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Sri Harinama Cintamani :: Glossary (part 4) |
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| Rukmini-Dvaraka |
Rukmini is Krsna's principal queen in His Dvaraka pastimes; Dvarakadisa is a name of Krsna, the ruler of Dvaraka;
They are worshipped in opulence in the mood of awe and
reverence. |
| rupa-dasa |
the transcendental sentiment of one's eternal spiritual form
in Vrndavana. |
| rupanugas |
followers of Srila Rupa Gosvami. |
| sadhaka |
one who practices sadhana; a practicing devotee. |
| Sadhana |
systematic practices aimed at spiritual perfection, especially
Deity worship and chanting the holy name of the Lord. |
| sadhana-bhakti |
there are nine limbs to the practice of sadhana-bhakti:
hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, Deity worship,
offering everything, friendship, and surrendering everything. |
| sadhu |
pure devotee in the line of Srila Rupa Gosvami. |
| sadhu-ninda |
an offense, to a sadhu. |
If you wrongly identify yourself with your body—your senses—you will erroneously conclude that you can achieve happiness through material sense gratification.
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| sadhu-sanga |
association with sadhus. |
| sahajiyas |
one of the thirteen false branches of devotees who claim to
be followers of Lord Caitanya, but are actually attached to
material activities, but make a show of false devotional
symptoms. |
| sakapata |
the capricious and illusory mercy of Maya-devi. In the case
of sakapata mercy she offers temporary material favors and
comforts, and thus controls the jiva. When she is dissatisfied
with the jiva's behavior, she casts him into the brahmajyoti
sayujya liberation; thus the jiva is doomed. |
| sakhis |
Srimati Radharani's servant s in Vrndavana. |
| sakhya |
the spiritual mellow of friendship; one of the nine principal
limbs of devotional service. |
| sakti |
spiritual energy. |
| saktiman |
the energetic source, the Supreme Personalty of Godhead. |
sakryavesa-
avatara
salokya |
a jiva who is specially empowered with the Lord's potency
for the accomplishment of a specific task.
one of the four kinds of liberation accepted by Vaisnavas;
living on the same planet as the Lord. |
| Samadhi |
when only the object of deep meditation is spontaneously
manifest in the totality of the mind; when the devotes has
no interest in anything other than perfect absorption in the
pastimes of Lord Krsna. |
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