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Session 33: Dec 10 2010
Theme: Upanishads
- The very famous saying, 'Asatoma Sad gamaya, Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya' is in which Upanishad? #DharmaQuiz 410 Ans: Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
- Chandogya and Taittiriya are examples of prose Upanishads. Name 1 Poetic Upanishad #DharmaQuiz 411 Ans: Any of these - Kena, Katha, Isha or Mundaka
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- There are at least 3 main/Mukhya upanishads from Atharva Veda. Name any one of them #DharmaQuiz 415 Ans: Mundaka, Mandukya and Prashna
- Name the German Philosopher who was amazed by Upanishads and called them, "the production of the highest human wisdom". #DharmaQuiz 416 Ans: Arthur Schopenhauer
- 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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