Chapters 1-10
What are the 4 basic principles related to atma and paramatma?
(1) The Law of Karma
(2) Rebirth or Punarjanma
(3) Avatarvad
(4) Murti Puja
Where was the Sabha held when Shriji Maharaj appointed Gunatitanand Swami head of Junagadh mandir?
Gadhada
How many symbols are on Maharaj's feet?
16
Parvatbhai sacrificed what to Maharaj?
6,400 kilos of grains for the almshouse Maharaj had opened in Loj.
Complete the shlok:
Aum sahanāvavatu,
saha nou bhunaktu...
Aum sahanāvavatu, saha nou bhunaktu, sahaveeryam karavāvahai, Tejasvināvadheetamastu, mā vidvishāvahai. Aum Shāntihi! Shāntihi! Shāntihi!
Nilkanth Varni did extreme tapa in ______?
Pulhashram
How many hours a day would Bhagatji Maharaj do seva for?
23 hours a day
Who said to whom:
“Where there is superstition, Bhagwan is not. And where there is Bhagwan, there is no superstition.”
Shriji Maharaj to Karsanbhai
Kamalshibhai
Complete the Asthak
Sākshād Aksharadhāma divya paramam, sevāratam murtimān...brahmaswarupam gurum
Sākshād Aksharadhāma divya paramam, sevāratam murtimān,
Sarvādhāra sadā sva-roma vivare, brahmānda-koti-dharam |
Bhakti dhyāna kathā sadaiva karanam, brahma-sthiti-dāyakam,
Vande Aksharabrahma pāda-kamalam, Gunātitānandanam
Shriman-nirguna-murti sundara tanu, adhyātma-vārtā-ratam,
Dehātita dashā akhanda bhajanam, shāntam kshamā-sāgaram |
Āgnā-pālana-tatparam guna-grahi, nirdosha-murti swayam,
Vande Prāgaji-Bhakta-pāda-kamalam, brahmaswarupam gurum ||
Who said to whom?
“If Pujaji says so, it will surely rain"
Maharaj to Pujaji
When was the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha established?
1907
Who said to whom:
“Doing one ekadashi
fast earns a person the
punya of doing 1,000
ashvamedh yagnas.”
Mahant of Hanuman Gadhi Mandir Mohandas to Ghanshyam and the devotees sitted in the katha.
Name the 7 places mentioned in the Vachanamrut
Gadhada, Sarangpur, Kariyani, Loya, Panchala, Vartal and Ahmedabad
Say the morning prayer
He Mahārāj, He Swāmi! He Mahant Swāmi Mahārāj! Hu humeshā āpni āgnā pālu, kharāb kārya na karu, āpne rāji kari shaku tevā balbuddhi āpajo. Kusang thaki rakshā karjo ane sārāno sang āpjo. Mātāpitāni sevā karu ane abhyās barābar karu ane āpno ādarsh bhakta banu evi shakti āpjo
Out of the group of 150 devotees, what were some of the people. Name 2 groups
Kandas of Buva and Kandas of Bochasan
Stated in the Shikshapatri
Kanthi, Puja & Panchang pranam, Bal Sabha & Ghar Sabha, Arti & Asthak, Ahar Shuddhi, Satsang reading & Satsang exams, Avoid Kusang, and finally study well
In Ahmedabad, there is a large tomb called ______
Dariyakhanno Gumbaj
Who said this:
“If I took a
bribe, it would dishonour my tilak-chandlo.
My guru’s name would be blemished. Take
your money back. Just come to katha from
5:30 to 6 p.m.”
Maganbhai
State the evening/nightime prayer
He Mahārāj! He Swāmi! He Mahant Swāmi Mahārāj! Ākhā divasmā jāne ajāne mārāthi bhul thai hoi to māf karjo. Fari bhul na thāy tevi prernā āpajo ane savāre mane vehalo uthādjo. Āvti kāle āpne vishesh rāji kari shaku tevi shakti āpjo.