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We are thinking that God is different from me, but when the illusion is over, then I and God become one. This is Mayavadi theory, monism. But actually this is not clear knowledge

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"Now, because we are illusioned, we are thinking that God is different from me, but when the illusion is over, then I and God become one. This is Māyāvādī theory, monism. But actually this is not clear knowledge"

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

This is poor fund of knowledge that, "God and I, we one." Now, because we are illusioned, we are thinking that God is different from me, but when the illusion is over, then I and God become one. This is Māyāvādī theory, monism. But actually this is not clear knowledge. God is . . . God is always distinct from me. He's the Supreme. It is not that we are equal to God. We are equal to God in quality, not in quantity.

premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena
santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti
yaṁ śyāmasundaram acintya-guṇa-svarūpaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
(Bs. 5.38)

(reads purport) "The same Vedic truth given to Arjuna is given to all persons in the world who pose themselves as very learned but factually have but a poor fund of knowledge."

This is poor fund of knowledge that, "God and I, we one." Now, because we are illusioned, we are thinking that God is different from me, but when the illusion is over, then I and God become one. This is Māyāvādī theory, monism. But actually this is not clear knowledge. God is . . . God is always distinct from me. He's the Supreme. It is not that we are equal to God. We are equal to God in quality, not in quantity.

Therefore those who are thinking that they are equal to God in every respect, they are illusioned. Māyā, māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ. They have been called, they have been designated by Kṛṣṇa as māyayā apahṛta-jñānāḥ (BG 7.15). Although they appear to be very learned scholar, but the essence of the knowledge is taken away by māyā. Therefore they say that God and ordinary human being is the same. Māyayā apahṛta . . . asuri. This is called āsuri-bhāva. Āsuri-bhāva means not to accept the supremacy of the Lord but think Him as one with all individual souls. But that is not the fact. That is poor fund of knowledge.

Actually when one becomes advanced in knowledge, as it is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, bahūnāṁ janmanām ante (BG 7.19). In due course of time, after many, many births, when he actually comes to the platform of knowledge, he can understand that, "Vāsudeva is great and I am small, I am insignificant." Therefore he surrenders. Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ (BG 7.19). Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate. This is the sign of knowledge. When one surrenders to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is to be understood that he has actually attained knowledge. Otherwise it is ignorance. To think of Kṛṣṇa and ordinary person as equal is not knowledge; it is illusion.

So anyone who takes shelter of Kṛṣṇa by the words of Kṛṣṇa, believing Him . . . so . . . just like Kṛṣṇa says, mām

Page Title:We are thinking that God is different from me, but when the illusion is over, then I and God become one. This is Mayavadi theory, monism. But actually this is not clear knowledge
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-09-12, 07:06:07
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1