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Īśo 9
andhaṁ tamaḥ praviśanti ye ’vidyām upāsate tato bhūya iva te tamo ya u vidyāyāḿ ratāḥ
Īśo 9
This mantra offers a comparative study of vidyā and avidyā. Avidyā, or ignorance, is undoubtedly dangerous, but vidyā, or knowledge, …
Īśo 9
As far as vidyā is concerned, the first mantra has explained very clearly that the Supreme Lord is the proprietor …
Īśo 9
Of the different classes of men – karmīs, jñānīs and yogīs – the karmīs are those who are engaged in …
Īśo 9
In the language of the Bhagavad-gītā (7.15), people who are engaged in gross sense gratification are mūḍhas – asses. The …
Īśo 9
According to the Bhagavad-gītā (2.42, 7.15), mistaken mundane educators are known as veda-vāda-rata and māyayāpahṛta-jñāna. They may also be atheistic …
Īśo 9
As stated in Mantra One, we should know that the Personality of Godhead is the proprietor of everything and that …
Īśo 9
But the veda-vāda-rata people, instead of realizing that the purpose of the Vedas is to revive the forgetful soul’s lost …
Īśo 9
One must approach a bona fide spiritual master in order to understand the transcendental message of the Vedas. That is …
Īśo 9
The māyayāpahṛta-jñāna class of men are self-made “Gods.” Such men think that they themselves are God and that there is …