HARI!OM!
Q. 1. The text Bhaja Govindam is also known as a. Trayodasha Manjarika b. Govinda stuti c.Mohamudgara d.Atma Bodha A.1. The Text Bhaja Govindam is also know as Option c) Mohamudgara.
Q. 2. The Benefit of Satsanga is - ?? a. Wealth ; b. Detachment ; c. Confused Mind; d. Happiness A.2. The benefit of Satsanga is Option b) Detachment.
Q.3.
Q. 4. Narada Bhakthi Sutra says: Dussangah or company of bad people should be given up completely always; because it is the cause for producing a. Wealth ; b. Knowledge ; c. Punya ; d. Impurity of mind generated by modifications of joy and sorrow.
A. 4. Dussangah or company of bad people should be given
completely always because it is the cause for producing Option d) Impurity of
mind generated by modifications of joy and sorrow.
Q.5.A Bhaktha does not worry even if he faces problems in his worldly life because a. He thinks they will pass after sometime b. He does not care c. He has surrendered all his material and religious happiness to Ishwara d. He thinks positive. A.5. A Bhaktha does not worry even if he faces problems in his worldly life because Option c) He has surrendered all his material and religious happiness to Ishwara.
Q.6. Explain in Brief: According to verse -7 of Bhaja
Govindam what keeps us away through the different stages in life; from focusing
our mind on the lord?
A. 6. The childhood is lost in attachment
to games. The youth is lost in attachment to woman. Old age passes with worry
and anxiety, thinking over many things.
Though we have time for everything
else in the world, we have no time or leisure for our own Self. We can never be
with ourselves. Parame brahmai kopi na saktah, no one is attached to Parabrahma,
to the Self, to Govinda. This is how we are kept out from focusing our mind on
the lord, during the different stages of our lives. The message of the verse is
our time is very limited in our life and we should not waste our time on
trivial issues and start early in our lives to love one and all, be in service
and spread love universally and move towards discovering the God by looking
inward.
Q. 7. What kind of disciplines should one follow according
to Bhaja Govindam text to cross the ocean of Samsaara and gain Mukti?
A.7. Disciplining
one’s senses and controlling one’s mind are the 2 inevitable tools to cross the
river of Samsara (the ongoing painful cycle of endless birth and death), and
attain Liberation or gain Mukthi. And for this, a Guru’s guidance is extremely
important. Empowered by these three factors, one will certainly come to realise
and experience that God/Divinity who dwells within each one of us.
Chanting Vishnu Sahasranamam,
studying Bhagavat Gita, Being in company of Good People, Charitable
Disposition, ie. In Words, thoughts, deeds, prima-fascia and then may be in the
form of Materials or Physicality.
Drinking from the Great Sacred River
Ganges is yet another purification method & Worshiping the Govnida.
One should safeguard himself by
resorting to the most peaceful and Serene way of life,(Contemplating and
Realization of the Reality)
Do not boast of wealth, friends, and
youth. Each one of these are destroyed within a minute by time. Free yourself
from the illusion of the world of Maya and attain the timeless Truth.
Give up your thirst to amass wealth,
devote your mind on thoughts of the Real. Be content with what comes through
actions already performed in the past.
Sheltering in temples or below a
tree, wearing the deerskin for a dress, and sleeping with mother earth as your
bed, and thus renouncing all idea of possession, to whom will vairagya
(dispassion) come.
You just have to remove the layers of
ignorance covering you, mistaking yourself to be just this physical body and
mind. You are actually that enlivening force, that Divinity which enables your
body and mind to function. Keep on asserting this Truth to yourself frequently.
The various paths of Bhakti, Karma and Gynana are the means for this Ultimate
Realization. Our ultimate aim in life should be to seek and realize our
identity with the Supreme.
Q.8. 8.Explain briefly how Satsangam can lead to moksha
ultimately.
A.8. Satsangam is the company of good and holy people. Through this
association, there arises non attachment, then freedom from delusion, which results
in the Knowledge of Reality and finally leads to Liberation. It also helps one
to be consistent on the spiritual path and not go astray. Thus Satsangam can
lead to Moksha ultimately.
9. How can a Bhaktha who has surrendered to the Guru free
himself/herself; from the cycle of birth and death?
A.9. The moment one surrenders and touch
the Master's soul, one will know how he would guide.
The surrender is by touching the Guru inwardly. But in the spiritual life, you
should not worry about how the Guru will guide. That is Guru’s business.
Sadhana is the key and to be
practiced with discipline and sradhdha. One must be worthy to gain the knowledge
of Brahman, This worthiness is acquired by service to the Guru. But in serving,
one must also have an intense desire for liberation. Without this desire, even
service to the Guru will not bear fruit.
10. Explain the three types of “Gouni Bhakti”. What are the
3 types and what differentiates them?
A.10. Gauni Bhakti is the devotion with desire. Means it is
done for the fulfillment of desires. In Gauni Bhakti, Gods & Goddesses are
worshiped treating them as favourites. The three types of Gauni Bhakti are
Tamasic, Rajasic & Saatvic. These three correlate well with Aartha,
Arthaarthi and Jijnyasu Bhakti.
Aartha Bhakthi is, when one prays only when in dire need,
Arthaarti Bhakthi is, when one prays for fulfillment of his desires and
Jijnyasu Bhakthi is when, one prays to discover God.
Gauni Bhakthi is Temporary and secondary Bhakthi. The
Bhakthi is changing like sometimes it
is there and sometimes it is not. Whereas true Bhakti or devotion is one which
is always there, ie. Mukhya Bhakthi or Nithya Bhakthi. Gauni Bhakthi is only
means to NIthya Bhakthi and has its own place.
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