Q & A – Bhakti Shastri
Sri Isopanishad
Introduction
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What is the meaning of the word veda?
List four defects of a conditioned soul.
List three pramäëas.
Give reasons why Sabda-pramäëa is a superior means of acquiring
knowledge.
List the two systems of knowledge in the material world.
What are the two qualifications of a bona fide guru?
What are the English translations for the six systems of philosophy?
Is love of God available to followers of non-Vedic systems?
As yoga refers to connection and Patanjali is said to have taught yoga
did he teach all the various ways of connecting with God like karma-yoga
etc?
Invocation
If madhurya rasa is taught in other traditions, then what is unique about
the Gaudiya tradition?
What is the destination of the yogis who meditate on the Paramatma?
Is there any actual difference between Brahman Paramatma and
Bhagavan, or is it just a matter of perception?
Mantra 1
Give the English meaning of the terms:
éçäväsya
parä and aparä prakåti
Bhägavata communism
apauruñeya
If the Ishopanishad is spoken by a sage, how is it apaurusheya
Mantra 2
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Define karma, akarma and vikarma.
Mantra 3
Give the English meaning of the term ätma-hä.
Define the words sura and asura.
Mantra 5
What is antaryämé?
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Give the English meaning of the phrase tad düre tad v antike.
Mantras 6-8
Give the English meaning of the terms:
ekatvam anupaçyataù Mantras 6-7
çuddham apäpa-viddham Mantra 8
How is the Lord unembodied? Mantra 8
Mantra 11
Give the English meaning of the name Hiraëyakaçipu.
The miseries of this material world serve to indirectly remind us of what?
Mantra 15
Give the English meaning of the term hiraëmayena pätreëa .