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not mean that the Lord comes under the laws of material
nature, although He has qualities and appears in the ma-
terial form (wood, stone, etc.). For Him there is no dif-
ference between material and spiritual energies, as He is
the Source and Controller of both.

Sakhya—Relationship of friendship with the Supreme Lord.
Arjuna had this relationship.

Sambhiiti—The Absolute Personality of Godhead Who is abso-
lutely independent.

Sambhavat—Worship of the Supreme Cause.

Sannydsa—Renounced order of life. Sannydsa does not mean to
go off to the jungle and renounce all activity, but to surr-
ender everything to Krsna. Even a householder or mar-
ried man living in the world can do this, under the in-
structions of a bona fide spiritual master.

Sac-cid-dnanda-vigraha—Eternal, knowing and _ blissful—in full
form. Both the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the
living entities share this nature; but His nature is infinite,
and His parts and parcels are infinitesimal.

Sankara—Impersonalist dcarya who taught supremacy of Brahma-
Jyoti, the effulgence emanating from the Body of the Su-
preme Lord. Although he does not belong to the per-
sonalist cult, Saikara has admitted that Narayana and
Krsna are one and that Narayana is the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, transcendental to the material
modes.

Santa—The spiritual relationship of calmness or the neutral
relationship between the Supreme Lord and His loving
associates, as had by the four Kumara sages who were
always in meditation on the greatness of God.

Sense enjoyment—Illusory life of trying to enjoy with the body,
without surrendering to the Complete Whole.

Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur—Great Acdarya in disciplic succession
from Lord Caitanya, pioneer of Krsna Consciousness in
the modern age. Father of Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati,
