Guru Vaani 1
Instead of doing things for happiness, we must do it ___
What is with happiness?
This name, meaning infallible bliss, is the Sannyasi Name for Goswami-ji
What is Achyuthananda?
This country Gurudev visited is one of the driest countries ever, whose namesake is a famous basketball player
What is Jordan?
This sage, who is also a Parivraajakaacharya, initiated children like Dhruva and Prahlada into our Naam
Who is Sage Narada?
The three types of japaas are mantras that you can __, __, and ___
What is say out loud, murmur, and never utter/do only in the mind?
This is the only entity that treats everyone equally
What is death/Yama?
Goswami-ji was initiated on the Aakash Ganga Hill by this Sage who was from the lineage of Guru Nanak
Who is Brahmananda Paramahamsa Ji?
Gurudev visited this country which shares its name with a movie in which a lion, zebra, and hippo live in a New York zoo
What is Madagascar?
This sage was the Guru of Lord Krishna
Who is Sage Sandeepani?
This story was recounted by Gurudev to explain that descent is not demotion
What is the story of Parama-gurudev serving water?
God's creation is flawless; it is our creation that has flaws, mainly because of these two things
What is "I"-ness and "mine"-ness?
janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ
saṃskārād bhaved dvijaḥ |
vedapāṭād bhaved vipraḥ
brahma jānāti iti brāhmaṇaḥ ||
The above shloka was recited by Gurudev at this significant event
What is His Sannyasa Deeksha?
This country which Gurudev visited uses ancient weaving patterns as a method of identifying someone, and shares its first three letters with a famous hispanic avocado dip
What is Guatemala?
The hymn Aditya Hrdayam in reality is sung in the glory of this God
Who is Lord Shiva?
The only way to counter the effects of Maya is to do this
What is take refuge in the Lord of Maya(Mayapati)?
Avidya, Asmita, Raga, Dvesha, Abhinivesha are the 5 types of these
What are Kleshas?
Svarupa Goswami, Sri Ramananda Raya, Sikhi Mahiti and Madhavidevi were the confidential disciplies of this Saint in our lineage
Who is Caitanya Mahaprabhu?
Gurudev visited this country which began as a collection of penal colonies and has the world's longest straight railway track, along with being the first nation to grant women the right to vote and stand for parliament
What is Australia?
___, Vishakha, Rangdevi, Sudevi, Champaklata, Indulekha, Tungivdya, ___
Fill in the blank
Who are Lalita and Chitra?
When the journey to God ends, this journey begins
What is journey with God?
Aadhi, parinama, and samskara are three types of this
What is dukham?
AtmArAmAshcha munayaha nirgranthA apyurukramE |
kurvanti ahaitukIm bhaktim ittham bhUtaguNo harih ||”
The shloka above was revealed to Parama-gurudev by the banks of Ganga river by this realized soul
Who is Lord Shukadeva(Shuka)?
This island country visited by Gurudev was colonized by Spain in the 1500s and sits entirely on the Ring of Fire with no land borders; its capital rhymes with one of the rudimentary ice cream flavors
What is the Phillipines?
This god was the Deeksha Guru for Lord Shiva and also incarnated as Kumarila Bhatta to re-establish the importance of the Vedas when they were being denegrated by the Buddhists
Who is Karthikeya?
These are the three "desires" one has which are not truly desires
What is desire to serve, desire to realize onself, and desire to attain god?