The Self/Culture
What is Karma
ACTION: something every organism has to do in order to live. Performing your actions with a right attitude can purify your mind and remove likes and dislikes
How many Vedas exist and what are they?
4 Vedas: Rig, Sama, Yajur, Atharvana
Who wrote the Mahabharata?
Sage Veda Vyasa
What are the 4 Hogwarts Houses?
Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw
Prakrti - The inherent nature or tendency of a thing. Living by prakrti makes life peaceful, easy, and happy.
Vikrti - When some urge or desire grows out of proportion and we transgress the limits of prakrti, it is vikrti, perversion. Living by vikrti makes life stressful.
What is an Itihasa? What are 2 examples?
History:
Mahabharata and Ramayana
What was the name of the famous war in the Mahabharata
Kurukshetra War
What planet is known as the "Red Planet"
Mars
Kindness to all beings - Compassion, Sympathy, Humanity,...
Patience (forgiveness) - Forbearance
Free from jealousy - Anasuya
Purity - Sauca - Cleanliness within and without - Purity of mind
Not to feel mental strain - Anayasa - Efforts, exertion- Live without tension
Being cheerful - Mangalam - Happy
Giving charity - Akarpanya - Give generously whatever you have
Free from desires (greed) - Asprha - Absence of desires or clinging attachments
What are the 3 sections of the Vedas?
Karma kanda - Ritualistic portion
Upasana Kanda - Meditation
Jnana Kanda - Highest Knowledge
Who is Shantanu's First Wife?
Ganga
What year was Chinmaya Somnath established
2014
What is the word "culture" in Sanskrit?
Samskriti
Name 2 out of the 4 Mahavakyas
Options:
Tat Tvam Asi
Prajnanam Brahma
Ayam Atma Brahma
Aham Bramhasmi
How was Shakuni related to the Kauravas?
Brother of Gandhari, Uncle
In the Marvel movies, how many Infinity Stones are there and what are they?
6: Time, Space, Reality, Power, Mind, Soul
What are the 3 types of Karma?
(10 Bonus points if you can explain them)
Sanchita Karma
Prarabdha Karma
Agami Karma
Siksha (phonetic)
Kalpa (religious rites)
Vyakarana (grammar)
Nirukta (etymology)
Chandas (prosody/poetry)
Jyotisa (astronomy)
The sister of the 100 sons of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari
Dusshala
What movie was the first feature-length animated film ever released
(hint: disney)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves