Glossary 105
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Raga-bhakti—devotional service in spontaneous love.
Raganuga-bhakti—spontaneous devotional service in which the
devotee follows in the footsteps of one of the eternal associ-
ates of Krsna in Vrndavana.
Rasa—the particular loving mood or attitude relished in the ex-
change of love with the Supreme Lord.
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Sadhu—a saintly person, or devotee.
Sddhya—the stage of having achieved God realization.
Sakhya-rasa—relationship with the Supreme Lord in friendship.
Samadhi—the state of trance when the consciousness is absorbed
in the Supreme. .
Sankirtana—congregational chanting of the holy names.
Sannydsa—the renounced order of life.
Sdnta-rasa—passive or neutral relationship with the Supreme
_ Lord.
Sastras—revealed scriptures.
Siddhi-kadmis—persons desiring the perfection of mystic yoga.
Smarana—devotional process of remembering.
Sraddhavén—a faithful person.
Sravana—devotional process of hearing.
Svdémi—one who controls the mind and the senses; title of a per-
son in the renounced order of life.
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Tapasya—voluntary acceptance of some material inconvenience
for progress in spiritual life.
