Contents of the classes & homework

CLASS # 1 - Invocation & Mantra 1 

1. The Personality of Godhead is the complete realization of transcendence. The 3 features of the Absolute Truth are

   • ____________________ or Sat (eternity)

   • Paramatma or Cit ( eternity & knowledge)

   • ____________________ or Ananda ( eternity, knowledge & bliss)

2. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself….and one should not accept other things, _____________________________________”

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice.

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 1

CLASS # 2 - Mantras 2 to 4

1. One may desire to attain the platform of naiskarmya or akarma, but due to conditioning is not ready to act on that platform. Such a person must __________________________________________________________________ to gratify his needs in a religious way. That will lead him to the stage of akarmic activity. 

2. A person who covers over the true nature of his eternal self is a “ __________________________” (atma-ha)  

3. The Lord’s infinite energies (potencies) are divided in 3 categories. They are_______________________, _____________________, _____________________ potencies 

4. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice. 

5. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 4

CLASS # 3 - Mantras 5 & 6  

1. The Lord has inconceivable potencies which can accommodate _________________________________.Thus “He is ___________ everything, and yet He is _______________ everything.”

2. Realization of Krsna’s presence takes place in 3 stages:

   • ___________ - Adhikari. Devotee can only appreciate the Lord’s presence in a place of worship and nowhere else

   • ____________- Adhikari. Devotee who sees the worshipable Supreme Lord, the devotees of the Lord whose association he seeks, the innocent who have no knowledge of the Lord, the atheists who have no faith in the Lord. 

   • _____________- Adhikari. Devotee who sees everything in relation to the Lord. There is no difference between a very learned brahmana and a dog

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice. 

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 5

CLASS # 4 - Mantras 7 & 8 

1. The oneness of the living entities is qualitative, not quantitative. This means that the living entity is one with the Lord as they are both _______________, but the living entity is never _____________ to the Lord to the Lord in all respects, specifically in quantity . An example of this is the _____________ and the ____________________________________.

2. The description of the Lord in Mantra 8 indicates that the Lord is not __________________. 

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice. 

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 7

CLASS # 5 - Mantras  9  & 10

1. Ignorance that is disguised as ___________________ is the most dangerous condition. This is because it gives one the illusion of advancement without giving any ______________________

2. Srila Prabhupada describes real knowledge as a process, rather than an accumulation of facts. Write down one of these items that from the “process of knowledge”________________________________________________________________________________

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice.

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 9

CLASS # 6 - Mantras 11 & 12 

1. Avidya, the path of advancement of __________________________________________, is the path of repeated ______________ and ________________. The path of Vidya, transcendental knowledge, is __________________for the human being.

2. Unethical spiritual guides incur heavy karmic reactions. Pseudo acaryas and gurus lead others into darkness by glorifying _______________________________( demigod worship, religious sentiment while indulging in sin) as well as mundane ________________. 

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice. 

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 12

CLASS # 7 - Mantras 13 & 14

1. The bona fide spiritual master who has also heard Vedic knowledge from __________________________________________, never _______________________ or presents anything which is not mentioned in the Vedic literatures. 

2. When one knows these, a person surpasses the ephemeral cosmic manifestation and death.

   • _____________________________________________

   • _____________________________________________ 

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice. 

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 14

CLASS # 8 - Mantras 15 & 16

1. Lord Krishna, known as Vasudeva, is everything. He is Bhagavan, the _________. Brahman and Paramatma are His ___________________

2. “ You are the Supreme personality of Godhead, like unto the sun, ____________” The Lord and the jiva souls are one and different ___________________.

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice. 

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 16

CLASS # 9 - Mantras 17 & 18

1. The bhaktas prepare for remembrance of Krsna at death by cultivating ______________________during their lives. This is done by practicing devotional service, serving the Lord with all their ________

2. The Lord provides direction to those who aspire to realize Him. He does this externally through ____________, _______________, _____________. Internally by way of the Lord Himself, _________________________________ of everyone. 

3. What was said by the devotee who gave class that inspired you, challenged you or confused you. Briefly explain your choice. 

4. Optional: Memorize, Sri Isopanisad Mantra 18

CLASS # 10 - Review and Quiz