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Prabhupāda: Technical knowledge is not education.

Absolute knowledge is in the mode of goodness, knowledge based on duality is in the mode of passion, and foolish, materialistic knowledge is in the mode of ignorance. Knowledge based upon Me, however, is understood to be transcendental.

Absolute knowledge is in the mode of goodness, knowledge based on duality is in the mode of passion, and foolish, materialistic knowledge is in the mode of ignorance. Knowledge based upon Me, however, is understood to be transcendental.

Prabhupāda: Knowledge is wisdom; wisdom is knowledge. There is no difference.

Prabhupāda: That, then our knowledge is perfect and your knowledge...

And so far knowledge is concerned, there is perfect knowledge:

Rūpānuga: "In Scientific Knowledge." In English? "In Scientific Knowledge."

Experimental knowledge is always imperfect, because one experiments with imperfect senses. Therefore, scientific knowledge must be imperfect. Our source of knowledge is different. We do not depend on experimental knowledge.

Rāja means “king,” and vidyā means “knowledge.” This knowledge, however, is sovereign over all others, and all other knowledge is subject or relative This knowledge is also uttamam; ud means “transcend,” and tama means “darkness,” and that knowledge which And avyayam indicates that this knowledge is permanent. However, this knowledge is not like that.

Veda means the book of knowledge. Now, the book of knowledge... the climate, according to the population, according to the country there are different books of knowledge Just like in India the book of knowledge is accepted as the Veda, Vedas, Vedic knowledge. Similarly, the book of knowledge amongst the Muhammadans, they have accepted as the Koran. Actually, they are book of knowledge, undoubtedly. There is no doubt about it.

Jayādvaita: "This knowledge is the king of education..."

And even in that knowledge field also... Of course, transcendental knowledge, as we have discussed already, they are viewed in different..., three the knowledge of Paramātmā, the localized Supersoul; and the knowledge of Bhagavān, or the Supreme Personality There are different stages of development of knowledge. " That is knowledge. That is the beginning of knowledge.

Third-class knowledge means animal knowledge: how to eat, how to sleep. How to make arrangement for eating, how to make arrangement for sleeping, that is third-class knowledge Because the animal also try for this kind of knowledge, how to eat, how to sleep. Therefore this kind of knowledge is third-class knowledge.

Śrīla Prabhupāda: We don’t say that this scientific knowledge is useless. Mechanics, electronics – this is also knowledge. But different departments of knowledge differ in their comparative importance. There are many different departments of knowledge, but the central point is ātma-jñāna – self-knowledge , the knowledge of the soul.

Translator: He says in terms of knowledge, one has a higher knowledge of that truth and one has a lower knowledge.

Prabhupāda: Then why your knowledge and my knowledge different?

There are different levels of acquired knowledge — direct knowledge, knowledge received from authorities , transcendental knowledge, knowledge beyond the senses, and finally spiritual knowledge. When one surpasses the stage of acquiring knowledge by the descending process, he is immediately situated This is not possible in the stages of direct or indirect perception of knowledge. Such knowledge is a special favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

"One should give up the false knowledge, false knowledge that 'I am God. I am God.' " This is false knowledge.

Indian man: ...peace or knowledge? Is knowledge sufficient to cause peace, or we must find out some matter, search some way? Anyway, without knowledge, whether peace can be had without knowledge?

Prabhupāda: The search for knowledge is natural, but the knowledge should be taken from the person who knows the knowledge. The search is all right, but they are taking knowledge from a rascal. That is the difference.