Philosophical speculators
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 7 - 12
BG Chapters 13 - 18
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
SB Canto 2
SB Canto 3
SB Canto 4
SB Canto 6
- paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma
- pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān
- puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam
- ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum
"You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty." Nondevotee speculators, however, do not accept an ultimate cause (sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam [Bs. 5.1]). Because they are ignorant and bewildered concerning the soul and its activities, even though some of them have a vague idea of the soul, many controversies arise, and the philosophical speculators can never reach a conclusion. All of these speculators are envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (16.19-20):
- tān ahaṁ dviṣataḥ krūrān
- saṁsāreṣu narādhamān
- kṣipāmy ajasram aśubhān
- āsurīṣv eva yoniṣu
- āsurīṁ yonim āpannā
- mūḍhā janmani janmani
- mām aprāpyaiva kaunteya
- tato yānty adhamāṁ gatim
SB Canto 9
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
CC Madhya-lila
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Nectar of Instruction
Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
General Lectures
Correspondence
1970 Correspondence
Page Title: | Philosophical speculators |
Compiler: | Laksmipriya, Labangalatika |
Created: | 16 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=2, SB=8, CC=4, OB=4, Lec=4, Con=0, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 23 |