0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,507 Lect BOM 1977-04-01 Higher Knowledge 1 00:00:01,508 --> 00:00:03,040 ANNOUNCER: Next is a lecture, 2 00:00:03,041 --> 00:00:08,895 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:08,896 --> 00:00:16,839 recorded on April 1st, 1977, in Bombay, India. 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:26,490 PRABHUPĀDA: We are combination of matter and spirit. 5 00:00:26,491 --> 00:00:33,664 That spirit is divya, transcendental. 6 00:00:33,665 --> 00:00:41,166 Apareyam itas tu viddhi me prakṛtiṁ parā [Bg. 7.5]; That is parā prakṛti, superior. 7 00:00:41,167 --> 00:00:47,670 If there is a superior identity… 8 00:00:47,671 --> 00:00:55,777 And for understanding that superior identity we require superior knowledge. 9 00:00:55,778 --> 00:00:58,966 Not ordinary knowledge. 10 00:00:58,967 --> 00:01:04,526 divya-jñāna hṛde prakāśito [?] 11 00:01:04,527 --> 00:01:17,609 So this is the duty of the guru, to awaken that divya-jñāna. 12 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:21,815 Divya-jñāna. 13 00:01:21,816 --> 00:01:31,816 And because guru enlightens that divya-jñāna, he is worshiped. 14 00:01:31,817 --> 00:01:36,271 That is required. 15 00:01:36,272 --> 00:01:38,387 The modern… 16 00:01:38,388 --> 00:01:43,709 Modern or always; this is māyā. 17 00:01:43,710 --> 00:01:51,251 That divya-jñāna is never manifested. 18 00:01:51,252 --> 00:01:56,948 They are kept in the darkness of adivya-jñāna. 19 00:01:56,949 --> 00:02:03,130 Adivya-jñāna means, “I am this body.” 20 00:02:03,131 --> 00:02:10,508 “I am Indian,” “I am American,” “I am Hindu,” “I am Muslim…” 21 00:02:10,509 --> 00:02:16,528 This is adivya-jñāna. Dehātma-buddhiḥ. 22 00:02:16,529 --> 00:02:19,697 yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri [SB 10.84.13] 23 00:02:19,698 --> 00:02:23,102 I am not this body. 24 00:02:23,103 --> 00:02:31,270 So the beginning of divya-jñāna is there when we try to understand that, 25 00:02:31,271 --> 00:02:39,260 “I am not this body; I am superior element; I am spirit soul.” 26 00:02:39,261 --> 00:02:42,613 This is inferior. 27 00:02:42,614 --> 00:02:49,867 So, why should I remain in this inferior knowledge? 28 00:02:49,868 --> 00:02:53,117 We should not remain in the… 29 00:02:53,118 --> 00:02:57,185 Inferior knowledge means darkness. 30 00:02:57,186 --> 00:02:58,958 Tamasi mā. 31 00:02:58,959 --> 00:03:05,621 The Vedic injunction is, “Don’t remain in the inferior knowledge.” 32 00:03:05,622 --> 00:03:07,969 Jyotir gamaḥ. 33 00:03:07,970 --> 00:03:12,574 “Come to the superior knowledge.” 34 00:03:12,575 --> 00:03:25,446 So, to worship guru means because he gives us superior knowledge. 35 00:03:25,447 --> 00:03:34,125 Not this knowledge: how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex life and defend. 36 00:03:34,126 --> 00:03:39,869 Generally, the political leaders, social leaders, they give this knowledge: 37 00:03:39,870 --> 00:03:45,445 how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex, how to defend. 38 00:03:45,446 --> 00:03:51,120 A guru has no business with these things. 39 00:03:51,121 --> 00:03:55,551 He is divya-jñāna: superior knowledge. 40 00:03:55,552 --> 00:03:58,847 That is required. 41 00:03:58,848 --> 00:04:04,498 This human form of life is an opportunity 42 00:04:04,499 --> 00:04:11,690 to awaken that divya- jñāna hṛde prakāśito. 