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hierarchy: Civilization and Transcendence
hierarchy: 6. The Ultimate Knowledge
6. The Ultimate Knowledge
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, this is the next question: “In the Kali-yuga, the current age of quarrel and hypocrisy, bhakti …
Civilization and transcendence 6
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, this is the next question: “In the Kali-yuga, the current age of quarrel and hypocrisy, bhakti …
Civilization and transcendence 6
Śrīla Prabhupāda: The so-called Vedantists, the Māyāvādīs [impersonalists], are bluffers. They do not know what Vedānta is. But people want …
Civilization and transcendence 6
The first statement in the Vedānta-sūtra is athāto brahma jijñāsā: “Now, having attained a human birth, one should inquire into …
Civilization and transcendence 6
Now, because Śrīla Vyāsadeva knew that in this Kali-yuga people would not be able to study Vedānta-sūtra nicely on account …
Civilization and transcendence 6
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins with the same aphorism as the Vedānta-sūtra: janmādy asya yataḥ, and continues, anvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ svarāt. So …
Civilization and transcendence 6
But the rascal Māyāvādīs – without understanding Vedānta-sūtra and without reading the natural commentary, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam – are posing themselves as …
Civilization and transcendence 6
So, if we take Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the real explanation of Vedānta-sūtra, then we will understand Vedānta, the end of knowledge. …
Civilization and transcendence 6
If we accept Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam as the real commentary on Vedānta-sūtra, then we’ll find that in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, …
Civilization and transcendence 6
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Then are the conclusion of the Vedānta-sūtra and the conclusion of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam one and the same – bhakti?
Civilization and transcendence 6
Śrīla Prabhupāda: Yes. Find this verse: Kāmasya nendriya-prītir…
Civilization and transcendence 6
Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: