|
|
| Line 3: |
Line 3: |
| {{terms|"Tattva-darsi means"|"Tattva-darsinah means"}} | | {{terms|"Tattva-darsi means"|"Tattva-darsinah means"}} |
| {{notes|}} | | {{notes|}} |
| {{compiler|MadhuGopaldas}} | | {{compiler|MadhuGopaldas|Gayatri}} |
| {{complete|}} | | {{complete|ALL}} |
| {{goal|9}}
| |
| {{first|26Mar11}} | | {{first|26Mar11}} |
| {{last|26Mar11}} | | {{last|30Mar11}} |
| {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}} | | {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=8|Con=1|Let=0}} |
| {{total|1}} | | {{total|9}} |
| {{toc right}} | | {{toc right}} |
| [[Category:Tattva]] | | [[Category:Tattva-darsi|3]] |
| [[Category:Darsana]] | | [[Category:Vaniquotes Sanskrit Dictionary A to Z]] |
| [[Category:Meaning of Sanskrit Words]] | | [[Category:Vaniquotes Sanskrit Dictionary D-E-F]] |
| | [[Category:Vaniquotes Sanskrit Dictionary S-T-U]] |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> | | <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> |
| Line 27: |
Line 27: |
| :yatatām api siddhānāṁ | | :yatatām api siddhānāṁ |
| :kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ | | :kaścin māṁ vetti tattvataḥ |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 7.3|BG 7.3]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 7.3 (1972)|BG 7.3]]) |
| <p>In another place, janma karma ca me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9|BG 4.9]]). Tato māṁ jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram. Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55|BG 18.55]]). This word tattvataḥ is very important. Tattvataḥ means the absolute truth. Truth. Tattva—means truth. In the Bhāgavata also, we'll find vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]). Tattva-vidaḥ. Those who are aware of the truth, they call this tattva. What is that tattva? Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]). That tattva is called sometimes Brahman, sometimes Paramātmā, and sometimes Bhagavān. The Bhagavān is the last word of tattva. Therefore, you'll find in every stanza, Vyāsadeva is writing, but he's writing śrī bhagavān uvāca. Don't think... Vyāsadeva says, that "Although I am writing, I am not the speaker. The speaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Śrī bhagavān uvāca. "The authority is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not I." The modern so-called philosophers, scientists, scholars, they say, "I think. I think." What is your value? The great personalities, they will not say like that. Never they will say. Therefore Kṛṣṇa even says, tattva-darśibhiḥ: "It has been concluded by higher authorities." He is Himself authority; still He's not speaking that "I say." No. Sometimes He says mataṁ mama: "That is My opinion." But He's also following the principle, authoritative, tattva-darśibhiḥ. Tattva-darśibhiḥ saṅkhye (?) ubhayor api dṛṣṭo 'ntaḥ, conclusion. Although Kṛṣṇa is saying that this is sat and this is asat, this is permanent and this is nonpermanent, but still, He is giving evidences that tattva-darśibhiḥ, those who have seen the truth, they have concluded like that. This is, means, authority. "They have concluded like that. Don't think that I am manufacturing something. No." Tattva-darśibhiḥ. This is the way of understanding. Whether tattva-darśibhiḥ. We also give reference sometimes in the modern age that such and such professor says such and such. But they are not tattva-darśibhiḥ. They are all speculator. They are not tattva-darśibhiḥ. But we have to go to the tattva-darśī.</p> | | <p>In another place, janma karma ca me divyaṁ yo jānāti tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 4.9 (1972)|BG 4.9]]). Tato māṁ jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram. Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 18.55 (1972)|BG 18.55]]). This word tattvataḥ is very important. Tattvataḥ means the absolute truth. Truth. Tattva—means truth. In the Bhāgavata also, we'll find vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattvam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]). Tattva-vidaḥ. Those who are aware of the truth, they call this tattva. What is that tattva? Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]). That tattva is called sometimes Brahman, sometimes Paramātmā, and sometimes Bhagavān. The Bhagavān is the last word of tattva. Therefore, you'll find in every stanza, Vyāsadeva is writing, but he's writing śrī bhagavān uvāca. Don't think... Vyāsadeva says, that "Although I am writing, I am not the speaker. The speaker is the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Śrī bhagavān uvāca. "The authority is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, not I." The modern so-called philosophers, scientists, scholars, they say, "I think. I think." What is your value? The great personalities, they will not say like that. Never they will say. Therefore Kṛṣṇa even says, tattva-darśibhiḥ: "It has been concluded by higher authorities." He is Himself authority; still He's not speaking that "I say." No. Sometimes He says mataṁ mama: "That is My opinion." But He's also following the principle, authoritative, tattva-darśibhiḥ. Tattva-darśibhiḥ saṅkhye (?) ubhayor api dṛṣṭo 'ntaḥ, conclusion. Although Kṛṣṇa is saying that this is sat and this is asat, this is permanent and this is nonpermanent, but still, He is giving evidences that tattva-darśibhiḥ, those who have seen the truth, they have concluded like that. This is, means, authority. "They have concluded like that. Don't think that I am manufacturing something. No." Tattva-darśibhiḥ. This is the way of understanding. Whether tattva-darśibhiḥ. We also give reference sometimes in the modern age that such and such professor says such and such. But they are not tattva-darśibhiḥ. They are all speculator. They are not tattva-darśibhiḥ. But we have to go to the tattva-darśī.</p> |
| :tad viddhi praṇipātena | | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| :paripraśnena sevayā | | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ | | :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ |
