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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Krishna, what do those who excel control?

2. According to Krishna, what binds a person to continual rebirth?

3. What do the six months of the northern path of the sun lead souls to?

4. What does Sri Krishna counsel Arjuna to do?

5. Where is Krishna's eternal seed to be found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Krishna say determines the destination of the dying.

2. What does Krishna say truly great souls seek? How?

3. What does Krishna say about the duality of attraction and aversion?

4. What is Krishna's highest nature and how does it give every creature its existence?

5. What does Krishna say that the wise see about action?

6. What does Krishna say about competing with another's dharma?

7. What is Krishna's response to Arjuna's complaint that the mind is restless and difficult to control?

8. What does Krishna say about those who follow the path of service?

9. What are some of the reasons Krishna says people worship him?

10. When does Krishna say a spiritual aspirant ascends to a unitive state?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In chapter twelve, Krishna describes at length the one with whom he is in love. What are the characteristics of this "one?" How do the characteristics of this one fit into Krishna's previous teachings? Discuss citing specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

Toward the end of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna shifts his attention to those souls with "demonic tendencies."

1) Describe the attitudes of souls of this nature. How are they different from the attitudes Krishna has previously promoted?

2) Discuss what Krishna teaches concerning the destiny of souls of demonic nature.

3) What are the "three gates" to self-destruction? How may these be avoided?

Use specific examples for all the above.

Essay Topic 3

Citing specific examples, answer and discuss the following:

1) What is Karma?

2) What instructions does Krishna offer for transcending karma?

3) What is the destiny of one who has transcended karma?

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