Glossary 289

L
Laghima—the yogic power to become as light as a feather.

M

Maha-mantra—the great chanting for deliverance:
Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

Mantra—a sound vibration that can deliver the mind from illusion.

Marakata-mani—an emerald.

Mathura— Lord Krsna’s abode, surrounding Vrndavana, where He took
birth and later returned to after performing His Vrndavana
pastimes.

Maya— illusion; forgetfulness of one’s relationship with Krsna.

Mayavadis— impersonal philosophers who say that the Lord cannot have
a transcendental body.

Moksa—liberation into the spiritual effulgence surrounding the Lord.

Mrdanga—a clay drum used for congregational chanting.

P

Parambrahma—the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krsna.
Parampara—the chain of spiritual masters in disciplic succession.
Patala—the lowest of the universe’s fourteen planetary systems.
Prakata-lila—the manifestation on earth of the Lord’s pastimes.
Prasada—food spiritualized by being offered to the Lord.

R

Rajarsi—a great saintly king.
Rasatala—the lowest planet in the Patala system (see above).

S

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

Sankirtana— public chanting of the names of God, the approved yoga
process for this age.

Sannyasa— renounced life; the fourth order of Vedic spiritual life.
