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"Everything" means... There are two things = jaḍa and cetana, living entities and nonliving, jaḍa. Dull entities. Matter is dull. …

So explanation of Vedānta-sūtra is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam begins that what is that tattva. Janmādy asya. Janmādy asya, from whom everything …

So actually, the Absolute Truth is explained in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, or the Vedānta-sūtra's explanation, natural explanation... Actually, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam was written …

Therefore two sampradāyas, the Māyāvādī sampradāya and the Vaiṣṇava sampradāya, both of them have explained the Brahma-sūtra. Otherwise, they are …

So if we actually are interested to understand spiritual knowledge, we must approach the representative of ācārya. Acarya-upasanam. And ācārya …

How one can be pleased? That is the process = praṇipātena sevayā. You can please one simply by surrendering to …

So this is the process of asking. Paripraśna is asking question. Of course, one, the śiṣya, must ask. He must... …

Thank you very much. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. [end]

Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

sūta uvāca dvaipāyana-sakhas tv evaṁ maitreyo bhagavāṁs tathā prāhedaṁ viduraṁ prīta ānvīkṣikyāṁ pracoditaḥ

[SB 3.25.4]

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"Śrī Sūta Gosvāmī said = The most powerful sage Maitreya was a friend of Vyāsadeva's. Thus being encouraged, Maitreya, pleased …

Prabhupāda:

dvaipāyana-sakhas tv evaṁ maitreyo bhagavāṁs tathā prāhedaṁ viduraṁ prīta ānvīkṣikyāṁ pracoditaḥ

[SB 3.25.4]

So this is the process of getting knowledge = to approach the proper person, guru, and submissively hear from him …

Therefore the śāstric injunction is, Vedic injunction, that tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. If you want to know …

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā