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“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by taken shelter of atheistic philosophy, they are the lowest of mankind despite their advancement of education He is so educated and highly qualified.” The verdict of the śāstra is that although he appears to be very learned, his actual knowledge has been

In this way Ajāmila’s spiritual education and training were finished. When Cupid attacks, all one’s education, culture, and knowledge are lost.

Knowledge through Service

The Absolute Truth Full of Knowledge

Unlike our knowledge, Kṛṣṇa’s knowledge is unlimited. Thus there is no limit to His knowledge. His knowledge, His body, and His happiness are completely different from our knowledge, body, and happiness

We become cognizant of the Absolute Truth by accepting knowledge from a spiritual master, but how has How is Kṛṣṇa’s knowledge so perfect? Because He is fully independent (svarāṭ). Some rascal may try to realize himself as God by taking knowledge from a Māyāvādī, but Kṛṣṇa is God without taking knowledge from anyone.

souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master, all the imports of Vedic knowledge enjoin, tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet: one must approach a spiritual master who has full knowledge Then the knowledge of the Vedas will be revealed. When the Vedic knowledge is revealed, one need no longer remain in the darkness of material nature.

How service to the Lord and the spiritual master results in Vedic knowledge is described in the Śvetāśvatara

We are indebted to the ṛṣis, or great sages, because we derive knowledge from their transcendental writings scripture know past, present, and future, and we are urged to take advantage of such invaluable knowledge

It is not that just because one happens to know a little Sanskrit he becomes expert in Vedic knowledge person has become truthful, able to control his mind and senses, clean, simple and tolerant, full of knowledge , and able to practically apply knowledge in life, and when he has full faith in God, Kṛṣṇa, he is dvija

“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, who are the lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen

“The highest perfection of human life, achieved either by complete knowledge of matter and spirit, by

A person who does not have Vedic knowledge always acts in ignorance of what he has done in the past, This light is Vedic knowledge, which one can understand when one is elevated to the mode of goodness

No one, therefore, can understand God by speculative knowledge.

remembered that he had been trained by his father to be a first-class brāhmaṇa, that he had been educated

Śruta means that by hearing the Vedas, Ajāmila was rich in Vedic knowledge. Therefore one who has no knowledge of the Vedas cannot be a brāhmaṇa. One must practically apply the knowledge of the Vedas.

We see that modern education fails here also.

As we have pointed out, Brahman realization is not the end of spiritual knowledge.

His form is sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha [Bs. 5.1], a spiritual form full of eternity, bliss, and knowledge