Study Questions Set #2 Upanishads Shvetashvatara Upanishad 1. The text says (1.12) that “the world is filled with the presence of God” and “His face is everywhere (2.16)? What do these statements mean? 2. How does the Shvetashvatara Upanishad illuminate the famous saying of the Rig Veda that “truth is one but the sages call it by different names”? 3. What is maya? What does the text teach about the relationship between Brahman and maya? 4. How is Brahman or the Self Known? 5. From the viewpoint of the Shvetashvatara Upanishad, what is Brahman’s relation to the many gods acKnowledged in the vedas? Mundaka Upanishad 6. Who is the Lord of Love? And what does this phrase mean? 7. How does the MundaKa Upanishad convey the idea that the Self is wholly transcendent? 8. How does one enter the state of joy? Mandukya Upanishad 9. What is AUM? What does it mean? 10. What are the four states of consciousness? Kena Upanishad 11. How is the Self related to the parts of the ego or individual self, for example, seeing, thinking, hearing, breathing, etc.? 12. How is the Self realized? Prasna Upanishad 13. What is nama-rupa? Of what is nama-rupa made? 14. What is prana? How is related to the central message of the Prasna Upanishad? Taittiriya Upanishad 15. What does sat-chit-ananda mean? 16. What is Brahman according to the Taittiriya Upanishad and what is Brahman’s relationship to the universe? Aitareya Upanishad 17. How are all things one? Four Minor Upanishads 18. What is Samadhi? What is its relationship to Self-realization? 19. What is yoga? 20. The Amritabindu Upanishad calls for what yoga-practices for realizing the Self? 21. What path does the Lord of Love recommend in the Paramahamsa Upanishad? *22. To what extent do the Upanishads teach that Brahman is a personal Supreme Being? Explain. .