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Sri Isopanisad: Bhakti Caitanya Swami

The document discusses the importance and validity of Vedic knowledge. It states that humans have four defects - making mistakes, being illusioned, cheating, and having imperfect senses - that prevent direct knowledge. Therefore, knowledge about topics beyond our perception, like the spiritual world, can only be known through aurally receiving Vedic knowledge. It stresses the importance of approaching a bona fide guru in disciplic succession to properly understand the Vedas and topics like who God is. The document concludes by explaining how Vyas divided the Vedas and that one should study scriptures like Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad Gita under the guidance of a guru.

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Sri Isopanisad: Bhakti Caitanya Swami

The document discusses the importance and validity of Vedic knowledge. It states that humans have four defects - making mistakes, being illusioned, cheating, and having imperfect senses - that prevent direct knowledge. Therefore, knowledge about topics beyond our perception, like the spiritual world, can only be known through aurally receiving Vedic knowledge. It stresses the importance of approaching a bona fide guru in disciplic succession to properly understand the Vedas and topics like who God is. The document concludes by explaining how Vyas divided the Vedas and that one should study scriptures like Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad Gita under the guidance of a guru.

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SRI ISOPANISAD

BHAKTI CAITANYA SWAMI

Introduction

1. Srila Prabhupada talks about Veda, or the source of knowledge. We cannot be such
because we have four defects:

a) Make mistakes eg. Gandhi


b) Illusion eg. we think we are this body
c) Cheating eg. even though we are not educated in so many things we claim
to be very advanced in knowledge
d) Imperfect senses eg. can you show me God? But we cannot see our hand in
dark

2. An example of the validity of Vedic classifications: varnasrama.

Srila Prabhupada gives examples of stool of cow, and bone of conch


So the idea is that Vedic knowledge is higher and should be accepted

3. Bottom page viii, Srila Prabhupada explains that particularly Vedas are necessary for
knowledge of things beyond our perception.

eg. Who is your father?


So the Vedas are like our mother and we should accept them.

4. Bottom page ix, 3 ways to get knowledge:

a) pratyaksa — direct experience. eg size of sun


b) anumana — inference — all men are mortal (p xii)
c) sabda — aurally received knowledge of things beyond us

5. How to know about spiritual world — it is beyond us. Only way through sabda.
And the Vedas and all the acaryas say Krsna is God
avoid ascending process (aroha), take descending
6. But even if you approach the Vedas it is very hard — Brahma samhita on speed of
mind. So you have to approach them through guru
Qualifications:

tad-vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet


samit-panih srotriyam brahma-nistham

“In order to learn the transcendental science, one must approach the bona fide spiritual
master in disciplic succession, who is fixed in the Absolute Truth.” (Mundaka Upanisad
1.2.12)

Otherwise Krsna can be very confusing — oldest and youngest etc.

7. Process undergone by Vyasa in dividing Veda

Finally we come to Vedanta sutra, which begins: Janmady asya yatah


This happens to also be the first verse of Srimad Bhagavatam.
So we have to study Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita under guru.

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