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hierarchy: Śrī Īśopaniṣad
Īśo 10
Śrī Īśopaniṣad warns us of this faulty type of education, and the Bhagavad-gītā gives instructions as to the development of real knowledge. This mantra states that the instructions of vidyā (knowledge) must be acquired from a dhīra.
Īśo 10
Such knowledge does not come in the hazardous way of nescient education. This is the process of learning vidyā (knowledge) from the dhīra (the undisturbed).
Īśo 10
Modern politicians who pose themselves as dhīras are actually adhīras, and one cannot expect perfect knowledge Thus one must hear submissively from a dhīra in order to attain actual education.
Īśo 9
Avidyā, or ignorance, is undoubtedly dangerous, but vidyā, or knowledge, is even more dangerous when Modern civilization has advanced considerably in the field of mass education, but the result is that
Īśo Introduction
Vedic knowledge is called śabda-pramāṇa. Another name is śruti. Śruti means that this knowledge has to be received simply by aural reception. Transcendental knowledge is knowledge from beyond this universe. Within this universe is material knowledge, and beyond this universe is transcendental knowledge. Thus to acquire full knowledge is impossible.
Īśo 9
In view of this, a godless civilization directed toward the so-called advancement of education is more
Īśo 14
One can be saved only by complete knowledge of the eternal life of bliss and awareness.
Īśo 10
(18) One should become a scientist or philosopher and conduct research into spiritual knowledge, recognizing that spiritual knowledge is permanent whereas material knowledge ends with the death of the body.
Īśo 18
Vedic knowledge is transcendental and cannot be understood by mundane educational procedures.
Īśo 10
Due to the wrong type of education being imparted in our universities, boys all over the world are giving Thus Śrī Īśopaniṣad very strongly warns that the culture of nescience is different from that of knowledge
Īśo 9
In the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya (3.11.12), the advancement of education by a godless people is compared Thus the aim of real education should be self-realization, realization of the spiritual values of the Any education which does not lead to such realization must be considered avidyā, or nescience.
Īśo Introduction
The Vedas are not compilations of human knowledge. Vedic knowledge comes from the spiritual world, from Lord Kṛṣṇa. Śruti refers to that knowledge which is acquired by hearing. It is not experimental knowledge. We take so much knowledge from our mother. Similarly, if you want to know something beyond your experience, beyond your experimental knowledge,