No university or educational institution where the science of the spirit soul is instructed
Expressions researched:
"no university or educational institution where the science of the spirit soul is instructed"
|"many universities and educational institutions"
|"never seen any university or any department of knowledge"
|"educational institution or university"
|"no university teaches"
|"departments of knowledge, university"
|"the institution, university, for educating people of the spirit soul"
|"university for imparting transcendental knowledge"
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 7 - 12
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Prabhupāda: Transcendental knowledge. There are two kinds of knowledges: mundane knowledge and transcendental knowledge. Mundane knowledge means how to maintain this body, āhāra-nidrā-bhaya-maithunam, to meet the demands of this body. What are the demands of this body? We require to eat something. Eating, sleeping. We require rest after working hard. After eating sumptuously, we require sleeping. Eating, sleeping, and during sleeping we sometimes dream, fearing, or without dream, fearing. So we take protection. While sleeping, we close our doors. So eating, sleeping, fearing, and mating—sense gratification. So to arrange for these necessities of life of the body, the knowledge that we require, that is called mundane knowledge.
Just like in the modern materialistic civilization, we have very good arrangement for eating, for sleeping, for defending, and for sense gratification. The modern material civilization is simply based on this mundane knowledge, but there is no arrangement or university for imparting transcendental knowledge. There is no section in the university, practically, that, what is called brahma-jijñāsā, the science of knowing the spirit soul. That is called transcendental knowledge.Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Psychiatrist (Hṛdayānanda): He says that the spirit is also extremely important for the following reason. He feels that the human being needs to have problems and fight for something. The example he gave was in the Scandinavian countries they've practically solved all material problems. They have so many Social Security and this and that, and there are practically no material problems, but they have the highest suicide rate in the world.
Prabhupāda: Yes, exactly. So where is the institution, university, for educating people of the spirit soul? Where is it? Therefore the whole civilization is going in the wrong way.
Psychiatrist (Hṛdayānanda): He feels there are some people, for example who are teaching the right thing. There are missionaries who go to the Amazon jungles and also to Africa to teach. And he feels they are offering...
Prabhupāda: But we find the great cities are great jungles. A great city is a great forest. (lady begins speaking) Let her come forward.Page Title: | No university or educational institution where the science of the spirit soul is instructed |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Serene |
Created: | 28 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=6, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 8 |