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Study Q&A — The Book of Life

200 questions

200 questions and answers based on the Bhagavad-gītā teachings, by Kamlesh C. Patel (2020). Each Q&A cites the relevant Bhagavad-gītā verses; the cited verses are linked from the corresponding verse pages too.

Note: Items marked Adult contain stronger language about meat-eating, sectarian comparisons, or other content that may not suit younger readers.

  1. Q1. What is the Bhagavad-Gita?
    BG 9.2
  2. Q2. What information does the Bhagavad-Gita provide?
  3. Q3. What does the Bhagavad-Gita teach?
  4. Q4. What is the history of the Bhagavad-Gita?
    BG 4.1 BG 4.6
  5. Q5. Does the Bhagavad-Gita state that those who don’t follow it go to hell?
    BG 11.55 BG 16.1-3 BG 15.18
  6. Q6. Does God sustain all living beings?
    BG 14.4
  7. Q7. Show me God, only then will I believe?
    BG 11.54
  8. Q8. What is the evidence for God?
    BG 10.39 BG 10.42
  9. Q9. What is religion?
    BG 11.18
  10. Q10. What is the purpose of religion?
    BG 4.10
  11. Q11. Is freedom of religion the will of God?
    BG 16.19
  12. Q12. Who are the unbelievers?
    BG 12.13-14
  13. Q13. Who are you?
    BG 2.12
  14. Q14. Where will you go when you pass away?
    BG 2.22
  15. Q15. Are you ready for your next move?
  16. Q16. What is your relationship with God?
    BG 15.7
  17. Q17. What Vedic scriptures are there?
  18. Q18. Are the Vedic scriptures the origin of all knowledge?
    BG 15.15
  19. Q19. Is Vedic knowledge eternal?
  20. Q20. What are the 6 Pillars of Sanatan-Dharma (The Eternal Religion)?
  21. Q21. Are the sinners doomed? Adult
    BG 4.36
  22. Q22. What scriptures should I follow?
    BG 4.3 BG 9.31 BG 7.7 BG 9.2
  23. Q23. How we differentiate between God and imposters?
    BG 15.18 BG 7.6
  24. Q24. Who is Krishna?
    BG 10.8 BG 10.42
  25. Q25. He Passed Away?
    BG 2.22
  26. Q26. Can you describe God? Adult
  27. Q27. Does God appear in His Eternal Body many times?
    BG 4.6 BG 9.11
  28. Q28. Does God have all memory?
    BG 4.5 BG 7.26
  29. Q29. Who is the origin of everything?
    BG 10.39 BG 10.8 BG 7.6
  30. Q30. Who is the greatest Person?
    BG 7.7 BG 15.18
  31. Q31. Who is the most powerful Person?
    BG 15.12 BG 10.42 BG 10.41
  32. Q32. Is God present everywhere?
    BG 8.22 BG 10.20
  33. Q33. Is God part of matter?
    BG 9.5 BG 13.33
  34. Q34. Who is the father of all living beings?
    BG 14.4 BG 9.17
  35. Q35. Who controls the heat and rain?
    BG 9.19
  36. Q36. Is God present in the heart?
    BG 10.20
  37. Q37. Who is the witness to all our actions?
    BG 9.18 BG 9.5 BG 13.23 BG 15.15
  38. Q38. How brilliant does God look?
    BG 11.12
  39. Q39. What God should I follow?
    BG 18.55 BG 10.12-13
  40. Q40. Does everything we have come from God?
    BG 10.8 BG 9.10
  41. Q41. Does God have a form?
    BG 9.11
  42. Q42. Is there scientific basis for God having a Form?
    BG 4.6
  43. Q43. Do you worship idols? Adult
    BG 7.25
  44. Q44. Does everyone worship God via an image?
    BG 12.6-7
  45. Q45. Are all living entities sparks of God?
    BG 15.7
  46. Q46. Is Krishna a mean God?
    BG 11.55 BG 16.1-3 BG 12.13-14
  47. Q47. What is Dr Frog mentality?
    BG 7.25 BG 9.11
  48. Q48. What is the peace formula for the whole world?
    BG 5.29 BG 15.7 BG 9.29 BG 5.18
  49. Q49. What causes humans to hate each other?
    BG 12.13-14
  50. Q50. What is Owl mentality?
    BG 7.6 BG 10.39
  51. Q51. What is Camel mentality?
  52. Q52. What is Yoga?
    BG 6.2 BG 6.47
  53. Q53. Why good association is very important?
  54. Q54. What makes people engage in sinful activities?
  55. Q55. Are we all born in ignorance?
    BG 4.10
  56. Q56. Why does God create evil people? Adult
  57. Q57. What are the sinful activities?
    BG 16.1-3
  58. Q58. What is most sinful?
  59. Q59. What is the reward for following Sanatan-Dharma?
    BG 8.16 BG 18.65 BG 15.6
  60. Q60. Why no intoxications?
  61. Q61. Why you should not gamble?
  62. Q62. Why you should not eat meat? Adult
  63. Q63. Why no Illicit sex?
  64. Q64. Should people come first?
    BG 16.1-3 BG 12.13-14
