Category:Eternal Knowledge
Theme Analysis
In the material world, knowledge is often a product of research and speculation, subject to constant revision. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda distinguishes this from eternal knowledge, which needs no research because it is already established. This knowledge (cit) is an intrinsic aspect of the Supreme Lord's form (sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha) and, by extension, the form of the living entity. While currently covered by material existence, this original state of full knowledge can be revived. Unlike the partial realization of the Paramātmā or Brahman features, which may focus on eternity or knowledge alone, the complete realization involves participating in the Lord's eternal pastimes. This knowledge is timeless, as demonstrated by Kṛṣṇa's instruction to the sun-god millions of years ago, which remained the same when spoken to Arjuna.
- No Research Needed: Eternal knowledge is already established; it is not a new thesis or discovery.
- Constitutional Nature: The soul shares the quality of cit (knowledge) with God, though in minute quantity.
- The Goal: We are seeking to return to the eternal world to regain our body of eternal blissful knowledge.
- Impersonal vs. Personal: Impersonalists are satisfied with just knowledge (light), but the full realization includes bliss (ananda) in relationship with Kṛṣṇa.
- Permanence: Material knowledge is temporary; spiritual knowledge saves one from the greatest danger and continues even after death.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Beyond Research - Certainty of Eternal Knowledge.
Pages in category "Eternal Knowledge"
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
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- He (the Lord) likes every part and parcel of His different potencies to take part in the blissful rasa because participation with the Lord in His eternal rasa-lila is the highest living condition, perfect in spiritual bliss and eternal knowledge
- How we can get that eternal life, eternal nature, eternal happiness and eternal knowledge - the Bhagavad-gita is meant for that purpose. If you are interested for eternity, then Bhagavad-gita is very congenial
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- I'm simply transmigrating from one body to another. If this is stopped now, now if I get in my next body my eternal life, eternal knowledge and eternal bliss, why I shall not accept this
- If you become anxious to have a body like Krsna, that is also ready. Now it is your choice. If you like, you take the body of a fish, or if you like, you take the body of sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (Bs. 5.1), eternal, blissful knowledge
- Ignorance of the personal feature of the Lord is due simply to ignorance of the mixture of different modes. The impersonalist thus cannot conceive of the Lord's eternal spiritual form of eternal knowledge, bliss and existence
- Instead of having eternal, blissful, knowledgeable life, we have got this body which is non-eternal, non-permanent and always miserable in condition, and not blissful. Always miserable and always in ignorance
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- Narada Muni said, "You (Krsna) have taken birth in the Yadu dynasty, or the Vrsni dynasty. Your advent on the surface of the earth in Your original form of eternal blissful knowledge is Your own pastime"
- Not only this earth but also all the planets of the universes are places of misery because in none of the planets within the universe is there eternal life, eternal bliss and eternal knowledge
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- Sat-cit-ananda. That is the formation of Krsna, and that is our formation also. Sat means eternal. Cit means full knowledge. Eternal, full knowledge and ananda. Ananda. Ananda means bliss
- Since God is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha He likes every part & parcel of His different potencies to take part in the blissful rasa: participation with God in His eternal rasa-lila is the highest living condition perfect in spiritual bliss & eternal knowledge
- Spiritual knowledge, that is eternal knowledge. It will not break. If you learn spiritual knowledge, a little of it in this life, svalpam apy asya dharmasya trayate mahato bhayat, then you will be saved from the greatest danger
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- The concrete example is Narada Himself, who attained this stage of eternal knowledge and eternal bliss. And the ways and means are open to all, provided one agrees to follow in the footsteps of Sri Narada Muni
- The conditioned soul can regain his form of eternal knowledge and bliss simply by seeing the Lord by means of bhakti-yoga
- The denizens of the antimaterial world possess eternal life, eternal knowledge and eternal bliss. In other words, they have all the qualifications of God
- The Lord is full bliss, eternal knowledge. So the impersonalists, they are satisfied with only knowledge, jnana, light. That's all
- The situation is that we are actually seeking eternal knowledge, but this cannot be acquired by this material body. We are all seeking enjoyment through these bodies, but bodily enjoyment is not our actual enjoyment. It is artificial
- The whole process, the whole process of material activities, material nature, is going on under this principle, that we are required to go back to the eternal world, to get our eternal life and eternal blissful knowledge
- Time, it may be any time, but the knowledge is eternal. Just like Krsna spoke five thousand years ago to Arjuna and some forty millions of years ago to the sun god. So time is different
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- When there is no these material impediments, naturally the life is eternal, the knowledge is eternal, the bliss is eternal
- While you are human being, you, if you utilize your life in that way, then at the end, when you give up this body, you go back to Godhead for eternal life, eternal bliss, eternal knowledge and live happily, without any material miseries