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Prabhupāda:

rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyaṁ pavitram idam uttamam pratyakṣāvagamaṁ dharmyaṁ susukhaṁ kartum avyayam

[Bg 9.2]

[This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because …

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[aside:] Bruce! Come on. Sit down. Yes.

Rāja-vidyā. Vidyā means education, and rāja means king. So what is the king of education? Just like we have got …

Just like Caitanya Mahāprabhu, when He began His preaching, His first disciple was Sanātana Gosvāmī. He was a finance minister …

He was educated. He was highly educated. In those days, Persian language was being taught in England, er, in India. …

So the next question is, "Then why do you think that you are not educated? You are great scholar in …

Actually, this is the position of our present situation. We are very much proud of our advancement of education. But …

So the knowledge about which Lord Kṛṣṇa is now imparting, giving instruction to Arjuna, He says, "This is rāja-vidyā." Rāja-vidyā …

Rāja-vidyā rāja-guhyam. Rāja-guhyam. Rāja-guhyam means confidential, very confidential. It is not possible to accept this Kṛṣṇa consciousness very easily, but …

Lord Caitanya has discussed a very analytical study of the living entity. He has analyzed that the living entities... There …

So all over the universe there are full of different types of living entities. And He has divided all these …

So these are stones, trees, grass and so many others. They are "not-moving" living entities. And there are moving entities, …

So Lord Caitanya says, "Out of these 400,000 species of life, some of them are civilized. And out of many …

So those who are believing in the scriptures, they are mostly attracted by pious, philanthropic activities. They, some of them, …

Sacrifice, of course, you have no experience. Not you, but we all. Nowadays, in the present days, there is no …

So that process is not. Nowadays the state simply collects taxes but never distributes. So we have no idea what …