| :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ | | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34|BG 4.34]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| <p>So this tattva-darśī, tattva, this word you should learn very nicely. That that is authoritative, and others they are not authoritative. They are simply speculation. Speculation means mental platform; it has no value. As this body is also nonpermanent, the mind is also flickering. Mind is flickering, accepting something and rejecting something. The same thing now accepted, again rejected. This is mind's business. So mind cannot be tattva-darśī. Of course we have to think with mind, but under the direction of authority. Then we can reach real tattva.</p> | | <p>So this tattva-darśī, tattva, this word you should learn very nicely. That that is authoritative, and others they are not authoritative. They are simply speculation. Speculation means mental platform; it has no value. As this body is also nonpermanent, the mind is also flickering. Mind is flickering, accepting something and rejecting something. The same thing now accepted, again rejected. This is mind's business. So mind cannot be tattva-darśī. Of course we have to think with mind, but under the direction of authority. Then we can reach real tattva.</p> |
| :vadanti tat tattva-vidas | | :vadanti tat tattva-vidas |
| Line 41: |
Line 41: |
| :([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]) | | :([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]) |
| <p>The Bhagavān is the last word of tattva.</p> | | <p>The Bhagavān is the last word of tattva.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonBG43438NewYorkAugust171966_1" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="197" link="Lecture on BG 4.34-38 -- New York, August 17, 1966" link_text="Lecture on BG 4.34-38 -- New York, August 17, 1966"> |
| | <div class="heading">For knowledge we have got to go to the right person, tattva-darśī. Tattva-darśī means "one who has actually seen or experienced the Absolute Truth." |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 4.34-38 -- New York, August 17, 1966|Lecture on BG 4.34-38 -- New York, August 17, 1966]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: "Knowledge is the solution."</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ |
| | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>For knowledge we have got to go to the right person, tattva-darśī. Tattva-darśī means "one who has actually seen or experienced the Absolute Truth." So unless we find out such a person who has actually seen the Absolute Truth or who has in his experience what is Absolute Truth, so there is very little chance of our spiritual advancement.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB11527NewYorkMarch61975_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="294" link="Lecture on SB 1.15.27 -- New York, March 6, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.15.27 -- New York, March 6, 1975"> |
| | <div class="heading">Tattva-darśinaḥ means one has seen the truth, not superficially knowing. One who understood that this is the truth, so go there and submit there. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.15.27 -- New York, March 6, 1975|Lecture on SB 1.15.27 -- New York, March 6, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So it doesn't matter whether one is illiterate or literate. Everyone has got these ears. So we should hear from the realized person, guru Vaiṣṇava, not professional, no. That will not help us.</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ |
| | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>Tattva-darśinaḥ. Tattva-darśinaḥ means one has seen the truth, not superficially knowing. One who understood that this is the truth, so go there and submit there.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB32525BombayNovember251974_1" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="447" link="Lecture on SB 3.25.25 -- Bombay, November 25, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.25.25 -- Bombay, November 25, 1974"> |
| | <div class="heading">Tattva-darśī means who has actually seen the truth. Oṁ tat sat. One who has seen the Supreme Truth. That Supreme Truth is Kṛṣṇa. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.25.25 -- Bombay, November 25, 1974|Lecture on SB 3.25.25 -- Bombay, November 25, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So these things are to be understood in the association of devotees. A devotee knows everything. Tattva-darśinaḥ.</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ |
| | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>Tattva-darśī means who has actually seen the truth. Oṁ tat sat. One who has seen the Supreme Truth. That Supreme Truth is Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says that "You are searching after the truth. You are studying the Vedic literature, Vedānta-darśana.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB32610BombayDecember221974_2" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="474" link="Lecture on SB 3.26.10 -- Bombay, December 22, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.26.10 -- Bombay, December 22, 1974"> |
| | <div class="heading">We have to approach to a guru, tattva-darśī. Tattva-darśī. Tattva-darśī means... What is tattva? Tattva means truth. One who has seen the truth. We have to approach such tattva-darśī. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.26.10 -- Bombay, December 22, 1974|Lecture on SB 3.26.10 -- Bombay, December 22, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">One who understands this science... Iti matvā bhajante mām. Who? Now, budha, one who has understood very perfectly well through the śāstra, through sādhu. Sādhu, śāstra, guru. The source of information is sādhu, śāstra, guru.</p> |
| | <p>That is also recommended in the Bhagavad-gītā:</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ |
| | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>So we have to approach to a guru, tattva-darśī. Tattva-darśī. Tattva-darśī means... What is tattva? Tattva means truth. One who has seen the truth. We have to approach such tattva-darśī. And what is that tattva?</p> |
| | :vadanti tat tattva-vidas |
| | :tattvaṁ yaj jñānam advayam |
| | :brahmeti paramātmeti |
| | :bhagavān iti śabdyate |
| | :([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.11|SB 1.2.11]]) |
