Verse
Complete the verse: "Dhyān binu sab sādhanā hai, ______________________
Prāṇ binu tanu pyāre
What should our mind constantly be aware of?
Surrender of body is the true surrender
False
________ is the biggest obstacle in the path of our devotion.
Attachment
What additional awareness is necessary alongside a constant sense of "I am"?
That "He (God) is with me.
Which verse means "Dear one! Become extremely restless and always shed tears for him."
Hvai ke ati vyākul karahu nit karuṇ krandan pyāre
What does our mind continue to oscillate between?
Raag and Dwesh
View challenges as favors from God to strengthen your character.
False
Tests
_______ is the key to navigating life experiences.
Acceptance
What is the goal of Saadhna?
It is to realize God's omnipresence.
Complete the verse: "____ ____ __ _______ ____, aṣhṭayāmī pyāre"
unakī sevā hī chahahu nit
What leads to personal loss and emotional turmoil.
Fighting, quarreling, and arguing with others
Material nature [Prakriti] is separate from God but one of His many aspects
False
Not
Showing respect to others nurtures ______ and _______ within us.
Humility, Compassion
What interrelation is revealed by the Vedas?
They reveal the interrelation between God, His energies, and the material world.
Which verse means "Dear one! Do not ever think yourself to be alone"
Apu ko ikalo kabahuṁ jani, mānu man mahaṁ pyāre
What is a key aspect of Bhakti?
Optimism
Be more humble than a tree & Be more tolerant than a blade of grass.
False.
Be more humble than a blade of grass.
Be more tolerant than a tree.
Bhakti should resemble _____ rather than a _______.
Oil Stream, Water Stream
What are three effects of harboring ill-will, or "durbhavna," towards others?
1. Thoughts will become clouded.
2. Consciousness will be affected.
3. It poses a hindrance to one's spiritual practice.
Sādhanā meṁ hai pramukh ______, _______ nahin pyāre
Mann Indriyaan
Mind is the Key in spiritual practice practice not bodily organs.
What are the barriers in percieveing God?
1. The body is made of Maya [Material Energy]
2. The soul does not have perception of God because its instruments of perception are defective.
Vivekanand taught to live as if you are always under the watchful eye of the Supreme & Divine mother.
False
Aurobindo's
The five senses _________ the soul.
distract
What are the reasons that lead our minds to divert from God and concentrate more on the world surrounding us?
1. It is a habit developed over countless lifetimes.
2. The mind consists of material energy, known as Maya, and the world too is made of Maya.
What is the essence of mind management?
Train the mind to follow our will.
What is our inadequacy?
The absence of Shri Krishna's manifestation
Practice inner detachment and outer renunciation.
False.
Shri Krishna responds to the depth of our ________ in our spiritual longing.
yearning
In the analogy of the chariot, who represents a passive state when the mind leads us astray.
Passenger
What is one way to deepen your Bhakti?
Begin each day with gratitude.
What must our intellect decide in order to achieve true happiness?
The intellect must decide that it cannot get happiness in material things, True happiness can only when complete surrender to God is achieved
Over indulgence leads to spiritual confusion.
True
When somebody gives us ____ we develop______ and When somebody ____us, we develop ________
Happiness, Attachment
Hurts, Animosity
Which story was mentioned to illustrate perseverance in the path of sadhana?
The story of Kalidas
What is the meaning of "रस की शिशी में युगल रस, भर के पी नित प्यारे". Rasa ki shishi men yugala rasa, bhara ke pi nita pyare.
Dear one! Fill the bottle (also made of nectar) with the combined nectar of the divine couple, Radha and Krishna.
What makes the divine connection possible for all?
God reveals himslef in the form we desire.
The vedas prescribe rituals for those who are not yet ready to connect through love.
True.
Scriptures are divine and ___________, like _______.
unfathomable God
The bliss from what is infinitely greater than Brahmanand?
from a personal form, Premanand,