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Education in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always transcendental and is the best of all forms of education. Material education aims at increasing the activities of material sense gratification. transcendental knowledge. But beyond that brahma-vidyā, or knowledge of the impersonal Brahman, is knowledge of devotional service This knowledge is higher.

prabhu kahe — the Lord inquired; kon — what; vidyā — knowledge; vidyā-madhye — in the midst of knowledge; sāra — the most important; rāya kahe — Rāmānanda Rāya answered; kṛṣṇa-bhakti — devotional service to Kṛṣṇa; vinā — except; vidyā — education

“You are a most aristocratic family man, well educated and very rich. I am not at all aristocratic, and I am without a decent education and have no wealth.

“You are a most aristocratic family man, well educated and very rich. I am not at all aristocratic, and I am without a decent education and have no wealth.

Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “No education is important other than the transcendental devotional service of

On one occasion the Lord inquired, “Of all types of education, which is the most important?”

On one occasion the Lord inquired, “Of all types of education, which is the most important?”

mahā-kulīna — highly aristocratic; tumi — you; vidyā — education; dhana-ādi — not aristocratic; āra — and; dhana-vidyā-hīna — without any wealth and education

A jail superintendent had only an ordinary education, or practically no education, and he was certainly not supposed to be very advanced in spiritual knowledge.

“The forgetful conditioned soul is educated by Kṛṣṇa through the Vedic literatures, the realized spiritual In this way one can acquire real knowledge of his conditioned life and can come to understand how to

“The forgetful conditioned soul is educated by Kṛṣṇa through the Vedic literatures, the realized spiritual In this way one can acquire real knowledge of his conditioned life and can come to understand how to

wonderful activities; parāyaṇa — of the devotees; śīla-śikṣāḥ — characteristics and education — even; kim u — what to speak of; śruta-dhāraṇāḥ ye — persons advanced in the education of Vedic knowledge.

“There are two kinds of educational systems. One deals with transcendental knowledge [parā vidyā] and the other with material knowledge [aparā vidyā śikṣā, kalpa, vyākaraṇa, nirukta, chanda and jyotiṣa — belong to the inferior system of material knowledge They are all within the system of inferior, material knowledge. not have anything to do with the materialistic way of life; it gives transcendental information to educate

“Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana are very much experienced in education, devotional service, intelligence and

“Śrīla Rūpa and Sanātana are very much experienced in education, devotional service, intelligence and

This is exactly the way Nārāyaṇa educated Lord Brahmā.”

This is exactly the way Nārāyaṇa educated Lord Brahmā.”

Knowledge of Me and the practical application of that knowledge is actual knowledge.

Knowledge of Me and the practical application of that knowledge is actual knowledge.

potency are called hlādinī [the bliss portion], sandhinī [the eternity portion] and samvit [the knowledge We accept knowledge of these as full knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.