SRILA PRABHUPADA SHRADDHAVAN - ANSWER SHEET
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Section 1 (Pages 1-16)
01. The very first step in self-realization is realizing one's identity as separate from the body.
Answer: True
02. A body without consciousness is a diseased body.
Answer: False
03. The word Veda means
Answer: b) Book of knowledge
04. The very name Krishna, which is nonsectarian, means
Answer: d) The greatest pleasure
05. "I am not this body but am spirit soul" is an essential realization for anyone who wants to
transcend death and enter into the spiritual world beyond.
06. The name gosvāmi is given to someone who has learned how to master the senses.
07. As a strong wind sweeps away a boat on the water, even one of the roaming senses on which the
mind focuses can carry away a man's intelligence.
08. What is consciousness? Explain with an example.
Answer: Consciousness is the symptom of the soul. Just as heat or smoke are symptoms of fire, so
consciousness is the symptom of the soul. The energy of the soul is produced in the shape of
consciousness. A body without consciousness is a dead body - as soon as consciousness is removed,
the mouth will not speak, the eye will not see, nor the ears hear.
09. What is Buddhistic Nirvana? Explain with an analogy.
Answer: Buddhistic Nirvana is a kind of perfection where no activities are performed. Buddha
maintained that if material elements are separated or dismantled, the cause of suffering is removed.
It's like destroying a house to avoid tax collectors - if they give too much difficulty because we
possess a large house, one simple solution is to destroy the house.
10. What is Mantra Yoga? What is it meant for? Who gifted it?
Answer: Mantra Yoga is the chanting of the names of Krishna - Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna
Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. It is meant to establish
ourselves on the pure brahma-bhūta spiritual platform above the three modes. This gift was given by
Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Section 2 (Pages 17-32)
11. The word yoga means "to link up," and the yoga systems are meant to enable us to link with the
transcendental world.
Answer: True
12. Those who are intelligent do not try to elevate themselves to any planet within the spiritual
universe.
Answer: False
13. For the soul there is never
Answer: a) Birth nor death
14. We can manufacture something that will accelerate _____ but nothing that will stop _____
Answer: c) Death, death
15. Just as one going to America can get some idea what the country is like by reading books, one
can also have knowledge of the spiritual planets by reading Vedic literatures.
16. The bhakti-yoga system, however, is not to be practiced for transferral to any material planet.
17. On the higher planets, bodies live much longer than on earth, for six months on earth is equal to
one day on the higher planets.
18. Who are unintelligent according to Bhagavad-Gita?
Answer: Those who are satisfied with temporary life, temporary pleasure and temporary facilities are
not to be considered intelligent according to Bhagavad-gītā. One whose brain substance is very small
is interested in temporary things. We are eternal, so why should we be interested in temporary
things?
19. Describe something about Krishnaloka.
Answer: Krishnaloka is described in Brahma-samhitā. The houses are made of touchstone - whatever
touchstone touches immediately turns into gold. The trees are wish-fulfilling trees from which one
can receive whatever he wishes. The cows are called surabhi and yield an endless supply of milk.
20. Who are the different kinds of Yogis?
Answer: There are different kinds of transcendentalists called yogis - hatha-yogis, jñāna-yogis,
dhyāna-yogis and bhakti-yogis. All of them are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world.
Section 3 (Pages 33-52)
21. Krishna is called Ajitah-unconquerable—for no one can conquer God.
Answer: True
22. This material world is certified by Śrī Krishna, the creator, as duhkhālayam-full of happiness.
Answer: False
23. Krishna's abode in the transcendental kingdom is called
Answer: a) Goloka Vrindavana
24. Unless we go to the spiritual planets, there is no escape from
Answer: c) Death
25. Krishna consciousness is not a religious formula or some spiritual recreation; it is the most
important part of the living entity.
26. For one who dies in Krishna consciousness, entrance into Krishnaloka, the supreme abode
where Krishna resides, is guaranteed.
27. According to Brahma-samhitā there are two ways of acquiring knowledge-the ascending process
and descending process.
28. Who is a Mahatma?
Answer: A mahātmā refers to the first-class Krishna conscious man who is eligible to enter into the
abode of Krishna. The mahātmā's perfection is to utilize the human form of life and the resources of
nature to extricate himself from the cycle of birth and death.
29. What an intelligent man inquires?
Answer: An intelligent man questions why miseries are inflicted on him by force. An intelligent
person knows that he does not want miseries, but they are inflicted upon him by force.
30. What is the proper method of understanding God?
Answer: The proper process for approaching Krishna is through the descending process - receiving
knowledge from higher authorities. We should become submissive and hear of the Supreme through
authoritative sources such as Bhagavad-gītā or through the lips of a realized soul.
Section 4 (Pages 53-71)
31. The definition of bhakti given in the Nārada-pañcarātra is "freedom from designation."
Answer: True
32. Those who are filled with optimistic thoughts see God constantly before them.
Answer: False
33. Krishna consciousness is a great science with immense literatures, and we should utilize them for
the attainment of
Answer: b) Bhakti
34. When one is situated in his real identity and is rendering service to Krishna, he is a
Answer: d) Bhakta
35. Hare means energy, and Krishna is the name of the Supreme Lord, so when we chant Hare
Krishna we are saying, "Oh energy of the Lord, O Lord, please accept me".
36. He who has progressed in devotional life and who is relishing service to Krishna will automatically
become detached from material enjoyment.
37. The simple process of chanting the names of Krishna will reveal what one is, what God is, what
the material and spiritual universes are, why we are conditioned, how we can get out of that
conditioning—and everything else, step by step.
38. How to see God as explained by Srila Prabhupada?
Answer: We cannot see God by our own endeavor, but if we qualify ourselves, God will reveal
Himself, and then we will see. We simply have to develop the eyes to see Him. Those who are filled
with love of God see God constantly before them through devotional service.
39. How Bhagavad-Gita differs from the Shankharites and Buddhists philosophy?
Answer: The Śankarites and Buddhists claim that the world beyond is void, but Bhagavad-gītā does
not disappoint us like this. The philosophy of voidness has simply created atheists. Bhagavad-gītā
gives us the advantage of being able to revive our original status of eternality, knowledge and bliss.
40. What is the common teachings of all scriptures?
Answer: The common teaching of all scriptures is to achieve the ultimate goal of life - to go back to
Godhead. All scriptures from all countries aim at this goal. The main principle that we are not meant
for this material world but for the spiritual world is accepted by all genuine transcendentalists.
