65 Questions
What is required to not become angry when someone insults us?
Having self-discipline
What is the result of being self-realized and self-disciplined?
Liberation in the Supreme
What does self-discipline mean?
Not identifying with the body
What is the measurement of the self?
One ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair
What is the result of realizing the spiritual dimension of the self?
Chanting the holy name of the Lord
What is the ultimate purpose of practicing the eightfold yoga mysticism?
To be absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
What does the practice of yama involve?
Controlling the senses
What is the fifth item of yoga practice?
Dhyāna
What does the practice of prāṇāyāma involve?
Breathing exercises
What is the ultimate purpose of sacrifice?
To achieve liberation from material miseries
What is the effect of observing the vow of celibacy?
Achieving liberation from material existence
How are the eight items of yoga practice automatically done if one is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
They are not required to be practiced separately
Who is the well-wisher of all living entities?
The Supreme Lord or Kṛṣṇa
What is the main characteristic of bhakti-yoga?
Engaging the senses in the service of the Lord
Why should one have confidence in Kṛṣṇa's well-wishing nature?
Because Kṛṣṇa supplies necessities to all living entities
What is the formula for achieving peace in the material world?
Offer everything to the transcendental service of Lord Krishna
What is the sense of Krishna consciousness, according to the text?
Lord Krishna is the supreme predominator and all living entities are His subordinates
What is the cause of a soul's suffering?
Desire to lord it over illusion
What is the purpose of working in Krishna consciousness, according to the text?
To bring one into spiritual life
What is the role of jnana-yoga in Krishna consciousness, according to the text?
Jnana-yoga is a path leading to bhakti-yoga
What does self-realization mean?
Realizing that one is not the body, but the spirit soul
Who does the text describe as being tolerant like a tree?
Caitanya Mahāprabhu
What is the highest perfection according to the text?
Entering into a spiritual planet and associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
What is the difference between the impersonal and Vaiṣṇava philosophies?
Impersonalism is void philosophy, while Vaiṣṇava philosophy is spiritual perfection
What does the text say is the goal of all yoga practice and philosophical speculation?
To realize that one is spirit soul
What is the Vaiṣṇava philosophy?
To associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face
What is the process of sense control in bhakti-yoga?
Purifying your senses in the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
What is the real sense control in bhakti-yoga?
Employing your senses in the service of Kṛṣṇa
What is the result of engaging your senses in the service of Kṛṣṇa?
You become liberated
What is the recommended process for controlling the senses in this age?
Employing your senses in the service of Kṛṣṇa
What are the eight items of yoga practice mentioned in the text?
Yama, niyama, āsana, pratyāhāra, dhyāna, dhāraṇā, prāṇāyāma, samādhi
What is the ultimate purpose of practicing the eightfold yoga mysticism?
To serve the ultimate purpose of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
How are the eightfold yoga practices automatically practiced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
If one is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness from the very beginning, all these eight items are automatically done
What is the highest goal of life according to the text?
Devotional service, which alone can award peace to the human being
What are the preface to perfection by devotional service?
The eightfold yoga practices
What is the subject of the Fifth Chapter of the Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā according to the text?
Karma-yoga, or acting in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
What is the role of devotional service in achieving the highest goal of life?
Devotional service is the means to achieve the highest goal of life
What is the result of engaging in devotional service?
Peace and the highest goal of life
What is the significance of being absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
It is the state of samādhi in yoga practice
How does one attain peace according to the text?
By engaging in devotional service
Real life, real spiritual life, is this ______ philosophy
Vaiṣṇava
The bhakti-yoga process is automatically ______ process
yoga
The real sense control is that you purify your sense in the activities of ______ consciousness
Kṛṣṇa
When you apply your senses for satisfaction of ______, then it is called bhakti
Kṛṣṇa
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the beneficiary in all human activities. Men should offer everything to the transcendental service of the Lord because He is _______ of all planets and the demigods thereon.
proprietor
Under the spell of illusion, living entities are trying to be lords of all they survey, but actually they are dominated by the _______ energy of the Lord.
material
The more one is advanced, the more he is free from the clutches of _______.
matter
Everything depends on one's own practical performance of duties in _______ consciousness.
Kṛṣṇa
Those who are free from ______ and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future.
anger
Just like somebody calls me, 'You are ______,' or 'You are hog.' But if I am self-realized, if I know perfectly well that I am not this body, so you call me hog, dog or king, emperor, majesty, what is that. I am not this body.
dog
So either you call me 'Your Majesty' or you call me a ______ or a cat—nothing of the sort.
pig
So this requires little ______. Actually this is the fact. Suppose I have got some dress, black dress. Somebody calls, 'You black dress.' Is that cause of anger.
training
The ultimate goal of life is to achieve __________ through devotional service.
peace
In the practice of yoga, __________ means controlling the senses.
yama
Practicing the sitting posture is called __________.
āsana
The practice of __________ involves controlling the senses from sense enjoyment.
pratyāhāra
Being absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is known as __________.
samādhi
The smallness, bigness is due to this ______. Therefore in Bhagavad-gītā you will find, paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ [Bg. 5.18]. [The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].] One who is learned, he does not see the small body or big body. He sees the particle of soul, spirit soul; therefore sama-darśinaḥ.
body
Self-realization means I am not this ______, I am spirit soul. That is self-realization.
body
Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommends that you become tolerant than the ______ and smaller than the small grass on the street, and you give all honor to others and don't expect any honor.
tree
All the yoga practice or philosophical speculation or anything—all practice targets to one point—that 'I am ______ soul.' Ahaṁ brahmāsmi, 'I am Brahman. I am not this matter.' This is perfection.
spirit
_____-yoga practice says hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate
Bhakti
Simply by ________ to go back to home, back to Godhead, one is supposed to follow the vow of brahmacārī
desiring
So this is ________. Sacrifice means my senses dictate that 'You enjoy,' but I am not enjoying
sacrifice
If He is well-wisher for everyone and I am engaged in His service, He is not my ________
well-wisher
Study Notes
Self-Realization and Perfection in Bhakti Yoga
- Self-realization means understanding that one is not the body but a spiritual soul.
- Self-discipline involves not identifying with the body and training oneself to realize the spiritual dimension.
- Tolerance is a key aspect of self-realization, as one realizes their smallness in comparison to the vastness of the spiritual realm.
- Self-realized individuals do not become angry or offended by insults, as they understand that they are not the body being insulted.
- The example of a tree is given to illustrate the concept of tolerance, as a tree withstands all kinds of weather and does not protest.
- Self-discipline and constant endeavoring for perfection are necessary to achieve self-realization.
- Self-realization is the understanding that one is not the body but a spiritual soul.
- By practicing self-realization, one can achieve liberation in the Supreme in the near future.
- Liberation can take the form of merging with the impersonal Brahman or attaining a spiritual form and associating with the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Impersonalism and void philosophy are considered inferior to the personal conception of spiritual perfection in Vaiṣṇava philosophy.
- The practice of yoga involves shutting out external sense objects, but in bhakti yoga, the senses are purified by engaging them in the service of Kṛṣṇa.
- Engaging the senses in the service of Kṛṣṇa is the real sense control, as it prevents the senses from being engaged in sense objects.
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