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Unless you are perfect in knowledge, you cannot say that you are in knowledge. Time, everyone has got the chance. In time he will be in perfect knowledge. There is no disagreement. But so long he is imperfect, he must admit that he is imperfect

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"Unless you are perfect in knowledge, you cannot say that you are in knowledge. Time, everyone has got the chance. In time he will be in perfect knowledge. That is not . . . there is no disagreement. But so long he is imperfect, he must admit that he is imperfect"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Whatever it may be. It may be by time. Suppose a child, he can say: "I am now foolish for the time." But he is foolish at that time. That is not argument, that this child expects to become an M.A. That does not mean he can say he is M.A. at that time. So you cannot make time. Unless you are perfect in knowledge, you cannot say that you are in knowledge. Time, everyone has got the chance. In time he will be in perfect knowledge. That is not . . . there is no disagreement. But so long he is imperfect, he must admit that he is imperfect. Now, a businessman, a small businessman, he is trying to become millionaire, and if he says: "I will become millionaire in time," that does not mean he is millionaire. He must first of all become millionaire. Then he should claim.

Hṛdayānanda: (translating) They want to know: is God the transcendence?

Prabhupāda: What is the transcendence? Find out the meaning.

Hṛdayānanda: (looks in dictionary) I can read it? First I'll read it in English. To transcend . . . doesn't have the word . . . it only has the word transcend, "Go beyond . . ."

Prabhupāda: Not "to," the verb, I mean to say, transcendence. So find out the noun.

Hṛdayānanda: Noun is not here.

Prabhupāda: Not here?

Hṛdayānanda: But I can change it into the noun. The transcendence, "That which goes beyond; that which exceeds the limits, rises above." And also transcendence means "that which transcends ordinary limits—the supreme, the preeminent." So I'll translate it.

Prabhupāda: This is the meaning is there, that our mind, our bodily activities, our words, they are all limited. They are all limited. Do you accept or not?

Professor: By time. By time.

Prabhupāda: Whatever it may be. It may be by time. Suppose a child, he can say: "I am now foolish for the time." But he is foolish at that time. That is not argument, that this child expects to become an M.A. That does not mean he can say he is M.A. at that time. So you cannot make time. Unless you are perfect in knowledge, you cannot say that you are in knowledge. Time, everyone has got the chance. In time he will be in perfect knowledge. That is not . . . there is no disagreement. But so long he is imperfect, he must admit that he is imperfect. Now, a businessman, a small businessman, he is trying to become millionaire, and if he says: "I will become millionaire in time," that does not mean he is millionaire. He must first of all become millionaire. Then he should claim.

Page Title:Unless you are perfect in knowledge, you cannot say that you are in knowledge. Time, everyone has got the chance. In time he will be in perfect knowledge. There is no disagreement. But so long he is imperfect, he must admit that he is imperfect
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2023-01-10, 11:29:31
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1