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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vedic system </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">knowledge relies </del>on authoritative statements <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rather than personal speculation or the teeny efforts of limited sense perception</del>. He emphasizes that a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">simple truth becomes authoritative because Kṛṣṇa</del>, the Supreme Personality of Godhead<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, says it</del>. Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">process </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acquiring knowledge is best achieved through submissive aural reception—hearing from </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mother to know </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">father</del>, or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hearing from the spiritual master to know the Absolute</del>. He warns that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rascals </del>who manufacture their own <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">religious theories </del>or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ignore the tenets of scripture </del>remain in ignorance<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, even if they are big professors or scientists</del>. Furthermore, he teaches that <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">authoritative statements from </del>mahajanas like Prahlada Maharaja <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and acaryas like Ramanujacarya provide </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">scientific data upon which spiritual life is built</del>. Ultimately, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by following the footprints of great personalities and accepting the </del>authoritative statements <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the Vedas and Bhagavad-gita, </del>the seeker <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">finds perfect knowledge, understands </del>the eternity of the soul, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">can successfully participate in the perfection </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">yoga system</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">practice of spiritual life is not a matter </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">personal whim or mental concoction but is based </ins>on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">following </ins>authoritative statements. He emphasizes that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the yoga system, for example, is a scientific process with definite data, such as selecting </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">holy place and renouncing sense gratification</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">all of which are established by </ins>the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a practitioner must be satisfied with </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">authoritative statements </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">spiritual master and </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">acaryas</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rather than engaging in endless argument </ins>or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">speculation</ins>. He warns that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">those </ins>who manufacture their own <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">way of life </ins>or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">perform yoga without following authoritative books are rascals who </ins>remain in ignorance <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">despite their academic titles</ins>. Furthermore, he teaches that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by following the footprints of </ins>mahajanas like Prahlada Maharaja<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, one can safely navigate </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">path of devotional service</ins>. Ultimately, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">practicing under </ins>authoritative statements <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">allows </ins>the seeker <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to understand </ins>the eternity of the soul <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and the personal feature of the Absolute Truth</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ensuring that their spiritual efforts lead to factual success </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aural reception </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">perfect knowledge</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Standard of Truth</del>:''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A statement is </del>authoritative <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">simply because it is spoken by Kṛṣṇa or </del>found in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">authorized Vedic literature; it requires no independent verification by blunt senses</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Regulated Practice</ins>:''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Spiritual practices like yoga and devotional service must be performed according to the </ins>authoritative <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">statements </ins>found in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bhagavad-gita and the Vedas</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Śāstra-cakṣuṣa</del>:''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Real vision is achieved not through </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">eyes but through the ears, by hearing authoritative statements </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sastra, which reveal facts beyond material perception</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Renunciation of Whimsy</ins>:''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">To be successful, a practitioner must renounce </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">desire for sense gratification and stop manufacturing personal methods </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">self-realization</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rejection </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mental Speculation</del>:''' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One cannot understand transcendental subject matters like </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">identity </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">soul or </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nature </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">God through mental speculation; one must accept </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">word of authority</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Role </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Guru</ins>:''' <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A student must be satisfied by </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">authoritative statements </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">spiritual master and must not argue, as the guru is </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">transparent medium </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">parampara</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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Anurag
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the Vedic system of knowledge relies on authoritative statements rather than personal speculation or the teeny efforts of limited sense perception. He emphasizes that a simple truth becomes authoritative because Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, says it. Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that the process of acquiring knowledge is best achieved through submissive aural reception—hearing from the mother to know the father, or hearing from the spiritual master to know the Absolute. He warns that rascals who manufacture their own religious theories or ignore the tenets of scripture remain in ignorance, even if they are big professors or scientists. Furthermore, he teaches that authoritative statements from mahajanas like Prahlada Maharaja and acaryas like Ramanujacarya provide the scientific data upon which spiritual life is built. Ultimately, by following the footprints of great personalities and accepting the authoritative statements of the Vedas and Bhagavad-gita, the seeker finds perfect knowledge, understands the eternity of the soul, and can successfully participate in the perfection of the yoga system.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''The Standard of Truth:''' A statement is authoritative simply because it is spoken by Kṛṣṇa or found in the authorized Vedic literature; it requires no independent verification by blunt senses.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''Śāstra-cakṣuṣa:''' Real vision is achieved not through the eyes but through the ears, by hearing authoritative statements of sastra, which reveal facts beyond material perception.</ins></div></td></tr>
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Navakishora Mukunda: Created page with "Category:Authoritative Category:Statement Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes"
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<p>Created page with "<a href="/wiki/Category:Authoritative" title="Category:Authoritative">Category:Authoritative</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Statement" title="Category:Statement">Category:Statement</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:All_Categories_-_Vaniquotes" title="Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes">Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes</a>"</p>
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