Category:Accepting Knowledge
Theme Analysis
The process of acquiring genuine understanding distinguishes between two methods: the ascending path of empirical research and the descending path of receiving knowledge from a perfect authority. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that human beings are conditioned by four defects: the tendency to commit mistakes, to be illusioned, to cheat, and to possess imperfect senses. Consequently, any knowledge manufactured by the limited human brain is inherently flawed. Real knowledge, therefore, must be accepted from the infallible Vedic source, which descends through the disciplic succession (parampara) from the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. By accepting this authoritative knowledge without speculation, one saves time and achieves perfection.
- The Four Defects of Conditioned Souls: Human beings are bound by imperfect senses, the propensity to cheat, illusion, and the inevitability of committing mistakes, rendering their independent speculations useless for understanding the Absolute Truth.
- The Descending Process (Avaroha-pantha): Unlike the inductive method where one guesses "perhaps" or "maybe," the deductive Vedic process offers standard, certain knowledge handed down from a superior source.
- Infallibility of Vedic Authority: The Vedas are considered apauruseya (not made by man) and perfect; accepting them allows one to bypass the limitations of experimental logic.
- The Role of Disciplic Succession: Knowledge remains potent and pure only when received through the bona fide guru-parampara system, which transmits the message as it is, without interpretation or alteration.
- Efficiency of Acceptance: Researching with limited senses is a waste of time; accepting the conclusion of the acaryas and scriptures immediately grants one access to the highest truth.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Accepting Knowledge From The Infallible Vedic Authority.
Pages in category "Accepting Knowledge"
The following 68 pages are in this category, out of 68 total.
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- A mistake is the acceptance of an object to be different from what it is or the acceptance of false knowledge
- All these thoughts are basically material. To think either positively or negatively is still thinking materially. Knowledge accepted from the superior source of the Vedas is standard
- All Vedic knowledge is infallible, and Hindus accept Vedic knowledge to be complete and infallible. BG 1972 Introduction
- Any attempt to arrive at this (inconceivable) information through experimental knowledge will fail. The knowledge simply has to be accepted - CC Intro
- Any attempt to arrive at this information (about the Vaikuntha planetary systems) through experimental knowledge is not possible. The knowledge simply has to be accepted
- Anyone discovers or says something nonsense, it is accepted. But the process of Vedic understanding is not like that. You have to accept knowledge from the authority. Therefore Vedic system has rejected the Carvaka Muni
- Anyone who is hesitating in accepting this principle of knowledge, or Krsna consciousness, for him, - nayam loko 'sti, - not even this material world will be happy. And what to speak of his next life
- As soon as one surrenders to Krsna and accepts the perfect standard of knowledge, which is Bhagavad-gita as it is, he then comes out of the material modes of nature and does not fall down and lose his knowledge
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- Because the Vedas are the standard of knowledge, even though they may appear contradictory, they should be accepted. If one does not accept them, he will be bound by the material conditions
- Because this knowledge (of different planetary systems) is accepted through the disciplic succession, it is perfect
- Because this knowledge is accepted through the disciplic succession, it is perfect
- By accepting the knowledge imparted in Bhagavad-gita, anyone can immediately know that this great cosmic machine, of which the earth is a part, is working so wonderfully because there is a driver behind it - Krsna
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- Empiric philosophers who pursue the impersonal Brahman accept only the knowledge that the personality of the living entity is not different from the personality of the Supreme Lord. The absolute conception of a pure devotee, however, includes all others
- Even though I cannot see what is mind, what is intelligence, what is ego, but I can hear about it. Therefore perfect knowledge is acquired by hearing. So we accept knowledge, perfect knowledge, by hearing
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- He (Vivasvan) spoke to his son, Manu. Manu spoke to his son, Iksvaku. In this way the parampara system is coming. And that is bona fide. This is our philosophy, to accept knowledge from the perfect person or his bona fide representative
- How we can accept knowledge from a person who is liable to so many defects of life? Try to understand. Therefore our process of knowledge is not speculation. What we shall do by speculation?
