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Teachings of queen kuntī 9
take birth in a very aristocratic family or nation like America, to be very rich, to be advanced in knowledge and education, and to be endowed with beauty are gifts of pious activities.
Teachings of queen kuntī 9
Suppose one is an American and is also rich, beautiful, and advanced in knowledge.
Teachings of queen kuntī 9
of [material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education
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The Vedic knowledge is given to everyone because Kṛṣṇa is within everyone’s heart (sarvasya cāhaṁ hṛdi sanniviṣṭaḥ), but one must be qualified to receive that knowledge. Kṛṣṇa helps us by giving us knowledge both from within as the Supersoul (caitya-guru) and from without
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who is abhijña, very intelligent and experienced, and that original intelligent person transmitted knowledge We understand that we get knowledge from another person with whom we are face to face. Therefore, how did he receive knowledge? That is explained in the Bhāgavatam: tene brahma hṛdā. Therefore although Brahmā was alone, he received knowledge dictated by the Supreme. The word brahma means “Vedic knowledge.” Thus the Vedic knowledge was given first to Lord Brahmā.
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Brahmā receives knowledge from Kṛṣṇa and distributes that Vedic knowledge, and therefore he is an authority There are four sampradāyas, or chains of disciplic succession, through which Vedic knowledge is distributed authoritative representative of Kṛṣṇa appearing in one of these sampradāyas, and then we can receive real knowledge
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But unfortunately people have no knowledge of what God is, whether one can go back home to Him or not Because they have no knowledge, they are simply like animals. People have imperfect knowledge or no knowledge at all.
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Pratyakṣa, the process of receiving knowledge through direct perception, has no value, because our senses We have so many senses through which we can experience knowledge – the eyes, the ears, the nose, and so on – but because these senses are imperfect, whatever knowledge we get by exercising these senses This is imperfect knowledge. If you do not know, then your knowledge is imperfect.
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The most essential education is that which enables one to become free from the bodily concept of life
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For example, a man may be illiterate and uncultured, but he can be converted into an educated, cultured
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“The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brāhmaṇa,
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Whatever knowledge exists in the world is present in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. If one simply reads Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, he gains the topmost education, for if one studies Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam