YOGA TEACHER TRAINING EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
What is the gurukula system?
Tradition in ancient india for students to live in ashram from the age of 8 for 12
yearsto learn yoga.
What are the main points of swami Sivananda's life?
Medical doctor serving in Malaysia
1932 Sivananda ashram rishikesh
1936 Divine life society
1948 yoga Vedanta forest academy
What's was swami Sivananda's main teaching?
The yoga of synthesis. Serve love give purify meditate realize
What are the main points of swami vishnudevananda's life?
Army, rishikesh, west
First Sivananda yoga Vedanta center in Montreal
1962 Sivananda ashram yoga camp
1967 Sivananda yoga retreat in Nassau
1969 True world order
First TTC in 1969
1971 peace mission round the world
1983 Berlin Wall
What is the purpose of the TTC?
To train future leaders of humanity in inner peace
What are the five points of yoga?
Proper exercise-yoga asana
Proper breathing-pranayama
Proper relaxation-savasana
Proper diet-vegetarian/sattvic
Positive thinking and meditation- vedanta and dhyana
What are the four obstacles to the spiritual path?
Preconceived ideas: set expectations that when not met, cause disharmony in your
sadhana
Miscellaneous thoughts of ideas and duty: mind deprioritizes sadhana
Opposition from friends and family
Mind is unwilling to follow discipline
What is Brahman?
ultimate reality
What is Atman?
the self
What are the upadhis?
Limiting adjuncts: body and mind.
What is maya?
Creative power of brahman
What is satchitananda?
Existence pure consciousness and bliss absolute
, What is Vedanta?
The concluding section of the vedas
What is avidya?
ignorance
What is isvara?
Brahman assuming qualities
What is jiva?
Individual soul (ignorance)
How did adi shankaracharya summarize advaita Vedanta?
Brahman alone is real
The world is an appearance
The jiva and Brahman are essentially not different
What does advaita mean?
Non dual
What are the three gunas?
sattva, rajas, tamas
What are the four types of students?
Sattvic A: gunpowder- only needs a spark
Sattvic B: dry wood- has a clear understanding of the path. Has discrimination and
dispassion (viveka and vairagya)
Rajasic: wet wood- preaches, doesn't practice. Seeks egotistical ends
Tamasic: green wood- accepts no discipline
What are the four types of teachers?
Sattvic A: self realized, true guru, has disciples
Sattvic B: has experienced the inner silence
Rajasic: has followers, gimmicks, doesn't practice what he preaches
Tamasic: preaches violence in the name of spirituality
What are the seven bhoomikas?
Subecha: longing for truth
Vicharana: right enquiry
Tanumanasa: thinning of the mind
Sattvapati: attainment of sattva
Asamshakti: transcending powers of creation
Padarthabhavani: brahman is all
Turya: the fourth
What are the four paths of yoga and what do they mean?
Karma yoga- yoga of action
Bakti yoga- yoga of devotion
Raja yoga- yoga of meditation
Jnana yoga- yoga of wisdom
Which paths best suit different temperaments?
Karma: active
Bakti: emotional
Raja: scientific/mystical
Jnana: philosophical
What are the three impurities?
Mala- selfishness
Vikshepa- tossing of the mind
Avarana- ignorance
What is om?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
What is the gurukula system?
Tradition in ancient india for students to live in ashram from the age of 8 for 12
yearsto learn yoga.
What are the main points of swami Sivananda's life?
Medical doctor serving in Malaysia
1932 Sivananda ashram rishikesh
1936 Divine life society
1948 yoga Vedanta forest academy
What's was swami Sivananda's main teaching?
The yoga of synthesis. Serve love give purify meditate realize
What are the main points of swami vishnudevananda's life?
Army, rishikesh, west
First Sivananda yoga Vedanta center in Montreal
1962 Sivananda ashram yoga camp
1967 Sivananda yoga retreat in Nassau
1969 True world order
First TTC in 1969
1971 peace mission round the world
1983 Berlin Wall
What is the purpose of the TTC?
To train future leaders of humanity in inner peace
What are the five points of yoga?
Proper exercise-yoga asana
Proper breathing-pranayama
Proper relaxation-savasana
Proper diet-vegetarian/sattvic
Positive thinking and meditation- vedanta and dhyana
What are the four obstacles to the spiritual path?
Preconceived ideas: set expectations that when not met, cause disharmony in your
sadhana
Miscellaneous thoughts of ideas and duty: mind deprioritizes sadhana
Opposition from friends and family
Mind is unwilling to follow discipline
What is Brahman?
ultimate reality
What is Atman?
the self
What are the upadhis?
Limiting adjuncts: body and mind.
What is maya?
Creative power of brahman
What is satchitananda?
Existence pure consciousness and bliss absolute
, What is Vedanta?
The concluding section of the vedas
What is avidya?
ignorance
What is isvara?
Brahman assuming qualities
What is jiva?
Individual soul (ignorance)
How did adi shankaracharya summarize advaita Vedanta?
Brahman alone is real
The world is an appearance
The jiva and Brahman are essentially not different
What does advaita mean?
Non dual
What are the three gunas?
sattva, rajas, tamas
What are the four types of students?
Sattvic A: gunpowder- only needs a spark
Sattvic B: dry wood- has a clear understanding of the path. Has discrimination and
dispassion (viveka and vairagya)
Rajasic: wet wood- preaches, doesn't practice. Seeks egotistical ends
Tamasic: green wood- accepts no discipline
What are the four types of teachers?
Sattvic A: self realized, true guru, has disciples
Sattvic B: has experienced the inner silence
Rajasic: has followers, gimmicks, doesn't practice what he preaches
Tamasic: preaches violence in the name of spirituality
What are the seven bhoomikas?
Subecha: longing for truth
Vicharana: right enquiry
Tanumanasa: thinning of the mind
Sattvapati: attainment of sattva
Asamshakti: transcending powers of creation
Padarthabhavani: brahman is all
Turya: the fourth
What are the four paths of yoga and what do they mean?
Karma yoga- yoga of action
Bakti yoga- yoga of devotion
Raja yoga- yoga of meditation
Jnana yoga- yoga of wisdom
Which paths best suit different temperaments?
Karma: active
Bakti: emotional
Raja: scientific/mystical
Jnana: philosophical
What are the three impurities?
Mala- selfishness
Vikshepa- tossing of the mind
Avarana- ignorance
What is om?
