pages 47-77 of book, chs 5-8
1. One should offer obeisances to a devotee who has accepted diksa and is worshipping the Deities, and mentally respect a person, even if not initiatied formally, who is chanting the Holy Names. True or False?
2. The three general levels of devotional service are, in order from lower to higher; madhyama, kanistha, Utthama adhikari True or False?
3. Out of many Vaisnavas, one may be found to be seriously engaged in the service of the Lord, following all the regulative principles, chanting all rounds, and always thinking how to expand this movement. Such a devotee is utthama adhikari and on the most elevated rungs of devotional services. True or False?
4.One need not worry about finding or approaching and serving a bonafide spiritual master, as he will find you. You need not be anxious to take diksa. True or False?
5. Diksa formally is not important. True or False?
6. One should not expect full mercy if one is only chanting sixteen rounds instead of 64, as it is not spiritually acceptable ultimately. True or False?
7. One cannot ever accept a devotee as spiritual master if they are on the madhyama platform only. One should take initiation only from an utthama adhikari always, no exceptions. True or False?
Ch 6
8. A devotee not in a liberated state cannot perform devotional service True or False?
9. unalloyed , ie pure, devotion, like gold without any silver mixed in it, is free of mental speculation and fruitive works. True or False ?
10. The madhayama adhikari makes a distinction bewtween non devotees, devotees, and the Lord, and acts with discrimination accordingly. True or False?
11.The spiritual master should not be subject to advice from his disciples nor from non disciples. True or False?
12. ISKCON GBC society breaks the rules of question 11. True of False?
Ch 7
13. Most world leaders these days are blind miscreants due to gross ignorance and display deceitful materialistically-motivated character. True or True?
14. Chanting is in three stages; offensive beggining stage, middle or clearing stage, and then one again goes back down to the offensive stage in order to shore up ones career activities in GBC I$conco., making money and fame as a bogus gooroo as soon as one's devotional career allows one to jump ahead of the pack. True or False? (ideally speaking?)
15. At the stage of taking initiation, this is called bhajana kriya. True or False?(page 70 bottom)
16 A devotee cannot expereince bhava stage until he is pure. True or False?
17. Purity produces bhava, Bhava does not produce purity. ie purity is the process, bhava is a result
True or False? Are you Sure ??
Ch 8
18. So far, this has been an easy test! True or False?
( NOTE Devotees giving the answer here of "False", will automatically flunk the test. )
19. Meditataion which expands and becomes constant is called anusmrti True or False? (page 76)
20. In raganuga bhakti , the regulative principles , although generally followed, become less prominent, in that although the devotee generally follows them, they do not form the predominant substance of his or her devotional life. This is sometimes seen to be used an an excuse by rascals for sinful activities. True or False?
21 Bonus question; Question no. 7 above can be misleading for neophytes, something akin to gambling. True or False?
Replies
try page 55 bottom is one cool reference
page 61 mid
Ys
see pages 57 and 58 to almost bottom!
page 52 mid; "when one has become disinterested in material life, he should be initiated"
after undergoing, if you reread earlier pages, a process of internal preparation.