Attain real knowledge
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 13 - 18
As soon as we transfer all consciousness to Kṛṣṇa's activities and realize that Kṛṣṇa is everything, then we attain real knowledge
BG 13.19, Purport: The Lord has described in summary the body, knowledge and the knowable. This knowledge is of three things: the knower, the knowable and the process of knowing. Combined, these are called vijñāna, or the science of knowledge. Perfect knowledge can be understood by the unalloyed devotees of the Lord directly. Others are unable to understand. The monists say that at the ultimate stage these three items become one, but the devotees do not accept this. Knowledge and development of knowledge mean understanding oneself in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We are being led by material consciousness, but as soon as we transfer all consciousness to Kṛṣṇa's activities and realize that Kṛṣṇa is everything, then we attain real knowledge. In other words, knowledge is nothing but the preliminary stage of understanding devotional service perfectly. In the Fifteenth Chapter this will be very clearly explained.
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 6
One attains real knowledge when he understands Kṛṣṇa and surrenders unto Him
SB 6.1.11, Purport: The guru, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, has examined Parīkṣit Mahārāja, and it appears that the King has passed one phase of the examination by rejecting the process of atonement because it involves fruitive activities. Now Śukadeva Gosvāmī is suggesting the platform of speculative knowledge. Progressing from karma-kāṇḍa to jñāna-kāṇḍa, he is proposing, prāyaścittaṁ vimarśanam: "Real atonement is full knowledge." Vimarśana refers to the cultivation of speculative knowledge. In Bhagavad-gītā, karmīs, who are lacking in knowledge, are compared to asses. Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.15):
- na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ
- prapadyante narādhamāḥ
- māyayāpahṛta-jñānā
- āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
One cannot attain real knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by such logical hypothesis and argument
CC Madhya 6.81, Translation: The disciples of the Bhaṭṭācārya said, "We derive knowledge of the Absolute Truth by logical hypothesis."
Gopīnātha Ācārya replied, “One cannot attain real knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by such logical hypothesis and argument.”
Page Title: | Attain real knowledge |
Compiler: | Rita |
Created: | 28 of Aug, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=1, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 3 |