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Prabhupāda:

buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo 'bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayam eva ca

[Bg. 10.4]

[Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmness, pleasure and pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, nonviolence, …

So what is knowledge? Knowledge means distinguishing the spirit from matter. That is knowledge. We should understand what is spirit …

Material knowledge, any subject matter you can take, but that is temporary. Just like this body is temporary, similarly, any …

Because the spirit does not die—eternal—so spiritual knowledge continues. If you develop spiritual knowledge... Suppose cent percent spiritual knowledge you …

[In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from …

If you cultivate this spiritual knowledge even one percent, two percent, that can render you greatest service, because it will …

Material enjoyment means eating, sleeping, and defending and mating. These four principles, they are called material enjoyment. Just like we …

So these are all material enjoyments: eating, sleeping, defending and mating. And spiritual enjoyment is just opposite. There is no …

[Bhakti, or devotional service, means engaging all our senses in the service of the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, …

It is a purificatory process. And as soon as you purify your senses, then you become in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness …

There are 400,000 species of human being. Human being means with two hands and two legs. So not all of …

So jñānam, knowledge, means distinguishing between spirit and matter. And this knowledge should be cultivated and taken full advantage in …

[Persons who are actually intelligent and philosophically inclined should endeavor only for that purposeful end which is not obtainable even …

Now, a living entity, a spiritual spark, is wandering, wandering from not only from one country to another country or …

In conditioned life we are limited in our traveling. But in spiritual life we can travel anywhere. The best example …

So in spiritual life we have got complete freedom to move, to act, to enjoy. So that spiritual knowledge should …

There is a very nice Sanskrit verse that... Just like you have to cross a great ocean. Now, if you …