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• 12:19, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page According to the Vedic sources, of all authorities Krsna is the greatest and most perfect (mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya) - BG 7.7 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic sources, of all authorities Krsna is the greatest and most perfect (mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti...")
• 12:09, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We have no choice but to believe authorities in order to get knowledge. And when the authority is perfect, our knowledge is perfect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have no choice but to believe authorities in order to get knowledge. And when the authority is perfect, our knowledge is pe...")
• 11:55, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We're not experiencing these events directly, and we don't know that such events are actually taking place, but we accept the authority of the newspapers and radio (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We're not experiencing these events directly, and we don't know that such events are actually taking place, but we accept the...")
• 11:48, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We are accepting the statements of authorities in every field of our activities. From newspapers and radio we also understand that such and such events are taking place in China and India and other places all around the earth (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We are accepting the statements of authorities in every field of our activities. From newspapers and radio we also understand...")
• 11:43, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Are we to accept the scientific proclamation, the proclamation of authorities, or our own experience? Although we cannot ourselves prove how large the sun is, we accept the verdict of astronomers (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Are we to accept the scientific proclamation, the proclamation of authorities, or our own experience? Although we cannot ourse...")
• 11:32, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page By direct perception we can see that the sun is just like a disc, no larger than the plate we eat on. From scientists, however, we come to understand that the sun is many thousands of times larger than the earth. So what are we to accept (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By direct perception we can see that the sun is just like a disc, no larger than the plate we eat on. From scientists, however...")
• 09:14, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Out of the three methods of acquiring knowledge, the Vedas say that the third method, that of receiving knowledge from higher authorities, is the most perfect. Direct perception is always imperfect, especially in the conditional stage of life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Out of the three methods of acquiring knowledge, the Vedas say that the third method, that of receiving knowledge from higher...")
• 09:06, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If someone asks, "Who found this truth first? Did you discover it?" it is very difficult to say. All we can say is that the knowledge is coming down and that we accept it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If someone asks, "Who found this truth first? Did you discover it?" it is very difficult to say. All we can say is that the kn...")
• 08:58, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Such a saying as "Man is mortal" is accepted from higher authorities. Everyone accepts this, but no one has experienced that all men are mortal. By tradition, we have to accept this (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Such a saying as "Man is mortal" is accepted from higher authorities. Everyone accepts this, but no one has experienced that a...")
• 08:55, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The second method, anumana, is auricular: we may hear children playing outside, and by hearing we can conjecture that they are there. And the third method is the method of taking truths from a higher authority (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The second method, anumana, is auricular: we may hear children playing outside, and by hearing we can conjecture that they are...")
• 08:52, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page According to the Vedas, there are three kinds of proof: pratyaksa, anumana and sabda. One is by direct visual perception. If a person is sitting in front of me, I can see him sitting there, and my knowledge of his sitting there is received through my eyes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedas, there are three kinds of proof: pratyakṣa, anumāna and śabda. One is by direct visual perception....")
• 08:44, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page According to the Vedic system, knowledge which is achieved from the greatest authority is to be considered perfect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"According to the Vedic system, knowledge which is achieved from the greatest authority is to be considered perfect"}} {{notes|...")
• 08:39, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We can understand from the histories that even while He was on this earth, He was considered the greatest personality of His time. Indeed, He was the greatest in all fields of activity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"we can understand from the histories that even while He was on this earth, He was considered the greatest personality of His t...")
• 08:30, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If a man who is conditioned by so many imperfections says that he is the greatest of all, he blasphemes. But Krsna can say this (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If a man who is conditioned by so many imperfections says that he is the greatest of all, he blasphemes. But Krsna can say thi...")
• 08:24, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Sri Krsna is saying that there is no authority greater than Him, and this appears to be very dogmatic. If I say, "There is no one greater than me," people would think, - Oh, Swamiji is very proud (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Sri Krsna is saying that there is no authority greater than Him, and this appears to be very dogmatic. If I say, "There is no...")
• 08:19, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Although the authority is acknowledged, there are many passages in Bhagavad-gita which appear to be dogmatic. For instance, in the Seventh Chapter Sri Krsna says - O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna), there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Although the authority is acknowledged, there are many passages in Bhagavad-gita which appear to be dogmatic. For instance, in...")
• 06:11, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The inductive process consequently is not always perfect, whereas the deductive process from a source of perfect knowledge is perfect. The Vedic process is such a process (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The inductive process consequently is not always perfect, whereas the deductive process from a source of perfect knowledge is...")
