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Patanjali Yoga Sutra_Weekly Quiz

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the Following is Correct for Vairagya - Dispassion? (Can choose multiple options)

a)

Skillfully handling the objects of senses and bringing it to the Self is dispassion or vairagya.

b)

Vairagya is putting a stop to craving for happiness.

c)

It does not mean you should not enjoy yourself, but the craving for joy, only when you retrieve your mind from it, only then can you meditate. Then yoga happens

d)

Free yourself from this feverishness that is gripping your mind.

e)

None of the above

2.

Who do you think can get enlightenment?

a)

A rich man

b)

One who is poor

c)

One who is married

d)

A monk or Sanyasi

e)

The one who is dispassionate or centered & free from five modulations (Vritti's) of mind

3.

What are 3 gunas?

a)

Sattva, Rajas and Tamas

b)

Viparyaya, Vikalpa & Smriti

c)

Pramana, Nidra & Bhranti

d)

None of these

4.

What is the meaning of 'Yogaha Karmasu Kaushalam'?

a)

To stay with whatever you crave for

b)

Freeing oneself from cravings or aversions & moving through the guna

c)

Being averse to something and promoting it

5.

How many obstacles are there on the path to discovery?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

9

d)

8

6.

Which of the following is NOT an Obstacle in path of yoga , as shared by Maharishi Patanjali?

a)

Vyadhi or illness

b)

Styana or the illness in the mind

c)

ASamshaya or No doubt

d)

Pramada means doing something wrong knowing that it is very wrong.

7.

You know that doing Sudarshan Kriya regularly is highly beneficial , but still you miss on it due which all obstacles?

a)

Pramada

b)

Alasya

c)

All , Am Sorry, Will do it regularly now!

8.

Which of the following is not the five indications or signs of a disturbed mind?

a)

Dukha – sorrow, sadness

b)

Dourmanasya - bitterness in the mind

c)

Angamejayatva - restlessness in the body or lack of co-ordination between the body and the mind

d)

Shwāsa prashwāsa - irregular breathing

e)

Nidra-Sleep

9.

“The spiritual path is very easy for one who gives __________preference to it, who gives it supremacy over all other things. (Fill in the blank)

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Last

10.

When your consciousness is filled with ignorance, then there is restlessness, there is unhappiness and suffering. This Misery is due to __________. (Fill in the blank)

a)

ignorance or avidya

b)

asmita.

c)

raga or strong craving

11.

What people think about me? What do I want from them? How do I take advantage of them? Do they think I am good or bad? All these things about 'me, me, I, I' are called __________. (Fill in the blank)

a)

ignorance or avidya

b)

asmita.

c)

raga or strong craving

12.

Worship is an act of dissolving the ______ into its being.

a)

Mind

b)

Body

13.

A state of heightened awareness/Pragya is gained by ?

a)

by Shraddha- means faith. Faith makes your consciousness stable, steady and solid.

b)

by sense of patriotism, valor or vigor

c)

by Memory of samadhi reproduces memory of the Self, freedom, devotion, surrender, love, joy a

d)

All of the above

e)

through samadhi, through deep meditation, through a deep equanimous mind

14.

Select the Wrong statement

a)

He is the master of those who lived before too as he is not limited by time.”

b)

I was before Abraham. I taught people who were before him

c)

I have taught Ikshvāku and Manu

d)

I have come so many times and you have come so many times. You have forgotten and I know it all. I have taught then, I am teaching now also. I will continue to teach in the future also

e)

God is not within you

15.

When this feeling of elevation, totality of consciousness comes to you then witness consciousness dawns in you and your mind gets totally transformed. What happens next? ( Select all correct answers)

a)

Clarity begins in your thinking.

b)

Clarity begins in your feeling

c)

whole body undergoes a transformation

d)

and all the obstacles in your path are removed

e)

You feel sleepy

16.

What is called Vichar-anugama Samadhi?

a)

the calmness that you get from specialized logic

b)

an equanimous state where you are aware of your thoughts, yet they are not disturbing you

c)

blissful state

d)

deep experience of meditation with just the awareness that 'you are'

17.

What is called Vitarkanugama Samadhi?

a)

the calmness that you get from specialized logic

b)

an equanimous state where you are aware of your thoughts, yet they are not disturbing you

c)

blissful state

d)

deep experience of meditation with just the awareness that 'you are'

18.

What is called Sampragnatah? (4 out 5 options below are correct)

a)

Vitarkanugama Samadhi (the calmness that you get from specialized logic)

b)

an equanimous state where you are aware of your thoughts, yet they are not disturbing you

c)

blissful state

d)

deep experience of meditation with just the awareness that 'you are'

e)

the practice of resting consciously

19.

Virama means to put a full stop to _____________?

a)

overeating

b)

sleep everyday

c)

put an end to all the chattering that is happening in the mind. This is also a practice.

d)

all the practices, any sort of

20.

Gurudev has mentioned about certain experiences, unfortunately by which people get misled, What are those?

a)

they begin to see visions, the experience becomes so real to them

b)

they have no knowledge of the root of yoga

c)

they begin to make prophecies about the end of the world

d)

they may see a white light coming down

e)

they will claim something is happening

21.

What is the external factor when your thoughts and constraints in the mind are put to rest & everything stops?

a)

during arguments

b)

when you listen to big metallic gong of a Buddhist temple or the bells in a Hindu temple

c)

while gossiping

d)

brooding over your past memories

22.

What is called Ananda-nugama Samadhi?

a)

the calmness that you get from specialized logic

b)

an equanimous state where you are aware of your thoughts, yet they are not disturbing you

c)

blissful state

d)

deep experience of meditation with just the awareness that 'you are'

23.

How can Abhyasa-Practice be achieved?

(Please select all correct answers)

a)

a tu dīrgha kāla - it takes a long time

b)

Nairantarya - without a break.

c)

Satkāra sevita - with honor and respect. Receiving it and practicing it with honor and respect.

d)

Dhrudabhūmi - then it becomes firmly established.

e)

All of the Above