Tatva Bodha

Question 1

Prasthana treya ???

Answer 1

Upanishad , Bhagwat Geetha , Brahma sutra

Question 2

PANCHA Kosha

Answer 2

Anna maya, pranamaya Kosha , manomnaya Kosha , vigyanakosha and anandamaya Kosha

Question 3

SADHANA CHATUSTYAM

Answer 3

VIVEKA
VAIRAGYA
SAMADISATKA SAMPATTI
MUMUKSHUTVAM

Question 4

What is meant by discrimination between the real and the unreal?

Answer 4

The conviction that truth is only real and everything else is unreal is called discrimination.

Question 5

What is detachment or dispassion ?

Answer 5

Absence of desires for the pleasures of this world and the other world.

Question 6

What is the SAMADISATKA SAMPATTI?

Answer 6

Sama 
Dama
Uparama
Titiksha 
Shraddha 
Samadhana

Question 7

Sama

Answer 7

Control of the mind

Question 8

Dama

Answer 8

Control of the external sense organs like eyes ears etc

Question 9

Uparama

Answer 9

Observance of ones duties

Question 10

Titiksha

Answer 10

Endurance of the duality cheerfully

Question 11

Shraddha

Answer 11

Pending discovery have faith in the scriptures

Shruti - test of time
Yukti - must to be logical
Anubhava - it should be experienced.

Question 12

Samadhana

Answer 12

Single pointedness of the mind

Question 13

MUMUKSHUTVAM

Answer 13

Burning desire for liberation

Question 14

Mithya

Answer 14

Asat bhanamatram

Question 15

Truth

Answer 15

Trikala Abhadita Vasu

Question 16

Neti neti

Answer 16

Negation of the unreal

Question 17

Assertion

Answer 17

Swaroopa - own nature

Question 18

Tathastha lakshana

Answer 18

Neti Neti

Question 19

Assertion

Answer 19

Swaroopa lakshana

Question 20

Three bodies

Answer 20

Sthoola - gross body
Sukshma - subtle body
Karana - causal body

Question 21

Anna maya Kosha

Answer 21

Annam food

Inert and cannot function on its own

Question 22

Object to be known

Answer 22

Prameya

Question 23

Knower of the object

Answer 23

Pramata

Question 24

Means to know it

Answer 24

Pramaana

Question 25

Direct perception

Answer 25

Pratyaksha pramaana

Question 26

Inference

Answer 26

Anumaana pramana

Question 27

Words

Answer 27

Shabdha pramana

Question 28

Main topics of Vedas

Answer 28

Dharma

Brahman

Question 29

Specifications about the book

Answer 29

Anubandha chatustya

Question 30

AC: adhikari

Answer 30

For whom the book is meant

Question 31

AC : Vishaya

Answer 31

For whom this text is meant

Question 32

AC: Prayojana

Answer 32

The purpose of the text

Question 33

AC : Sambandha

Answer 33

The relation of the text to the purpose.

Question 34

Sambandha of Tattva bodha

Answer 34

Bodhya- bodhaka- sambandha

The relation of revealed and revealer.

Question 35

Verb root VIC

Answer 35

Seperate

Question 36

How does dispassion arise?

Answer 36

By discrimination

Doing of one’s duties

Question 37

How many types of MUMUKSHUTVAM?

Answer 37

Ati manda - very dull
Manda - dull
Madhyama - middle (sooner the better)
Tivraa - immediate

Question 38

Avastha traya?

Answer 38

Jagrut avastha - waking
Swapnavastha - dreaming
Sushupti avastha - deep sleep

Question 39

STHULA SHARIRAM

SATKARMAJANYAM?

Answer 39

Result of actions done in the past.