Doctrine 2 Exam

Question 1

Atman

Answer 1

The Infinite center of every life; God within.

Question 2

Brahman

Answer 2

Sanskrit name for God.

Question 3

Jiva

Answer 3

An individual soul.

Question 4

Samsara

Answer 4

The endless cycle of life that passes through REINCARNATION.

Question 5

Moksha

Answer 5

Liberation; total release.

Question 6

Caste

Answer 6

A station in life.

Question 7

Yoga

Answer 7

Method of training designed to lead to integration and union.

Question 8

Japam

Answer 8

The practice of repeating God’s name.

Question 9

Karma

Answer 9

The moral law of Cause and Effect.

Question 10

What are the 4 Paths (or “Yogas”) training methods?

Answer 10

1. Jnana Yoga- The way to God through Knowledge
2. Bhatki Yoga- The way to God through Love and Devotion
3. Karma Yoga- The way to God through work
4. Raja Yoga- The way to God through experimentation, psychophysical exercises

Question 11

What are the 3 stages of JNANA?

Answer 11

1. Hearing - from sages and scriptures
2. Prolonged intensive reflection
3. ShiftingSelf- Identification to one’s abiding part

Question 12

What is Bhatki Yoga?

Answer 12

Your devotion to Brahman.

Question 13

What are the 3 features of Bhatki?

Answer 13

1. Japam- Practice of repeating God’s Name
2. Ringing the changes on love- different modes as in life.
3. Worship of God in the form of one’s chosen ideal
   (Ishta)

Question 14

What are the 3 points of Karma Yoga

Answer 14

1. Learning how to work in ways that carry you towards God; not away from God.
2. Affective - each task becomes a sacred ritual, performed as a loving sacrifice for God’s glory.
3. Reflective - detached cultivating an active disinterest in personal reward, separating the empiracle self from the true self.

Question 15

What are the 5 absentions of Raja?

Answer 15

Injury, Lying, Stealing, Sensuality, and Greed

Question 16

What are the 5 observances of Raja?

Answer 16

Cleanliness, contentment, self-control, studiousness, contemplation of the divine.