Studies 2 - The Scriptures

If you did not learn the "om ajnana verse" from heart, do that first. If you did, then learn the following verse from Bhagavad Gita 10:8: (You learn best from writing it down atleast 16 times, and by loudly reciting it over and over and over again. I promise you will be very grateful later to know these verses)

ahaḿ sarvasya prabhavo

mattaḥ sarvaḿ pravartate

iti matvā bhajante māḿ

budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ

aham — I; sarvasya — of all; prabhavaḥ — the source of generation; mattaḥ — from Me; sarvam — everything; pravartate — emanates; iti — thus;matvā — knowing; bhajante — become devoted; mām — unto Me; budhāḥ — the learned; bhāva-samanvitāḥ — with great attention.

I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.

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1. Continue in the Bhagavad Gita introduction from where we stopped last time. Stop where the prayers of Arjuna start...

a) Who are the transcendentalists? What is the difference between them? (Purport BG 8:14)

b) what are the main 5 different relationships (rasas) that a devotee can have to the Lord?

c) Srila Prabhupada mentions "svarupa". Please explain what it means. (research material for "svarupa": http://vedabase.net/cc/madhya/20/108-109/en1 and http://vedabase.net/nbs/3/)

2. What means Karma-kanda and why it has been given so much space in scripture?

3. What means the word “Upanishad”?

4. In which scripture can you read about Lakshmana and what section of the scriptures is it counted among?

5. Who wrote Srimad Bhagavatam and why?

6. What means the word Apauruseya? (research material http://vedabase.net/sb/2/4/22/en2)

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GLOSSARY

Sarva - all

Budha - learned

Bhaja - worship, adore (with love)