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In the material world there are so many gradations of education. people never finish grammar school or high school, whereas others go on and receive a university education But what is this rāja-vidyā, the king of education, the summum bonum of knowledge? Real knowledge is understanding what I am. Unless we come to the point of understanding what we are, we cannot attain real knowledge.

The Lord replied, “Why should you not think you’re well educated?

“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

According to the Bhagavad-gītā, one may not be a learned man just because he has received a lot of education

I neither know where I’ve come from nor where I’m going, but people are calling me educated. We may be proud of our academic education, but if asked what we are, we are not able to say. Only after realizing that we are not these bodies can we enter into real knowledge and understand what This, then, is the beginning of knowledge.

Cāṇakya Paṇḍita gives the standard for education, or the qualification of a paṇḍita, in this way: “The It is therefore to be understood that one is to be considered educated in accordance with his vision

Rāja means “king,” and vidyā means “knowledge.” This knowledge, however, is sovereign over all others, and all other knowledge is subject or relative This knowledge is also uttamam; ud means “transcend,” and tama means “darkness,” and that knowledge which And avyayam indicates that this knowledge is permanent. However, this knowledge is not like that.

Because Arjuna is not envious, Kṛṣṇa speaks this special knowledge to him. This is not only theoretical knowledge but practical knowledge (vijñāna-sahitam). The knowledge is both jñāna and vijñāna, theoretical wisdom and scientific knowledge. If one becomes well versed in this knowledge, liberation is certain. It is important then to understand what Kṛṣṇa says about this knowledge.

If we don’t understand this, we will become attracted by aristocratic families, wealth, a good education

Nor does he see anyone else as rich or poor, educated or uneducated, beautiful or ugly.

Action based on this knowledge – spiritual activity – is work in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This kind of knowledge may not seem to be so easily attainable, but it is made very easy by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa and Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who made this knowledge easily available through the process

Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided the living entities into two major categories: those that are moving and those that are not moving. …

millions who perform such religious principles all over the universe, only a few attain perfect knowledge

Out of many thousands of persons who are in self-knowledge as to what and who they are, only one or two then religious, and then one has to give charity and perform sacrifices and come to the platform of knowledge

brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām

“One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or …

Practically speaking, this process is not very easy in this Age of Kali. In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam a description is given of …

Thus out of His causeless mercy, Śrī Kṛṣṇa came as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and distributed the means to the highest …