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Questions and answers are very satisfactorily dealt with when the inquirer is bona fide and the speaker is also authorized. …

This is the Vedic process for receiving knowledge. One must approach the proper person, the guru, and submissively listen to …

“Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him.”

Transcendental knowledge is not very difficult, but the process must be known. Sometimes a dictating machine or a typewriter may …

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who …

For those who are attached to this bodily machine, the yoga system is recommended. One who is overly attached to …

“Any person who seriously desires to achieve real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter …

The Upaniṣads inform us that the guru is one who has received knowledge by hearing the Vedas. Śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham. The …

For this purpose there is the varṇāśrama-dharma, composed of four varṇas and four āśramas. Unless society is divided into these …

It is stated that Vidura heard from Maitreya Ṛṣi, and that Maitreya Ṛṣi was very pleased. Unless one satisfies his …

“O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies.” Kṣetra-jña is the proprietor …

To receive this Vedic knowledge, we must approach the proper guru. The guru’s qualification is given in every śāstra. In …

One should not accept a guru unless one is inquisitive to know the ultimate goal of life. An ordinary man …

It is not that we have to understand Kṛṣṇa fully. That is not possible. We have no capacity to understand …

One who has real knowledge knows that prakṛti, material nature, is working under Kṛṣṇa’s direction. It is not possible to …

“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.” The same conclusion is also given …

Material energy is inferior, and spiritual energy is superior. Why? Superior energy (jīva-bhūta), the living entity, is controlling material nature. …

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is a commentary on Vedānta-sūtra. Vedānta-sūtra explains that the Supreme is the source of everything, and the nature of …

“The knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in various …