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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. How does Krishna urge Arjuna to reshape himself?

2. What is the path of jnana?

3. According to Krishna, the wise grieve for whom?

4. Where should those who aspire to the state of yoga seek the Self?

5. According to Krishna, what fulfills all human desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Arjuna say would be better than killing Dhritarashtra's sons?

2. What are some of the things Krishna says to describe his nature as the Lord?

3. Describe Krishna's instructions for the practice of meditation.

4. Do actions cling to Krishna? Why?

5. Of those who seek the spiritual life, who are the most blessed according to Krishna?

6. What does Sri Krishna say about Ajuna's sorrow?

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

8. What does Krishna tell Arjuna concerning the performance of selfless action versus the renunciation of action?

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

10. Krishna tells Arjuna that he declared to paths for the pure of heart at the beginning of time. What are these paths?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Krishna speaks to Arjuna at length about dying and one's conduct at the time of death. How does one's conduct at the time of death influence the destiny of one's soul? How does Krishna say Arjuna's soul may be united with him when Arjuna dies, and what are Krishna's instructions for this? Use specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Krishna tells Arjuna that the will is the Self's only friend as well as the Self's only enemy. What does this mean? For whom is the Self a friend? For whom is the Self an enemy? What does Krishna say an aspirant should do with respect to her will? Use specific examples from the text.

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