Bhagavad Gita; Chapter Eight: Attaining the Supreme

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For one who always remembers Me without deviation, I am easy to obtain, O son of Pṛthā, because of his constant engagement in devotional service.
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Question 1

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What is KARMA?
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  • It is the action pertaining to the development of the material bodies of the living entities
  • It is the indestructible, transcendental , eternal nature of the living entities.

Question 2

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Who is known as the "adiyajna"(the lord of sacrifice)?
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  • The embodied beings, the physical nature, which is constantly changing.
  • The universal form of the Lord, which includes all the demigods, like those of the sun and moon.
  • Lord Krishna,the Supreme Lord, represented as the Supersoul in the heart of every embodied being.

Question 3

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What is the destination of the person who quits his body without being Krishna Conscious or in other words , is in a state of being of whatever one remembers?
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  • He attains Lord Krishna's nature.
  • He will attain that state without fail.
  • He will reach the heavenly planets.
  • He will merge with Brahman effulgence and become one with the Lord.

Question 4

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How can one attain salvation through the stringent YOGIC process?
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  • The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements.
  • By practicing Yoga for a while in a day and engaging in material activities the rest of the day.
  • By remaining in the Himalayas for performing stringent austerities to attain mystic perfection.

Question 5

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This temporary material world has been declared by the Lord as a place full of [blank_start]miseries[blank_end].
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  • miseries
  • happiness

Question 6

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A "KALPA "consists of one cycle of four Yugas, or ages: Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. How many such "kalpas" or "cycles of Yugas" makes one day of Lord Brahma?
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  • 100
  • 10
  • 1000
  • 10000

Question 7

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Lord Krishna describes about another unmanifest nature . What is the quality of that nature?
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  • Temporary and full of miseries like this material nature
  • It is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested nature

Question 8

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The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than all, is attainable by [blank_start]unalloyed devotion[blank_end]. Although He is present in His abode, He is all-pervading, and everything is situated within Him.
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  • unalloyed devotion
  • charity
  • austerity
  • penance

Question 9

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A person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the Vedas, performing sacrifices, undergoing austerities, giving charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kunti, never takes birth again.
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  • True
  • False
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