Category:So-called Knowledge
Theme Analysis
The pursuit of materialistic intelligence, which modern society labels as advancement, is often identified by Śrīla Prabhupāda as a sophisticated form of ignorance. Real knowledge must be grounded in an understanding of the eternal soul and its relationship with the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. When intellectual progress is built on the flawed basis of the bodily concept of life or the denial of God, the resulting "so-called knowledge" serves only to deepen the soul's entanglement in the material world. This state of being, known as māyayāpahṛta-jñāna, describes those whose intelligence is stolen by illusion, leading them to manufacture destructive technologies like the atomic bomb and speculative philosophies that fail to solve the actual problems of birth, old age, disease, and death.
- The Theft of Intelligence by Māyā: Despite having academic qualifications or scientific prowess, asuras and those who deny God remain in total darkness because their real intelligence has been stolen by the illusory energy.
- The Uselessness of Speculation: Human society frequently relies on passages of "perhaps" and "it may be," showing that manufactured theories like Darwinism always remain in doubt and fail to explain the true origin of life.
- Failure at the Time of Death: Although atheists attempt to use their so-called scientific knowledge to deny the supremacy of the Lord, their intellectual pride is completely crushed by the inevitable arrival of death.
- Nescience versus Real Knowledge: Engaging in the culture of so-called knowledge can be even more harmful than total ignorance, as it fosters a false sense of advancement while accelerating destructive processes in society.
- The Path of Devotional Service: Realizing the absolute truth is impossible through mental speculation; one must approach Kṛṣṇa through the authorized process of bhakti-mārga to gain full knowledge.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: How So-called Knowledge Leads to Dark Regions of Ignorance.
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Pages in category "So-called Knowledge"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- By so-called knowledge we have simply succeeded in manufacturing the atomic bomb. Thus the killing process has been accelerated
- By the illusory energy of maya, the so-called knowledge, our real knowledge has been taken away, and some foolish knowledge has been imposed upon us that we are thinking - Oh, we are advancing. Advancement of knowledge
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- If the human society makes progress of their so-called knowledge on this wrong basis understanding, then what will be the result? Everything wrong, everything wrong, everything wrong. Everything foolish
- If we inquire, "Wherefrom this chunk comes?" that they cannot answer. Therefore the so-called scientific knowledge always remains in doubt. Darwin's theory... There are so many passages: "It may be, perhaps"
- If you want to know what is God, what is Krsna, then you have to go through this bhakti-marga, or devotional... There is no other way. Krsna never says that He can be known through speculation or cultivation of so-called speculative knowledge
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- The animal cannot understand that there is soul and there is transmigration of the soul. And if the human society makes progress of their so-called knowledge on this wrong basis understanding, then what will be the result? Everything wrong
- The asuras . . . mayayapahrta-jnanah (BG 7.15). They may think themselves as very advanced in knowledge, but they are rascal number one because their so-called knowledge, the effect of knowledge, is taken away by maya
- The Mayavadi philosophers may be very proud of their so-called knowledge, but because they do not understand Vasudeva (vasudevah sarvam iti), they do not understand the world of duality, which is a manifestation of Vasudeva's external energy
- The modern scientists’ theory that life begins from matter is nonsense. Both matter and life begin from life. Unfortunately the scientists do not know this scientific fact; they are drifting in the darkness of their so-called knowledge
- 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
- Those who engage in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance. Worse still are those engaged in the culture of so-called knowledge