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The Vedas are the storehouse of knowledge, both material and spiritual. But such knowledge aims at perfection of self-realization. The specific intelligent class of men who were devoted particularly to the knowledge of the Vedas were called the vipras, or the graduates of the Vedic knowledge. the vipras were also teachers of this section of knowledge, as were Droṇācārya, Kṛpācārya, etc.

This is also so for the culture of knowledge. According to Bhagavad-gītā there are eighteen items in culturing knowledge. Therefore, Vāsudeva is the ultimate aim in culturing all different branches of knowledge. Culture of knowledge leading one to the transcendental plane of meeting Vāsudeva is real knowledge. of real knowledge.

relation with Him and our duty toward perfection of the human society on the basis of this perfect knowledge careful reading one will know God perfectly well, so much so that the reader will be sufficiently educated

The original source of knowledge is the Vedas. There are no branches of knowledge, either mundane or transcendental, which do not belong to the original In other words, the Vedic knowledge, broken into different branches by different disciplic successions No one, therefore, can claim independent knowledge beyond the Vedas.

study of the Vedas; vā — or; sviṣṭasya — sacrifice; sūktasya — spiritual education ; ca — and; buddhi — culture of knowledge; dattayoḥ — charity; avicyutaḥ

, far above knowledge of impersonal Brahman. Jñānam means ordinary knowledge or any branch of knowledge. This knowledge develops up to the knowledge of impersonal Brahman. Above this, when it is partially mixed with devotion, such knowledge develops to knowledge of Paramātmā knowledge is attained, it is called the most confidential knowledge.

[material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education

[material] progress, trying to improve himself with respectable parentage, great opulence, high education

Being the eldest learned Vedāntist, O Sūta Gosvāmī, you are acquainted with the knowledge of Vyāsadeva Godhead, and you also know other sages who are fully versed in all kinds of physical and metaphysical knowledge

Being the eldest learned Vedāntist, O Sūta Gosvāmī, you are acquainted with the knowledge of Vyāsadeva Godhead, and you also know other sages who are fully versed in all kinds of physical and metaphysical knowledge

fools of the first order; they are the lowest of the human species of life; they are robbed of their knowledge , although apparently they seem to be academically educated. They are robbed of their knowledge because even after prolonged speculation they cannot reach to the

Therefore knowledge imparted by Śukadeva Gosvāmī unto Mahārāja Parīkṣit helped him attain the service Simple knowledge of liberation is material knowledge. Such a stage is attained by knowledge and renunciation, as we have already explained (Bhāg. 1.2.12), and perfect knowledge, as delivered by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, results in the attainment of the transcendental

After that, when there is development of transcendental knowledge of the Lord’s internal opulences, the

came to Navadvīpa as a student because at that time Navadvīpa was considered to be the center of education

devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge

devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge

The Vedas contain regulative principles of knowledge covering social, political, religious, economic, Regulative knowledge involves a gradual raising of the living entity to the spiritual platform, and the highest spiritual realization is knowledge that the Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all spiritual

respectfully want to hear about him [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] to whom Śukadeva Gosvāmī imparted transcendental knowledge

respectfully want to hear about him [Mahārāja Parīkṣit] to whom Śukadeva Gosvāmī imparted transcendental knowledge

He personally eradicates the dense darkness of all misgivings by switching on the light of pure knowledge cannot remain in darkness, and because a devotee is enlightened by the Personality of Godhead, his knowledge Perfect knowledge is called paramparā, or deductive knowledge coming down from the authority to the submissive The devotees are submissive, and therefore the transcendental knowledge descends from the Personality That is the perfect way of learning transcendental knowledge.