| | <p>Tattva means the tattva-vastu, the Absolute Truth, is manifested in three features: Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān. Brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate. They are actually the same thing, but different realization.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6139LosAngelesJune51976_3" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="663" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.39 -- Los Angeles, June 5, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.39 -- Los Angeles, June 5, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">One has to approach a person who has seen God. Tattva-darśinaḥ. How God can be seen? Tattva-darśinaḥ. Tattva-darśinaḥ means one who knows the truth. Truth means how to see. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.39 -- Los Angeles, June 5, 1976|Lecture on SB 6.1.39 -- Los Angeles, June 5, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">If you want to learn that transcendental science, you must go through the bona fide guru. And Kṛṣṇa also says in the... This is Vedic injunction. Kṛṣṇa also says in the Bhagavad-gītā,</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ |
| | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>One has to approach a person who has seen God. Tattva-darśinaḥ. How God can be seen? Tattva-darśinaḥ. Tattva-darśinaḥ means one who knows the truth. Truth means how to see.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6215VrndavanaSeptember181975_4" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="716" link="Lecture on SB 6.2.15 -- Vrndavana, September 18, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.2.15 -- Vrndavana, September 18, 1975"> |
| | <div class="heading">Tattva-darśi. This word tattva is very important. Unless one is tattva-darsi, there is no use to take instruction from him. Useless waste of time. Tattva-darśi means... Kṛṣṇa says in another place, manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye (BG 7.3). Siddhi means liberated, means who has no more the bodily concept of life. This is the Vedic meaning of ahaṁ brahmāsmi. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.2.15 -- Vrndavana, September 18, 1975|Lecture on SB 6.2.15 -- Vrndavana, September 18, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">What is that? Tadīyānām ārādhananam: "To worship the Vaiṣṇava." Viṣṇu ārādhana is the topmost, but Vaiṣṇava ārādhana is still more. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura therefore says, chādiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā, nistara payeche kebā. The Vaiṣṇava ārādhana is so important.</p> |
| | <p>Therefore Kṛṣṇa says,</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti tad jñānaṁ |
| | :jñāninās tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>Tattva-darśi. This word tattva is very important. Unless one is tattva-darsi, there is no use to take instruction from him. Useless waste of time. Tattva-darśi means... Kṛṣṇa says in another place, manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu kaścid yatati siddhaye ([[Vanisource:BG 7.3 (1972)|BG 7.3]]). Siddhi means liberated, means who has no more the bodily concept of life. This is the Vedic meaning of ahaṁ brahmāsmi.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Sri_Isopanisad_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Lectures" text="Sri Isopanisad Lectures"><h3>Sri Isopanisad Lectures</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="SriIsopanisadMantra11LosAngelesMay161970_0" class="quote" parent="Sri_Isopanisad_Lectures" book="Lec" index="20" link="Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 11 -- Los Angeles, May 16, 1970" link_text="Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 11 -- Los Angeles, May 16, 1970"> |
| | <div class="heading">Tattva-darśinaḥ means one who has seen, one who has realized the Absolute Truth. So you have to go there. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 11 -- Los Angeles, May 16, 1970|Sri Isopanisad, Mantra 11 -- Los Angeles, May 16, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">How I can give opinion on medical science? That is ludicrous. I can give opinion in my jurisdiction—that's all right—but if somebody asks me opinion about some medical treatment or some legal implication, so what can I do? Similarly, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet (MU 1.2.12).</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti tad jñānam |
| | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>Tattva-darśinaḥ means one who has seen, one who has realized the Absolute Truth. So you have to go there.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1974 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1974 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithChristianPriestJune91974Paris_0" class="quote" parent="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="104" link="Room Conversation with Christian Priest -- June 9, 1974, Paris" link_text="Room Conversation with Christian Priest -- June 9, 1974, Paris"> |
| | <div class="heading">This tattva-darśinaḥ means experience. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Christian Priest -- June 9, 1974, Paris|Room Conversation with Christian Priest -- June 9, 1974, Paris]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: The process is śravaṇam, the beginning. One has to hear. One may be fool number one, it doesn't matter. No education, it doesn't matter. Poor, doesn't matter. Black, doesn't matter. White, doesn't matter. You try to hear. Satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 3.25.25|SB 3.25.25]]). Therefore, Vedic injunction is in order to know, go to the bona fide guru and hear. Ādau gurv-āśrayam, sad-dharma pṛcchāt. So even one has no experience, if he goes to the experienced man, experienced person, then you can understand and you can love God, and that is perfection of life. Tad viddhi... Find out this verse,</p> |
| | :tad viddhi praṇipātena |
| | :paripraśnena sevayā |
| | :upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ |
| | :jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]) |
| | <p>This tattva-darśinaḥ means experience. What is that?</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
