OUR TRADITION, OUR PRIDE
What did Ghanshyam maharaj take of Suvasinibhabhi ?
Ring
True or false
Utilizing time efficiently is important factor in accomplishing our goals in life.
Managing your time well makes you successful in everything you do
True
Where did Ghanshyam Maharaj get hurt while vising Targaam??? Who bandaged the wound?
Ashwini Kumar, the physician of the devas, bandaged him.
Charita - Khampa Talavadi
Simple living...high thinking
ex: santos
Who challanged Ghanshyam for wresting ?
Bhimsang challenged bhagwan in the arena
Tejabhai refused the food given to him from Brahmins because ....
Food had onion and garlic. And oil, ghee and water were not filtered.
Name the village where Dharmadev and Bhaktimata went for pilgrimage with their 3 sons ? They came to a small mandir in the village. Ghanshaym was doing aarti and suddenly the murti of Thakorji stepped down and took off the garland from his own neck and put it around Ghanshayms neck
Gunda
___________ is a way to communicate with God
Prarthna
Where did Ghanshyam sent all the ghost to from the well from Tinva village
Badrikasharam
Name a Hari bhagat who was very short tempered. One day in Kundal at night, he went for natures call and ran into a cart in the corridor. He got angry and inspite, he bit the cart. As a result he lost 2 teeth
Hathiya Patgar
Bapu, you can slit my throat with this sword and then pour the liquor into my body, but for the time that I wear Guru Gopalanand Swami's kathi, I will not consume liquor.
What were the two way King Gumansinh decide to test Ghanshyam ?
God does not have a shadow
There are 16 Chinhas on Gods feet
Name the Hindu sacred sound??? (AUM)
OM
Name of nand santo who is also known as Vairagya murti??
Nishkulanand Swami
True or false
Anger damages your mental and physical health.
Anger controls you. You are not in your control.
An angry person does not know what he/she is doing
True
_________ was on his way to Surat when he came across a golden anklet, which was worth one years worth of food. He immediately thought, "I am a follower of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, it is better to starve then to take others belongings"
Ghela Kholi
What does Mulji Sharma (Sadguru Shri Gunatitanand Swami) teach us about time ??
Mulji teaches us that we have limited time per day (24 hrs). We are not aware of how much life is left with us, hence we must not wait for right age or time, and must utilize it well in worshipping God regardless of age.
Explain the significance of Deepak (lamp)
It is a symbol of light and symbolizes the divine light of lord.
wick = ego and oil or ghee = our negative tendencies. when we are lit by self knowledge, the negative tendencies (oil) melt away and the ego (wick) perishes. when ego perishes, we realize the supreme truth.
Gandhiji
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Guru Maharaj
Shreeji Maharaj has compared anger to _____ or ________
snake or lion
True or false
Knowing tradition values make you follow moral values of tradition. Knowing traditions make you feel confident on your spiritual path
True
Nityanand Swami mastered the Vedas when he ____ years old
Shankaracharya wrote commentaries on the Gita, Upanishads and Brahmasutra by the age of ___-
11
20
Name 8 symbols of Hinduism
1. Om 2. Swastik
3. Kalash 4. Deepak
5. Agar Batti 6. Shankh
7. Ghantadi 8. Padma
Shreeji Maharaj in Shikshapatri stresses the importance of living a simple life. What did maharaj say??
Live within your means - especially if you want to live a life adhering to one's dharma and spiritually enriched life
Common tricks to control anger
listen more and speak less
close your eyes and count to 10 when you are angry
take deep breath
take a walk for few min