Chinmaya Mission PotPouri
What does CHYK stand for
Chinmaya Yuva Kendra
What does Sanatan Dharma mean?
Unchanging Responsibility
what are the 3 (or 4 ) R's of helping the environment?
Refuse, Reduce, Re-use, recycle
What goes up but never comes down?
Age
Name the Sanatan Dharma Trinity
Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh
Rock Paper Scissors
Play 1 game matches of 3v3 against another team.
Which couple started Chinmaya Mission Boston?
Shashiji Aunty & Dwarkaji Uncle
Name 3 texts of Vedanta
BG, Ramayan, Vivekchumdamani, Dr drshya viveka,
Name 4 renewable sources of energy
Solar, Wind, hydroelectric, Geothermal, Biomass
What is easy to lift but hard to throw
a Feather
Team- Sing Vakratunda mahakaya
Whole team sings - get points
3 people on the team do Surya Namaskar
get points if they do the flow
Finish this phrase: we seek the Lord‘s grace to keep us on the path of ____, ____, & ____
Virtue, Courage & Wisdom
18
How many junk mail items are delivered in the USA annually? 10 billion, 50 bill, 100 bill
100 Billion pieces of junk mail
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
Name 3 saints of Sanatan Dharma
many
The entire team has to hold Tree pose for 20 seconds
What does CORD stand for?
Chinmaya Organisation for Rural Development (CORD)
What is the cause of our desires?
Vasanas
What percent of recycling is actually recycled in the US? 0-15%, 20-35%, 60-80%
9%
A man was walking in the rain. He was in the middle of nowhere. He had nothing and nowhere to hide. He came home all wet, but not a single hair on his head was wet. Why is that?
He is bald
Name the 10 avatars
-Extra 100 points for order.
Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha, and Kalki
Entire team- hold plank for 20 seconds (if a teammate can't do plank- they can do 15 jumping jacks
get points once done with excercise
What are the name of Swami Chinmayanada’s 2 teachers
Swami Sivanandanda and Tapovanji Maharaj
What is advaita vedanta?
Non-duality of Brahman (we are one with brahman)
What are some of the most impactful ways someone can make a difference on the climate (outside of their own effort)
voting (local level), education of voting, political opinion sharing, enforcing companies to make changes to reduce their carbon footprint
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
a Map
What is the meaning/essence of the opening prayer? (om sahana vavatu...)
Prayer to the lord to bless the us and the knowledge we are learning.
Pushups and jumping jacks- half team does 10 pushups, and half- 15 jumping jacks
get points once done with excercise