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Category:Absolute Truth Is Known

Theme Analysis

Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that while the Absolute Truth is one and non-dual, it is known and realized in three different phases: Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān. These phases represent a progressive understanding of the same unified identity. The impersonal Brahman is the objective of mental speculators, the localized Paramātmā is the goal of meditative yogīs, and Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the ultimate realization of the self-realized soul. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that one who understands these three features is a tattvavit, for they know not only the Lord but also their own factual relationship with Him. To attain this complete knowledge, one must move beyond the limitations of their own teeny brain and submissively hear from authorized scriptures like the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, concentrating their mind specifically on Kṛṣṇa.

  • Progressive Realization: The Absolute Truth is not dual, yet it is known through three distinct aspects depending on the seeker's vision.
  • The Tattvavit: One who knows all three features—Brahman, Paramātmā, and Bhagavān—is considered a person in complete knowledge.
  • The Final Word: While Brahman and Paramātmā are features of the Truth, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate and most complete realization.
  • The Path of Knowledge: Real knowledge of the Absolute Truth requires approaching a tattva-darśī and following the authorized Vedic process.
  • Overcoming Ignorance: Without knowing the Absolute Truth, one remains in ignorance; but by knowing the Truth, all other things become known.

Pages in category "Absolute Truth Is Known"

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