- S -
- Sabda-brahma -
- the VEDAS, which are
considered purely spiritual sound vibration.
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- sac-cid-ananda--
- perfect spiritual existence, which is eternal (sat),
fully knowledgeable (cit), and completely happy (ananda)
.
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- Sac-cid-ananda-vigraha
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- an eternal form full of knowledge and bliss.
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- Sadhu--
- a saintly person, or devotee.
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- Sadhya--
- the stage of having achieved God realization.
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- Saguna--
- with qualities.
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- Sakhya-rasa -
- relationship with the Supreme
Lord in friendship.
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- Salya--
- an uncle of the PANDAVA
brothers who fought against them in the Battle of KURUKSETRA.
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- samadhi--
- fixed meditation on the personal form of the Lord, the
state of trance when the consciousness is absorbed in the
Supreme.
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- Sama Veda--
- one of the four original VEDAS,
containing sacrificial prayers and their melodic and
metrical settings.
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- Sanatana--
- Eternal, that which has neither beginning nor end.
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- Sanatana-dhama-
- The eternal nature, the antimaterial sky beyond the
material universe.
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- Sanatana-dharma --
- The eternal nature of the living being, to render
service.
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- Sanatana Gosvami--
- one of the six Gosvamis
of Vrndavana VAISNAVA spiritual masters who
directly followed Sri CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
and systematically presented His teachings.
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- Sankaracarya--
- the famous and influential ninth-century teacher of
monism, a philosophy that maintains that there is no
distinction between God and the living entity.
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- Sankhya--
- the branch of philosophy that deals with analysis of the
elements of the material world.
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- Sankhyaites-
- Speculators who scrutinize the material principles with
minute analysis and synthesis.
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- sankirtana-
- congregational chanting of the holy names of God.
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- sannyasa--
- the renounced order of life. See ASRAMAS.
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- Santa-rasa--
- passive or neutral relationship with the Supreme Lord.
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- Sarvabhauma
Bhattacarya--
- a great scholar who was philosophically defeated by Lord CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
and who then surrendered to the Lord as a disciple.
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- Sastras-
- authoritative scriptures. See also VEDIC LITERATURE.
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- Sat--
- the Supreme Lord's aspect of
eternity.
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- Sattva--
- The material mode of goodness.
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- Satyaloka--
- The topmost planet of the material world. Also called
Brahmaloka.
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- Satya-yuga--
- a VEDIC historical age (first
and best in a cycle of four progressively degenerating
ages) characterized by a highly spiritually advanced
human civilization. See also KALI-YUGA.
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- Siddhaloka--
- Planets of materially perfect beings who have full
capacities to control gravity, space, time, etc.
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- Siddhi-karmis -
- persons desiring the perfection of mystic yoga.
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- Siksastaka--
- eight instructive prayers written by Lord CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU.
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- Sindhu--
- the river forming the western boundary of India.
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- Siva--
- the demigod who supervises the material quality of
ignorance and the final destruction of the material
cosmos.
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- Sloka--
- a unit of Sanskrit verse.
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- Smarana--
- devotional process of remembering.
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- smrti--
- literature supplementary to the four VEDAS, such as the PURANAS, BHAGAVAD-GITA, and
MAHABHARATA.
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- Spiritual Master
- One who has learned to control his senses by the process
of pure
devotional service. He must have heard from a pure
spiritual master and followed his instructions carefully.
He must only speak that which is in perfect agreement
with the highest conclusions of the Vedas. He always must consider
himself to be a humble servant of God and his own
spiritual master. He will never claim to be God. "If
he says he is God, he is not G-O-D, he is D-O-G!"
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- Sraddha--
- the strong faith necessary to hear submissively from a
proper authority
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- Sraddhavan--
- a faithful person.
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- Sravana--
- devotional process of hearing.
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- Sri,
Srila, Srimati, Sripada--
- titles of respect. See specific names following title.
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- Sri-ksetra--See
JAGANNATHA PURI
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- Srimad-Bhagavatam
(Bhagavata Purana)--
- VYASADEVA'S
"spotless PURANA,"
which deals exclusively with pure devotional
service to the Supreme Lord.
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- Srimat--
- a vaisya; a
member of the mercantile community.
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- Srinivasa Acarya--
- a great VAISNAVA
spiritual master
and a direct follower of RUPA,
SANATANA, and JIVA Gosvami.
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- Srivasa Thakura--
- a principal associate of Lord CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU.
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- Sruti--
- the original four VEDAS, the UPANISADS, and the VEDANTA-SUTRA.
knowledge via hearing; also, the original Vedic scriptures (the Vedas and
Upanisads), given directly by the
Supreme Lord.
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- Subhadra--
- The beloved sister of Krishna
in Dvaraka. Daughter of Vasudeva
and Devaki. married to Arjuna. Mother of
Abhimanyu a great hero See JAGANNATHA.
BALADEVA.
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- Suci--
- a spiritually advanced brahmana.
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- Suddha--
- antiseptic.
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- sudra-
- The working class See VARNAS.
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- Sukadeva Gosvami--
- the sage who spoke SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM
to King PARIKSIT
just prior to the king's death.
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- Sukra--
- omnipotent.
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- Supreme Lord
- The Vedas indicate that there is only one Supreme being
who may show Himself in a multitude of forms. "Ishwara
Parama Krishna" (Ishwara - controller,
Parama - Supreme) translation - the Supreme Lord or
Controller of Everything is Krishna (Sri Brahma Samhita opening
invocation).
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- Sura--
- a godly person.
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- svami--
- one who has by spiritual strength become the master of
his senses, one who controls the mind and the senses;
title of a person in the renounced order of life.
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- Svetasvatara
Upanisad--See UPANISADS.
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