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Vignana
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- 1What are the common thing for human andother beings?Other are some commonthings matchwiththese two.they are ahaSahara,nidhra,bsyam,maithunam.
- 2Howhumandiffer fromother beings?Humanisdedifferent fromother beings because of intellect.
- 3What isprimary goal of human?Mokshaisthe primary goal of the human
- 4How many goals prescribed by scriptures?Four goals prescribed by our scriptures.
- 5What are the limitations of secondary goals?Secondary goal has limitations.they are pain,dissatisfaction and dependence.
- 6Is primary goal has any limitations?Noprimary goal dodoesn'thas any limitations.
- 7Secondary goal as calledby?Preyas
- 8What primary goal calledby ?Sreyas
- 9What ismeant by wordsastram?"SAS" means teach.trai means protect.
- 10What are the four Vedas?Rig,yazur,Osama,adhavana.
- 11Is Vedas inventedby human?No
- 12Why we needsecondary scriptures?Secondary scriptures arrangedsystematically.but vVedas not .
- 13Howmany puran'sandsubpurana's we have?We have 18purana's and18subpurana's
- 14Whoistethe author of these purana's?Vyasa
- 15What are the twoIthihasa's?Ramayana,mahabaratham.
- 16Whoisthe author of mahabaratha?Same vyasa is author of mahabaratha.
- 17How many verses in mahabaratha?100000 verses
- 18What isthe nname of first pportionof scriptures?First portioniscalledby Veda-purva
- 19What isthe name of endportions of scriptures?Veda-anta
- 20Howmmany "varnas" prescribedby Vedas?We have four varnas? Brahmana,jsatria,vaisyaandsudra.
- 21Varnaclassificationmade by howmany categories?Three
- 22What are the things classified by birth?Bornof "brahmanas,jsatriyas,vaisyas,sudras.
- 23What are things classifiedby character?Bramana-contemplative,ksatriya-selflessly active,vaisyas-selfishlyaactive,sudras-idle.
- 24What are the things classifiedby ooccupation?Bramana's-scriptural education,ksatriya-admin&defence,vaisyas-commerce&agriculture,sudras-unskilledlabour.
- 25Is there any chance tochange my jati?No.
- 26Is there any chance tochange my gguns?Yes. We can.
- 27Inspiritual journey what are the four sstages?Brahmachari,grahadtha,vanaprastha,sanyasa.
- 28Whichisfully dedicatedtomoksha?The fourthstage of sanyasaisfully deddedicatedtomoksha
- 29What are the sadhana's toattainmoksha?Karmayoga,upasanayoga,jnanayoga.
- 30What are the three categories inkarmayoga?Satvika,rajas aandtamasa?
- 31What isthe bbenefit of doingsatvik karma?Satvik karmahelptothe inner andsprituspiritual growth?
- 32What are the sacredkkarmas for inner growth?Pancha-maha-yazna.
- 33What are the five sacredkarmas?Devayajna,pitr yajna,brahmayajna,manushyayajna,bhutayajna
- 34What I s basedonrarajas akarma?Rajas akarmabasedonour desire.
- 35What isthe nature of tamasakarma?The nature of tamasakarma's wrongactions like violence,cheating,etc.
- 36Howcanwe becbecome akarmayogi?Ifwe canavoidingtamasa,reducingtanasaandincreasingsatvikajarmakarmawe canbecome karmayogi
- 37What isyoga?Yogameans proper attitude.its the mental state of eequanimity,balance,aniin perturbedconditionwhichhelpinmakinglife effective.
- 38Howcanwe get mental balance?By followingacceptance,non-comparison,humility,devotion.
- 39What is"upasanayoga"?Discipliningandintegratingthe perspersonality.
- 40What are the powers havingby hHunan?I chasakthi,kriyasakthi,jnanashakthi.
- 41What are the four levels of descipline scriptures talkingabout?Phisical,verbal,sensory ,mental desciplines.
- 42What isthe principleof discipline?The principleof descipline isquantity,quality controls.
- 43what is descipline of physical refer to?we have to pay attention to the physical body and physical activities.because without health we cannot accomplish anything.
- 44what is verbal discipline refer to?we should have control on our verbal both quality and quantity.we should avoid argument,harmful words,we should use polite,useful and truthful etc.
