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Radha - the main gopi in Vrindavan, whose ecstatic love for Sri<br />

Krishna was regarded by Chaitanya to be the highest form of love for<br />

God.<br />

Rama - an Incarnation of God and the hero of the epic, the<br />

Ramayana.<br />

Sadhana - spiritual disciplines practiced by an aspirant.<br />

Samadhi - trance; intense application of the mind to an object; fourth<br />

and last stage of dhyana; the super conscious state in which a person<br />

experiences his identity with ultimate reality. According to Patanjali, it<br />

is a state in which "the true nature of the object shines forth, not<br />

distorted by the mind of the perceiver." There are different types of<br />

Samadhis described in the scriptures: Ananda samadhi - blissful<br />

samadhi. Bhava Samadhi – a state of ecstasy in which the sole<br />

modification in mind is the consciousness of one's relationship with<br />

God. Nirvikalpa samadhi - the highest state of samadhi, in which the<br />

aspirant realizes his total oneness with Brahman. Savikalpa samadhi -<br />

a super - conscious state attended with self-consciousness in which the<br />

mind takes the form of Brahman and rests on it, but does not<br />

completely merge the distinctions between the one who knows,<br />

knowledge, and the object of knowledge.<br />

Samskara - a deep mental impression produced in past experiences; a<br />

mental or behavioral complex; an impression or tendency created in the<br />

mind of a person as a result of an action or thought; a thing considered<br />

an object in consciousness.<br />

Sat - Chid - Ananda - absolute existence, absolute consciousness, and<br />

absolute bliss. A term used to describe Brahman.<br />

Satsang - The spiritual companionship of those who encourage and<br />

share spiritual aspirations.<br />

Shakti - the power of Brahman in its functions of creation,<br />

preservation, and dissolution of the universe, personified as the Mother<br />

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