Session 4 BST Quiz flashcards

Question 1

Shaucham

Answer 1

Purity in all 5 forms

Question 2

What are the 5 forms of purity

Answer 2

mind
action
character
speech
physical body

Question 3

Pramukh Swami Prasang of Shaucham

Answer 3

1960, PSM celebrating Jal Jhini

during night PSM couldnt sleep

decided to clean bathroom

Santo saw him cleaning

PSM said “don’t wake everyone up”

Question 4

Reflection of PSM Praasang of Shaucham

Answer 4

Despite a big festival, PSM showed purity in all 5 forms

Question 5

Gadhada III-2

Answer 5

Without Satsang, life is bad/impure

Question 6

Without Satsang, life is bad/impure

Answer 6

Gadhada III-2

Question 7

satpurush leads us to all life’s goals

Answer 7

Vadtal 5

Question 8

Vadtal 5

Answer 8

satpurush leads us to all life’s goals

Question 9

Dharma def.

Answer 9

moral law or duty

Question 10

Shikshapatri 103

Answer 10

Dharma leads to good behavior

Question 11

3 types of Dharma

Answer 11

Saadhaaran or Samanya (Basic)

Vishesha Dharma

Ekantik Dharma

Question 12

Dharma leads to good behavior

Answer 12

Shikshapatri 103

Question 13

Saadhaaran or Samanya Dharma

Answer 13

Basic dharma

Ahimsa, Satya, Daya

Question 14

Vishesha Dharma

Answer 14

based on responsibility, varna and Ashram

Question 15

what is Varna

Answer 15

social class

Question 16

what are the varnas in highest to lowest

Answer 16

brahmin

Shatria

Vaishya (business)

Shudra (work)

Question 17

What is Ashram

Answer 17

stage of life

Question 18

What are the ashrams in order

Answer 18

Brahmacharya (student)

Guoharsh (householder)

Vaanparshta (retired)

Sanyashta (renounciate)

Question 19

Moksha def

Answer 19

liberation

getting out of Punajanma (cycle of birth and deaths)

Question 20

Shikshapatri Shlok 116 and Diksha Mantra

Answer 20

one should become like Akshar and understand ourselves to be the atma and worship Purushottam

Question 21

one should become like Akshar and understand ourselves to be the atma and worship Purushottam

Answer 21

Shikshapatri Shlok 116 and Diksha Mantra

Question 22

Arth def.

Answer 22

brining of wealth

Question 23

why is wealth a goal in life

Answer 23

to thrive in society

bringing of wealth is aided by Dharma and Moksha

Question 24

Dharmado def.

Answer 24

giving back some money to charity or mandir

Question 25

Vachnamrut Gadadha 1-54

Answer 25

immense love for sant = moksha

Question 26

immense love for sant = moksha

Answer 26

Vachnamrut Gadadha 1-54

Question 27

Kaam def.

Answer 27

desires linked with short term happiness

Question 28

Why Kaam

Answer 28

if we link our desires to dharma and moksha, then kaam becomes useful in pursuing moksha

Question 29

Rajipo def.

Answer 29

eternal happiness

Question 30

Bhagwam thaki...

Answer 30

je Bhagwan olkahy chhe God (the supreme Godhead is recognized only through God (the God realized-sadhu)

Question 31

Apne to Akshardamma

Answer 31

javu chhe evo ek snakalp rakhvo our solve wish should be that we want to go to Akshardham

Question 32

Apne Bhagwanna Chhie

Answer 32

pan mayana nathi em manvu believe that we belong to god and not maya

Question 33

Bhagwan to tris

Answer 33

varas Satsangma rahya ne have sadhu-rupe das-vis pedhi raheshe Maharaj stayed in satsang for 30 years and now he'll stay in the form of Sadhu for ten to twenty generations

Question 34

Bhagwän jevä a

Answer 34

sädhu chhe, pan teni pase rahevätu nathi e moti khot chhe This Sadhu is like God, but that we are unable to stay with him is our great loss

Question 35

Jhernã ladva

Answer 35

khata sara lage pan ghadik pachhe galu jhalãy tem ã vyavahar chhe Poisoned sweet balls taste good when eaten, but after a while the throat burns. Similarly, worldly activities are like this

Question 36

Shastra chhe

Answer 36

te kãrya chhe ne mota chhe te kãran chhe. Scriptures are the effect and the great Sadhu is their cause. (4.102)

Question 37

Dahyo hoy

Answer 37

tene vadhe tyre raji thay ne murkh hoy tene vakhãne tyre raji thay em Maharaj kaheta. Maharaj used to say one who is wise is pleased when rebuked by Maharaj and his holy Sadhu, while the foolish is pleased when praised. (5.388)

Question 38

Bhagwän ne Bhagwännã

Answer 38

Sadhu e be sãmu jovu ne e ja joya jeva chhe, bijama kãi mãl nathi. See only God and his holy Sadhu. Only these two are worth seeing. There is no worth in anything else. (1.101)

Question 39

Koti kalpe

Answer 39

Bhagwännu dham na male, te avä sädhune hãth jode etlama male chhe God's abode cannot be obtained even after tens of millions of years but is attained by merely folding one's hands to such a God-realized Sadhu. (

Question 40

Sarve vät

Answer 40

sädhu vate thay chhe, mäte tene mukhya räkhva pan sädhu gaun thãy ne gnãn pradhan thai jãy em na karvu. Everything is gained through the Sadhu, therefore, keep him to be the main. But do not let him become secondary and knowledge become primary. (

Question 41

Have to

Answer 41

Mahäräj sädhu dwäre darshan ape chhe, ne vätu kare chhe, ne vali murti dwäre darshan ape chhe. At present Maharaj gives darshan and discourses through the Sadhu, and through the murti gives darshan. (1.290)

Question 42

Vishayne märge

Answer 42

andhala thavu, baherã thavu, lula thavu, em thavu, pan äsakta na thavu. On the path of sense pleasures, become blind, def and lame, but do not become attached to them. (2.115)

Question 43

Satsang thay

Answer 43

tene dukh rahe nahi, te satsang te shu? Je atma ne Paramatma e be ja chhe. When satsang is imbibed, no miseries remain. What is that satsang - it is that only atmã and Paramatma exist for ever.

Question 44

Karod kam

Answer 44

bagädine pan ek moksha sudharvo ne kadapi karod kam sudharya ne ek moksha bagadyo to tema shu karyu? Even by spoiling ten million tasks improve your moksha. In case ten million tasks are improved, but moksha is spoilt, what is achieved?

Question 45

Jena guru

Answer 45

Akshar hoy te Akshardhamma lai jãy ne Purushottamne melve. One whose guru is Akshar will take one to Akshardham and will unite one with Purushottam.