GGBackupApril 18, 2021|By visualvedantaadmin Your full Name Your Email ID Chinmaya Mission Centre/City Your Title (Swami, Volunteer, etc.) 1. The photo of these Mahatmas adorned the walls of Pujya Gurudev's office in Sandeepany, Mumbai. Who are these Mahatmas? Sri Chattambi Swamigal Sri Purushottam Maharaj Sri Narayana Guru Sri Theerthapada Swamigal Sri Paramahamsa Theerthapada Sri Swami Rama Tirtha 2. Match these Mahatmas with their childhood names.1. Ayyappan 2. Chippukutty 3. KuppuswamyA. Swami Tapovanam B. Swami SivanandaC. Chattambi SwamigalD. Swami Chinmayananda[1 - A] --- [2 - D] --- [3 - C][1 - A] --- [2 - B] --- [3 - A][1 - C] --- [2 - A] --- [3 - B][1 - B] --- [2 - A] --- [3 -C] 3. After receiving sannyasa diksha in February 1949, Swami Chinmayananda was asked by Swami Sivananda to go on a pilgrimage. Which are the 2 places Pujya Gurudev visited? Mathura Gangotri Badrinath Vrindavan 4. The young prodigy was highly talented. He enjoyed music, sang well, and was proficient with a variety of instruments including the Veena. He practised yoga and attained many siddhis. And yet, he had to labour hard to earn wages to serve his mother. He carried bricks and sand in construction jobs, before finding a job as a government clerk.Who was this saint, whose early years are described above?Swami SivanandaChattambi SwamigalSwami ChidanandaSwami TapovanamSwami Chinmayananda 5. From June 6th, 1949 Swami Chinmayananda started studies with Pujya Swami Tapovanji Maharaj and they were completed by August 20th, 1951.Name five texts that Pujya Gurudev studied under Tapovanji Maharaj. Bhagavad Gita Panchadasi (Y) Kenopanishad Mandukya Upanishad Aitireya Upanishad Mundaka Upanishad Chandogya Upanishad Ishavasya Upanishad Vivekachudamani 6. This is a famous sketch by Pujya Gurudev. He explained it with a caption below. What was Gurudev's caption? In a sea of opinions the wise one watches onIn an ocean of opinions the Guru imparts wisdomIn a sea of questions the sewak is lost tooIn an ocean of doubts, study group members and the sewak 7. Identify the birth place of these great Swamis:1. Kuzhalmannam 2. Pattamadai 3. Kollur 4. ErnakulamA. Swami Chinmayananda B. Chattambi SwamiC. Swami SivanandaD. Swami Tapovanam[1 - A] --- [2 - B] --- [3 - C] --- [4 - D][1 - D] --- [2 - C] --- [3 - B] --- [4 - A][1 - B] --- [2 - C] --- [3 - A] --- [4 - D][1 - C] --- [2 - A] --- [3 - D] --- [4 - B] 8. When Pujya Gurudev was advised rest after his first heart attack, he would sit in the car with a few devotees and go on long drives each morning, to various outskirts of Bombay.During those drives Gurudev did what?Conduct guided meditationsListen to editing of Vivekachudamani bookWrite and respond to lettersListen to Geeta chanting by devoteesDraw plans for temple construction 9. This Mahatma had this to say about his book “Some may doubt in all sincerity whether the life-story of a common sannyasin who has neither in the worldly nor in the real sense, anything of the lofty greatness of the sovereigns of sannyasa like Sri Buddha or Sri Sankara, serves any useful purpose. True: but is it logical to say that the poor flies and mosquitoes have no right to fly, because the great Garuda, King of birds does?What was the legendary book he was referring to?Himagiri ViharA Sanyasin's lifeIswara DarshanKailas Yatra 10. Swami Chinmayananda wrote: “The great Victory - The Vijaya!! The realisation of 'what I am' and with this realisation comes the knowledge that I had been never the i-Mr.-so-and-so, but ever THAT, nothing short of the Lord Himself!! There was never any darkness! ... There never was a Bhaskar nor a Chinmaya!”This snippet is from a narrative by Gurudev about the experience he had on this day. What day was it?Vijaya DasamiGuru PoornimaSaraswati PujaMaha Shivratri 11. In order to train an army of Swamis systematically, Pujya Gurudev set up Sandeepany Sadhanalayas in Powai - Mumbai, Piercy - California, and Sidhbari - Himachal. When were these institutions setup?Powai [1951] - Piercy [1983] - Sidhbari [1971]Powai [1959] - Piercy [1973] - Sidhbari [1963]Powai [1963] - Piercy [1981] - Sidhbari [1978]Powai [1963] - Piercy [1979] - Sidhbari [1981] 12. Swami Venkatesananda remembers: “I have heard Gurudev say, that after disciples had worshipped him with flowers and delivered lectures glorifying him, Gurudev would retire into his kutir and beat himself with his own shoes and ask himself if the shoe-beating had the same effect on the body and the mind as the garlanding and worshipping ."Who was this Mahatma?Swami SivanandaSwami ChinmayanandaSwami TapovanamSwami GovindagiriSwami KrishnanandaSwami