The Art of Minimalism(SB- 2/2/4----4/5)

Why does Srila Prabhupada argue against the unnecessary increase of the necessities of life?

What is the author's view on the use of cots and beds?

Why does the author mention the use of palms of hands instead of utensils?

What does the author suggest about the clothing of animals?

What does the author say about the intelligence of animals?

What should humans utilize their intelligence for?

What does the author mean by 'reserve energy of human life'?

What does the author say about human civilization?

What is the author's view on the use of pillows?

How does the author suggest humans should live in relation to animals?

What is the goal of human civilization?

What is the danger of self-complacence with a polished type of animal civilization?

Where did the great sages and saints of the past live?

What did Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami leave behind?

What does the text say about the so-called comforts of life?

What does the text recommend for achieving the desired goal of life?

What is the first duty of a person in the renounced order of life?

What is alms-giving to mendicants considered as in the sanatana-dharma institution?

What is the danger of pseudomendicants taking advantage of the charitable disposition of householders?

What was the foremost duty discharged by Srila Sanatana and Srila Rupa Gosvami in the renounced order of life?

Why should mendicants not go to householders for food?

What is the general rule for a mendicant devotee regarding clothing?

What should a mendicant devotee do when hungry?

Where should a mendicant devotee live according to the text?

Who lived in a cave and had a venomous snake as a copartner?

Why did Thakura Haridasa agree to leave the cave where he lived?

What happened when Thakura Haridasa agreed to leave the cave?

What does the text say about the Lord's protection for a bona fide devotee?

Who should accept the path of renunciation?

What is the stage described in the Bhagavad-gita where the path of renunciation is recommended?

What is the warning Sukadeva Gosvami gives to mendicants who ask for food from householders?

What should a mendicant devotee accept without asking anyone to give it in charity?

What is the general rule for a mendicant devotee when he is hungry?

Where does a mendicant devotee find shelter according to the text?

According to the regulations of the sanatana-dharma institution, who should depend fully on the protection of the Lord?

What is the purpose of the renounced order of life according to the text?

What is the duty of householders towards mendicants in the sanatana-dharma institution?

Where did Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami live and write their important literatures?

What is the view of the author on the so-called comforts of life?

What should be the goal of human civilization according to the text?

What is the author's perspective on the necessities of life and human energy?

What does the author suggest about the intelligence of animals?

What is the author's view on the use of cots and beds?

What is the author's recommendation for achieving the desired goal of life?

What does the author say about the so-called comforts of life?

Human energy is spoiled in a vain search after such illusory ______.

If one is able to lie down on the ______, then why should one endeavor to get a good bedstead or soft cushion to lie on.

If one can rest without any ______ and make use of the soft arms endowed by nature, there is no necessity of searching after a pillow.

If we make a study of the general life of the animals, we can see that they have no intelligence for building big houses, furniture, and other household ______, and yet they maintain a healthy life by lying down on the open land.

They do not know how to cook or prepare ______, yet they still live healthy lives more easily than the human being.

This does not mean that human civilization should revert to animal life or that the human being should live naked in the jungles without any culture, education and sense of ______.

An intelligent human cannot live the life of an animal; rather, man should try to utilize his intelligence in arts and science, poetry and ______.

In such a way he can further the progressive march of human ______.

But here the idea given by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami is that the reserve energy of human life, which is far superior to that of animals, should simply be utilized for ______.

The necessities of life for the protection and comfort of the body must not be unnecessarily ______.

Advancement of human civilization must be towards the goal of establishing our lost relationship with ______

One must realize the nullity of the material phenomenon, considering it a passing ______

Self-complacence with a polished type of animal civilization geared to sense gratification is ______

Great sages and saints in the days of yore were not living in palatial buildings furnished with good furniture and so-called amenities of life. They used to live in ______

Srila Rupa Gosvami and Srila Sanatana Gosvami were high-ranking ministers of state, but they were able to leave behind them immense writings on ______

So-called comforts of life are not actually helpful for progressive civilization; rather, they are detrimental to such progressive ______

In the system of sanatana-dharma, of four divisions of social life and four orders of progressive realization, there are ample opportunities and sufficient directions for a happy termination of the progressive ______

If one is not accustomed to abiding by the life of renunciation and self-abnegation from the beginning, one should try to get into the habit at a later stage of life as recommended by Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, and that will help one to achieve the desired ______

Are there no torn clothes lying on the common ______

Do the trees, which exist for maintaining others, no longer give alms in ______

According to the regulations of the sanatana-dharma institution, one is trained from the beginning to depend fully on the protection of the ______ in all circumstances.

The path of ______ is recommended for acceptance by one who is fully accomplished and fully purified in his existence.

A common master looks to the necessities of his ______, so how much more would the all-powerful, all-opulent Supreme Lord look after the necessities of life for a fully surrendered soul.

The Lord may dictate to tigers and other jungle animals not to disturb His ______.

The snake gave preference to Haridasa and decided to leave the place and not ______ him.

He does not require to live in a comfortable house, but should find a ______ in the hills and not be afraid of jungle animals, keeping faith in God, who lives in everyone’s heart.

When he is hungry he may go to a magnanimous tree which drops ______, and when he is thirsty he may drink water from the flowing river.

However, those who cannot give any contribution should not go to the householders for ______, for such mendicants asking bread from the householders are an insult to the highest order.

Sukadeva Gosvami gave this warning especially for those mendicants who adopt this ______ of profession to solve their economic problems.

Such mendicants are in abundance in the Age of ______.