The Deceptive Presentation of Vedic Sounds

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Why are conditioned souls not satisfied with the resources on planet earth?

  • They are not interested in exploiting resources
  • They are always looking for more resources (correct)
  • They are not aware of the resources available on earth
  • They are not able to exploit the resources to the best of their ability

What does the Lord warn about in the Bhagavad-gita?

  • The availability of resources on other planets
  • The worthlessness of all the innumerable planets in the universe (correct)
  • The happiness found in other planetary systems
  • The pangs of material existence

Why is the topmost planet, Brahmaloka or Satyaloka, not a happy land for residential purposes?

  • Due to the lack of resources
  • Due to the absence of other living beings
  • Due to the presence of material pangs (correct)
  • Due to the unavailability of amenities

What are the chief miseries of material existence mentioned in the text?

<p>The pangs of birth, death, old age, and disease (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where do conditioned souls sometimes go and come back from, according to the text?

<p>Brahmaloka and Patalaloka (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the real happiness according to the text?

<p>The kingdom of God (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are the Vedic sounds presented in a bewildering way, according to the text?

<p>To direct the intelligence of people to meaningless things (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do conditioned souls do in regards to heavenly illusory pleasures, according to the text?

<p>Hover in dreams of such pleasures (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are conditioned souls strictly under, according to the text?

<p>The laws of fruitive activities (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three desires of life that cannot be fulfilled in the material world?

<p>Eternal life, full intelligence, and complete bliss (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, what should Maharaja Pariksit not desire in the last stage of life?

<p>Transfer to the so-called heavenly planets (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say about the material planets and the amenities available there?

<p>They are not everlasting (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should one have towards temporary happiness in the material world?

<p>Factual reluctance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say about the Vedic ways of fruitive activities?

<p>They are misleading (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where can one fulfill their real desires of life?

<p>Nowhere in the material world (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Srila Sukadeva Gosvami indirectly affirm about Maharaja Pariksit's desires?

<p>He should prepare himself for going back home, back to Godhead (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text say about the living conditions on material planets?

<p>They are not everlasting (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should one think of regarding a superior way of life?

<p>Nowhere in the material world (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What should Maharaja Pariksit prepare himself for according to the text?

<p>Going back home, back to Godhead (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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