• 04:31, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We may never have seen a man who is not mortal, but we are judging this on our personal experience, which is finite. Our senses have limited power, and there are so many defects in our conditional state (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may never have seen a man who is not mortal, but we are judging this on our personal experience, which is finite. Our sense...")
• 04:25, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We may study that this man died and that man died, etc., and after seeing that so many men have died we may conclude or generalize that all men are mortal, but there is a major defect in this inductive method, and that is that our experience is limited (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may thus study that this man died and that man died, etc., and after seeing that so many men have died we may conclude or g...")
• 04:21, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page How is the premise that all men are mortal arrived at? Followers of the inductive method wish to arrive at this premise through experiment and observations (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"how is the premise that all men are mortal arrived at? Followers of the inductive method wish to arrive at this premise throug...")
• 04:04, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page We may take a premise such as, "All men are mortal," and no one need discuss how man is mortal. It is generally accepted that this is the case. The deductive conclusion is: - Mr. Johnson is a man; therefore Mr. Johnson is mortal (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We may take a premise such as, "All men are mortal," and no one need discuss how man is mortal. It is generally accepted that...")
• 03:54, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There are two processes for attaining knowledge - one is inductive and the other is deductive. The deductive method is considered to be more perfect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are two processes for attaining knowledge - one is inductive and the other is deductive. The deductive method is conside...")
• 03:49, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Our knowledge of a subject cannot be perfectionalized unless we receive it through authoritative sources (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Our knowledge of a subject cannot be perfectionalized unless we receive it through authoritative sources"}} {{notes|}} {{compi...")
• 03:41, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page A new lawyer has to become an apprentice of an experienced lawyer, or a young man studying to be a doctor has to become an intern and work with those who are already licensed practitioners (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A new lawyer has to become an apprentice of an experienced lawyer, or a young man studying to be a doctor has to become an int...")
• 03:34, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It is not difficult to understand the necessity of going through the disciplic succession to understand Bhagavad-gita. If we wish to be a lawyer, an engineer or doctor, we have to receive knowledge from the authoritative lawyers, engineers and doctors (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is not difficult to understand the necessity of going through the disciplic succession to understand Bhagavad-gītā. If we...")
• 03:29, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Bhagavad-gita is not an ordinary book of knowledge which we can purchase from the market place, read and merely consult a dictionary to understand. This is not possible. If it were, Krsna would never have told Arjuna that the science was lost (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā is not an ordinary book of knowledge which we can purchase from the market place, read and merely consult a di...")
• 03:20, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we understand Bhagavad-gita in the same way that Arjuna did, we should know that our understanding is correct. This should be the criteria for our studying of BG. If we actually want to receive benefit from BG, we have to follow this principle (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we understand Bhagavad-gītā in the same way that Arjuna did, we should know that our understanding is correct. This shoul...")
• 03:17, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs deleted page If we have any knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, we have to see how it tallies with the understanding of Arjuna. If we understand Bhagavad-gita in the same way that Arjuna did, we should know that our understanding is correct (content was: "#REDIRECT If we have any knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, we have to see how it tallies with the understanding of Arjuna", and the only contributor was "Soham" (talk))
• 03:16, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs moved page If we have any knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, we have to see how it tallies with the understanding of Arjuna. If we understand Bhagavad-gita in the same way that Arjuna did, we should know that our understanding is correct to If we have any knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, we have to see how it tallies with the understanding of Arjuna
• 03:14, 10 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we have any knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, we have to see how it tallies with the understanding of Arjuna. If we understand Bhagavad-gita in the same way that Arjuna did, we should know that our understanding is correct (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we have any knowledge of Bhagavad-gita, we have to see how it tallies with the understanding of Arjuna. If we understand Bh...")
• 08:09, 9 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Arjuna understood Bhagavad-gita from Krsna, and if we wish to understand it, we have to understand it from Arjuna, not from any other source (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna understood Bhagavad-gita from Krsna, and if we wish to understand it, we have to understand it from Arjuna, not from an...")
• 07:58, 9 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page In India, there are disciplic successions coming from Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka, Visnu Svami and other great sages. The Vedic literatures are understood through the superior spiritual masters (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In India, there are disciplic successions coming from Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarka, Visnu Svami and other great sages....")
• 07:52, 9 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page The fact is that the wisdom of the Absolute Truth is very confidential, but if we follow the authorities, it can be understood (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The fact is that the wisdom of the Absolute Truth is very confidential, but if we follow the authorities, it can be understood...")
• 07:38, 9 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There are also many philosophers with different opinions, and they're always contradicting one another. If the truth cannot be understood by reading various scriptures, by logical argument or philosophical theories, then how can it be attained (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are also many philosophers with different opinions, and they're always contradicting one another. If the truth cannot be...")
