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
_  Veddnta-siitra.
Sravanam kirtanarn 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.