43 00:04:11,691 --> 00:04:19,989 And if he’s kept in darkness about that divya-jñāna, simply if he is trained up: 44 00:04:19,990 --> 00:04:29,325 how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex and to defend, then life will be lost. 45 00:04:29,326 --> 00:04:34,763 That is a great loss. 46 00:04:34,764 --> 00:04:38,549 mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani [Bg. 9.3] 47 00:04:38,550 --> 00:04:45,410 aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu- saṁsāra-vartmani [Bg. 9.3] 48 00:04:45,411 --> 00:04:51,181 Very risky life if we do not awaken our divya-jñāna. 49 00:04:51,182 --> 00:04:55,570 We should always remember this. 50 00:04:55,571 --> 00:04:58,281 Very risky life. 51 00:04:58,282 --> 00:05:05,028 Once again thrown into the waves of birth and death, 52 00:05:05,029 --> 00:05:09,665 we do not know where I am going. 53 00:05:09,666 --> 00:05:13,089 Very serious. 54 00:05:13,090 --> 00:05:17,507 This Kṛṣṇa consciousness is divya-jñāna. 55 00:05:17,508 --> 00:05:21,334 It is not ordinary knowledge. 56 00:05:21,335 --> 00:05:30,193 Everyone should try to understand this divya-jñāna. 57 00:05:30,194 --> 00:05:32,387 daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritam [?] 58 00:05:32,388 --> 00:05:38,219 Therefore one who is interested in this divya-jñāna, 59 00:05:38,220 --> 00:05:40,531 he is called daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritam. 60 00:05:40,532 --> 00:05:46,950 From daivī, divya comes, the Sanskrit word. 61 00:05:46,951 --> 00:05:55,026 Sanskrit word: from daivī, divya, adjective. 62 00:05:55,027 --> 00:06:02,200 So, Mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ [Bg. 9.13]. 63 00:06:02,201 --> 00:06:09,766 One who has taken to this divya- jñāna process, he is mahātmā. 64 00:06:09,767 --> 00:06:14,849 Mahātmā is not made by stamping for receiving knowledge: 65 00:06:14,850 --> 00:06:19,243 how to eat, how to sleep, how to have sex. 66 00:06:19,244 --> 00:06:24,207 That is not the definition in the śāstras. 67 00:06:24,208 --> 00:06:27,731 sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ [Bg. 7.19] 68 00:06:27,732 --> 00:06:32,296 bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyante 69 00:06:32,297 --> 00:06:36,265 vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā… [Bg. 7.19] 70 00:06:36,266 --> 00:06:39,341 One who has got this divya-jñāna, 71 00:06:39,342 --> 00:06:42,897 vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā, that is mahātmā. 72 00:06:42,898 --> 00:06:44,776 But that is very, very rare. 73 00:06:44,777 --> 00:06:48,968 Otherwise, mahātmā like me, they are loitering in the street. 74 00:06:48,969 --> 00:06:52,671 That is [indistinct]. 75 00:06:52,672 --> 00:06:56,251 So you should always remember this word: 76 00:06:56,252 --> 00:07:01,353 divya-jṣāna hṛde prakāśito [Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura] 77 00:07:01,354 --> 00:07:07,139 And because the spiritual master enlightens the divya-jñāna, 78 00:07:07,140 --> 00:07:11,715 one feel[s] obliged to him. 79 00:07:11,716 --> 00:07:19,855 yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasya prasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi [Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura] 80 00:07:19,856 --> 00:07:23,656 So this guru-pūjā essential. 81 00:07:23,657 --> 00:07:26,705 As the Deity worship is essential… 82 00:07:26,706 --> 00:07:31,464 It is not cheap adoration. 83 00:07:31,465 --> 00:07:38,095 It is the process of enlightening the divya-jñāna. 84 00:07:38,096 --> 00:07:46,157 - Thank you very much. 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