Chidananda 13. "My teacher Sri _____________________, had a great reverence for Sri _____________________ and it is in fact from Sri Gurudev that I heard so often of the spiritual and mystical glory of this rare Sage of Kerala."Fill in the blanks above with the names of these two Mahatmas.Swami Tapovanam, Pandit Gopalan NairSwami Sivananda, Swami TapovanamSwami Chinmayananda, Swami SivanandaSwami Tapovanam, Chattambi SwamigalSwami Tapovanam, Swami Sivananda 14. Who did these glasses belong to?Swami Tapovanam, Swami SivanandaMahatma Gandhi, Swami SivanandaSwami Tapovanam, Swami GovindagiriSwami Tapovanam, Swami ChinmayanandaSwami Tapovanam, Swami Tapovanam 15. This is a famous quote of Pujya Gurudev. "Children are __________ to be __________, and not ___________ to be _________."Select the words below that complete his quote. Minds Lamps Intellects Filled Lights Lit Vessels 16. A devotee had sent Swami Chinmayananda a blank cheque as a donation! What did Gurudev do with it?Wrote: Thank You and returned itWrote: 1 Rupee only and deposited itWrote: Love, Love, Love and returned itWrote: 000000. May Lakshmi Narayana's grace shower upon you.Wrote: 000000. May the almighty 1 shower his grace upon you. 17. The Chinmaya Mission Pledge is a direct message to us from Swami Chinmayananda. In September 1962, during the Chinmaya Mission Workers Conference - Karya Alochana Sabha held in Madras (Chennai), Pujya Gurudev dictated the Mission Pledge.Which of these words are part of that pledge? Sacrifice God Sat Bliss Ego Path Blessings Mission Self Universe Lord Strength Wisdom 18. Here is a snippet from a famous letter: “I was really surprised at the knowledge you have been kind enough to impart to him in such a short span of time. His solving the various doubts was so clear and convincing that the audience had no further questions to ask him after his explanation.”Who wrote this letter?To whom was it addressed to?Swami Tapovanam, Swami SivanandaSwami Sivananda, Swami TapovanamKuttan Menon, Swami SivanandaKochu Amma, Swami Sivananda 19. In 1952 when a young Swami Chinmayananda was in the middle of his first 100-day Jnana Yajna, Swami Sivananda showered his blessings on him in a now famous letter. What are the missing words from the above letter?Honesty, Om, Patience, Discrimination, MeditationOm, Dispassion, Truth, Meditation, HonestyTruth, Honesty, Desirelessness, Dispassion, DiscriminationDiscrimination, Dispassion, Iswara, Guru, Brahman 20. Pujya Gurudev's vision was expansive. For one organization, he was the first sadhu to donate funds. He writes in a letter: "Rs 10,000 - So impressive! And the majority have paid but less than a rupee! We have roughly contacted 32,000 houses; each house roughly five persons; 1,60,000 people..."For which organization did Gurudev collect funds?Vishwa Hindu ParishadIndian National CongressVivekananda Rock MemorialRamakrishna Mission 21. Below is Pujya Gurudev's message during the very first Jnana Yagna in 1951-52. It was printed in the first Yagna Prasad. What are the missing words from the above message? Rishis Sruties Brahman Om Gods Reality God End Bliss Beyond Life Unknown Known Live Act 22. What is the relevance of this specific drawing of Sri Hanuman by Pujya Gurudev? For the Jagadeeswara temple For the statue at Sidhbari ashram For protecting the ashram from high winds For 1st edition of Bala Ramayana book For Hanuman Chalisa book 23. Another witty gem from Pujya Gurudev. See if you can complete it. Which of these words complete his quote? Glow Moon Crescent Out You Light On Sleep Meditate 24. "I cannot explain what happened in that one split moment. I felt opened, cleaned, healed, and emptied! A whirl of confusions: my atheism dropping away, but scepticism flooding into question, wonder, and search. My reason gave me strength and I said to myself, ‘It is all mesmerism, my own foolishness.’ Thus assuring myself, I got up and walked away. But the boy who left the hall was not the boy who had gone in some ten minutes before."Whose words are these?Who did he walk away from?Chippukutty, Sri Ramakrishna ParamahamsaSwami Chinmayananda, Chattambi SwamigalBalakrishnan Menon, Chattambi SwamigalBalan, Bhagavan Ramana MaharshiSubramania, Narayana Guru 25. A doctor had asked Swami Chinmayananda to autograph his copy of the Holy Geeta. Gurudev's note was a classic!Two ____________, Three ________ a _____ For three_______________. To be repeated if ___________________. Complete his note using the words below. Chapters Lines Stanzas Times Topics Day Weeks Months You forget Symptoms persist Please let us know how the quiz was. PrevNext
