Vijnana - an essential subject
To understand God, our relationship with God, our duty, we need to do it scientifically. Vijñānam may be broken down into 2 parts; viśeṣa-jñānam. Jñānam is ordinary theoretical knowledge, and viśeṣatā adds in the practical element to knowledge. Simply knowing that God exists is just theoretical knowledge, but practising godly activities is known as vijñānam. Just as we apply our materially obtained theoretical knowledge at work, similarly, we must apply knowledge from scriptures to our daily lives, and that practice is known as devotional service.
Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Vijnana category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 7 quotes.
Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books
Vijnana - explore more within this category.
Vanipedia has now over 903 introductory articles compiled from Srila Prabhupada's books under the series titled Essential Subjects. All these articles can be seen in the Table of Content on the right side of this article and also here in this Umbrella Category. Browse through them to relish the breadth and depth of Srila Prabhupada's teachings - There is a subject for everyone.