Shodashoupachara Pooja
Final Step of the Pooja
What is Pradakshina and Namaskara
Vishwamitra tests King Harishchandra on this purushartha by asking him to come up with a 1000 gold coins
What is the 'Dharma'?
Rama's 3 brothers
Who are Lakshmana, Shatrughana and Bharata?
This is Dev guru Brihaspati's son who pretends to love Shukracharya's daughter to obtain the secret of the Sanjeevani -- reviving dead people back to life
Who is Kach?
M stands for this in the Chinmaya BMI chart
What is mind?
Spreading incense /fragrant smoke throughout the altar
What is Dhoopa?
The story of the mango being passed between devious lovers around indicates the devious pursuit of this Purushartha
What is Kama
He becomes a golden deer
Who is Maricha?
This robber became a sage after Narada helps him realize that his wife, father and kids will not share his sins
Who is Valmiki?
The main evil preventing us from realizing the true atma / soul
What is ego/ahankara? or Vasanas? (Either is acceptable)
The first step of the Pooja
What is Dhyana (meditating on the diety to be invoked/invited)?
Acharya Vishnugupta or Chanakya wrote exhaustively about this Purushartha which deals with finance and administration
What is Artha
The 2 kids of Rama
Who are Lava and Kusha?
She curses Krishna at the end of the Mahabharata war
Who is Gandhari?
Intellect is associated with this
Thoughts and thinking and ability to discriminate
The step of the pooja associated with sight
What is Deepa or Deepam (showing the lighted lapm)?
The last purushartha that allows one to seek liberation from life itself
What is Moksha
Hanuman's mother
Who is Anjana?
This Indian/Mughal prince translated the Gita into Persian
Who is Dara Shikoh?
Chinmaya closing prayer that says that all souls are infinite and emerge and with the bramhan
What is the prayer "purnamada purnamidam'
Which step is associated with 'touch'
What is Gandham (applying sandalwood paste) followed by Haldi/Kumkum?
The title of the youtube web series videos we watch at Chinmaya classes from 9th - 12th grade
What is the Upanishad Ganga series
Ravana's sister
Who is Shurpanaka?
The ending portion or conclusion of the Vedas
Who is Vedanta?
Meaning of Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya
What is 'Take us from darkness to light' in Sanskrit?