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    1. The chapter discusses study notes on Srimad Bhagavatam chapter 7, including questions about Vyasa's meditation prior to composing Srimad Bhagavatam and why he compiled it. 2. It asks questions about the process of revival of love of God through chanting and hearing, and what sense works even when one is asleep. 3. The document ends by asking about Suta Goswami's narrative in Srimad Bhagavatam, including when he specifies beginning the narration of Krishna's pastimes and King Parikshit.

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    1. The chapter discusses study notes on Srimad Bhagavatam chapter 7, including questions about Vyasa's meditation prior to composing Srimad Bhagavatam and why he compiled it. 2. It asks questions about the process of revival of love of God through chanting and hearing, and what sense works even when one is asleep. 3. The document ends by asking about Suta Goswami's narrative in Srimad Bhagavatam, including when he specifies beginning the narration of Krishna's pastimes and King Parikshit.

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    Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 1 Chapter 7

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    Srimad Bhagavatam

    -
    Study Notes 1.7
    1.
    What narration immediately preceded the beginning of Chapter 7?
    (Answer:
    Narada muni explains how he
    successfully became self realized by devotional process
    .
    )
    2.
    What question is asked in the first verse of this chapter, and what is the answer contained
    through v
    erse 8?
    3.
    What did Vyasa see in His meditation prior to composing the Srimad
    Bhagavatam (Texts 4 and 5)?

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    4.
    Why did the learned Vyasa compile the
    Srimad Bhag
    avatam (Text 6)?
    5.
    If revival of love of Godhead does not depend on the mechanical system of hearing and chant
    ing, what does it
    depend on?
    (e.g.
    , why not just go watch TV)?
    6.
    What sense works even when a man is d
    eep asleep?
    7.
    What question in text 9 prompted the
    famous atmarama verse (SB 1.7.10)? Who asked the question and who
    spoke the atmarama
    verse in reply?
    8.
    Does the fact that Lord Krishna can attract liberated souls disprove the mayavada theory that the
    form, names
    and pastimes of the Lord are transformations
    o
    f material energy? Explain.
    9.
    Was there ever a time when Sukadeva Goswami and the devotees were not particularly fond of o
    ne another?
    Why or why not?
    10.
    What is the precise verse in the Srimad Bhagavatam when Suta Goswami says he will begin the
    transcendental
    narration of Lord Sri Krishna, the birth, activities and deliverance of King Pariksit, and the topics
    of the Pandavas’
    renunciation of worldly life? What was Suta Goswami discussing before that
    verse?
    11.
    Why does the narrationi begin with the st
    ory of Asvatt
    hama's punishment?
    12.
    Was Duryodhana pleased by Asvatthama’s act of beheading the five sleeping sons of Draupadi?
    13.
    What was Lord Caitanya’s desire that, according to Srila Prabhupada, will bring about the desired
    peace and
    prospe
    rity of the stricken world?
    14.
    When Arjuna spoke to Draupadi to pacify her for the loss of her sons, where did he promise her
    th
    at she could
    take her bath?
    15.
    Is being a brahmana a hereditary title?
    What is a “brahma bandhu”?
    16.
    Even though the situation was critical after Asvatthama had
    thrown his brahmastra and a quick response was
    required, Arjuna took the time before requesting Lord Krishna’s advice to present suitable prayers
    to the Lord.
    What were the prayers? How long does it take to recite them? Why didn’t Arjuna just
    immediately a
    sk Krishna
    what to do with
    out first offering prayers?
    17.
    Is the subtle science of hurling brahmastras by the chanting of hymns material or spiritual? Is it
    related or
    unrelated to the spiritual science of devotional service?
    18.
    Why was Asvatthama’s use of the br
    ahmastra not only improper but irreligious? Explain.
    19.
    Which releases more energy, an atomic bomb or a brahmastra?
    20.
    Can the world be destroyed by the whims of politicians?
    21.
    Why was it proper for Arjuna to bind Asvatthama with ropes like an animal?
    22.
    What is Lord
    Krishna’s position on the question of whether the death penalty should ever be imposed?
    Explain.
    23.
    True or false: sometimes Lord Krishna outwardly encourages His pure devotees to do something
    they should not
    do, to test them. Support your answer with exampl
    es.
    24.
    Was Draupadi’s leniency toward the murderer of her five sons a fault or a virtue? Discuss.
    25.
    What reasons did Draupadi give to Arjuna in requesting him to release the son of Drona?
    Evaluate the merits of
    each reason. What learned and pious authorities ap
    proved of her reasons? What considerations and
    authoritative opinions contradicted Draupadi’s position?
    26.
    What advice did Lord Krishna give Arjuna after everyone had discussed whether Asvatthama s
    hould be
    executed? What was His
    facial expression while giving
    such advice?
    27.
    What are the prescribed punishments for the relative of a brahmana?
    28.
    Why at this point in his narrative of Srimad Bhagavatam does Suta Goswami give a lesson on the
    obscure moral
    point of the proper administration of punishment to a criminal who happens to be a brahma-
    bandhu? How was
    this lesson relevant to the sages at Naimisaranya 5,000 years ago?

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