- 45what is sensory discipline?avoidance of unhealthy atmosphere is called sensory discipline.
- 46what is mental discipline?In mental we have to take care of several parts.there are four aspects of the mind discipline.1.relaxation,2.concentration,3.expansion,4.refinement.
- 47how can we relax mentally?one method of relaxing is mentally visualizing the nature.
- 48how can we concentrate?recitation of some prayers or mental repetition of some mantras or some name of lord.
- 49what is gnana yoga directs to?gnana yoga alone leads to moksha.
- 50what is the difference between mumukshu and jijnasu?mumukshu is seeker of freedom. and the jijnasu is seeker of knowledge.
- 51which helps me to know about myself?sastra pramanam is lead me to know myself.
- 52what is the significant role of guru?to avoid wrong interpretation and save the time.he guide for us to a systematic study.
- 53what are the stages in jnana yoga?there are three stages. sravanam, mananam,nidhityasanam.
- 54what you meant by sravanam?sravanam simply meant listening
- 55what is meant by mananam?mananam simply meant questioning.
- 56what is nidhityasanam?repeating the sravanam and mananm is called nidhityasanam.
- 57To become liberated person what is the procedure?To become a jivan muktha(liberated person) we can through sravanam, mananam, niddhyasanam.
- 58what is bakthi?bakthi means deevotion towards god.
- 59what are types in bakthi?matr bakthi,pitr bakthi,guru bakthi,ddesa bakthi,isvara bakthi.
- 60what are the three categories in love?"means love,end love,self love.
- 61what is bakthi yoga?bhakthi yoga is course of discipline consisting of karma,upasana,jnana yoga to attain the goal of moksha.
- 62how many definition to god?there are three levels of definition.
- 63what are the first level of definition god?jagat-kartha-isvara.
god creates the universe. - 64what is the definition of second level of god?jagat-karanam-isvara
god became world. - 65what is the third level definition of god?jagat-adhistanam-isvara
god appear like world(god is world) - 66what is paribhasa ?paribasah means technical terms which are unique to a particular science.without understanding those technical words if we study scripture is meaningless.
- 67who is adhikari?an elgible student is called by name of adhikari.
- 68what are the qualification for an adhikari?four fold qualification is required for an adhikari.
vivegam,vairagam,satka sampatti,mumuksuthuvam - 69what is meant by vivegam?the discrimination between sreyas and preyas calleed vivegam.it helps me to choose right path.
- 70what is meant by vairagam?The growing out the dharma ,artha, and kama is vairagam. its not meant hating all thesse preyas.
- 71what is mumukshthuvam?stretching ourselves to reach the sreyas is mumukshuthuvam.
- 72what is satka sampatti?it meant six fold inner discipline.
- 73what are six fold discipline?sama,dama,uparma,titiksha,sradha,samadhanam.
- 74what is sama?sama -mind control.it includes all our powers--iccha ,kriya,jnana.
- 75what is dama?dama-sense control. regulating the sense organs.
- 76what is uparma?the willing to physically,sensually,mentally withdraw is called uparma.
- 77what is titiksha?it means the physical and mental capacity to experience the pairs of opposites without seriously getting affected.
- 78what is meant by sraddha?faith
- 79what is meant by samadhanam?by conccentration both long term and short term focusing.short-freedom from distraction.
long-persisting sight of the ultimate goal moksha. - 80what is sarira trayam?every individual has sarira tryam.three bodies.they are sthula,sukshma,karana.
- 81what is sthula sariram refer to?sthula sariram is gross body.it includes the part of head trunk hands and legs.its visible for everyone.
- 82what is sukshma sariram?shubtle body is called suksma sariram.it includes sense organs of knoledge,action.physiological systems,inner organs.its experienceale by us
- 83what is karana sariram?casual body is called karana sariram. it includes physical and subtle body in unmanifest form.its totally unvisible for everyone.
- 84what are the part in subtle body for sense organs of knowledge?ear,skin,eye,tongue,nose.
- 85what are the sense organs for the action of subtle body?mouth,hand,pada,payu,upastha.
- 86what is meant by pancha-pranas?the inner system which energies the body is called by the name of pancha pranas.
- 87what are the five functions in pancha pranas?prana,apana,samana,vyana,udana.
