Transcendental Knowledge Quiz(SB-2/2/7)
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What is the punishment for sinners in the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja?

  • They are awarded a particular species of life (correct)
  • They are sent to heaven
  • They are sent to hell
  • They are given proper protection

Who is impartial to the sufferings of the living entities?

  • The River Vaitarani
  • The Lord (correct)
  • Yamaraja
  • The intelligent persons

Where is the everlasting belt of water called the River Vaitarani located?

  • In the material world
  • In hell
  • In the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja (correct)
  • In heaven

Who punishes sinners in different manners?

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

What happens to a sinner after being subjected to sufferings by Yamaraja?

<p>They are awarded a particular species of life (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are the living entities who are punished by Yamaraja seen?

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

Who is happy in this material world?

<p>No one (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who are class A, B or C prisoners suffering because of their own deeds?

<p>All living entities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?

<p>Proper protection (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the Lord take a living entity who takes shelter at His lotus feet?

<p>Back home, back to Himself (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who neglects transcendental thought and instead focuses on nonpermanent names?

<p>The materialists (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the materialists compared to?

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

Why is an idle brain considered a devil's workshop?

<p>Because it is vacant of thought (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do materialists worship despite it being condemned in the Bhagavad-gita?

<p>Minor demigods (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the enlightened transcendentalist focus on in different stages of realization?

<p>Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one step higher than the impersonal thought of Brahman?

<p>The Supersoul (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who follows the herdsman even though they are taken to the slaughterhouse?

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

What consequence do the mass of people suffer as a result of their own work?

<p>Falling in the river of suffering (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the material gains sought by the materialists?

<p>Illusory and nonpermanent benefits (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is not captivated by illusory things and is always absorbed in the transcendental thought of the Supreme?

<p>The enlightened transcendentalist (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of neglecting transcendental thought and focusing on nonpermanent names?

<p>Seeing the mass of people fallen in the river of suffering as the consequence of accruing the result of their own work.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the materialists compared to?

<p>Animals who follow the herdsman even though they are taken to the slaughterhouse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are material gains considered illusory and nonpermanent?

<p>Because they are petitioned from demigods and are not based on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an idle brain considered to be?

<p>A devil's workshop, as a person who cannot think in the right way must think of something which may bring about disaster.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the different stages of realization that the enlightened transcendentalist focuses on?

<p>Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who do the materialists worship despite it being condemned in the Bhagavad-gita?

<p>Some minor demigods.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is always absorbed in the transcendental thought of the Supreme?

<p>The enlightened transcendentalist.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of looking into the general conditions of living entities?

<p>To understand the different species and classes of human beings and the suffering they endure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the everlasting belt of water at the entrance of Yamaraja's planet called?

<p>The River Vaitarani.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are sinners punished by Yamaraja?

<p>In different manners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is impartial to the sufferings of the living entities?

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

What does the Lord give to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet?

<p>Proper protection and brings them back home, back to Himself.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where are the living entities punished by Yamaraja seen?

<p>In different varieties of conditioned life, such as heaven or hell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who suffers because of their own deeds in this material world?

<p>All living entities, who are like prisoners.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who are misers?

<p>Living entities who are punished by Yamaraja in conditioned life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Intelligent persons who can see properly may look into the general conditions of the living entities who are wandering in the cycle of the 8,400,000 ______ of life

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

After being subjected to such sufferings, a sinner is awarded a particular ______ of life according to his deeds in the past

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

Such living entities as are punished by Yamaraja are seen in different varieties of ______ life

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

Some of them are in ______, and some of them are in hell

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

Some of them are ______, and some of them are misers

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

But no one is happy in this material world, and all of them are either class A, B or C ______ suffering because of their own deeds

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

The Lord is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the living entities, but to one who takes shelter at His ______ feet, the Lord gives proper protection

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

He takes such a living entity back home, back to ______

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

There is an everlasting belt of water called the River Vaitarani at the entrance of the Plutonic planet of Yamaraja, who punishes sinners in different ______

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

The Lord is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the living entities, but to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet, the Lord gives ______ protection

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

Persons who are attached to ______ to the exclusion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are like the animals who follow the herdsman even though they are taken to the slaughterhouse.

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

The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the ______ thought of the Supreme Person.

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

No one can remain vacant of ______.

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

The materialists are always worshiping some minor demigods, although this is condemned in the ______ (7.20).

<p>Bhagavad-gita</p> Signup and view all the answers

As long as a person is illusioned by material gains, he petitions the respective demigods to draw some particular benefit which is, after all, ______ and nonpermanent.

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

The enlightened transcendentalist is not captivated by such ______ things; therefore he is always absorbed in the transcendental thought of the Supreme in different stages of realization, namely Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.

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

In the previous verse it is suggested that one should think of the Supersoul, which is one step higher than the impersonal thought of Brahman, as it was suggested in the case of contemplating the ______ of the Personality of Godhead.

<p>virat-rupa</p> Signup and view all the answers

The materialists, like animals, also do not know how they are being misdirected by neglecting the transcendental thought of the Supreme ______.

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

The materialists are always worshiping some minor ______, although this is condemned in the Bhagavad-gita (7.20).

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

Persons who are attached to demigods to the exclusion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are like the animals who follow the ______ even though they are taken to the slaughterhouse.

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