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The Examination Committee will be interviewing all those students who fail to pass with flying colors.
1. Matra sparsas tu kaunteya... the second line in sanskrita is
a sitosna sukha duhka dah
b tams tatiksvasa bharata
c agamapayino nityas
d i did not learn this one baba
OK ! T'ika hai ! Now that we've got you a little worried about this test; lets proceed to q. number two, and see if you can redeem your self;
note; open book test ie you can use your books to do the "test" !!! HK
2. In Radha Krsna Lila, Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada is;
a Lalita Devi gopi
b Ranga manjari
c Rupa manjari
d Rasa Manjari
3. the most important thing in bhakti yoga is control of the --------, as it is in direct line, and controlling it helps control the others. Give best answer as from book. Mind, intelligence, and egos are not included for purposes of this answer.
a belly and hunger
b the tongue, eating and talking
c sexual activity
d prajalpa at chat room
4. Prajalpa is ; give the TWO best answers!
a a type of jello pudding
b maya's servant
c nonsense useless talking
d chanting more rounds than is required out of great enthusiasm
5.
isvarah parama krsna
sat cid ananda vigraha
anadir adir govinda
sarva karana karanam
isvarah- 1---------------- , parama -supreme, krsna-krsna
sat -eternal being, cit-eternal awareness/knowledge, ananda 2-------, vigraha-form
anadir adir- the first or primordial Being, there is nothng before Him
govinda-krsna,
sarva -the everything, the all pervading, karana karanam-first cause of all causes
5-1. isvara means;
a the sun
b the source
c controller
5-2. ananda means;
a eternity
b many bananas
c spiritual pleasure
6. Name the six principles favorable to the execution of pure devotional service, besides reading the book and studying? You may use your book to find the answers.
please type very short two or three word answers;
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
all six correct gives full points.
7. the most important place in the universe is;
a Sri Sri Radha kunda
b Sri Mayapura dhama
c Sri Vrndavana
d Sri Jagannatha Puri
(note; there may be a trick question somewhere in this quizz)
8. Vaco vegam manasha krodha vegam...
please write the verse in english associated with this key verse.
9. One's devotiona service becomes spoiled when he becomes entangled in the following six activities; you may use your text book for this question please
all six correct gets the point
please list them;
1
2
3
4
5
6
10. mahatmas and duratmas
which one are we most likely to be all things considered, currently ? tip; both may be correct, or not, be humble
a duratma, foolish
b mahatma, great soul
11. our class teacher however, is surely a great...
a duratma !
b mahatma wannabe
c both a and b
d none of the above
12. free extra points question!!
name at least seven out of the nine processes of devotional services, and you will get an extra point if you got one wrong above.
1 sravanam...
2 k.... hint
3
4
5
6
7
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Replies
First Quizz; Sri Upadesamrta, my answers: Nirmama
1. a
2. c
3. b
4. c
5. c
5-2. c
6.
- being enthusiastic
- endeavoring with confidence
- being patient
- acting according to regulative principles
- abandoning non-devotees
- following footsteps of acaryas
7. a
8. A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind's demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.
9.
- eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required
- overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain
- prajalpa-mundane talk
- practicing sadhana for the sake of following them and not for spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically
- association with worldly-minded people who are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
- being greedy for mundane achievements
10. a
11. hmmm... c ?
12.
sravanam - hearing the name and glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
kīrtanam vishoh - chanting His glories
smaranam - remembering the Lord
pāda-sevanam - serving the Lotus Feet
arcanam - worshipping the Deity
vandanam - offering obeisances unto the Lord
dāsyam - acting as the Lord's servant
sakhyam - making friends with the Lord
ātma-nivedanam - surrendering oneself fully to the Lord
I used the internet research option mostly, since I don't have a book, I read online.
1d
2d
3b
4c
5-1c
5-2c
6-1 hearing about Krishna
6-2 chanting
6-3 worshipping the Deity
6-4offering obeisances
6-5surrendering oneself
6-6 praying to the Lotus Feet
7a
8 A sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the mind's demands, the actions of anger and the urges of the tongue, belly and genitals is qualified to make disciples all over the world.
9-1eating too much and collecting too much
9-2 desire for mundane wealth
9-3 prajalpa(nonsense talk)
9-4 following the regs for show or just giving them up because they are too hard
9-5 association with people not interested in KC
9-6 worldly fame
10a
11c
1. A
2. A
3. B
4.C
5-1 is C
5-2 is C
6 is Enthusiastic, Confident, Patient, Acting according to regulative principles, abandoning association of non-devotees, and following previous acaryas
7. A
8. translation: "a sober person who can tolerate the urge to speak, the minds demands, the actions of anger..."
9. The Six Activities that spoil : Eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required, over endeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain, talking unnecessarily about mundane things, practicing scriptural rules/regulations only for the sake of following and not for spiritual advancement or rejecting and working independently, associating with worldly minded persons not interested in Krishna Consciousness, and finally being greedy for mundane achievements.
10. A (but hopefully with a bonafide spiritual guide and Krishna's mercy maybe one day B)
11. B :)
12. Hearing the names and glories of Supreme Personality of Godhead, chanting His Glories, Remembering the Lord, Serving the Lord's feet, worshipping the Deity, offering obeisances, acting as the Lords Servant, making friends with the Lord, Surrendering oneself fully to the lord.
from Brandon Vargas
Reply by Basu Gopal Prabhu
Perfect paper ! -Teacher
1---A
2---c
3---b
4---b-c
5---1---c
5---2--c
6---being enthusiastic
being patient
endeavoring confidently
acting according to regulative principles
abandoning nondevotee association
following previous acharyas
7---A
8---One who can control the forces of speech, mind, anger, belly, tongue and genitals is known as a gosvāmī and is competent to accept disciples all over the world."
9-(1) eating more than necessary or collecting more funds than required; (2) overendeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to obtain; (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters; (4) practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of following them and not for the sake of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically; (5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; and (6) being greedy for mundane achievements
10---a
11--c
12---śravanam kīrtanam vishoh
smaranam pāda-sevanam
arcanam vandanam dāsyam
sakhyam ātma-nivedanam
(SB 7.5.23)
The nine processes of devotional service are as follows:
1. hearing the name and glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
2. chanting His glories
3. remembering the Lord
4. serving the Lord's feet
5. worshiping the Deity
6. offering obeisances unto the Lord
7. acting as the Lord's servant
8. making friends with the Lord
9. surrendering oneself fully to the Lord
no peeking!