- 88what is the duty of subtle body?subtle body carry over all of our punyam and papa.its the store house .
- 89what is avastha trayam?avastha tryam means three states of experience.
- 90what are the three state experiences?jagad avastha-waking
svapna avastha-dreaming
susupti avastha-sleeping - 91what is waking state?function through the physical body and sense organs and contract the external world.
- 92what is dreaming state?a projected worls born out of the activation of the vasanas.it include previous jenma also.
- 93what is sleeping deep sleep state?exception of the both physical and vasanas activation.very refreshing state.
- 94what is kosa's?kasa means cover.the sariram itself is called from another angle .
- 95how many kasas we have?we have five kosas.
- 96what are the five kosas?annamaya,pranamaya,manonmaya,vijnanamaya,ananthamaya.
- 97what is annamaya kosa?the sthula sariram is known as annamaya kosa.
- 98what is pranamaya kosa?the five fold prana along with the five sense organs of actions form is called pranamaya.
- 99what is manonmaya?the group of sense organs and mind is called manonmaya.
- 100what is vijnanamaaya?the five sense organs of knoledge is called buddhi. pancha jnaedrsayes with buddhi represnt jnana shakthi is called vijnananmaya.
- 101what is ananathamaya?the karana sariram is called anandhamaya kosaas.
- 102what is anathma?sarira trayam+avastha trayam+pancha kosas is called anathma.
- 103what is atma?except all sarara , avastha, kosa. alone sprit is called atma.
- 104what is meant by "cit"consciousness called cit in sanscrit
- 105is the consciousness part of the body?no.
- 106is consciousnesses has any limitations?no
- 107will consciousness survive after death?yes. it can survive.
- 108what is meant by sat-cit-ananda?atma is called by the name of satcit ananda.it has no limitations.
- 109is every human has both athma and anathma?yes
- 110If i shift my vision from anathma to athma what is my first enquiry?who am i?
- 111what is drg-drsya-vivega?subject-object discrimination is called drg drsya vivega.
- 112who is brahman?brahman means infinite.
- 113what is difference between atma and braman?when we see in individual its called atma,when it seems in all over it called brahman.
- 114what is oc?original consciousness.its called brahman.
- 115what is rc?reflect consciousness is isvara for macro level and micro level its called by jiva
- 116what is prajna?rc---casual body
- 117what is taijasa?rc--subtle body
- 118what is visva?rc--gross body.
- 119what is virat?rc---gross universe
- 120what is hirayagarbha?rc--subtle universe.
- 121what is antrayami?rc--caasual universe.
- 122what is mahavakyas?in our scriptures which statements reveal oneness called mahavakyas..
- 123what is rig veda mahavakya?prajnam brahma.
- 124what yajur veda vakya?aham brahmasmi.
- 125what is sama veda vakya?tat avam asi
- 126what is atharvan veda vakya?ayam atma brahma.
- 127which jnanam will give liberation?advaitha jnanam.
- 128vedanta will give what?advaitha jnanam.
- 129what are the benefit of following sastra?by following sastra we get types of benifit.jiva , vidhea mukthi.
- 130what is jiva mukthi?is the benifit of knowledge enjoyed at the mental level in various forms . it will get in life time.
- 131what is vidhea mukthi?freedom after death.
- 132is any other mukthi is there?yes. krama mukthi.
- 133what is krama mukthi?krama mukthi also one of the benifit. it got to brahma loga. and we get self knowledge from brahman.
- 134what are the karma phalam?every actions produces phalam. it meant result.
- 135what are the types of karma phalam?two types of karma phalam is there.drsta phalam,adrsta phalam.
- 136vihitha karma produce what?punyam
- 137nisshidha karma produces what?papam
- 138what are the categories in adrsta phalam?three types is there. sanchita ,prarbtha,agami.
- 139what is sanchita karma?all the unfructified punya papas accumulated in the past jenmas are called sancitha karma.
- 140what is prarbtha karma?the fructyfieng portion is called prarbtha karma.
- 141what is agami karma?the punya-papas which are acqured in this jenma are called agami karma.
- 142is agamai affect jnani?no..because his actions are done without without identification of anathma.
- 143what happen at the time of death?sanchitha karma is burnt,prarbtha is exhusated,agami is avoidded