Leshyas/Living Values
What are the six leshyas and their colors?
Krishna(black), Neel(blue), Kapot(gray), Tejo(red), Padma(yellow), and Shukla(white).
Due to debeaking, what are chickens not able to do?
Drink water
Name the five Mahavrats and the sutra they are mentioined in.
Ahimsa Mahavrat, Satya Mahavrat, Achaurya Mahavrat, Brahmacharya Mahavrat, and Aparigraha Mahavrat and they are mentioned in Acharanga Sutra.
What is the aphorism of Tattvartha sutra?
"All life is bound together by mutual support and interdependence."
Name all the scriptual names for all of the Anuvrats.
Sthul Prantipat Virman Vrat, Sthul Mrushavad Virman Vrat, Sthul Adattadan Virman Vrat, Svadara-santosh Vrat, Ichchha Pariman/Parigraha Pariman Vrat
What did the fourth friend say?
If Americans lowered their meat and dairy intake by 20% how many people would be fed per year.
120 million people
Who does a Sadhu never touch?
Any female.
What universal things does Ahimsa entail in the English language?
universal friendship, universal forgiveness, and universal fearlessness.
Name all the Himsas and the subdivisions in the Indian language.
Arambhi, Anarambhi(Sankalpi). Arambhi Himsa is divided into Udyami, Gruharmbhi, and Virodhi.
Name all eight types of Pride.
Pride of Family Status, Race, Physical Strength, Appearance, Knowledge, Penance, Gain, and Affluence
Name four clarifying ingredients in wine.
Any four: egg whites, gelatin from skin and connective tissue of pigs and cows, isinglass from bladder of sturgeon fish, blood of mammals, and casein from milk
This is a six-part question. Name all three names for a male monk and all three names for a female monk.
Male Monk: Sadhu, Shraman, and Muni. Female Monk: Sadhvi, Shramani, and Arya.
What is the meaning of Syadvad and what does it state?
It means relativity. It states that the expression of truth is relative to different viewpoints.
What are the ten directions and what vow limits one's wordly activities to these ten directions?
North, south, east, west, north-east, north-west, south-west, wouth-east, upwards and downwards. The vow is Dig/Disha Pariman Vrat.
People in this state of mind are kind, benevolent, and are unaffected by joy and sorrow.
Name two diseases that are not suicide or accidents that alcohol causes.
Any two: cirrhosis of liver, esopageal cancer, pancreatits, and malnutrition.
How often do Digambar Sadhus and Sadhvis pluck their hair?
At the time of initiation and then twice a year thereafter or at least once a year before Paryushan.
What two states and country would be flooded due to climate change?
Florida/Lousiana and Bangladesh
Which vow sets a new limit within the limitations already set by Disha Pariman Vrat and one other vrat? Name the other vrat as well.
This is a three part question. Who helped the bullock cart loaded with grass out of the mud. Where was he walking from and where was he walking to?
Swami Dayanand Saraswati. He was walking from Banaras to Dadpur.
This is a three part question. How long are silkworms kept in incubation? How large are they at the beginning? How many grams of silk yarn are produced when 3,000 pupas are killed?
20 days, 1/2 inch, 200 grams
Who confers upon a Sadhvi their special title?
Their Guru Maharaj.
This is a three part question. How many cows are there in the world. How much methane do they produce in two years and how much more solar heat does it trap than carbon dioxide?
1.3 billion cows, 200 million tons of methane, and 25 times as much
What is the difference between Sanlekhana and suicide?
Suicide is the result of a outburst of passion while Sanlekhana is the result of dispassion.