Category:Accepting Truth
Theme Analysis
To accept the truth as revealed by Kṛṣṇa is the fundamental qualification for spiritual advancement. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that the Absolute Truth is not a subject for experimental verification or mental speculation, which are limited by the imperfections of the human senses. Instead, the truth must be received through the descending process of knowledge, directly from the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His bona fide representatives in disciplic succession. Whether regarding the existence of the soul, the nature of the cosmic manifestation, or the personality of the Lord, success lies in submissive hearing and the total acceptance of Vedic authority.
- The Authority of the Supreme: Arjuna's declaration in the Bhagavad-gita serves as the ideal example for a devotee, as he totally accepts whatever Kṛṣṇa says as the absolute truth without personal interpretation.
- Vedic Evidence over Empiricism: Spiritual realities, such as the existence of the soul, cannot be proven by material experiments; they must be accepted on the axiomatic authority of the sruti or Vedic wisdom.
- Limitations of Logic: Speculative logic and argumentation are insufficient for reaching the Absolute Truth; one must abandon mental gymnastics and accept the version of the mahajanas and sastra.
- Personal versus Impersonal: Accepting the Absolute Truth fully means accepting the Supreme Personality of Godhead; those who only accept the impersonal feature realize only a partial aspect of the truth.
- The Disciplic Succession: The perfect system of learning is to receive knowledge from authority, just as the followers of Vedic wisdom accept the statements of Brahma and the acaryas as gospel truth.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Accepting Truth Revealed by Kṛṣṇa.
Pages in category "Accepting Truth"
The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
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- According to this view, the Absolute Truth, Brahman, should therefore be accepted as truth, whereas the cosmic manifestation, although a product of the Absolute Truth, cannot be taken as truth
- Akrura continued, "I am a fool to be always absorbed in thoughts of such things, accepting them as permanent truths"
- Arjuna said: O Krsna, I totally accept as truth all that You have told me. Neither the gods nor demons, O Lord, know Thy personality. BG 1972 Introduction
- As far as the soul's existence is concerned, no one can establish his existence experimentally beyond the proof of sruti or Vedic wisdom. We have to accept this truth. BG 1972 purports
- As soon as one accepts the various energies of the Absolute Truth, one must immediately accept the Absolute Truth to be personal, not impersonal
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- He who accepts this (BG 4.9) truth on the strength of the authority of the Vedas and of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who does not waste time in philosophical speculations attains the highest perfectional stage of liberation. BG 1972 purports
- Here is the truth, Bhagavad-gita, Krsna. So why don't you accept this truth? If you are actually trying to find out the truth, here is the truth. It is accepted by all learned scholars and acaryas of India: the Supreme Absolute Truth is Krsna
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- I accept it as the truth because it has been said by devotees. Since He is the source of all incarnations, everything is possible in Him
- If the class friends of Prahlada Maharaja, the sons of demons, were to accept the truth through Prahlada, they would certainly also become fully aware of transcendental knowledge
- Ignorance is removed perfectly by the discharge of devotional service. This is already explained in the previous verse by the Lord. Now by His grace, Arjuna is accepting Him as the Supreme Truth, in concordance with the Vedic injunction. BG 1972 purports
- In the Bhagavad-gita this truth is confirmed in the Fourth Chapter (BG 4.2), and the perfect system of learning is to receive it from authority. The very same system is accepted universally as truth, but only the false arguer speaks against it
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- Men in ignorance understand a great soul to be a common man and accept a common man as a great soul. They think truth to be untruth and accept untruth as truth
- Men of passionate intelligence understand a great soul to be a common man and accept a common man as a great soul. They think truth to be untruth and accept untruth as truth. BG 1972 purports
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- Simply by accepting this (BG 4.9) truth on faith, one can, without a doubt, attain liberation. The Vedic version, "tattvamasi," is actually applied in this case. BG 1972 purports
- So far this Krsna consciousness movement, there is no need of analogy. It is accepted as truth, and Krsna is accepted as the SPG, and whatever He says is truth. There is no mistake, and if we carry that message, there is no mistake
- So whatever he (Brahma) says, whatever he thinks, and whatever he does normally in his mood are to be accepted as truth because of his direct and very intimate connection with Govinda, the primeval Lord
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- The followers of Vedic wisdom accept the statements of Brahmaji as gospel truth, and transcendental knowledge is thus being distributed all over the world by the process of disciplic succession from time immemorial, since the beginning of the creation
- The King said, "Bhattacarya, you are the most learned and experienced person I know. Therefore when you address Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as Lord Krsna, I accept this as the truth"
- The only qualification that I see in your sampradaya is that you accept the form of the Lord as truth
- The original source of all material energy is the Supreme Person. This fact is expressed in all the Vedic literatures, and all the exponents of spiritual science have accepted this truth
- The transcendental pastimes of the Lord are unfathomable, and I do not know anything about them. Whatever You say I accept as the truth
- There is continually a manifestation of vidya and avidya. Vidya and avidya are very nicely described in Isopanisad. It is said there that sometimes, due to avidya, or a poor fund of knowledge, one accepts the Absolute Truth as ultimately impersonal
- There is the supreme will of God, and no nation or society can live in peace and prosperity without acceptance of this vital truth
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- We have to accept this truth (we cannot establish the existence of the soul beyond the proof of sruti or Vedic wisdom), because there is no other source of understanding the existence of the soul, although it is a fact by perception. BG 1972 purports
- When someone simply accepts the impersonal exhibition of spiritual energy to the exclusion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he does not accept the Absolute Truth in full
- When we speak of the Supreme as impersonal, we deny His spiritual potencies. Logically, if you accept half of the truth, you cannot understand the whole