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Reporter: Do you think this knowledge should be a part of everyone’s education?

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.

“What is the highest standard of education?” is knowledge of the science of Kṛṣṇa. The standard of material education is sense gratification, but the highest standard of spiritual education is knowledge of the science of Kṛṣṇa. which places one in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the highest knowledge.”

Education in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always transcendental and is the best of all forms of education. Material education aims at increasing the activities of material sense gratification. transcendental knowledge. But beyond that brahma-vidyā, or knowledge of the impersonal Brahman, is knowledge of devotional service This knowledge is higher.

Generally, people are not educated in this confidential knowledge; they are educated in external knowledge As far as ordinary education is concerned, people are involved with so many departments: politics, sociology There are so many departments of knowledge all over the world and many huge universities, but there is , unfortunately, no university or educational institution where the science of the spirit soul is instructed

For advanced education there are various kinds of books of knowledge, such as the four Vedas, their six So all together there are fourteen divisions of books of education. Of these, the book which presents adhyātma-vidyā, spiritual knowledge – in particular, the Vedānta-sūtra

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

“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

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

The brāhmaṇa replied, “If your son is a transcendental mystic boy with self-effulgent perfect knowledge , what is the use of your education?”

The brāhmaṇa replied, “If your son is a transcendental mystic boy with self-effulgent perfect knowledge , what is the use of your education?”

Śrīla Prabhupāda: But where is the education about God? To trust is very good, but simple trust will not endure unless it is backed up with scientific knowledge One may know that he has a father, but unless he knows who his father is, his knowledge is imperfect. And that education in the science of God is lacking.

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.

“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

The missing point of modern civilization is that there is no educational system to instruct people on Thus we have the most defective education, because without this knowledge of what happens after death The animal does not know that he is going to have another body; he has no such knowledge.

Prabhupāda explained the Bhagavad-gītā verse, commenting that real knowledge was to know the difference To manufacture a nice car or machine was not education.

Because of greed for the sake of the senses, the spiritual strength, education, austerity and reputation of a devotee or brāhmaṇa who is not self-satisfied dwindle, and his knowledge gradually vanishes.

Because of greed for the sake of the senses, the spiritual strength, education, austerity and reputation of a devotee or brāhmaṇa who is not self-satisfied dwindle, and his knowledge gradually vanishes.

When a person is highly educated and acts strictly on moral principles, he is called highly learned. A person conversant in different departments of knowledge is called educated, and because he acts on

Those who have full knowledge of self-realization, who know very well that the spirit soul is eternal But persons who lack knowledge of self-realization certainly lament. Therefore it is difficult to educate a person in illusion.