Nectar of Instruction (NOI)

Open Book assignment 2 (Total Marks 30)

Each answer should not be more than 250 words-300 words. Answer any 3
questions

1. Swami AbhayanandaTirtha, born and raised in Canada to Afro-

American parents met his spiritual master in mid-1960 and
took Sannyasa in 1975. He chants daily 32 rounds of Hare
Krishna maha mantra and preaches all over the world. He is
unassuming and low profile and loves to study and teach
SrimadBhagavatam.

Your office colleague Ahankaridasa who claims he’s a

descendant of Lord Advaita Acharya’s family thinks this
Swami is a nice person but needs to take birth once again
to get purified of his sin of foreign birth. Maybe in his
next life, because of his piety and devotion he may take
birth in a Brahmin or goswami family in India. Also
Ahankaridasa points out that swamiji’s pronunciation of
Sanskrit is faulty, and he is willing to offer service of
teaching him Sanskrit for free.

Comment on the mental framework of Ahankaridasa and what

warning or advice would you give him?

2. Discuss in your own words, the importance of RadhaKunda for

GaudiyaVaishnvas. What is SrilaPrabhupada’s attitude
towards bathing and residing in Radha-Kunda. Give
references to NOI text 9-11 translations and purports

3. If you get a chance for meeting with the prime minister of

India, explain to him 10 most important points from NOI
which can help solve the current social issues the country
is facing. Explain with practical examples.
Please do not present more than 1 or 2 points from one
verse. And you must use at least five out of eleven verses
to make your presentation

4. Your good friend Mr Saxena is a wealthy businessman from

Agra who visits
Vrindavan regularly. Of late he faced lot of business
losses and decided to leave
everything and stay at Vrindavan as a babaji. His family
and relatives gave him

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permission and blessings to do so. Recently when you met

him at Keshi ghat, you
asked him about his wellbeing. Although he said he is
cultivating devotional service
in the sacred Vrajabhumi, you also discover he is staying
alone and has not yet
taken initiation from any spiritual master. He is
constantly on whatsapp and
Facebook, chatting with his friends and erstwhile business
contacts. He is happy to
be in Vrindavan without any problems of his past. Is
everything all right in his
devotional service and as his friend what would you advise
him?

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