Canto 2 Chapter 1 Flashcards
- What was Mahäräja Parékñit’s question? (SB 1.19.37-38) Why is it described as loka- hitaà? (SB 2.1.1)
Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he should not do.
I am therefore begging you to show the way of perfection for all persons, and especially
for one who is about to die. (1.19.37)
- Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also
what he should not do. Please explain all this to me. (1.19.38)
- loka-hitam—because it is very beneficial to all kinds of people. (2.1.1)
- Describe at least 5 symptoms of gåhamedhés (2-4)
1.one gṛhamedhī is not on good terms with another gṛhamedhī, and in the extended form, one community, society or nation is not on good terms with another counterpart of selfish interest.
2.due to a poor fund of knowledge, they set aside the question of the ultimate miseries of life, namely miseries of birth, death, old age and disease.
3.they also create some false literatures about the name, form, attributes, etc., of the ultimate truth.
4.They engage in hard labor for economic development, and engage in sex indulgence like that of the dogs and hogs.
- They engage in decorating of this dead body and waste this human form of life.
apaçyatäm ätma-tattvaà = blind to the knowledge of ultimate truth. (2).
- Have many subject matters for hearing in human society. (2).
- At night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence. (3).
- In the daytime either in making money or maintaining family members. (3).
- Being too attached to the fallible soldiers like the body, children and wife. (4)
- Remembering the Personality of Godhead is recommended. What are the benefits?
What is achieved? (5-6)
One will be always in the association of the Lord. This brings freedom from all sorts of fear. The Lord is the Supersoul (Paramātmā) present in the hearts of all living beings, and thus by the above hearing and glorifying process, the Lord invites the association of all in His creation.
To achieve the highest perfection - life should be molded in such a manner that one is able to progressively remember the Personality of Godhead in every step of life.
- Free from all miseries (5).
- Freedom from all sorts of fear. (5 p)
- All a person’s activities become molded into spiritual activities. (5 p)
- All conceptions of material miseries become completely vanquished. (5 p)
Achievements: - One will be always in the association of the Lord. (5 p)
- The highest perfection of human life. (6
- For what reasons does Çukadeva Gosvämé cite his own life’s example? (8-9)
Sukadev was a realised soul from the day he was born but still he has to take lessons of SB from his great father.
Çrémad-Bhägavatam, or, for that matter, any other scientific literature, cannot be
studied at home by one’s own intellectual capacity. (8 p).
- Çrémad-Bhägavatam, the postgraduate study of the science of Godhead, can only be
learned by studying it at the feet of a realized soul like Çréla Vyäsadeva. (8 p).
- By the grace of the Lord, an impersonalist is enlightened by the superior statements
of Çrémad-Bhägavatam, he is also converted into a transcendental devotee of the
Personality of Godhead. (9).
- Reasons and arguments together with the transcendental process of approaching the
Absolute Truth help even the staunch impersonalist to become attracted by the
personal activities of the Lord. (9).
- What is the significance of the story of Mahäräja Khaöväìga? (12-13)
Maharaj Khatvanga had only a moment to live and left everything and took shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. What is the use of a prolonged life wasted in this life without any knowledge of the problems of life, better to live for a moment with full consciousness of the supreme interest to be fulfilled
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There is no use in living hundreds of years without any knowledge of the problems
of life—better to live for a moment with full consciousness of the supreme interest
to be fulfilled. (12 p).
- Mahäräja Khaöväìga, being very much alert to his prime duty. (13 p
- Briefly describe the process of detachment recommended by Çukadeva Gosvämé (14-
19)
- At the last stage of one’s life, one should be bold enough not to be afraid of death. But one must cut off all attachment to the material body and everything pertaining to it and all desires thereof.
- One should leave home and practice self-control. In a sacred place he should bathe regularly and sit down in a lonely place duly sanctified.
- After sitting in the above manner, make the mind remember the three transcendental letters [a-u-m], and by regulating the breathing process, control the mind so as not to forget the transcendental seed.
4.Gradually, as the mind becomes progressively spiritualized, withdraw it from sense activities, and by intelligence the senses will be controlled. The mind too absorbed in material activities can be engaged in the service of the Personality of Godhead and become fixed in full transcendental consciousness.
5.Thereafter, you should meditate upon the limbs of Viṣṇu, one after another, without being deviated from the conception of the complete body. Thus the mind becomes free from all sense objects. There should be no other thing to be thought upon. Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, is the Ultimate Truth, the mind becomes completely reconciled in Him only.
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