Friday, December 10, 2010

DharmaQuiz Session 33: 10-Dec-2010

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Session 33: Dec 10 2010
Theme: Upanishads
  1. The very famous saying, 'Asatoma Sad gamaya, Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya' is in which Upanishad? #DharmaQuiz 410 Ans: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
  2. Chandogya and Taittiriya are examples of prose Upanishads. Name 1 Poetic Upanishad #DharmaQuiz 411 Ans: Any of these - Kena, Katha, Isha or Mundaka
  3. Tat Tvam Asi (Thou art that) is 1 of 4 Maha Vakyas or core basis of Hindu Vedanta philosophy. Quote any 1 other Maha Vakya. #DharmaQuiz 412 Ans: Any of the bottom three.  
    • 1. Tat Tvam Asi - "Thou art That" (Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7 of the Sama Veda) 
    • 2. Prajnanam Brahma - "Consciousness is Brahman" (Aitareya Upanishad 3.3 of the Rig Veda) 
    • 3. Ayam Atma Brahma - "This Self (Atman) is Brahman" (Mandukya Upanishad 1.2 of the Atharva Veda) 
    • 4. Aham Brahmasmi - "I am Brahman" (Brhadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10 of the Yaju Veda)
  4. Name any one Hindu saint/guru who wrote commentary on the main/Mukhya upanishads #DharmaQuiz 413 Ans: Any of these guru trio, but not limited to them: Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhwa
  5. There are 3 primary sources for ALL Hindu schools of philosophy or Vedanta, upanishads being 1. Name one other. #DharmaQuiz 414 Ans: Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita
  6. There are at least 3 main/Mukhya upanishads from Atharva Veda. Name any one of them #DharmaQuiz 415 Ans: Mundaka, Mandukya and Prashna
  7. Name the German Philosopher who was amazed by Upanishads and called them, "the production of the highest human wisdom". #DharmaQuiz 416 Ans: Arthur Schopenhauer
  8. Name the only set of Hindu scriptures that made to "The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written" in 1998. #DharmaQuiz 417 Ans: Upanishads, all of them collectively 
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