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- If actually they are after something reality, they must accept. It is natural. They have been disgusted with this Christianity. Useless, that's all. But if they are actually serious, then they'll accept knowledge
- If we accept Vedic knowledge, we save so much time. We may go on experimenting with our limited power of senses, but that will always remain doubtful. But if we accept Vedic knowledge, apaurusa knowledge, then it is perfect
- If you actually require perfect knowledge, then we have to accept knowledge this, like this way. It is called avaroha-pantha. Avaroha-pantha means a descendence, or deductive process
- In the Vedic instructions the standard of knowledge is accepted, even though it may sometimes appear that the statements are contradictory
- In their grown-up age, by accepting different departmental knowledge, one becomes a medical practitioner, one becomes engineer, one becomes lawyer or one becomes vagabond
- It is said that we have to accept knowledge through saintly person. Through sastra and guru we have to understand. So Krsna is accepted by all the sadhus and acaryas
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- Jalaja nava-laksani sthavara laksa-vimsati. And the trees, plants, they are two millions. Never says "approximately," "maybe," "perhaps." No. This is all nonsense. We don't accept such knowledge
- Janardana suggested three processes: one by applying our senses, another by accepting knowledge from others, and another, rejection
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- One should accept the sword of knowledge from Krsna and be strong with the mercy of Balarama. We are therefore worshiping Krsna-Balarama in Vrndavana
- One who is conditioned, what is the value of his giving knowledge? So therefore we don't accept any knowledge from the conditioned souls
- One who is imperfect, one who is subjected to so many defects of life, we cannot accept knowledge from them
- One's friends, one's mother, one's mother's father and the President are all guests of time. When this knowledge is accepted, then there will be peace
- Our process of knowledge is not any speculation: "It may be," "Perhaps." No. We don't accept this knowledge. "It may be," "Perhaps" - these are all foolishness
- Our system, if you do not accept the Vedic knowledge through guru-parampara system, it is useless. You cannot manufacture an interpretation of the Vedic language
- Our Vedic civilization, all the great acaryas, teachers, they accept knowledge from the Vedas. Because we accept it Veda is perfect
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- So our, this parampara system from Lord Caitanya, as we have given account just now, we do not manufacture any knowledge by our fertile brain. We accept knowledge as it is coming down from the supreme authority
- So when there is attack, the brahmanas are not expected to go forward; the ksatriyas. So this is training. Everything is perfectly there. People are not accepting. You don't require conference. You simply accept the standard knowledge
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- That is our Krsna consciousness movement, that we don't accept any knowledge from a person who is defective in so many ways. And what is the value of such knowledge
- That which is acintya cannot be ascertained by argument. People generally argue, but our process is not to argue but to accept the Vedic knowledge as it is
- The process is that we must approach to a perfect person and take his instruction as it is. Then our knowledge is perfect. Without any argument. We accept Vedic knowledge like that
- There is difference between false knowledge and authoritative knowledge. So far we are concerned at the present moment, whatever knowledge we are giving or accepting, they are more or less false knowledge. Not authoritative
- They simply want to instruct by his experience. But what is your experience? They're all imperfect. But they are persisting, "No, we cannot accept any knowledge without experiment." Is it not the position
- They too do not accept knowledge from the authority. They manufacture. How you can manufacture? You are a fool, so whatever you'll manufacture, so-called knowledge, that is also foolish
- They'll not accept knowledge given by God, they'll manufacture knowledge. That is material disease. And that knowledge is also uncertain
- This (accepting knowledge from perfect books of knowledge such as Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam) then is the process of Krsna consciousness. It is very easy, and anyone can adopt it and make his life perfect
- This is our Krsna consciousness movement. We don't accept. We accept knowledge from the Vedas, which is perfect
- This knowledge is being imparted by Krsna Himself, Bhagavad-gita. The beginning of this knowledge is when Arjuna accepted Him as guru. Sisyas te 'ham sadhi mam prapannam
- To accept knowledge from these rascals who commit mistake, who are illusioned, who are cheater, whose senses are imperfect, is useless waste of time. This is the sastric injunction
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- Vedas means the knowledge given by the liberated person, by God. So if you accept it, then you get the knowledge immediately. You haven't got to make research or philosophical speculation. That process is deductive process. That process is very nice
- Voluntarily we should try to accept the knowledge and instruction given by Krsna. Then our life will be perfect
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- We accept knowledge from authority. Authority. Just like this statement is given by Krsna. Krsna is accepted as the authority by all the acaryas, in the Bhagavad-gita
- We accept knowledge from such person who knows past, present and future. Persons who do not know even present what is going on, how we can accept knowledge from him? This is not our process
- We accept knowledge from the perfect person. I may be fool, but the knowledge received from the perfect person is perfect. This is our process. We don't try to speculate
- We are so unfortunate, we are not accepting the knowledge given by Krsna. We are hankering after some other knowledge given by some defective human being
- We cannot accept knowledge from sudras. Knowledge must be taken from a brahmin
- We don't take, don't accept knowledge from any rascal. We accept knowledge from Krsna, the Supreme. I may be rascal, but because I am receiving knowledge from the perfect, whatever we speak, that is perfect
- We don't try to speculate. That may or may not be successful, but if you accept knowledge from the perfect authority, that knowledge is perfect
- We have to accept knowledge as it is. Why you say secular or not secular
- We have to accept knowledge from the perfect person. This is the sum and substance. Unless we take knowledge from the perfect person, our knowledge is defective
- We have to accept knowledge from Veda, Vedic knowledge, not this rascal's knowledge. Rascal knowledge is that, "Yes," as soon as he comes to the imperfect point, - Yes, we are trying
- We should accept knowledge from such person who is beyond these four defects of conditional life. What is that? Illusion, mistake, cheating and imperfectness. So Srimad-Bhagavatam is that proof
- We should cultivate our spiritual potencies by knowledge. The knowledge is already there; we simply have to accept it
- With all these defects, we cannot accept anyone's knowledge. This is Vedic process. This is called parampara system, disciplic succession. We receive knowledge perfectly from the Supreme Bhagavan
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- You are admitting that you are blindly believing. So you are blind. You remain blind if you don't accept knowledge. Why you are trying to lead other blind men? Let them have knowledge
- You have to accept Vedic knowledge. What is stated in the Vedas, that you have to accept. That's all. Otherwise there is no possibility
- Your senses are imperfect, you are cheating, you are illusioned and you commit mistake. How you can give perfect knowledge? Therefore we don't accept any knowledge from an imperfect personality