāmī —one who controls his mind and senses; title of one in the renounced order of life.