07. Almost all of Prabhupada Bowery friends were ______________.
a) Musicians or friends of musicians
b) Philosophers
c) Choreographers
d) Artists
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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
10. Plain, small and impoverished as it was, Prabhupada regarded the storefront of 26, second avenue as
a) A holy place of transcendental pastimes dedicated to the Personality of Krishna
b) World headquarters, publishing house
c) As a sacred place of pilgrimage
d) All the above
11. _____________ of Mott street apartment soon joined Prabhupada and became a dependable cook and house keeper
a) Keith
b) Wally
c) Howard
d) Chuck
01. The Swami’s ___________ were a new high, and the boys felt its better than LSD
a) Lecture
b) Looks
c) Kirtanas
d) Place
02. During the initial days, Prabhupada would everyday perform ‘arati’ to the picture of Lord Chaitanya) None of the boys knew what he was doing, although he did it every evening. They called this ceremony as
a) Arati
b) Bells
c) Rings
d) Light
03. _____________ was a test to Prabhupada He lived in the storefront for several months but continued to smoke marijuana and was finally asked to leave.
a) Don
b) Mott
c) Stanley
d) Raphael
04. _______________ was the first person to get up and dance during a kirtana in the storefront and Prabhupada appreciated by telling he was dancing just like Lord Chaitanya
a) Raphael
b) Roy
c) Steve
d) Bill
05. Steve claimed that he had read the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi called ______________ and Prabhupada said there was nothing glorious about it
a) My true story
b) Gandhi’s biography
c) My experiments with truth
d) Truth alone wins