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Lect BOM 1977-04-01 Higher Knowledge
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ANNOUNCER: Next is a lecture,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on April 1st,
1977, in Bombay, India.
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PRABHUPĀDA: We are
combination of matter and spirit.
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That spirit is divya, transcendental.
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Apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakṛtiṁ parā
[Bg. 7.5]; That is parā prakṛti, superior.
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If there is a superior identity…
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And for understanding that superior
identity we require superior knowledge.
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Not ordinary knowledge.
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divya-jñāna hṛde prakāśito [?]
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So this is the duty of the guru,
to awaken that divya-jñāna.
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Divya-jñāna.
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And because guru enlightens
that divya-jñāna, he is worshiped.
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That is required.
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The modern…
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Modern or always; this is māyā.
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That divya-jñāna is
never manifested.
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They are kept in the
darkness of adivya-jñāna.
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Adivya-jñāna means,
“I am this body.”
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“I am Indian,” “I am American,”
“I am Hindu,” “I am Muslim…”
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This is adivya-jñāna.
Dehātma-buddhiḥ.
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yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri
[SB 10.84.13]
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I am not this body.
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So the beginning of divya-jñāna is
there when we try to understand that,
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“I am not this body; I am superior
element; I am spirit soul.”
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This is inferior.
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So, why should I remain in
this inferior knowledge?
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We should not remain in the…
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Inferior knowledge
means darkness.
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Tamasi mā.
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The Vedic injunction is, “Don’t
remain in the inferior knowledge.”
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Jyotir gamaḥ.
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“Come to the
superior knowledge.”
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So, to worship guru means because
he gives us superior knowledge.
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Not this knowledge: how to eat, how to
sleep, how to have sex life and defend.
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Generally, the political leaders, social
leaders, they give this knowledge:
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how to eat, how to sleep, how
to have sex, how to defend.
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A guru has no business
with these things.
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He is divya-jñāna:
superior knowledge.
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That is required.
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This human form of
life is an opportunity
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to awaken that divya-
jñāna hṛde prakāśito.
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And if he’s kept in darkness about that
divya-jñāna, simply if he is trained up:
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how to eat, how to sleep, how to have
sex and to defend, then life will be lost.
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That is a great loss.
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mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani
[Bg. 9.3]
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aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-
saṁsāra-vartmani
[Bg. 9.3]
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Very risky life if we do not
awaken our divya-jñāna.
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We should always remember this.
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Very risky life.
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Once again thrown into the
waves of birth and death,
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we do not know where I am going.
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Very serious.
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This Kṛṣṇa consciousness
is divya-jñāna.
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It is not ordinary knowledge.
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Everyone should try to
understand this divya-jñāna.
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daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritam [?]
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Therefore one who is
interested in this divya-jñāna,
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he is called daivīṁ
prakṛtim āśritam.
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From daivī, divya comes,
the Sanskrit word.
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Sanskrit word: from
daivī, divya, adjective.
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So, Mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha
daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ [Bg. 9.13].
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One who has taken to this divya-
jñāna process, he is mahātmā.
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Mahātmā is not made by
stamping for receiving knowledge:
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how to eat, how to
sleep, how to have sex.
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That is not the
definition in the śāstras.
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sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ
[Bg. 7.19]
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bahūnāṁ janmanām ante
jñānavān māṁ prapadyante
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vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
sa mahātmā…
[Bg. 7.19]
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One who has got this divya-jñāna,
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vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa
mahātmā, that is mahātmā.
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But that is very, very rare.
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Otherwise, mahātmā like me,
they are loitering in the street.
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That is [indistinct].
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So you should always
remember this word:
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divya-jṣāna hṛde prakāśito
[Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura]
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And because the spiritual master
enlightens the divya-jñāna,
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one feel[s] obliged to him.
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yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo
yasya prasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi
[Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura]
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So this guru-pūjā essential.
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As the Deity worship is essential…
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It is not cheap adoration.
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It is the process of
enlightening the divya-jñāna.
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- Thank you very much.
DEVOTEES: Jaya, Śrīla Prabhupāda!
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