06. __________ was a dashing romantic person working at the Paradox who made the Swami an ongoing topic at the restaurant
a) Bill Epstein
b) Robert Nelson
c) Harvey
d) James Greene
Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita
01. Srila Prabhupada’s ___________ was stolen from room 307 which left him disappointed
a) Clothes
b) Bed
c) Tape recorder and Typewriter
d) Utensils
02. Harvey Cohen offered Prabhupada ____________ to stay as there was theft in the previous place where Prabhupada stayed
a) His studio in the Bowery
b) His bungalow
c) His friends restaurant
d) The Paradox
03. The Bowery was no place for a gentleman to stay because
a) It was a place of ruined and homeless alcoholics
b) It was termed as a place of unspeakable corruption
c) The rates of hospitalization and death in Bowery were five 5 times higher than national average
d) All the above
04. Prabhupada had to share the loft on the top floor of 94 Bowery with
a) Harvey Cohen
b) David Allen
c) Bill Epstein
d) All the above
05. Prabhupada living in the Bowery was beyond the material modes because
a) He was living in New York city
b) He was living in a degraded place
c) He was living in a temple of Vishnu
d) None of the above
06. At the Bowery, Prabhupada held his evening meetings on ____________.
a) Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
b) Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
c) Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
d) All days of the week
07. Almost all of Prabhupada Bowery friends were ______________.
a) Musicians or friends of musicians
b) Philosophers
c) Choreographers
d) Artists
08. The basic philosophy given by Prabhupada at the Bowery was
a) Dovetailing our desires with the Supreme Consciousness
b) To immediately start following the 4 regulative principles strictly
c) To attend programs if only one is chanting at least 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
d) To start making new centers
09. At the Bowery, one day Prabhupada found himself face to face with a drugged, wild-eyed stranger, a madman which made Prabhupada leave the Bowery
a) Michael Grant
b) Carol Baker
c) Howard Smith
d) David Allen
10. Prabhupada, after the Bowery incident with the help of Mike found an independent place at ____________ for $196 a month
a) A storefront on 26, Second Avenue
b) Brooklyn
c) The Paradox
d) Dr.Mishra’s apartment
01. ____________ was the only remaining memento of the nostalgic gift shop at 26, second avenue
a) A large statue
b) A big old iron case
c) The sign – ‘Matchless Gifts’
d) A photo frame
02. The rear building of 26 second avenue was Prabhupada’s second floor apartment where he would
a) Live
b) Work
c) Worship
d) All the above
03. During this time, the young people, broken from their stereotyped materialistic backgrounds now in New York’s Lower East Side were the ones who were by _______________ to become the congregation for Swami;s spiritual guidance
a) Chance
b) Choice
c) Destiny
d) Any of the above
04. _______________ were staying together at Mott Street apartment who were involved in various spiritual philosophies and used to often discuss on enlightenment
a) Keith, Chuck
b) Howard, Chuck and Carl
c) Keith, Howard and Wally
d) Wally and Mike
05. Prabhupada knew that the group at second avenue wasn’t experiencing the mantra in the proper disciplined reverence and knowledge but he let them chant their own way because in time
a) Their submission to spiritual sound would come
b) Their purification would take place
c) Their enlightenment and ecstasy in chanting and hearing would come
d) All the above
06. When Prabhupada is giving lecture in Bhagavad Gita, a Bowery derelict enters ,amidst the group goes to the toilet, puts couple of bathroom tissue rolls and moves out. Seeing this Prabhupada
a) Begins to thank his visitor and appreciates his natural service attitude
b) Asks him to stop and listen to the class
c) Asks him to pick the toilet papers back
d) Gets disturbed
07. Prabhupada asks his hearers who are only beginners in spiritual life to become totally dedicated preachers because
a) Anyone who preaches the gospel of Bhagavad Gita becomes dearest to Krishna
b) Even if people aren’t ready, need to tell them because it is very urgent
c) It is the duty of every one to preach principles of Bhagavad Gita to make people Krishna Conscious
d) All the above
08. Prabhupada insisted for the word ‘Krishna Consciousness’ rather than ‘God Consciousness’ because
a) ‘God’ was a vague term whereas ‘Krishna’ was exact and scientific
b) If westerners did not know Krishna was God, International; society for Krishna Consciousness would tell them
c) ‘God Consciousness’ was spiritually weaker, less personal
d) All the above
09. ISKCON was legally established in
a) June 1965
b) July 1966
c) June 1965
d) July 1967