Bhagavad-gītā

The science of God.

It is very confidential and requires a specific process to understand.

Our senses need to be purified in order to understand.

<p>Material senses are imperfect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Our experience of the sun is limited and imperfect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chanting His holy name.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nirguna can mean 'no quality' or 'difficult to ascertain' when referring to the Absolute Truth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The name 'water' and the substance water are different.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One cannot satisfy their thirst simply by chanting the name 'water'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Our senses provide us the opportunity to hear God's transcendental name, see His transcendental form, and understand His transcendental qualities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The qualification for understanding God is surrender.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Hare Kṛṣṇa. Yes. That's fine. [pause] Hare Kṛṣṇa. We shall begin Bhagavad-gītā. So I request you to come regularly so long I shall speak on the Bhagavad-gītā, and from the very beginning I shall try to make you understand the process of reading Bhagavad-gītā and the conclusion of the Bhagavad-gītā. By analytical study, I shall try to present. So Bhagavad-gītā is the science of God. Everything has scientific process of understanding. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said, jñānaṁ me parama-guhyaṁ yad vijñāna-samanvitam [SB 2.9.31]. [The Personality of Godhead said: Knowledge about Me as described in the scriptures is very confidential, and it has to be realized in conjunction with devotional service. The necessary paraphernalia for that process is being explained by Me. You may take it up carefully.] Knowledge, or science of God, is very confidential. This science is not ordinary science. It is very confidential. Jñānaṁ me parama-guhyaṁ yad vijñāna-samanvitam. Vijñāna means. Vi means specific. It is a specific knowledge, and it has to be understood by specific process. Generally we understand, we acquire, knowledge by direct perception, experimental knowledge, direct perception. But bhagavad-vijñāna, the science of God, is so extensive and so intricate that it is not possible to apply our imperfect senses to understand the science of God. Then we have to understand with our senses. Otherwise what is the meaning of understanding. Hear. Therefore these senses, when they will be purified, then we can understand. Just like a man cannot see due to some cataract complication, but if the cataract portion is surgically operated, he can see all. Treatment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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