Kaala Yoga Studio – The difference between knowledge and realization (jnana and vijnana) is that first we acquire knowledge and then, by the mercy of the Guru and Krishna, we receive the realization of that knowledge in our hearts. – The sastras describe five types of knowledge: pratyaksha (direct perception), but this way of acquiring knowledge involves some defects. – Any knowledge acquired only by ordinary human beings or through direct perception is imperfect. –...
2026, Discourses in English 2026, Discourses Translated into Spanish 2026, Barcelona 2026, Kaala Yoga Studio 2026, Spain 2026, krsnera yateka khela sarvottama nara-lila, te tam bhuktva svarga-lokam visalam, Bhagavad-gita 9.21, Chaitanya-charitamrita Madhya 21.101, aprakrita-jnana: transcendental knowledge (knowledge beyond material perception; spiritual understanding revealed by bhakti), Bhagavad-gita: why Krishna manifested it, jiva: four jiva's defects: bhrama (tendency to make mistakes); pramada (delusion); vipralipsa (the tendency to cheat); and karanapatava (imperfect material senses), jnana and vijnana: difference, knowledge: 5 primary types of knowledge in Bhagavad-gita, knowledge: acquired only by ordinary human beings or through direct perception is imperfect, knowledge: anumana (understanding unseen realities through inference); for example Svargaloka described in the scriptures, knowledge: aparoksha (the knowledge of impersonalists who realize the existence of the wheel of samsara and desire immersion in brahman), knowledge: jnana and vijnana, sukriti: leading to birth on celestial planets but after the results are exhausted one is born again on Earth
