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hierarchy: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
hierarchy: Canto 3: The Status Quo
ŚB 3.12.38
The Vedas contain perfect knowledge, which includes all kinds of knowledge necessary for the human society It is understood that military art is also necessary knowledge for the upkeep of social order, as is All these groups of knowledge are called the Upapurāṇa, or supplements of the Vedas. Spiritual knowledge is the main topic of the Vedas, but to help the human being’s spiritual pursuit of knowledge, the other information, as above mentioned, forms necessary branches of the Vedic knowledge
ŚB 3.25.1
ātma-prajñaptaye indicates that the Lord descends for the benefit of the human race to give transcendental knowledge Material necessities are quite sufficiently provided for in the Vedic knowledge, which offers a program In the mode of goodness one’s knowledge expands. On the platform of passion there is no knowledge, for passion is simply an impetus to enjoy material On the platform of ignorance there is no knowledge and no enjoyment, but simply life almost like that
ŚB 3.4.25
They have no interest in human society other than to enlighten it in transcendental knowledge; they are interested in imparting knowledge of the relationship of the living being with the Supreme Lord, the That is the real knowledge which can help society achieve the real aim of human welfare. into various branches of advancement of knowledge, is all temporary. Without this knowledge, the human life is baffled.
ŚB 3.4.30
Transcendental knowledge has three departmental divisions, namely knowledge of impersonal Brahman, knowledge of the all-pervading Supersoul and knowledge of the Personality of Godhead. Out of the three, transcendental knowledge of the Personality of Godhead has special significance and is known as bhagavat-tattva-vijñāna, specific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead. This specific knowledge is realized by pure devotional service and no other means.
ŚB 3.25.1
knowledge. This knowledge cannot be appreciated by any ordinary man. Therefore, since a disciplic succession is required, this knowledge is expounded either by the Supreme Knowledge of those activities is explained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. In regulated life only can one understand transcendental knowledge.
ŚB 3.6.17
The perfection of all sound or knowledge enters through the ear and makes one’s life perfect. The entire Vedic system of knowledge is received by aural reception only, and thus sound is the most important source of knowledge.
ŚB 3.24.18
The word saṁśaya means “doubtful knowledge.” Speculative and pseudo yogic knowledge is all doubtful. Real knowledge is expounded in Bhagavad-gītā: “Just become Kṛṣṇa conscious. That is real knowledge, and anyone who follows that system becomes perfect without a doubt.
ŚB 3.27.16
individual is lost, everything becomes one, and there is no distinction between the knower, the knowable and knowledge lost, even when one thinks that the three different principles, namely the knower, the knowable and knowledge The very concept that the three merge into one is another form of knowledge, and since the perceiver of the knowledge still exists, how can one say that the knower, knowledge and knowable have become one The individual soul who is perceiving this knowledge still remains an individual.
ŚB 3.6.30
Unless one has Vedic knowledge, one cannot become a spiritual master. The perfect knowledge of the Vedas is to know the Lord, the Personality of Godhead, and that is the end of Vedic knowledge, or Vedānta.
ŚB 3.26.33
Therefore the Vedic knowledge, which is known as śruti, or that which is received by hearing, is also Since no one was there, who was the spiritual master to give knowledge? Vedic knowledge is understood to be spoken by the Supreme Lord, and therefore it is free from the defects Because Vedic knowledge was imparted by the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental to material creation, If we receive that Vedic knowledge from Brahmā in disciplic succession, then we receive perfect knowledge
ŚB 3.26.32
The ear is the first sense for receiving knowledge. One must give aural reception to any knowledge one wants to receive, either material or spiritual. The Vedic knowledge is called śruti; knowledge has to be received by hearing.
ŚB 3.10.17
to the devotees of the Lord engaged in pure devotional service, this energy becomes vidyā, or pure knowledge appears to function in three phases: as the creative principle of the material world, as ignorance and as knowledge As disclosed in the previous verse, in the fourth creation the power of knowledge is also created. of the avidyā function of material nature they are made fools, and thus they are unable to utilize knowledge