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    Question Bank BG CH 10-11-12

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    This document contains 11 chapters from the Bhagavad Gita. It provides short closed book questions testing comprehension of each chapter as well as longer closed book questions requiring analysis and explanation of key concepts and verses. The short questions test understanding of specific terms, verses, and philosophical concepts. The longer questions examine connections between chapters, require summarizing sections and identifying major ideas, and analyzing analogies and situations through explanatory responses. Overall, the document assesses a detailed understanding of many aspects of Krishna's teachings in the Bhagavad Gita.

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    This document contains 11 chapters from the Bhagavad Gita. It provides short closed book questions testing comprehension of each chapter as well as longer closed book questions requiring analysis and explanation of key concepts and verses. The short questions test understanding of specific terms, verses, and philosophical concepts. The longer questions examine connections between chapters, require summarizing sections and identifying major ideas, and analyzing analogies and situations through explanatory responses. Overall, the document assesses a detailed understanding of many aspects of Krishna's teachings in the Bhagavad Gita.

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    This document contains 11 chapters from the Bhagavad Gita. It provides short closed book questions testing comprehension of each chapter as well as longer closed book questions requiring analysis and explanation of key concepts and verses. The short questions test understanding of specific terms, verses, and philosophical concepts. The longer questions examine connections between chapters, require summarizing sections and identifying major ideas, and analyzing analogies and situations through explanatory responses. Overall, the document assesses a detailed understanding of many aspects of Krishna's teachings in the Bhagavad Gita.

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    Question Bank BG CH 10-11-12

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    This document contains 11 chapters from the Bhagavad Gita. It provides short closed book questions testing comprehension of each chapter as well as longer closed book questions requiring analysis and explanation of key concepts and verses. The short questions test understanding of specific terms, verses, and philosophical concepts. The longer questions examine connections between chapters, require summarizing sections and identifying major ideas, and analyzing analogies and situations through explanatory responses. Overall, the document assesses a detailed understanding of many aspects of Krishna's teachings in the Bhagavad Gita.

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    Some of the key takeaways from the passages include discussing different chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, explaining philosophical concepts like the universal and personal forms of the Lord, and describing different types of devotion.

    Chapter 10 discusses concepts like Krishna's universal and various opulences or powers, why Arjuna asks to see these opulences, and the significance of chanting the Lord's holy names.

    Lord Krishna shows Arjuna His universal form to reassure Arjuna of His supreme power and to establish His identity as the original Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only Arjuna was eligible to see this vision.

    CHAPTER 10

    Closed Book Short

    1. Give the English meaning of the words ajam & anadim. (10.3)
    2. What is the special mercy rendered to the pure devotee by Krishna? (10.11)
    3. Explain the significance of the phrase “param brahma” (10.12)
    4. Give the English meaning of the phrase jnana-dipena (10.11)
    5. Why does Arjuna ask Krishna to explain His opulences? (10.17-18)
    6. Explain the meaning of the word ‘vibhuti’. (10.19)
    7. Explain the meaning of the word Guḍakesa. (10.20)
    8. Amongst sacrifices, what is the significance of chanting the holy names? (10.25)
    9. List any 4 opulences that are considered feminine. (10.34)
    10. Give the English meaning of the phrases:
    a. ekamsena sthito jagat (10.42)
    b. asamaurdhva (10.42, purport)
    11. List the three puruṣa-avataras (10.20 purport)

    Closed Book Questions

    1. Explain the connection between Bhagavad-Gita Chapters 9 and 10.


    2. Present a summary of Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 10, identifying the main philosophical concepts and
    sections of verses, and how they connect.
    3. Briefly describe the analogy of sowing a seed in the heart, as explained in purport to 10.9.
    4. Explain why Arjuna enquires “In what various forms are You to be remembered?” 10.17.

    CHAPTER 11
    Closed Book Short

    1. How does the universal form differ from other forms of the Lord? (11.5)
    2. Describe any four aspects of Arjuna’s vision of the universal form. (11.15-31)
    3. Who was eligible to see the universal form on the battlefield? (11.20)
    4. Define the phrases kalo asmi loka-kṣaya-krt and nimitta-matram bhava (11.32-33)
    5. Why Arjuna addresses Krishna as the great-grandfather? (11.39)
    6. Explain the analogy of the sun and lamplight. (11.52)

    Closed Book Questions


    1. Explain the connection between Bhagavad-Gita Chapters 10 and 11.
    2. Present a summary of Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 11, identifying the main philosophical concepts and
    sections of verses, and how they connect.
    3. Explain why the vishva-rupa was shown to Arjuna. (11.3 & 11.8)
    4. Describe the change in relationship between Krishna and Arjuna as described in BG 11.14 purport.
    5. Give evidence establishing that Arjuna's seeing the Universal Form, as described in 11.20-23, was not a
    dream.
    6. Explain how the Lord shows kindness and mercy to devotees who carry out His plan according to His
    desire.(34)
    7. Explain the significance of the word ‘su-durdarsam’. 11.52.

    CHAPTER 12

    Closed Book Short

    1. Who are the two classes of transcendentalists? (12.1)


    2. Give the meaning of saguna or nirguna worship. (12.5)
    3. Give the meaning in English of the phrase teṣam aham samuddharta
    mṛtyu-samsara-sagarat (12.7)
    4. List, in Sanskrit or English, 5 qualities that endear a devotee to Krishna. (12.13-19)
    5. Explain the analogies:
    a. Mailbox. (12.5)
    b. Man who has fallen in the ocean. (12.7)

    Closed Book Questions


    1. Explain the connection between Bhagavad-Gita Chapters 11 and 12.
    2. Present a summary of Bhagavad-Gita Chapter 12, identifying the main philosophical concepts and
    sections of verses, and how they connect.
    3. Summarize Krishna’s description of the worship of impersonal Absolute Truth. (12.3-4)
    4. Explain the ‘mailboxes on the street’ analogy as mentioned in purport to BG 12.5.
    5. Explain how the devotee can becomes Krsna-ized? (8)
    6. Explain the analogies of the child completely cared for by his parents and the man who has fallen in the
    ocean. (6-7)
    7. What is recommended for a person who is even unable to practice regulative principles of bhakti-yoga?
    (12.10)

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