Supreme Lord and Divine Service SB 2.2.14
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The Supreme Lord is the seer of which worlds?

  • Both the material and transcendental worlds (correct)
  • Only the transcendental world
  • Only the material world
  • Neither the material nor the transcendental worlds

    • What is the spiritual world a manifestation of?

  • The Supreme Lord's external potency
  • The Supreme Lord's internal potency (correct)
  • The living entities' marginal potency
  • The Supreme Lord's personal feature

    • What is the material world a manifestation of?

  • The Supreme Lord's internal potency
  • The Supreme Lord's personal feature
  • The living entities' marginal potency
  • The Supreme Lord's external potency (correct)

    • Where can living entities choose to live?

    <p>Both in the transcendental and material worlds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the material world not a fit place for living entities?

    <p>Because it is devoid of the Supreme Lord's presence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do the Vedas and revealed scriptures aim to do?

    <p>To recall conditioned souls back to Godhead</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why are conditioned living entities not serious about going back to Godhead?

    <p>Because they are attached to material pleasures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are the living entities spiritually one with?

    <p>The Supreme Lord</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do virtuous living entities begin to reestablish?

    <p>The lost relation with the Lord</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are conditioned living entities unable to understand?

    <p>The personal feature of the Lord</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the real purpose of life?

    <p>To make contact with the Lord and be engaged in His service</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are advised to meditate on the impersonal feature of the Lord?

    <p>Impersonalists who are unable to render any loving service to the Lord</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What will meditation on the impersonal feature of the Lord gradually qualify one for?

    <p>Rise to personal contact with the Lord</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the virat-rupa?

    <p>The universal form of the Lord</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of meditating on the virat-rupa?

    <p>To understand that everything is a part of the Lord's virat form</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when one begins meditation on the Absolute Truth?

    <p>One develops one's godly qualities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What becomes covered without meditation on God?

    <p>All good qualities of the human being</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are advised to meditate on the virat-rupa specified in the previous chapters?

    <p>Beginners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the natural position of living entities according to the text?

    <p>To make contact with the Lord and be engaged in His service</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the whole world when one develops godly qualities through meditation on the Absolute Truth?

    <p>It appears to be a happy and peaceful residence for all the people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the recommended form of meditation for those who are unable to render loving service to the Lord?

    <p>Those who are impersonalists and are unable to render any loving service to the Lord have been advised to meditate upon His impersonal feature, the virat-rupa, or universal form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of meditating on the virat-rupa?

    <p>One is advised herewith to meditate upon the virat-rupa specified in the previous chapters in order to understand how the different planets, seas, mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, human beings, demigods and all that we can conceive are but different parts and limbs of the Lord’s virat form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does meditation on the Absolute Truth impact the world?

    <p>As soon as such meditation begins, one develops one’s godly qualities and the whole world appears to be a happy and peaceful residence for all the people of the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the human being without meditation on God?

    <p>Without such meditation on God, either personal or impersonal, all good qualities of the human being become covered with misconceptions regarding his constitutional position, and without such advanced knowledge, the whole world becomes a hell for the human being.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the natural position of living entities?

    <p>The real purpose of life is to make contact with the Lord and be engaged in His service. That is the natural position of living entities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Living entities can live in either the ______ or material worlds

    <p>transcendental</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Supreme Lord is the ultimate ______ and enjoyer of all worlds

    <p>beneficiary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The spiritual world is the manifestation of His ______ potency

    <p>internal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The material world is the manifestation of His ______ potency

    <p>external</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The living entities are also His ______ potency

    <p>marginal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Lord wants all living entities to live with Him in the ______ world

    <p>transcendental</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The conditioned living entities are not very serious about going back to ______

    <p>Godhead</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Those who are impersonalists and are unable to render any loving service to the Lord have been advised to meditate upon His impersonal feature, the ______, or universal form.

    <p>virat-rupa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    One is advised herewith to meditate upon the ______ specified in the previous chapters in order to understand how the different planets, seas, mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, human beings, demigods and all that we can conceive are but different parts and limbs of the Lord’s virat form.

    <p>virat-rupa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    This sort of thinking is also a type of meditation on the ______, and as soon as such meditation begins, one develops one’s godly qualities and the whole world appears to be a happy and peaceful residence for all the people of the world.

    <p>Absolute Truth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Without such meditation on God, either personal or impersonal, all good qualities of the human being become covered with ______ regarding his constitutional position, and without such advanced knowledge, the whole world becomes a hell for the human being.

    <p>misconceptions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For the less intelligent beginners, meditation on the impersonal feature, the ______, or universal form of the Lord, will gradually qualify one to rise to personal contact.

    <p>virat-rupa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    But those who are impersonalists and are unable to render any loving service to the Lord have been advised to meditate upon His impersonal feature, the ______-rupa, or universal form.

    <p>virat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    One is advised herewith to meditate upon the ______ specified in the previous chapters in order to understand how the different planets, seas, mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, human beings, demigods and all that we can conceive are but different parts and limbs of the Lord’s ______ form.

    <p>virat-rupa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    This sort of thinking is also a type of meditation on the ______ Truth, and as soon as such meditation begins, one develops one’s godly qualities and the whole world appears to be a happy and peaceful residence for all the people of the world.

    <p>Absolute</p> Signup and view all the answers

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