The Transcendental State of Labdhopasanti SB 2.2.17

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Which of the following is NOT controlled by devastating time?

  • Celestial demigods
  • False ego
  • Material nature
  • Mode of material goodness (correct)

What are the symptoms of the influence of time?

  • Happiness, success, wealth, and fame
  • Fear, anxiety, stress, and worry
  • Birth, death, old age, and disease (correct)
  • Ignorance, delusion, attachment, and aversion

Where are the four principles of material conditions present?

  • Nowhere in the material cosmos
  • Only on Earth
  • Only on the planet Brahmaloka
  • Throughout the material cosmos (correct)

What is the duration of life of the inhabitants of Brahmaloka?

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

Who is affected by the influence of time?

<p>Both the living entities and the demigods (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the living entities afraid of in material existence?

<p>Satanic influence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do the living entities change under the influence of the different modes of material nature?

<p>Material bodies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the devotee on the transcendental plane fear?

<p>None of these (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the devotee on the transcendental plane transcend?

<p>Modes of material nature (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What ego does not arise in the transcendental state?

<p>False ego (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the moth when it comes to enjoy the fire?

<p>The moth gets burned by the blazing fire (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal for the impersonalist?

<p>To merge into the effulgent spiritual rays of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal for the devotees?

<p>To reach the brahmajyoti of the spiritual sky (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between the formless brahmajyoti and the Vaikuntha planets?

<p>The formless brahmajyoti is eternal and blissful, while the Vaikuntha planets are eternal, blissful, and knowledgeable (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can one reach the Vaikuntha planets?

<p>By practicing bhakti-yoga (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three principal subjects explained by Lord Sri Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita?

<p>Karma-yoga, jñana-yoga, and bhakti-yoga (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the state of affairs on the transcendental plane?

<p>There is neither material creation nor the Causal Ocean for material nature (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What directs the pure consciousness of a living being in the transcendental state?

<p>Supreme Lord (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the impersonalist who neglects the association of the Lord?

<p>The impersonalist remains a spiritual spark only (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the Lord's abode, name, fame, entourage, etc. of?

<p>Transcendental quality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the fate of the moth when it comes to enjoy the fire?

<p>The blazing fire consumes him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two types of transcendentalists mentioned in the text?

<p>The impersonalists and the devotees.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal or destination for the impersonalist?

<p>The brahmajyoti of the spiritual sky.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal or destination for the devotees?

<p>The Vaikuntha planets.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three principal subjects explained by Lord Sri Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita?

<p>Karma-yoga, jñana-yoga, and bhakti-yoga.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the manifestations of devastating time in the material cosmos?

<p>The manifestations of devastating time in the material cosmos are birth, death, old age, and disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the influence of time on the transcendental plane?

<p>On the transcendental plane, time does not act and there is no influence of birth, death, old age, or disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the state of material existence for living entities?

<p>In material existence, living entities are under the influence of the different modes of material nature and are subject to birth, death, old age, and disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the state of material existence for a devotee on the transcendental plane?

<p>For a devotee on the transcendental plane, there is no fear or influence of the material modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the false ego that does not arise on the transcendental plane?

<p>The false ego of &quot;I am the lord of all I survey&quot; does not arise on the transcendental plane.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Devastating time controls even the ______ demigods

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

The living entities change their material bodies in different ______ and forms

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

In that transcendental state of labdhopasanti, there is no supremacy of ______ time

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

The influence of time is exhibited by the symptoms of ______, death, old age and disease

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

The living entities are afraid of ______ influence in material existence

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

In material existence, the living entities are afraid of Satanic influence, but for a devotee on the transcendental plane there is no such ______

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

The astronomical influence directed by the different demigods over mundane creatures is also conspicuous by its ______

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

The false ego of 'I am the lord of all I ______' does not arise on the transcendental plane

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

The living entities change their material bodies in different shapes and ______ under the influence of the different modes of material nature

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

The devotee on the transcendental plane is gunatita, or above the material modes of ______, passion and ignorance

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

The false ego of the living being trying to lord it over the material nature is something like the moth’s falling in a blazing ______

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

In the transcendental state the living being is pure in his consciousness, and as such he has no false ego to lord it over the material ______

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

All this indicates that in the transcendental state there is neither material creation nor the Causal Ocean for material ______

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

Such transcendentalists are of two types, namely the ______ and the devotees

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

For the impersonalist the ultimate goal or destination is the brahmajyoti of the ______ sky

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

The devotees experience the above-mentioned state of affairs by attainment of spiritual forms for activity in the transcendental loving service of the ______

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

But the impersonalist, because of his neglecting the association of the Lord, does not develop a spiritual body for spiritual activity, but remains a ______ spark only

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

The Lord is the full-fledged form of eternity, bliss and knowledge, but the formless brahmajyoti is simply eternity and ______

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

The Vaikuntha planets are also forms of eternity, bliss and knowledge, and therefore the devotees of the Lord, who are admitted into the abode of the Lord, also get bodies of eternity, bliss and ______

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

In the Bhagavad-gita, three principal subjects have been explained by Lord Sri Krsna, namely karma-yoga, jñana-yoga and ______

<p>bhakti-yoga</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Study Notes

Transcendental State of Labdhopasanti

  • In the transcendental state of labdhopasanti, there is no influence of time, material goodness, passion, ignorance, false ego, material Causal Ocean, or material nature.
  • Time controls even the celestial demigods, who are empowered to rule over mundane creatures.
  • The influence of time is exhibited through birth, death, old age, and disease.
  • The material conditions of birth, death, old age, and disease are present everywhere in the material cosmos up to the planet Brahmaloka.
  • Time even brings about the death of Brahma and other demigods like Indra, Candra, Surya, Vayu, and Varuna.
  • The astronomical influence directed by the demigods over mundane creatures is absent in the transcendental state.
  • Living entities in material existence are afraid of Satanic influence, but for a devotee on the transcendental plane, there is no fear.
  • In the transcendental state, the devotee is above the material modes of goodness, passion, and ignorance.
  • The false ego of "I am the lord of all I survey" does not arise in the transcendental state.
  • The living being in the transcendental state has pure consciousness and no false ego to lord it over material nature.
  • In the transcendental state, there is neither material creation nor the Causal Ocean for material nature.
  • Transcendentalists can be impersonalists or devotees, with different ultimate goals - brahmajyoti for impersonalists and Vaikuntha planets for devotees.

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