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“This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is
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If I donate to an educational institution, for instance, I will receive good educational facilities and will become highly educated in my next life. Being thus educated, I will attain a good position and will acquire a good amount of money.
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Similarly, we may have a very high education, but what is our objective? This means that all the striving and all this high education are merely on the animal platform.
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Without training or education, one can automatically participate in bhakti-yoga.
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Our senses are so imperfect, how can we attain knowledge? We just have to hear and accept. This knowledge is beyond our means. The Vedas are called veda-mātā, or mother Vedas, because the knowledge imparted therein is like that knowledge received from the mother. We have to believe in order to acquire knowledge.
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A Kṛṣṇa conscious person has realized knowledge, by the grace of Kṛṣṇa, because he is satisfied with By realized knowledge, one becomes perfect. By transcendental knowledge one can remain steady in his convictions, but by mere academic knowledge
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This is also explained in the Vedānta-sūtra, which is the study of ultimate knowledge. The word veda means “knowledge,” and anta means “ultimate.” Ultimate knowledge is knowledge of the Supreme Lord.
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Sat means “eternal,” cit means “knowledge,” and ānanda means “pleasure.” God has form, but His form is eternal and is full of knowledge and pleasure. Our form is neither eternal, full of pleasure, nor full of knowledge; therefore God’s form is different
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Book knowledge without realization of the Supreme Truth is useless. This is stated as follows:
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Sometimes missionaries go forth to educate primitive, uneducated people just because they see that they are human beings and so deserve to be educated in order to understand the value of life.
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One may ask, “If the Absolute Truth is so powerful, wise, and cognizant, He must have attained this knowledge If He attains His knowledge from someone else, He is not God. Svarāṭ. He is independent, and His knowledge is automatically there.
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There are two processes by which we can acquire knowledge: one is the ascending process (āroha-panthā According to the descending process, one acquires knowledge simply by hearing from an authority, from