Glossary
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Laghimā—the yogic power to become as light as a feather.
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Mahā-mantra—the great chanting for deliverance:
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare
Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
Mantra—a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.
Marakata-maṇi—an emerald.
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.
Māyāvādis—impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have a transcendental body.
Mokṣa—liberation into the spiritual effulgence surrounding the Lord.
Mṛdaṅga—a clay drum used for congregational chanting.
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Parambrahma—the Supreme Absolute Truth, Kṛṣṇa.
Paramparā—the chain of spiritual masters in disciplinary succession.
Pātāla—the lowest of the universe's fourteen planetary systems.
Prakaṭa-lilā—the manifestation on earth of the Lord's pastimes.
Prasāda—food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.
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Rājarṣi—a great saintly king.
Rasātala—the lowest planet in the Pātāla system ( see above ).
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Sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha—the Lord's transcendental form, which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
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.