THE IMMORTAL HERITAGE -BHAGAWAD GITA – QUIZ

THE IMMORTAL HERITAGE -BHAGAWAD GITA

Direct Questions From the Book – The Path Divine – Pages 141-171

1. What is the meaning of Bhagawad Gita?

   ANS: Bhagawad Gita is acclaimed as “the song celestial”. It aims to make man perfect & divine

2. (a)What is meant by Purushottama?

   ANS: The Supreme Spirit(God head)

(b)How do we attain Purushottama?
ANS: We have to cultivate detachment to the lures of the world and try to develop intense attachment to God. Through these we will be released from the bondage of the world and attain Purushottama

3. How many chapters are there in Bhagawad Gita? How many slokhas are there?

   ANS: Each chapter bears a title with the word _______ as suffix.
   There are 18 chapters and 700 slokhas in Bhagawad Gita. / Yoga(suffix)

4. What is the Meaning of Yoga

   ANS: Yoga means “union with God” as well as “pathway to God”.

5. Who gave Bhagawad Gita to the world? Where?

   ANS: Bhagawad Gita was given to the world by Lord Krishna – at Kurukshetra (battlefield) (forming part of the epic Mahabharatha).

6. Bhagawad Gita contains the essence of all ____________.

   ANS: Upanishads

7. What is Jnana?

   ANS: Jnana is Wisdom. Wisdom is right understanding of life… its different problems and aspects and also the aim and its purposes

8. What is Swadhyaya

   ANS: One must understand the importance of knowledge. Not only that, one must learn to acquire knowledge with steadfast faith. So Swadhyaya is the path which one has to tread first.

9. What is Nishkama Karma?

   ANS: All work must be done without any motive and attachment to the fruits thereof. Each and every work must be done as an offering to God. This is Nishkama Karma

10. What is Sadhana?

    ANS: Sadhana is the practice of certain spiritual disciplines, such as the control of the senses and purification of Thought, Word and Deed. It also includes leading a virtuous life.

11. Which parable of Jesus Christ talks about the Jeevatma returning to the state of God?

    ANS: The returning of “the prodigal son” to his native home, to his loving father, as in the parable told by Lord Jesus Christ- the Jiva freed from turmoils of life, will attain to his native state, the state of Supreme peace, bliss which is indeed the state and nature of God.

12. What are the different pathways that Krishna talks about in Bhagawad Gita?

    ANS: Karma yoga – The Path of Action, Bhakti yoga – The Path of Devotion,
    Raja yoga – The Path of Mind Control, Jnana yoga – The Path of Knowledge

13. Chapters of the Bhagawad Gita

    Chapter	Title	Brief Description
    I	Arjuna Vishadayoga	The Despondency of Arjuna
    II	Sankhya Yoga	The Philosophy of Discrimination
    III	Karma Yoga	Path of Action
    IV	Jnana Yoga	Path of Wisdom
    V	Karma Sanyasa Yoga	Renunciation of Action
    VI	Dhyana Yoga	Yoga of meditation & self control
    VII	Vijnana Yoga	Knowledge & experience
    IX	Raja Vidya Rajaguhya Yoga	Sovereign Science & Sovereign Secret
    X	Vibhuti Yoga	Yoga of Divine Manifestations
    XII	Bhakti Yoga	Path of Devotion
    XIII	Kshetra, Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga	Spirit & Matter
    XIV	Guna Traya Vibhaga Yoga	Three Qualities
    XV	Purushottama Yoga	Lord-God / Supreme Self
    XVI	Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga	Divine & the Demonaical qualities
    XVIII	Moksha Sanyasa Yoga	Spirit of Renunciation

    ALSO

    PLEASE LEARN

    All 13 BHAGAWAD GITA VERSES + MEANINGS OF VERSES
    FROM PATH DIVINE TEXT BOOK – Pages 157 – 164
    

    PLEASE READ

    THE ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES ON THE EXCELLENCE OF
    EACH OF THE YOGAS FROM PATH DIVINE TEXT BOOK – Pages 165 – 171
    

    PLEASE READ

    TRANSLATION OF NARSI MEHTA’S SONG VAISHNAVA JANATO

    FROM PATH DIVINE TEXT BOOK – Page 144

Direct Questions From the Book PATH DIVINE LAST FEW PAGES (172-176)

1. 1.	Body	a. Horses
   2.	Atman	b. Chariot
   3.	Senses	c. Reins
   4.	Buddhi	d. Person seated in the chariot
   5.	Mind	e. Charioteer
   6.	Object of senses	f. Goal of life
   7.	Destination	g. Road

   ANS: 1-b 2-d 3-a 4-e 5-c 6-g 7-f

2. When a man is under the control of his senses his life is of the ________; when he has controlled his senses his life is of the _______.

   ANS: World, spirit

3. What are the preliminary enquiries to sharpen and awaken our consciousness?

   ANS: Who am I ? whence am I ? whither am I going?

4. As your food is so will be your _________.

   ANS: Blood

5. ________ degrade man, whereas _________ uplift him.

   ANS: Desires, aspiration

6. Everything is in the ______________, nothing bears fruit unless it is pure

   ANS: MIND

7. Give swami’s saying on silence.

   ANS: God’s voice can be heard only in the depths of silence.

8. Complete
   Sivoham- let this be ________________ Dasoham – let this be ________________

   ANS:
   Sivoham- let this be your adarsa (goal)
   Dasoham- let this be your Acharana (practice)

9. Explain the difference in the spiritual attitudes of Nagamahasaya and Vivekananda

   ANS: Nagamahasaya felt “I am the servant of God- Dasoham”.
   Vivekananda felt that he was the master, the Isha who was Idam Sarvam, Sada Soham.

10. When does God’s Grace not flow freely?

    ANS: God’s grace does not flow freely as long as there is a sense of I and Mine. If we think of ourselves He stands at a distance.

11. _________ not the world but _______ with it.

    ANS: Leave, live

12. Swami explains the importance of rites, ceremonies and festivals with examples of rice and husk. Write about this.

    ANS: Rites are like the husk which covers the rice. Without the husk a rice grain will not sprout when it is sown in the soil. Thus it is to preserve our Dharma and to give it the vital force to take root and grow, the rites, ceremonies and festivals are prescribed by the religion.

ALSO PLEASE READ

Pg 172 of Path Divine – Read the Gems of Sadhu Vaswani / Tagore / Sri Aurobindo
(Need not exactly memorise – But must know what is given in these pages – as explained in the class)