Q & A – Bhakti Shastri

Sri Isopanishad

Introduction
 What is the meaning of the word veda?
 List four defects of a conditioned soul.
 List three pramäëas.
 Give reasons why Sabda-pramäëa is a superior means of acquiring
knowledge.
 List the two systems of knowledge in the material world.
 What are the two qualifications of a bona fide guru?
 What are the English translations for the six systems of philosophy?
  Is love of God available to followers of non-Vedic systems?
  As yoga refers to connection and Patanjali is said to have taught yoga
did he teach all the various ways of connecting with God like karma-yoga
etc?

Invocation
 If madhurya rasa is taught in other traditions, then what is unique about
the Gaudiya tradition?
 What is the destination of the yogis who meditate on the Paramatma?
  Is there any actual difference between Brahman Paramatma and
Bhagavan, or is it just a matter of perception?

Mantra 1
 Give the English meaning of the terms:
 éçäväsya
 parä and aparä prakåti
 Bhägavata communism
 apauruñeya
 If the Ishopanishad is spoken by a sage, how is it apaurusheya

Mantra 2
 Define karma, akarma and vikarma.

Mantra 3
 Give the English meaning of the term ätma-hä.
 Define the words sura and asura.

Mantra 5
 What is antaryämé?
 Give the English meaning of the phrase tad düre tad v antike.

Mantras 6-8
 Give the English meaning of the terms:
 ekatvam anupaçyataù Mantras 6-7
 çuddham apäpa-viddham Mantra 8
 How is the Lord unembodied? Mantra 8

Mantra 11
 Give the English meaning of the name Hiraëyakaçipu.
 The miseries of this material world serve to indirectly remind us of what?

Mantra 15
 Give the English meaning of the term hiraëmayena pätreëa .