The Art of Minimalism(SB- 2/2/4----4/5)
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Why does Srila Prabhupada argue against the unnecessary increase of the necessities of life?

  • To live a healthy life
  • To promote self-realization (correct)
  • To conserve human energy
  • To maintain animal-like simplicity

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

  • They are essential for a comfortable life
  • They are a symbol of luxury and wealth
  • They are unnecessary when there are ample earthly flats to lie on (correct)
  • They are only needed for the elderly and sick

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

  • To question the necessity of utensils (correct)
  • To emphasize the simplicity of animal life
  • To highlight the intelligence of animals
  • To suggest that humans should eat with their hands

    • What does the author suggest about the clothing of animals?

    <p>Animals have a natural covering</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the author say about the intelligence of animals?

    <p>Animals have no intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should humans utilize their intelligence for?

    <p>Arts, science, poetry, and philosophy</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Unutilized potential of human intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the author say about human civilization?

    <p>It should have culture, education, and morality</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Pillows are unnecessary when one can use the palms of their hands</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Humans should learn from the simplicity and healthy lives of animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the goal of human civilization?

    <p>To establish a relationship with God</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>It leads to a delusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>In huts and groves</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Immensely valuable writings on transcendental knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>They are detrimental to progressive life</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>A voluntary life of renunciation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To contribute some literary work for the benefit of human beings</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Part of a householder's duty</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>They become parasites living at the cost of society</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To hold learned discourses among themselves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why should mendicants not go to householders for food?

    <p>Because they are insulted by the householders</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To find a torn cloth in the street and use it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should a mendicant devotee do when hungry?

    <p>Go to a magnanimous tree that drops fruits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where should a mendicant devotee live according to the text?

    <p>In a cave in the hills</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Thakura Haridasa</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Because his devotees were afraid of the snake</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened when Thakura Haridasa agreed to leave the cave?

    <p>The snake left the cave</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The Lord will protect a devotee from all dangers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who should accept the path of renunciation?

    <p>One who is fully accomplished and purified</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Chapter 16</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>such mendicants asking bread from the householders are an insult to the highest order</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>a simple small loincloth</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>he may go to a magnanimous tree which drops fruits</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>a cave in the hills</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>one who is trained from the beginning to depend fully on the protection of the Lord in all circumstances.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>to contribute some literary work for the benefit of the human being in order to give him realized direction toward self-realization</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>to treat the mendicants as their family children and provide them with food, clothing, etc., without being asked</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>they used to live in huts and groves and sit on the flat ground</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>they are detrimental to progressive life</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>to establish a lost relationship with God</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Human energy is spoiled in a vain search after such illusory happiness. The necessities of life for the protection and comfort of the body must not be unnecessarily increased.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the author suggest about the intelligence of animals?

    <p>An intelligent human cannot live the life of an animal; rather, man should try to utilize his intelligence in arts and science, poetry and philosophy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>If one is able to lie down on the floor, then why should one endeavor to get a good bedstead or soft cushion to lie on.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The reserve energy of human life, which is far superior to that of animals, should simply be utilized for self-realization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>The reserve energy of human life, which is far superior to that of animals, should simply be utilized for self-realization.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

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

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

    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 ______.

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

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

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

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

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

    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 ______.

    <p>self-realization</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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 ______

    <p>huts and groves</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

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

    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 ______

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

    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 ______

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

    Are there no torn clothes lying on the common ______

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

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

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

    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.

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

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

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

    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.

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

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

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

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

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

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

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

    Such mendicants are in abundance in the Age of ______.

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

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