• 07:32, 9 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As far as scriptures are concerned, we find different scriptures describing the Absolute Truth in different ways. If we analyze all of them, there will be bewilderment (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As far as scriptures are concerned, we find different scriptures describing the Absolute Truth in different ways. If we analyz...")
• 07:30, 9 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There are many things which do not come within the jurisdiction of our sense of logic (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many things which do not come within the jurisdiction of our sense of logic"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{compl...")
• 23:13, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page As soon as the Gita is interpreted according to the motive of an individual, the purpose is lost. It is stated that we cannot attain the conclusion of the Vedic literature by the force of our own logic or argument (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"As soon as the Gita is interpreted according to the motive of an individual, the purpose is lost. It is stated that we cannot...")
• 23:10, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If fighting is proclaimed a necessity in Bhagavad-gita, how is it possible to prove nonviolence from it? Such interpretations are attempts to distort Bhagavad-gita (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If fighting is proclaimed a necessity in Bhagavad-gita, how is it possible to prove nonviolence from it? Such interpretations...")
• 23:06, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs deleted page It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them. If fighting is proclaimed a necessity in Bhagavad-gita, how is it possible to prove nonviolence from it (content was: "#REDIRECT It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them", and the only contributor was "Soham" (talk))
• 23:06, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs moved page It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them. If fighting is proclaimed a necessity in Bhagavad-gita, how is it possible to prove nonviolence from it to It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them
• 23:04, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page It was Krsna's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Krsna gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking the credit of conquering them. If fighting is proclaimed a necessity in Bhagavad-gita, how is it possible to prove nonviolence from it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It was Kṛṣṇa's program that the warriors were all destined to die, and Kṛṣṇa gave Arjuna the opportunity of taking...")
• 23:01, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Krsna tells Arjuna that the battle had already been decided by the Supreme, that the people who were assembled on the battlefield were predestined never to return (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Krsna tells Arjuna that the battle had already been decided by the Supreme, that the people who were assembled on the battlefi...")
• 22:56, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page How is it possible to prove nonviolence from Bhagavad-gita? The very theme of Bhagavad-gita involves Arjuna's reluctance to fight and Krsna's inducing him to kill his opponents (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"How is it possible to prove nonviolence from Bhagavad-gītā? The very theme of Bhagavad-gītā involves Arjuna's reluctance t...")
• 22:51, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page By scholarship we may be able to manufacture some theory of Bhagavad-gita, just as Mahatma Gandhi did when he interpreted Bhagavad-gita in an effort to support his theory of nonviolence (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By scholarship we may be able to manufacture some theory of Bhagavad-gītā, just as Mahātmā Gandhi did when he interpreted...")
• 22:44, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If we wish to understand Bhagavad-gita in a different way, or give an individual interpretation, that may be an exhibition of our scholarship, but it is not Bhagavad-gita (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we wish to understand Bhagavad-gita in a different way, or give an individual interpretation, that may be an exhibition of...")
• 22:39, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page If one wants to understand Bhagavad-gita, he cannot take help from other methods. He must understand it as prescribed in Bhagavad-gita itself, by understanding it as Arjuna understood it (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If one wants to understand Bhagavad-gītā, he cannot take help from other methods. He must understand it as prescribed in Bha...")
• 22:34, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Arjuna knew that Krsna was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore he surrendered himself unto Him, accepting Him as his spiritual master. Unless one is a devotee of Lord Krsna's, he cannot possibly understand Bhagavad-gita (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Arjuna knew that Kṛṣṇa was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore he surrendered himself unto Him, accepting...")
• 22:28, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page This (Krsna's devotee and friend) was Arjuna's exceptional qualification, a qualification which the sages did not have (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This was Arjuna's exceptional qualification, a qualification which the sages did not have"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Soham}} {{c...")
• 14:30, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page There were many great sages living at the time, and Sri Krsna could have given Bhagavad-gita to them. The answer is that despite being an ordinary man, Arjuna had one great qualification: bhakto 'si me sakha ceti - You are My devotee and My friend (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There were many great sages living at the time, and Śrī Kṛṣṇa could have given Bhagavad-gītā to them. The answer is...")
• 14:25, 8 June 2022 Soham talk contribs created page Of all people, why did Sri Krsna select Arjuna as a recipient of this knowledge? Arjuna was not a great scholar at all, nor was he a yogi, meditator or a holy man. He was a warrior about to engage in battle (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Of all people, why did Sri Krsna select Arjuna as a recipient of this knowledge? Arjuna was not a great scholar at all, nor wa...")