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In the material world there are so many gradations of education. people never finish grammar school or high school, whereas others go on and receive a university education But what is this rāja-vidyā, the king of education, the summum bonum of knowledge? Real knowledge is understanding what I am. Unless we come to the point of understanding what we are, we cannot attain real knowledge.

The Lord replied, “Why should you not think you’re well educated?

Ordinary knowledge obtained by a university education pertains only to matter, and it is not accepted here as knowledge. Knowledge means knowing the distinction between spirit and matter. In modern education there is no knowledge about spirit; they are simply taking care of the material elements Therefore academic knowledge is not complete.

“This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is

According to the Bhagavad-gītā, one may not be a learned man just because he has received a lot of education

I neither know where I’ve come from nor where I’m going, but people are calling me educated. We may be proud of our academic education, but if asked what we are, we are not able to say. Only after realizing that we are not these bodies can we enter into real knowledge and understand what This, then, is the beginning of knowledge.

Cāṇakya Paṇḍita gives the standard for education, or the qualification of a paṇḍita, in this way: “The It is therefore to be understood that one is to be considered educated in accordance with his vision

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.

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.