The Science of Knowing God
The Science of Knowing God
The Science of Knowing God
To understand God one must first come to the enlivened state of liberation, free from the influence of the material modes of nature. Science is true everywhere. Not that I can imagine my God according to my whims, you can imagine your God according to your whims. That is going on. But how can you imagine? There is no question of imagining.
Vijnana means science. Krishna consciousness is not a concoction or speculation. It is a science, just as mathematics is a science: Two plus two equals four. You cannot make two plus two equal five, according to your whims. No. Anywhere you go, it doesn't matter, two plus two equals four, because mathematics is science. So either in America or in India or in England, everyone will accept that two plus two equals four. That is science.
This bhagavat-tattva-vijnanamthis truth, this sciencecan be understood by a person who is mukta-sanga, freed from material association. He can understand. Mukta-sangasya jayate. And one's condition at that point will be evam prasanna-manasahenlightened, engladdened. As long as we are in the jurisdiction of ignorance and passion, there cannot be any jubilation, there cannot be any enlightenment. Therefore we have to come to the platform of goodness.
A jubilant person can understand, "Why are people working so hard like cats and dogs?"
Human life is meant for understanding God. Athato brahma-jijnasa. In animal life, one cannot understand. But in human life, consciousness is developed. One can understand. That understanding is there in the mode of goodness. How does one becomes intelligent in understanding God? When he is on the platform of goodness, he can study the nature of things and ask, "Why shall I work so hard for getting all my material necessities? They are being supplied by nature. The birds and beasts are getting their food, they are getting their mates, they are being protected in their own way, and they have a sleeping nest, an apartment."
When we sit down in the garden, we see that even the small ant has a family, it has a home, and it has food. Everything is there. From the ant to the elephant. Who is supplying? The animals do not do any business. They have no profession. But they are getting their necessities of life.
You see? Things have been made so easy, actually, but the unfortunate class of men cannot take to it.
Thank you very much.
Srila Prabhupada
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