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If you take, simply take religion without basis of philosophy, then it is fanaticism. That's all

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"if you take . . . simply take religion without basis of philosophy, then it is fanaticism. That's all"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

So Bhagavad-gītā is that: religion combined with philosophy. If you simply take philosophy, it is dry speculation, no juice. Carvita-carvaṇānām: "Chewing the chewed." There is no benefit. And if you take . . . simply take religion without basis of philosophy, then it is fanaticism. That's all. So both should be combined.

panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara-sampragamyo
vāyor athāpi manaso muni-puṅgavānām
so 'py asti yat-prapada-sīmny avicintya-tattve
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
(Bs. 5.34)

Govinda is very, very difficult to understand by mental speculation, philosophical theses. Philosophical theses, speculation, without religion is simply waste of time. And religion without philosophical basis is sentiment. They must be combined together.

So Bhagavad-gītā is that: religion combined with philosophy. If you simply take philosophy, it is dry speculation, no juice. Carvita-carvaṇānām: "Chewing the chewed." There is no benefit. And if you take . . . simply take religion without basis of philosophy, then it is fanaticism. That's all. So both should be combined. Religion based on philosophy and logic, that is religion. So that combination is Bhagavad-gītā.

So here in the Seventh Chapter, beginning, opening chapter, it is said, bhagavān uvāca. You are searching after God. Now here is God Himself speaking. So recognized God by all sages: Vyāsadeva, Nārada, Asita, and later on by Rāmānujācārya, by Śaṅkarācārya, by Madhvācārya, by Viṣṇu Svāmī, by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and then our Guru Mahārāja.

Page Title:If you take, simply take religion without basis of philosophy, then it is fanaticism. That's all
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-11-20, 08:04:53
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