  65. Q65. How many wives did Krishna have?
  66. Q66. Why did Krishna have so many wives? Adult
    BG 18.55
  67. Q67. How do I understand that God can expand Himself into millions of?
  68. Q68. What is the science of the soul? Adult
    BG 2.20 BG 2.23 BG 2.27
  69. Q69. Are we the spiritual soul, or matter, the body?
  70. Q70. Are we eternal?
    BG 2.12
  71. Q71. What is karma?
    BG 14.16
  72. Q72. Why do we suffer?
  73. Q73. Why do good people suffer?
  74. Q74. Why bad people don’t suffer?
  75. Q75. Who put me in my current situation?
    BG 5.23
  76. Q76. How do we minimize the reactions to our actions?
    BG 5.10 BG 2.38
  77. Q77. What is Time?
  78. Q78. Does God give us free will?
    BG 18.63
  79. Q79. Is disease and old age the killer?
  80. Q80. Why didn’t God save those who died on 9/11? Adult
    BG 14.14
  81. Q81. Can I buy extra Time?
    BG 18.65 BG 18.68
  82. Q82. Does Krishna ask Arjuna to fight?
    BG 8.7
  83. Q83. Why didn’t Krishna stop the war?
    BG 9.31
  84. Q84. If Krishna is God then why didn’t He destroy the other side?
  85. Q85. When is self-defense necessary? Adult
    BG 11.33
  86. Q86. When is the Day of Judgment?
  87. Q87. What happens at death?
    BG 2.22 BG 12.6-7
  88. Q88. Are the dead waiting in their graves or gone?
    BG 2.27
  89. Q89. Will I see my relatives again after this life?
    BG 2.30
  90. Q90. What body will you get next?
    BG 15.8 BG 8.6
  91. Q91. What is Maya?
    BG 7.14
  92. Q92. What is Krishna consciousness?
    BG 5.18
  93. Q93. Are all souls equal?
  94. Q94. Why is one soul in an animal body another in a human body?
    BG 15.8 BG 8.6
  95. Q95. When is the end of the world?
    BG 9.7
  96. Q96. Is the purpose of life to build an empire?
    BG 4.9
  97. Q97. Does life come from chemicals?
    BG 7.6
  98. Q98. How do I understand the reality of reincarnation?
  99. Q99. What does rejecting karma and reincarnation mean?
  100. Q100. How do we move up or down in Life? Adult
    BG 14.14 BG 14.18
  101. Q101. How many species of living beings are there?
  102. Q102. Are animals our brothers and sisters?
    BG 10.20
  103. Q103. Does the Bhagavad-Gita advocate meat eating? Adult
    BG 9.26 BG 3.13
  104. Q104. Why do Hindus consider cows as sacred?
  105. Q105. What is leather?
  106. Q106. Is killing plants and animals the same?
  107. Q107. What does the letter from our most humble friends say?
  108. Q108. What are the three gates to hell?
    BG 16.21
  109. Q109. Keeping pets is bad for the pets and humans?
    BG 8.6 BG 8.5
  110. Q110. Is abortion bad or good?
    BG 15.7
  111. Q111. Can you digest your food?
    BG 15.14
  112. Q112. Do you enjoy water and sun light?
    BG 7.8
  113. Q113. Why is life full of ups and downs?
    BG 2.14
  114. Q114. Who are the Demigods?
  115. Q115. Can you buy or bring back time?
    BG 11.32
  116. Q116. Does Sanatan-Dharma advocate circumcision?
  117. Q117. Does Satan really exist?
  118. Q118. Is Bollywood demonic? Adult
  119. Q119. Is America the supreme destination?
    BG 8.21
  120. Q120. Why does Krishna only appear in India?
  121. Q121. Is a degree in medicine the king of education?
    BG 9.2
  122. Q122. What is the result of material education but no spiritual education?
    BG 14.14
  123. Q123. What is the caste system?
    BG 18.41 BG 4.13 BG 18.42 BG 18.43 BG 18.44 BG 9.32 BG 16.5
  124. Q124. What are the symptoms of purity in a person?
    BG 13.8-12
  125. Q125. What takes away the good qualities in a person?
    BG 2.67 BG 2.62
  126. Q126. How do I achieve peace of mind?
    BG 2.70
  127. Q127. How do I become happy?
    BG 8.15 BG 5.23
  128. Q128. Is life on all planets miserable?
    BG 8.16
  129. Q129. What are the three modes of material nature?
    BG 14.5 BG 14.6 BG 14.7 BG 14.8
  130. Q130. Should we be kind and tolerant like a tree?
  131. Q131. How can I go to the kingdom of God? Adult
    BG 18.55
  132. Q132. Is your mind your friend or your enemy?
    BG 6.6
  133. Q133. Should you only eat fresh food?
    BG 17.10
  134. Q134. Are wholesome foods good for you?
    BG 17.8
  135. Q135. Are hot and salty foods bad for you?
    BG 17.9
