View source for So this impersonal idea of God is for the less intelligent person, not for the intelligent persons. Those who are, I mean to say, favored with poor fund of knowledge, they cannot conceive about the Personality of Godhead

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"So this impersonal idea of God is for the less intelligent person, not for the intelligent person. Those who are, I mean to say, favored with poor fund of knowledge, they cannot conceive about the Personality of Godhead"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|Anurag}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2022-10-02T16:32:36Z}}
{{last|2022-10-02T16:32:36Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Impersonal]]
[[Category:Idea of God]]
[[Category:For the Intelligent]]
[[Category:Less Intelligent Persons]]
[[Category:Those Who Are]]
[[Category:I Mean to Say (Prabhupada)]]
[[Category:Favor]]
[[Category:Poor Fund of Knowledge]]
[[Category:Cannot]]
[[Category:Conceiving God]]
[[Category:God Is The Personality of Godhead]]
[[Category:Pages Needing Audio - ANURAG]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Lectures</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>General Lectures</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
So this impersonal idea of God is for the less intelligent person, not for the intelligent person. Those who are, I mean to say, favored with poor fund of knowledge, they cannot conceive about the Personality of Godhead.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:690430 - Lecture Northeastern University - Boston|690430 - Lecture Northeastern University - Boston]]
</div>
<div class="text">
So in the nine cantos of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, all these different nine manifestation of His energies are described. If we can understand . . . just like if we can study the sunshine, the energy of the sun, then we can estimate the value of sun, "Oh, what sort of temperature is there." So if you want to study God, if you want to know God, then you must first of all study His energies. God is all-pervading by His energy. You study. Just the scientist, what they are studying? They are studying a portion of the energy of God; only a portion of the energy of God. That is also not perfectly. So the energy is so vast and immense that one cannot study even the energy.

Therefore those who are studying about God, after finishing the study of the energies, they, I mean to say, they are at . . . at a loss to understand how so much energy can be emanated from the person. Therefore they cannot conceive any personal idea of God. The energy is so vast and immense that they are bewildered in the energy. And how such great amount of energy can emanate from a person they cannot conceive, because they compare with their own energy. Because I am limited. I have got this body, I have got my personality, but my energy . . . energies are limited. But we cannot understand that the Unlimited has got unlimited energy.

So this impersonal idea of God is for the less intelligent person, not for the intelligent person. Those who are, I mean to say, favored with poor fund of knowledge, they cannot conceive about the Personality of Godhead. Therefore we have to approach authorities just like Lord Caitanya. He is putting something before us. Even in Bhagavad-gītā Lord Kṛṣṇa also says that, "I am person." "I am person." Mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya ([[Vanisource:BG 7.7 (1972)|BG 7.7]]). And it is confirmed by Arjuna. What is that? Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān. Pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān. ([[Vanisource:BG 10.12-13 (1972)|BG 10.12]]).
</div>
</div>
</div>