The Stages of Satisfaction in Yogic Practice SB 2.2.16
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The Stages of Satisfaction in Yogic Practice SB 2.2.16

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What are the functions of the mind?

  • Remembering, analyzing, and deciding
  • Planning, organizing, and executing
  • Perceiving, imagining, and reasoning
  • Thinking, feeling, and willing (correct)

    • What happens when the mind is materialistic?

  • It merges with the Superself
  • It becomes free from unhappiness
  • It becomes absorbed in spiritual contact
  • It acts for material advancement of knowledge (correct)

    • What is the result of manipulating the mind with unalloyed intelligence?

  • The mind is brought into the service of the Lord (correct)
  • The mind merges with the living entity
  • The mind becomes free from all other activities
  • The mind becomes completely satisfied

    • What are the different temperaments that dictate the actions of the living being?

    <p>Desire, anger, lust, illusion, insanity, and enviousness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does perfect intelligence involve, according to the text?

    <p>Rendering service unto the Lord</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when the unalloyed intelligence and the mind are merged into the Lord?

    <p>The living entity becomes seen by the Lord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Lord do when the living entity is directly seen by Him?

    <p>The Lord dictates to the living entity to act according to His desire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when the living entity follows the Lord perfectly?

    <p>The living entity attains the stage of full bliss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the state of the living being in his pure, unalloyed state?

    <p>The living being attains the stage of full bliss.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the living entity do for his illusory satisfaction?

    <p>The living entity continues to hanker for material things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate result of the living entity merging his unalloyed intelligence and mind into the Lord?

    <p>The living entity attains the stage of full bliss and ceases all material hankerings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does the living entity cease to discharge any other duty for his illusory satisfaction?

    <p>The living entity ceases to discharge any other duty for his illusory satisfaction when he follows the Lord perfectly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Lord do when the living entity is directly seen by Him?

    <p>The Lord dictates to the living entity to act according to His desire.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the state of the living being in his pure, unalloyed state?

    <p>The living being attains the stage of full bliss, labdhopasanti, and ceases all material hankerings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when the living entity is no longer a seer himself but becomes seen by the Lord transcendentally?

    <p>The living entity does not remain a seer himself but becomes seen by the Lord transcendentally.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three functions of the mind?

    <p>The three functions of the mind are thinking, feeling, and willing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between the mind acting materialistically and spiritually?

    <p>When the mind acts materialistically, it seeks material advancement and can lead to destructive outcomes like the discovery of nuclear weapons. However, when the mind acts spiritually, it leads to a blissful and eternal life, returning back to Godhead.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of intelligence in manipulating the mind?

    <p>Intelligence should be used to render service unto the Lord, freeing the mind from the unhappy illusion of materialistic temperament.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the living being serve in different circumstances?

    <p>The living being serves the dictates of desire, anger, lust, illusion, insanity, and enviousness, which are all materially affected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when the intelligence turns towards inquiring about the transcendental loving service of the Lord?

    <p>When the intelligence seeks information about the transcendental loving service of the Lord, the mind becomes freed from the unhappy illusion of materialistic temperament, and it is brought into the service of the Lord.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The unalloyed intelligence and the ______ are merged into the Lord

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

    The living entity does not remain a ______ himself but becomes seen by the Lord transcendentally

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

    The Lord dictates to him to act according to His ______

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

    The living entity ceases to discharge any ______ duty for his illusory satisfaction

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

    In his pure, unalloyed state, the living being attains the stage of full ______, labdhopasanti

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

    Perfect intelligence is to render service unto ______.

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

    When the mind acts under spiritual ______, it acts wonderfully for going back home, back to Godhead, for life in complete bliss and eternity.

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

    One should be intelligent enough to understand that the living being is, in all circumstances, a ______ of the circumstances.

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

    The living entity's intelligence then becomes freed from the unhappy illusion of ______ temperament, and thus, by unalloyed intelligence, the mind is brought into the service of the Lord.

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

    The Lord and His ______ are identical, being on the absolute plane.

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

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