  136. Q136. Are same sex relationships wrong?
  137. Q137. What are the moral values of civilized humans?
    BG 16.1-3
  138. Q138. What is Bhakti Yoga?
    BG 9.14 BG 18.65 BG 18.68
  139. Q139. What keeps people in ignorance?
    BG 4.37 BG 3.32
  140. Q140. What is foolishness?
    BG 15.10 BG 9.11
  141. Q141. What are the problems of material life?
  142. Q142. What are the daily decisions we have to make?
    BG 18.14
  143. Q143. What are the symptoms of a spiritual master?
    BG 4.34
  144. Q144. Are women lower than men?
    BG 10.34
  145. Q145. Why should women be protected from degradation?
    BG 1.40
  146. Q146. What is the result of not following the Vedic scriptures?
    BG 16.23
  147. Q147. What is the difference between human and animal consciousness?
  148. Q148. Why is human birth so rare?
  149. Q149. What is the purpose of human life?
    BG 9.10 BG 15.19
  150. Q150. Why marriage to a spiritually minded person is very important?
    BG 1.40 BG 14.14
  151. Q151. How great are some Yogis?
    BG 18.78
  152. Q152. Are you what you eat? Adult
    BG 15.8
  153. Q153. Why should you be charitable?
  154. Q154. What is the best charity?
  155. Q155. What is the highest service to God? Adult
    BG 18.68
  156. Q156. What is the difference between Devotees and Yogis?
  157. Q157. What is the mentality of those who don’t follow the Bhagavad-Gita?
  158. Q158. Does Lord Krishna curse those who don’t follow Him?
    BG 18.63
  159. Q159. What is wickedness?
  160. Q160. What is the mentality of those who follow the Bhagavad-Gita? Adult
    BG 4.10
  161. Q161. What are the characteristics of a self-realized person?
    BG 8.15
  162. Q162. What are the benefits of Krishna consciousness to the world?
  163. Q163. How did Krishna prove He was God?
    BG 9.10
  164. Q164. Will Krishna take away my sins?
  165. Q165. Is there a conflict between the teachings of the world religions?
    BG 15.7 BG 13.23 BG 15.18 BG 14.4 BG 11.55 BG 5.18
  166. Q166. Are there contradictions in the Vedic Scriptures?
  167. Q167. What is Theistic and Atheistic?
  168. Q168. What are the 2 types of human beings?
    BG 16.6 BG 16.4 BG 16.7
  169. Q169. Why do people change religions/paths?
  170. Q170. Do we originate from Adam and Eve?
  171. Q171. Can you describe the Kingdom of God?
    BG 15.6
  172. Q172. Are followers of Lord Krishna most peaceful? Adult
    BG 9.31
  173. Q173. Why do Hindus have a mark (Tilak) on their forehead?
  174. Q174. Why do Arti (ceremony of light)?
    BG 7.4
  175. Q175. Why surrender unto Lord Krishna?
    BG 7.14
  176. Q176. How should one make work, business, or management decisions?
  177. Q177. For how long can you stand on your one leg to prove your faith?
    BG 7.8
  178. Q178. Has Lord Krishna already saved people?
    BG 12.6-7
  179. Q179. What abilities does Lord Krishna have?
    BG 18.78
  180. Q180. Is acquiring spiritual knowledge Bhakti?
    BG 18.70
  181. Q181. What is the difference between man-made and God made knowledge?
  182. Q182. What is universal knowledge?
    BG 11.20
  183. Q183. What are the four Yugas (Ages)?
  184. Q184. What is the life span of Brahma?
    BG 8.17
  185. Q185. Why men should not keep a beard?
  186. Q186. What is the most practical spiritual advice for today?
    BG 13.8-12 BG 18.65
  187. Q187. What is the purpose of the material creation?
  188. Q188. Are you the Slave or Servant of God?
    BG 18.63
  189. Q189. Should women be taken captive? Adult
  190. Q190. What is spiritual advancement?
    BG 16.1-3 BG 16.4
  191. Q191. Why you must lower your ego?
    BG 12.13-14
  192. Q192. What can the humans learn from the trees?
    BG 2.58
  193. Q193. Why you should plant trees and not cement?
    BG 12.13-14
  194. Q194. Why you should visit people and not cement (Cities and buildings)?
  195. Q195. Should? Adult
    BG 14.14 BG 14.18
  196. Q196. How to tell a true God? Adult
    BG 12.13-14
  197. Q197. What is the difference between humans and animals?
  198. Q198. Why Does God Appear?
    BG 4.7
  199. Q199. Is Eternal Damnation advocated by Sanatan-Dharma? Adult
  200. Q200. What is the Essence of the Bhagavad-Gita?
    BG 9.10 BG 10.8 BG 18.65