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

    What is the real happiness according to the text?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Where can one fulfill their real desires of life?

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

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

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

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

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

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