Glossary 329

R

Rajo-guna—the material mode of passion.
Rsis—great sages.

S

Sac-cid-Gnanda-vigraha—the Lord’s transcendental form, which is eternal,
full of knowledge and bliss.

Sadhu—a saintly person.

Sampradaya—a disciplic succession.

Samsrti—the cycle of repeated birth and death.

Sandtana-dharma—eternal religion.

Sankhya—analytical study of the material world.

Sankirtana—public chanting of the names of God, the approved yoga pro-
cess for this age.

Sannydsa—the renounced order of spiritual life.

Sdstra—revealed scripture.

Sattva-guna—the material mode of goodness.

Siddha—a perfected living being.

Siddhaloka—the heavenly planet whose inhabitants possess all mystic
powers.

Smarta-braéhmanas—nondevotees who strictly follow the Vedas for material
benefit.

Smrti-sdstra— Vedic scriptures other than the original Vedas, Upanisads and
Vedanta-siitra.

Sravanari kirtanam visnoh—hearing and chanting about Lord Visnu.

Suddha- sattva —See: Visuddha-sattva.

Sidra—a laborer; the fourth of the Vedic social orders.

Susupti—deep sleep, one of the levels of material consciousness.

Svarnsa—Godhead in one of His personal expansions.

Svargaloka—the heavenly planets of the material world.

T

Tamo-guna—the material mode of ignorance.
Tapasya—austerity; accepting some voluntary inconvenience for a higher
purpose.
