Category:Darsana
Theme Analysis
Darśana is true seeing: the vision by which the living being moves beyond surface perception and comes toward realized knowledge. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that real advancement is not merely technical skill, artistic expertise, or temporary observation, but brahma-darśanam and ātma-darśanam, the ability to understand the spirit soul and the Supreme Spirit. The quotes also show that darśanam requires personality, because seeing implies both the seer and the seen; therefore real darśana culminates in seeing Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The word also includes tattva-darśana, philosophical vision of the truth, gained by approaching one who has seen reality. Since material senses cannot independently see God, darśana ultimately depends on mercy, service, and purified consciousness.
- Seeing Beyond Matter: Darśana begins when one no longer mistakes temporary material observation for real knowledge. Genuine vision means seeing the spirit soul, the Supreme Spirit, and the ultimate cause behind existence.
- Philosophy Means Tattva-Darśana: True philosophy is not speculation but seeing the truth. The Bhagavad-gītā therefore recommends approaching a spiritual master who is tattva-darśī, one who has realized the Absolute Truth.
- Darśanam Requires Personality: Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that if Brahman were impersonal, there would be no question of darśanam, or seeing face to face. The seer and the seen must both be personal for full spiritual vision.
- Mercy Opens Spiritual Sight: Material senses cannot force God to appear before them. When the Lord gives His darśana by mercy, the devotee can see what ordinary vision cannot reach.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Darśana Begins When the Soul Learns to See the Truth.
Pages in category "Darsana"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- Adhyatma-jnanam, to understand oneself as the spirit soul, that jnanam. Adhyatma-jnanam, tattva-jnanartha-darsanam
- Advancement of civilization means brahma-darsanam. That is advancement. Because so long we do not come to the platform of understanding that "I am spirit soul, I am part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit"
- Atma-darsanam does not mean hrdaya-granthi vrddhi or increasing. Therefore, real atma-darsana, real liberation, real consciousness is separation from this material attachment. Voluntarily, forcefully, or by knowledge, that is required
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- Find out the ultimate cause. That is darsana. In Sanskrit it is called darsana, find out what is the supreme cause
- From the first time I saw you I have been your constant well-wisher. At his first sight of me Srila Prabhupada also saw me with such love. It was in my very first darsana of Srila Prabhupada that I learned how to love
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- I am very pleased with your monthly Bhagavata-Darsana. That is a solid program. Please continue it steadily
- I am very pleased with your monthly Bhagavata-Darsana. That is a solid program. Please continue it steadily. One thing is, you must be careful with the subscription books so that they are not counterfeit or used by cheaters
- I want to develop Gauda-mandala. So in yoga-pitha they could not build even a darsana-mandapa in fifty, sixty years. So we can construct a, what is called, hall
- In Sanskrit it is called silpa-naipunya. That is not jnana. Real jnana is atma-darsanam. That is jnana. So... But we are wasting our time temporary, silpa-darsanam. But atma-darsanam we want. That is real jnana
- In this Kamyavana, Krsna performed enchanting pastimes. Here you will be able to take darsana of many ponds and other transcendental spots. I cannot even describe in writing all the sacred tirthas found at Kamyavana - Bhakti-ratnakara, Fifth Wave
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- The compiler of the Vedanta-darsana is Vyasadeva himself. Yet he is troubled, although he is the author. So what sort of transcendental bliss can be derived by the readers and listeners of Vedanta which is not explained directly by Vyasadeva, the author?
- The word for philosophy is tattva darsana - the Bhagavad-gita recommends that one approach a spiritual master who is tattva darsana, one who has seen the truth. This is philosophy
- The words tattva-marga-darsanam are elucidated elsewhere in Srimad-Bhagavatam: brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti sabdyate (SB 1.2.11). The Absolute Truth is understood differently according to the position of the student
- There are six great philosophers: Kanada - author of Vaisesika philosophy; Gautama - author of logic; Patanjali - author of mystic yoga; Kapila - author of Sankhya philosophy; Jaimini - author of Karma-mimamsa; and Vyasadeva - author of Vedanta-darsana
- Try to make Bhagavata Darsana a regular monthly journal. We have got enough material. Simply it has to be translated to Bengali. Either from old Back to Godheads or from our books
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- We cannot see God by excercising our material senses, but if by mercy of God, He gives us His darsana, then it is possible. This is the desire of God
- We want persons to live in our house who will observe our devotional regulations. We want to pick up some devotees who will be satisfied with regulated life, daily having darsana of the deity, chanting